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Marks way too hard! Freaks when students leave class early, plays favorites, unclear teaching methods, shows up late for class, too dramatic, and he needs to learn to leave his binoculars at home during finals.

Sucks at teaching, and is very hard to understand what he wants.

drama queen. and why were all his folders pink? exams were impossible. i memorized the entire text and still got a d. blah

This guy is the most unhelpful individual that teaches; ask him for help and he won’t give it to you, I wonder why he has office hours. his exams make impossible easy and for teaching a class that was prerequisite for non philosophy majors, he made sure that it was the hardest class for you to take, I don’t recommend taking a class he teaches.

He cannot justify his marking scheme and confuses himself in class. Tells everyone they don't know what they're talking about but can't explain what the "right" way is. Greasy ponytail- wearing a suit to class doesn't hide the fact you need to wash your hair.

Absolutely HORRIBLE. Either he barely understands the concepts or he enjoys confusing the students. He cannot justify his marking scheme and confuses himself in class. Is even WORSE when you ask for help. Not personable at all. Read the book, skip the class... but then you'll miss out on the greasy ponytail

Brutal prof. Makes the material really boring and hard to follow. I did not learn a thing in this class and lost my love for philosophy. Yet the guy does look like a**** star with that pony tail...

got a nice little email he sent to the whole class about his frustration with us asking questions about our midterm paper. apparently we should know better. Might have been wise to drop this first week.

An astonishingly bad professor. He is vague when he needs to be clear; uninformative when he needs to be enlightening; chatty when he needs to be formal. All of these features coalesce to form a professor that is unbearable to serious students. One walks away from class always feeling the poorer and never the richer for attending. A real shame.

Never take a class with this joke, unless you want to teach yourself from the $100 philosophy mini-book. He's late to lectures & exams, not engaging at all. Communication skills lack, he starts lecturing but it then turns into a whisper or conversation with a single student. LETTERI IS A BAD BAD PROF DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES---YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

I faithfully attended every class and read all material. I will never take another philosophy class because of this one. The exam questions were impossible to comprehend. It was an egotistical joke...well a nightmare really. Pulled down my perfect A average and it was an elective:( It is unfortunate because I found the entire concept so interesting

This guy is the worst prof I have ever had in my life, avoid taking class with him at any cost. I seriously don't know how he got his PHD if he even has one.

... that explains it all. I'm so shocked I got nothing to say.

TERRIBLE PROF. His lectures are boring and dry. He explains things really vaguely and basic with little to no detail. His exam questions are nearly impossible to understand. Not sure how this guy got his teaching degree.

One of the worst profs I've had? Lectures are very confusing. When he did use a ppt (twice) he was very vague and got off topic a lot. Would never be clear with ideas. Also, when he uses that portable microphone is doesn't help it just muffles his voice! Also, the midterm was a joke! DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE! Unless you want to teach yourself...

Worst prof ever. Makes you sign contracts and takes pictures while you're writing exams. Literally watches what you write down on paper. Exams are impossible. He makes my life miserable.

This professor lacks professionalism. The material wasn't difficult like some people on this forum are saying, but the man digresses so much from the topic that the lectures carry on much longer than they should and become much more confusing. He literally watches over your shoulder as you write exams which makes it difficult to concentrate.

Hes lectures are very confusing and not clear. He does not listen to the students, he has a hard head. Worst teacher I ever had. He made me want to kill myself... I advise everyone to drop his class or do not sign up for it if he is the teacher, you will fail, cry and he will ruin your life. Hes out to get students.

Four years at uwindsor and by far this is the absolute worst prof. He is rude. He is unfair. His lectures are boring. A lot of reading. And on top of that, you will still end up with a low grade. I have never seen a prof as hated as he is. He shouldn't be teaching.

The prof came across as a nice guy. He almost made me transfer to another school. If you value your time, money, and education, do not take any of his classes. Run!

He is just terrible. He will go over the same things in a 3 hour lecture several times but just word it differently. He is very heavy on the reading and if you don't do it or have time to you will not do well. His midterms are essay style questions and are extremely vague.

Very rude to his students

I was double majoring in Crim and Philosophy before I took Intro to Western Philosophy with Letteri. I learned more about Donald Trump and the US election rather than anything related to Philosophy. He gets way too off topic for far to long, and marks extremely hard when marking papers. Dont take this class. Other Profs will tell you the same thing

Did not like his teaching style at all, he was extremely rude to his students, and he did not care to give any extra clarification at all He didn't post anything resources online, If you don't see things his way then good luck passing

Did not like his teaching style at all, he was extremely rude to his students, and he did not care to give any extra clarification at all, he was rarely available outside of class time He didn't post anything resources online, If you don't see things his way then good luck passing

If you are in first year University and have never taken a philosophy class, do not take a first year class with Letteri. He assigns material that I have covered in 4th year philosophy classes. He has been reported many times for this issue. His grading is all over the place. I got an A on the midterm and a D on an essay?

Should. Not. Be. Teaching. I can not put it any other way. Worst prof at Uwindsor. He is immature, rude, and an extremely tough marker. Boring papers, hard exams, no lecture slides. Do NOT take his class. He does not care about students, about our effort, nothing. He replies to emails alright... in the most rude manner possible. Avoid at all costs.

