It seems as though Jones is commenting on himself here. Check two comments down. Jones...I'm an English teacher and am quite good actually.When I was in your class however, I seemed to receive quite low marks. My essays were "reasonable" and &qu

Jones, I too am a very good English teacher, despite the surprisingly low 60s I received in your class. Do you actually read students' work, or rather do you assign students marks based on whether they have taken the time to flatter you or not?

worst professor I ever had - people come out of his classes on the verge of tears because of the way he treats students

Favoured male students in the class, did not discuss any feminist perspectives, comments on essays unduly harsh, made several peers cry, lectures were boring and attempted to be overly philosophical without really making a point. A huge disappointment.

Worst prof I've ever had.

The material is incredibly dense and Mark is not a great lecturer. The class felt like hell and we dropped from 72 to 30ish, but you do learn a lot more from this class than any of your other english classes.

I found that the atmosphere of Professor Jones's class on William Blake ranged from clinical to uncomfortable. He is disorganized. Fourth year seminars should be a chance to build something intellectually and emotionally with your fellow classmates. Prof. Jones failed to implement this ideal, and I wouldn't recommend him to future students.

Many write of Prof Jones. He isn't good at anything. He has bad insights into writing. He doesn't lecture well. He speaks in a disorganized fashion. He is not a good professor, lacks knowledge in his discipline, and I wouldn't recommend him to future students. His own papers he has published are poor - that is very telling!

Bad prof and far beneath the level he places himself on. He's actually a bad writer, and bad at discerning the skills of his students. Misinformed writing recommendations - 'm an A student, he told me to read Orwell, but refused to see I could write complexly - he's good at forcing views on students that don't reflect them. Avoid!

This class is hell. Used to love Percy Shelley - when taught by someone who understood him and could guide a class about his works. Terrible prof, phoney in spades, bad writer, and poor reader of English lit. How's he here? Why? We'll never know, because he can't tell us very clearly.

Claims his highly idiosyncratic marking criteria preps for grad school. I have siblings/friends, went thru grad school (law/med/humanities), and even they say his views are ridiculous compared to their profs @ top tier schools. Something wrong here - he misreads writers, & gets hostile @ dissent. Never take him, your education is better for it.

Just agree with Jones. That's all that's required if you're unfortunate enough to take him. He doesn't care about whether you read literature insightfully or not, he wants his views validated. I've heard of students who wrote better arguments on Romantic authors than he has, but he rejected them bc, again, he just wants to be right. Awful prof.

Thank god this course was over; thank god I had other profs who were good so I could get As in all my other courses; thank god I never need to see Jones again; thank god I got into law school. Seriously, though, if anyone wants to develop their education and writing, avoid Mark. He's the worst the dept has to offer.

Testament to the adage that people in academia aren't always the smartest. His views on Shelley are reductive & inaccurate; he lacks expertise in his own area of specialty. Avoid him and look for other Romanticists in the Department, or wait till Grad School to study them. You won't get anything enriching here.

This course was a waste. You won't learn anything about reading/writing. He's overly negative to the point of it being pathological. He has trouble reading people & either doesn't get/doesn't care that he's unapproachable and bad to deal with. Got As in all other courses, so I know I'm in the right degree. He's just the wrong prof - for everyone!

The worst prof in the dept, and possibly the school. He's ridiculous on marking requirements, and I've checked with people in grad studies - he's WAY off base, by a wide margin. He marks harder than is required even in PhD programs, so there's something lost in how the Dept audits different profs to ensure they grade conscionably. Also not smart.

The worst prof. Don't take him, you'll be the worse for it, and won't get anything from it that goes toward your degree.

Pretty sure ALL the good comments are Prof Jones trying to make it seem people enjoyed him. He's a politically charged prof who doesn't care about students. He really just wants to research but: he's not good at writing either. Avoid him like the plague - your undergrad years will be better for it!

