HE WAS A VERY POOR TEACHER WHO DID NOT KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT HIMSELF PROPERLY IN CLASS WITHOUT MAKING FUN OF A STUDENT OR WITHOUT MAKING SOME BASE COMMENT, ONE HE MADE REFERRING TO CONCORDIA STUDENTS BEING STUPID AS COMPARED TO MCGILL STUDENTS

horrible, horrible teacher. If I know he's teaching course, I avoid it! Lecture had no relevance to exams/papers. I learned nothing from his lectures. What a waste of time. It's about time he retired.

The only + I can say about this course/prof is that you dont need to attend a single class to pass.Only about 25% of the class ever shows up even tho he gives 10% for attendance. He is an awful teacher who doesnt care at all about students. Concordia should have paid me to take this course.

masquerades as a teacher. lectures consist of him trying to remember what he put on his course outline. once he remembers, then he tries to remember the work itself. then, when he doesn't remember, he says stupid crap with various combinations of "uh" "so" and "now where were we"

Where to start... Name one analytical tool you've learned in his class which supposedly gives you analytical tools. Regurgitates his notes. But don't be fooled by the name of the course. There is NO critical reading involved.

English Literature courses are about interpreting text, and forming our own opinions. We're not here to learn the professors theories and thesis, we're here to learn how to CRITICALLY READ literature. Any original thoughts or ideas received low grades, it was stupid.

He always showed up empty handed. He'd ask to look at a student's course outline bcz he had no idea what we were supposed 2 B doing. He'd wring his hands & scratch his head trying to think of what he could say. He managed to talk about "sexual relations" completely out of context on a regular basis.

He discussed the topic of critical reading for exactly 7 minutes in the final week of semester. And he is the only instructor I've ever heard of who refuses to have office hours outside class to provide extra help. He gets my WORST PROF EVER AWARD

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You have to wonder how something this awful can happen in an institution that is supposed to offer higher learning. A complete waste of time and money. Avoid him.

All I learned in Mahmood's class was how many degrees he has, and how lazy we North American's are for not all having 56 PhDs by the time were 18. All he wants from you is to repeat what he says. BE WARNED: He will penalize you for having your own ideas!

Really garbage professor. Wasted class time on lame jokes. Some were really offensive. Boring style of teaching. Subjective grading. May pick on you if you ever argue your grade. Very unprofessional. Mcgill loving, Concordia hating. Considers all of his courses "glad to get a 'D' courses." Avoid Avoid Avoid.

he is the worst prof ever. Made stupid jokes and force students to laugh with him.. hello we understand ur jokes but we don't want to participate with u. Like to make comments on students. He would take 1 class just to talk abt his childhood, drugs,politics and never mention Chinese language, then after that rush in other class. Totally ****

I know it is implite, but i want to say this old man is a ****er. Most of our class just got C or D+ in the daily writting. Got nothing but low grade.

He teaches nothing, and you will get the lowest grade in your student's life. He is a lazy man and always show your mark in the next semeter. If you take this argue man's course, you will know what is really suck!

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The worst teacher I have never had! Average in his class is C,and no B+ or above because he said the reason we sit in ENGL206 is we are poor at English.So it is impossiable to get a good mark.However,he neither improve our grammar nor teach writting skills.He almost talks nothing useful,and we can learn nothing from his class.

He is an awful prof who promotes little intelligent thought and interprets literature only from the historical perspective. for example, after an hour of his somewhat uninformed historical lecture he says "so you have the text, the rest is easy." this is in a lit class, the "rest" should be the entire makeup of the class.

HORRIBLE! it's the only word. Just goes on and on and on about nothing.

mumble half of the time about religion when it's an ENGLISH course. OFTEN repeat what he mention early and FORGOT about. NO CLARITY at all of what's his trying to say. DOESN'T use the textbooks at all! A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME!!!!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER IF YOU CAN!!!!!!! (has previous students for previous classes in his classes! yikes!)

Incomprehensbile, often went off topic, didn't give us proper feedback, didn't prepare us properly for the mid-term or final exam,

Worst professor ever. The class consisted of him rambling about the history surrounding the texts and boring stories from his own personal life. He doesn't analyse the texts, all he does when he's not rambling off topic is give a basic summary. Impossible to reach outside of class. And he refuses to give information on what to expect on the tests.

Goes off topic, talks about irrelevant things isn't clear, encourages participation yet ignores student's opinions does not cover the readings but belives he did cares more about sociological and political background of texts. Has his own definition of standard essay, does not provide clear instructions. Wouldn't recommend him to anyone.

He does not read the class material and spends half the class ts talking about idiocy , misrepresented assigned texts by actually contradicting the text wile saying that was what he said ( David William's Deformed discourse)

He is passionate in his lectures, but he rarely discusses the material at hand. He doesn't give a clear indication of what he expects on essays or exams. I would not recommend him.

This guy wasted my time all semester. I only came to class despite the fact that he he graded attendance. His outline was garbage . He came to class unorganized and would ask the students what reading we had that week. Half the time we didn't know because the outline was so unclear! I got a B- through looking up the readings online on Sparknotes.

