Demanding in a constructive fashion. The best!

Great teacher. Keep up the good work.

serious students appreciate your efforts

Challenges us to think. Best prof at Trent!

He should teach everything in the department.

Good teacher. Very sexy. I would like to see his father!

Really cares and works hard. Thanx.

Knowledgable. Enthusiastic. Don't let him fool you. He like his students.

I just realized Dr. Fenwick has taught me a great amount. Thanks!

Mac is a true genius, yet so down to earth you want to take him out for a beer!

GreatJob!

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Wonderful teacher. Very knowledgable!

His enthusiasm is infectious. Now I love English Lit!

Demanding and inspiring. I learned a lot in his course! Thanks!

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SUPERB TEACHER. He is a motivator.

He wants us to love the literatature. Keep it up!

That last student is a jerk. Doc Mac rules!

Great prof & great guy.

Great teacher, very enthusiastic

demanding and inspiring. Great motivator.

Tough, fair, funny, inspirational.

Easy to talk to. Very helpful.

..if you raise your hand, fenwick, can i throw chalk at you?? please&#6

I guess that last student does not enjoy being made to work and think! Fenwick is the best professor I have had in my three years at University. That is a period!

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Inspirational teacher and very knowledgable. Take a course from Fenwick!

Mac is groovy!! he really inspires. you leave the class feeling smart. we actually learn!

Best Prof at Trent. Should be full time. I would love to take an upper level course from Fenwick because I know i would learn something.

very tough. pretty fair. bit of an ass sometimes. but i learned lots from him. NEVER RAISE YOUR HAND IN CLASS.

Demanding but fair -- he sure does make us talk a lot though

Mac makes you think...and then do, not just do and then think

The questions he asks always help get us thinking and then talking. He sometimes goes a bit off topic but that helps the mood of the class. His lectures are amazing! Always full of intersting information and good interpretations of the writing.

I had fun

Summer session - bright, enthusiastic, keen, bit goofy. Never saw him scowl. Good man.

What the last person said -- but with higher numbers! And he was more than a bit goofy!!

Hard and demanding marker but at least you learn something from him. Can't believe he's only part-time -- Trent has a lto of profs who could learn something from Fenwick!!

he did a good job keeping us interested in some boring stuff

Mac rocks!!! I really enjoy his seminars. He is very intelligent and he is very persice... though I am not the dumb blonde he thinks I am. HAHAHHA! Just joking.

He's a nut, but that is what's so great about him. He'll tell you the truth, and doesn't pander to you if what you're saying is full of****. He really makes you think and defend your opinions!

Mac, has been awesome, he makes all the boring books interesting because everything always seems to go back to sex!

I love how he always comes into class with a different way to get you to look at things -- really makes you think.

Mac rocks my socks. Funny, intelligent, interesting, and inspiring; he's a great prof.

I found mac really intimidating at the beginning of the year, but after the midterm i went and talked to him about improving my mark. He took note that i was really trying and helped me out big time.By the end of the year he had gone from loathed to loved.And I improved my mark Drastically. Love this guy to no end.

Best teacher I have ever had and certainly the best prof. at Trent. I cannot understand why Trent has noit signed this man to a long term contract. Fenwick taught me to enjoy learning.

Mac is awesome. The kind of professor you would take any course just because he's teaching it.

A prof who knows his stuff AND cares enough about his students to make certain they learn something. Wish all profs were like this. Fenwick should be full time!

Mac is great! He is the only english teacher that has really inspired me. He makes you look at the literature in a whole different way, and is always open to unique and different perspectives and interpretations. I highly recommend Mac as a teacher, and if I wasn't a psychology major I would have taken more of his classes!

Best prof I have and the only real teacher at Trent. He got me to think, he got me to learn, and now I enjoy reading. Wow. What a gift. Thanks!

Awesome teacher. Really funny, always look forward to going to his class. Taught me to look at more than the surface to readings to do closer readings as well. Would love to have him again!

vary helpful

This man is uber.

very hard. make sure to participate if you have him as your seminar leader

hard marker, great teacher.. you learn a lot..enough said

fair marker, great lecturer and great seminar leader. Participate or whatch your grade drop.