Worst prof ever. Essay marking is out of line - he has freaked at students in the past. Also heard he's made prejudicial remarks (albeit indirectly, but he knew what he was doing). Avoid this prof at all costs!

The worst prof. Avoid him at all costs. You won't learn anything.

Mark was a horrid prof. Just horrible. All my other profs were gold - he's a bad prof who's not just ridiculous with paper marking: he's absurd. He doesn't prep you for grad school - he makes you worse for having taken him. Don't take anything with this man if you can manage it!

Worst prof in the school. His marking is all over the place, he plays favourites, he speaks and lectures unclearly about the topic, and to make matters worse: he's also not good at what he does. His articles/book are terrible examples of writing in any academic context. To top it: he's arrogant and overcompensates for his lack of ability/expertise.

Horrible Prof. Your education will be better for avoiding the guy. He's got no clue what he's doing, and is especially bad at teaching and interacting with people.

Don't take him. Other profs have even said he's trouble within his own department. He has knowledge of Romantic lit, but is bad at teaching as well as at marking. He's also a horrendous writer and lecturer. His reputation for harshness is likely to counteract his own insecurities.

Has made implicitly sanist comments. He's an arrogant individual who lacks the competency he claims to have. Avoid him at all costs, as he won't benefit you in your degree.

Terrible prof. He lacks expertise in his subject, and I'd NEVER recommend him to future students. Pompous and condescending as well - he has apparently made students cry before because he's so callous and inconsiderate. He's not actually that good at what he does, and compensates for it.

This guy's a narcissist. His article Text and Context @ Queens demonstrates how he manipulatively couches his desires for advancement behind seeming rightful indignation about Queens wronging a colleague. Don't take his courses - he's the worst prof in the school.

This guy's aggressive and manipulative. You aren't being marked based on understanding the material, or analyzing it in any meaningful way. You're being marked based on how well you validate his views of the works. He actively misreads great authors, discounting better readings from those with more authority than him. Stay away.

Horrid prof, and an egotistical little man who lacks professionalism or capability in his field.

This guy's terribly incompetent and can't lead a class to save his life. Never take ANYTHING he teaches - it's not worth it.

He's a terrible writer - it's a wonder he's still in the profession.

Not worth anyone's time. He's simply not good whatsoever at anything he does.

Absolutely incompetent prof. The worst at what he does, and compensates for it by thinking he's amazing when he actually isn't.

Don't take him - he's the least worthwhile prof you could possibly take in your entire educational career. You'll learn more from better teachers.

Absolutely terrible prof - self-deluded in his views, and aggressive and won't listen to anything you have to say. You can be one of the smartest, but it doesn't matter to him unless you agree with his methods. Take someone else who knows how to educate - you'll get nothing out of him.

Said he was a professional writer. I have shown his essays to multiple professionals, as well as professors in other disciplines and @ other universities: all of them deem his writing horrific. Just bc someone is harsh as a critic of students doesn't mean they are good or should be listened to. Take someone else - it's better for your education!

Note this: Mark isn't a regional/national/international authority on Romantic Poets, yet dissents from them. Yes, he's published things, but: social connections lead to publishing in academia - not necessarily quality. He's actually incompetent as a professional & horrid as a writer/teacher. Grain of salt for those who have to endure his ego.

Prof Jones is a low calibre educator/writer. He's not a terribly good writer - his works on Romanticists are actually unconvincing applications of things that appear more complicated than they actually are, to achieve a result that's unpersuasive/unrewarding even to experts in the field. Your time's better spent with profs who have things to say.

Mark's a destructive educator. He doesn't care about his students & doesn't actually teach you about better writing. He excels at breaking any student, excellent or otherwise. His love of his job and some of his material aside, he actually doesn't understand what he teaches and writes about as well as he thinks. Avoid, and find profs who can teach.