Avoid at all costs. He makes you buy an anthology and half the readings need to be found online on your own). Rambles on and can spend 45 minutes talking about nothing. Hard to take notes because most of the things he says are useless to the course. Assigns 1 in-class essay, 1 research paper, and a final exam (3 essays to write in 3 hours). Just no

Doesn't come to class prepared. It's a preacher, you need to be able to listen to him all the times; no interaction. Talks about many different things, some off-topic (hard to take notes). He insists on the responsibility of students who really want to learn and that is not the teacher's fault. No slides, boring class, unclear objectives. Avoid!

I am an English MAJOR. I took this course as a requirement, at the end of my degree. This prof dislikes teaching/interacting with students, does not know/follow his own syllabus, regurgitates conventional literary criticism. Refuses to help students. He bullied me during my exam for asking a question, humiliating me. I made a formal complaint.

Prof seemed uninterested in class, invariably showed up late, was unprofessional , read through materials and talked off-topic instead of analyzing or giving theory. The weight of his evaluations was harsh: 15% 7-10pp research paper, and 45% final. His exam questions were really specific, could not be prepared in advance, and were all mandatory.

really outdated ideas of literary theory. this is like a high school class from the 1970s.

Although he is passionate about some of the readings, he goes off topic 98% of the time. His examples are supposed to help students understand better, but don't. He is truly the worst teacher that I have ever had. He made us buy two expensive coursebooks, and meanwhile the readings can all be found online. His syllabus is also useless. NEVER AGAIN.

He does not analyse the stories properly (even makes basic errors in the story details, which is not normal) and only his opinion is acceptable (though art is to be interpreted in many ways?!) He grades an intro class at a ridiculous level which is even worse considering that nothing you say or do is ever right.

biggest regret -doesn't make sense, goes on and on about nothing and always goes off topic. Super vague about papers and criteria but grades super harsh even if you go see him about it. If you ask him questions he just vaguely brushes you off and says its up to you or how you feel.

literally told an intro english class that they shouldn't try to be original in their understandings. the opposite of what every other prof in the department is trying to teach. really really bad.

This dude is the worst prof I have ever had at Concordia. In his lectures he rambles about his personal life endlessly. He is afraid of class participation and gets defensive whenever anyone tries to ask a question. His assignments are ridiculous. Avoid his classes at all costs.

Worst teacher at this school, hands down.

Talks down on Religion and Women - also makes zero sense during lectures. Get ready to teach yourself if you want to pass.. And no such thing as asking questions in class, he cuts you off and makes you feel be-littled for having an opinion that's not his own. All around a horrible teacher and not a very nice person.

If you have any self respect, youll take my advice and steer clear from this teacher.

I would definitely not recommend this professor. He was boring and rude. He was also very disorganized. Took weeks to give grades back. All he did was talk, no visuals or anything of the sort. He stood in the front of the class and talked the whole time, that was all.

actually the worst teacher i have ever had! very unorganized; rambles on for hours without any sort of lecture cues, isn't clear about expectations on exams; he does not teach; he rambles about his credentials ; his teaching style is not accessible and everyone in my class was constantly confused! will never ever take one of his classes again.

Lectures are non sensical. Grades don't correlate with work provided. He made the class write a 12 page essay with 15 sources for 15% of the grade (without any useful instruction in poetry). Takes attendance, made us purchase $150.00 book that doesn't even have the sources we need in class (Google was more helpful). Not worth it.

I took this course because I love poetry. We barely talked about poetry, as he talks more about his personal life and irrelevant examples. Gets defensive when you ask a question and will never give you a concrete answer. It is impossible for him to give us proper instructions on what the final paper/exam will be. Do NOT recommend.

no actual group projects- But do yourselves a big favour- form a study group outside of class to go over & discuss the material(that was supposed to be)covered in class- as this teacher doesn't do much teaching. Unprepared w/ a $100 + textbook that he hadn't consulted before class-all texts in the syllabus were avail online for free. Avoid.

do not take, you've been warned.

Covering a lot of material in a very short time, in-class essays worth too much and 8 page paper worth too little, vague grading criteria, unapproachable and not nice for no reason. To be avoided at all costs.

Worst professor ever. Gets off track with all his lectures, debates with students instead of teaching, cuts everyone off, acts superior, belittles his students. Has soooo many tests and essays and doesn't tell us what it's gonna be on or even the format of the test. All in all, horrible. Don't take ever.

If you can avoid this teacher, DO IT. I took Critical Reading and he is the worst lecturer I've ever had. He repeats himself lecture after lecture. He said the n-word with the hard R in class and he justified that it was to be sure we knew what the n-word means. He wants participation in class but cuts and argues with every student.

Avoid this prof at all costs. His lectures are 99% personal anecdotes and 1% relevant information. Repeats the importance of class discussion, but will cut off or condescend any student that tries to contribute. Has very little grasp of what he's even supposed to be teaching on any given day. He is unclear, intolerant, and disrespectful.

The worst professor I have ever had. He has a significant amount of experience, but thinks the students can't understand anything worth knowing. Be prepared to feel stupid and frustrated with no way to ask for help. He's very disorganized - syllabus was sent Week 3. The best way to explain it: he acts like he retired but still shows up for class.

I'd really recommend not taking him. He seems nice but he's just so boring, so his lectures aren't worth it, but they are also the only way to pass. He doesn't use moodle or e-mails or anything. Instead of analyzing the stories we read, he spent at least 3 classes trying to teach us how to write an essay, rather than focusing on the material.