Mac has a sense of humour and sometimes people think he's a jerk because of it. He doesn't sugar coat criticism but is actually really helpful and a wonderful prof.

The Mac is my hero. Brilliantly explains, with clarity, things that I wouldn't have gotten on my own. Does a good job of not dwelling on the context of the works, but rather explicating the content. He's incredibly pompous and arrogant, but lovably so, and he's smart enough to back it up. His Beowulf interpretation is legendary. A-WHOO! A-WHOO!

His lectures are pretty good. He understands that not everyone is going to love reading Beowulf or pick up Middle English easily. He loves his subject, but is aware that not every student feels the same way. I think he gets that many of us are taking the course b/c it is required. He's kinda cute too, which doesn't hurt! ;)

Great Prof. Demanding but clear, enthusiastic and encouraging. If you can take a course from Fenwick - any course!

Mac Rocks, I dont care what anyone says. Best Prof I have had at Trent! Cant say much more than that to get my point across!

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I really enjoyed class discussion and wanted to here more of this Prof. point of view but he is very careful not to force his opinion on the students. He seems to rather prefer you develope your own opinion based on the facts. Very, very helpfull with any question I had. I'd love to take another class with him. I really felt I learned something.

Mac is the best teacher I have ever had! He taught the Shakespeare course last year- best course at University so far as well. He is also extremely attractive! Take ANYTHING that he teaches. Its worth it for the eye candy alone.

keep on keepin on Mac you rock my socks and def keep me comin back!!!

I think he's great. He's funny, helpful and a good guy.

Fenwick is my favourite professor I've had my entire university year. His classes are great and he's always so enthusiastic which makes everything we learn that much better. Definitely hot as well. Fantastic prof with a great sense of humour.

I am secretly in love with this man. Seeing him on a weekly basis rocks my world. So smart and so funny. I will take anything he teaches!!!

Mac Fenwick is my Renaissance man. Too bad he's married :(

Amazing professor! Many of us are secretly in love with him.

Best prof I've ever had. Always helpful and willing. Very enthusiastic when it came to lecturing. He's easy to talk to and always gave great advice when it came to academics. I'll definitely be using his enthusiastic methods when I start teaching.

Best Prof. at Trent U. He is tough because he wants us to learn and very surprisingy for a Prof., he actually respects and likes his students. This guy should be a FULL TIME Professor.

A prof who cares enough to really get me interested in literature. Thanks prof.

Mac was an enthusiastic prof. but was not hesitant to remind the class how much smarter he was then us. Most likely true. He could sometimes answer questions in a way that would just leave you more confused. He was fun though and willing to discuss topics with you if you showed interests. Also a good story teller.

Best Prof. I have had at Trent. Its too bad the University will not hire this guy as a full time professor as he is much better than any of the other profs in the english department.

Dr. Fenwick's lectures are interesting and always make me laugh. He is a well spoken and thoughtful person.

Loved Fenwick! His lectures were always super funny but also super interesting. He even found a way to make Shakespeare interesting. He was also super kind and accessible outside of class. Am currently searching to see if he offers any other classes at Trent!

Mac is the funny, and very approachable. Definitely enjoyed seminars with him. Also, he looks and dresses like Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

Fenwick is an amazing prof who is very underrated by the university!! He's super passionate about English and is always engaging. I've never enjoyed English and only took this course to fill a requirement but I would happily take more English courses if taught by Fenwick. Had me leaving the 2 hour lecture on Shakespeare wishing it had been 4!!

The best professor that Trent has to offer. No other wants the involvment and ideas of students more than him. His funny hugh energy way of teaching keeps everybody involved, excited, and most importantly remembering the information. Nobody will truly appreciate your input on a reading more than him and want to take your idea to another level.