He's self-deluded in his arrogance, and extremely unable to read the works he teaches for what they are. He's a completely destructive individual, and he will make you despise whatever period/author in English he teaches you. Avoid him at all costs for the sake of your education and growth.

Terrible prof. Just avoid him at all costs as you'll never benefit from anything he teaches you in-class, or about writing.

Mark's a terrible university professional. His reputation for being harsh isn't bc he promotes a higher standard of writing and research - it's because he can't teach. Also, his own writing and pedagogical strategies are highly ineffective, failing to persuade on any point he tries to make. Harshness doesn't = superiority - it shows insecurity.

Never take Jones. It does a disservice to your education and general ability to learn anything.

Horrid Prof. One of the worst people in any department at Queen's, and somebody you should NEVER listen to if you want to learn about literature or writing.

This prof isn't worth taking. He devalues everyone at Queen's who is trying to get a university education. Avoid and go to someone that has things to say.

Mark's an incompetent academic. That's all that can be said - you'll learn nothing about writing, or anything else.

Worst prof ever. He can't teach, can't write, can't lecture - can't do much. Don't take him if you want to go to grad/professional school.

Awful university experience. He's the antithesis of what great education is supposed to be.

He's ignorant about writing, his teaching materials, and people. He will make your life miserable for the 4 months you have him - avoid him and take courses in undergrad/grad studies with profs who add value to your education and tuition dollars.

Mark's the worst prof in the department. He lacks skill as a writer and educator. Don't take anything he teaches - you'll be better off for it!

Mark's a horrendous prof - he can't teach, can't write, can't edit, can't communicate. Don't take any course by him - unless you want to be taught exactly what NOT to do in academic and professional writing.

Mark's a corrosive influence in education, likely because his career's never been prominent. Avoid him, and take profs who help students grow and understand the way writing and their discipline works.

Mark lives in his own reality where believes himself a supreme interpreter of literature and writing - it's a solipsism quite misplaced. Mark is low quality in many regards, and his political fix @ Queen's indicates how misguided he is as an educator and otherwise.

Don't take Jones during your degree - he won't teach you about literature, writing, or anything under the sun. Your world will be better for it if you avoid him.

Mark doesn't care about his students - he's in his job for political reasons. None of the work he's done in his field has impacted English literary studies in broad strokes. He also insists on his personal views of works when they strike against the grain of what leaders in the field think. Don't take him - you'll be set back if you do.

Mark's a horrible teacher and one of the worst influences in education. He's ridiculously harsh - and he'll justify it by saying he preps you for grad school. Well: no, he doesn't. NO grad school is as ridiculous as his paper marking is - no professional school is. Mark's got personal issues to crack with students; his judgment is thus unreliable.

Mark's a terrible professor, and a worse human. He's one of the worst profs in the entire school, and you'll never learn ANYTHING from him regardless of course he teaches. He will drag you down, and make you far worse as a writer and developing person.

Mark has politically attacked people. He doesn't understand how to do things with language, or how to interpret English lit effectively and objectively - everything you get from him is a result of his biases and not in pursuit of teaching people properly. Avoid him as your education will suffer if you take him.

Mark's a horrid prof who doesn't know much about what makes a good writer, or good writing. He also misreads and misuses literature according to his preferences. Avoid him, and ignore reviews on here from people he asked to write them on his behalf - he's a person who values politics over people and intelligence.

DON'T LISTEN TO ANY POSITIVE REVIEWS OR CLAIMS OF UNFAIRNESS - Mark is not a good prof or a good person, and he doesn't care about educating anyone. He only cares about himself, and isn't actually good at the things he does.

Mark grades students according to personal biases and reasons as well as grudges he has. Many profs in the English Department are like this. Be very careful around Mark and other profs - he's a troubled individual.

Professor Jones' lectures are unorganized as he speaks all over the place and it's hard to know what to take notes on. Very hard marker and harsh for no reason. I didn't feel supported in his class at all I wish I avoided it.