There's no exam, so lectures really serve no use except if you want more insight for either seminars or essays. However, this was the only course that I attended every lecture, and found myself looking forward to them as well. I'm not the biggest fan of English, I only took this because I needed a 5th course. Best decision I made in Uni so far

Top three professor at Trent. Absolutely hilarious, intelligent, and inspirational. We read a new book every week, but every week I found myself both reading said book and contributing in our small, seminar style class. I can't say enough about his positive attitude and relationship with his students. Take him if you get the chance!!

Mac provides a great online course format, although there are some things I wish could be different. Weekly reading can seem a bit much, but keep in mind it's an online course with no in class component. Mac's videos are helpful in explaining his perspectives, and additional background information on readings, so don't skip them!

He is a decent grader. You have to do the weekly readings, listen to his lectures and take down notes if you want to get an A. It's not an easy course because there is a book to read every week and it's very time consuming. I took this class as an elective and it's not the smartest choice. However, he keeps the lectures entertaining and interesting

Mac is flexible and understanding. I was fortunate to have him as seminar leader as well as lecturer. His in-class discussions and lectures were both engaging and broadened my understanding of the texts we tackled. He does his best to make his classes fun, I would highly recommend for anyone with ADHD who loves English.

Prof. Fenwick is the best professor I've had so far. He engages students in lectures and upholds a positive, caring attitude. He was my professor for Children's Literature, and his assignments were easy to complete and entertaining. Prof. Fenwick is understanding and very flexible. I recommend taking one of his classes if you love English!

Mac is a really great teacher. He is passionate about literature, open to students ideas, creates a fun environment to learn and engage in and over all he is really understanding and a fair dude.

Mac is really engaging in his lectures and ensures that all students have the opportunity to discuss their thoughts on the reading for that week. He assigned a novel per week but it was possible to get by reading summaries online if need be. Assignments are not difficult. There are various activities done in class that make the course a lot of fun.

If you're too serious or think you know all the answers, you will not do well in Fenwick's class. He is really funny, perhaps an acquired taste of humour as it's for sure different than most profs. It was my favourite class to attend. How to do well? Show up to class, be friendly, make valuable contributions and don't assume you know anything!

Mac is a super fun prof! If you have the chance to take his Child's Literature class, I would def say to do it. It's fun, thought-provoking, and really makes you think harder about books from your childhood, as well as assess the lessons and morals from said books in different ways and if they matter. I've never seen him wear a Star Wars shirt. lol

AMAZING prof!! Not many profs can hold attention up until 9 pm, but not a single class was boring. He brings class discussions and an aspect of fun to each lecture, which really allows you to do well if you participate. 100% recommend him and this course, it really provides an opportunity to view child's literature in a deeper understanding

Prof. Fenwick was great over the full year that I was in his class. I mean, it was a Shakespeare class, so be ready to read Shakespeare! Overall though, Mac just wants to see you genuinely be successful and he wants to know you have an understanding of what was discussed. Oh and for the first years, a book a week is standard :)

Great when for communication purposes, but his TAs are god awful. My TA would comment, "Great," and give me a D. I would not suggest this course to anyone who isn't interested in spending 12+ hours reading, writing, and watching stuff, all to get a not-great grade. If you are having issues, go to his office hours (seriously). It helped me a lot!

I've taken many classes with Mac; he is one of my favourite professors by far. Great lecturer, clear passion for English, outgoing personality, great class discussion. In first year, the course I took with him motivated me to work hard & time manage, preparing me for future courses (many readings=uni standard). I'm thankful to've been taught by Mac

As a seminar instructor Mac was funny and insightful, and made the conversation interesting. Sometimes the vulgar humour was uncomfortable but reference to sex was never not related to text discussion. I did not find him to be a hard marker but rather nit-picky- which once you apply his criticisms make it easy to succeed in his class.

Mac is an incredibly genuine and insightful professor who clearly has a deep passion for English literature and a strong commitment to his students' success. He challenges students to broaden their perspectives and think critically. While the course is reading-intensive with weekly assignments, the content is consistently engaging.