Tests are obscure and way too specific to write complete responses. Decided to teach psychology in a philosophy course... I do not recommend.

"I expect mastery of all given reading" 9 chapter midterm, covered 4 in class . He is drier than a bounce sheet in class and makes you wonder why your tuition helps fund his world of war craft tournaments. 4th year student and he is the first prof to make me shudder at the thought of going to his class

This prof does not follow the course description whatsoever. He teaches his opinions and expects everyone to agree. He says offensive things, is ignorant and close minded. He only shows two slides per lecture and doesn't post any slides online. He never stays on topic and is unclear on his expectations. The exam questions are confusing. Worst prof.

The worst professor. So boring and monotone. It's absolutely ridiculous to expect anyone to sit and listen to him ramble for that long.

Terrible prof. Extremely boring and drags on. Relies on the TA for information from the course way too much and doesn't allow laptops in class. 10/10 would not recommend.

Lectures were very unclear, all the teaching consisted of was talking. Very minimal visuals or information given to us. Basically taught myself and still had an unsure idea going into the final.

If youre in his first year year philosophy class it has a lot of reading and does not like giving out good marks on the mid terms and exams. He is a fair marker if you know your content but dont expect to pass if you dont do the readings because his lectures are pointless and boring and dont help with the testing.

Don't waiste your time with this prof. You can tell teaching isn't calling. He just does it for the pay. I took 3 of his courses before. I barely passed one and dropped the other two.

Does not really explain concepts well. Has a disdain for technology. Talks down to class constantly. I would not recommend taking his classes; he posts no slides or any online material, and is very unclear about what will be on exams. Nice enough guy though.

It's clear he knows a lot about the subjects he teaches, but he manages to explain concepts in a way that make it more difficult than it has to be. Very tough grader and each of his exam only has a handful of questions, often not the topics we spent much time discussing. Failing one question its a huge ding in your mark. Would NOT recommend.

Books were essentially read to you in class. He wastes a lot of time listening to student's anecdotes and rushes to finish the material. This class should only be used for people who like to read or philosopher majors. It does not count as a language credit, just art. Be careful with this class - it's a waste of time.

Letteri is the type of Professor to put his Twitter in your syllabus. He will read to you out of the book(s) he expects you to read, in a gruesomely slow and monotone manner. As if he's reading a bedtime story. 'Accommodating' comes to mind. As in he will accommodate himself to as much of your time (money) as he possibly can.

Never Again.

He is extremely vague, and cannot clearly maintain overarching themes of readings or topics during lectures. Horrible professor especially during Covid, do not enroll!

From the description of the course, the actual course was not related at all. He reads articles most of the time before talking about actual course materials. It's a hard class.

What can I say, I have read these reviews before this semester began and still took this course, this is all my fault. I deserve a bad grade.

Honestly among the worst professors I've had this semester. I took this class interested in the subject and left the class hating it. His voice is SOOOO monotone and it's very hard to stay focused. He is terrible. His exams have nothing to do with his lectures and he is vey rude over email. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!!!!!

Awful professor. If you need a philosophy course for whatever reason take any other professor, just not this one.

Dr. Mark Letteri is the WORST professor this school has to offer. I have had him for 2 classes now. Letteri is unwilling to adapt to the new age. He is genuinely afraid of technology, doesn't use slides in lecture and speaks with such broken sentences it is impossible to understand him. You can only do good if you teach yourself. DO NOT TAKE!!!!!!

Awful

Literally the worst Prof at the University of Windsor

Worst Prof ever

Horrible

Never take this class

WARNING DONT TAKE THIS PROFESSORS CLASSES

He is the worst professor I have ever studied under.

DON'T TAKE THIS COURSE UNDER THIS PROFESSOR. WORST PROFESSOR EVER.

The toughest elective I have ever taken. He has an old-school teaching style that makes it difficult to do well on exams. Don't bother.

DO NOT take any of his courses, he is one of the worst professors I have ever encountered. He does not give a single damm about you or your future, He discusses some random topics and then gives u 2book of 250 pages for ONE midterm.

Total inconsiderate of the fact that students are online and needed help adjusting (had him in Fall 2020). Makes class unnecessarily hard. He is an absolutely awful teacher, and definitely should not be in this profession. Avoid classes with him at any cost.

I've never had a professor that was less willing to help their students succeed. The lectures were awful and he marked the midterms so brutally. I did better on a midterm when I read the book by myself than with any of his "guidance" in class. I highly recommend that you DON'T take any classes taught by this professor.

Long boring lectures, non-interactive. No powerpoints. Rambles often about unrelated subjects such as his hate for zoomers. Very little of the lectures are actually important. My midterm had four questions on it, and I didn't know the material because of the raw amount of nothingness coming from his lectures. Save your time, do NOT take this prof.

This professor is the epitomy of lazy. Very little graded work, no clear criteria for grades, zero differentiated teaching (he literally reads from a book, no powerpoint, no resources, nothing). He grades things abstractly and does not engage in any way with students. Avoid this prof.

DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!! he literally gives you so much reading and he literally ranted about skip the dishes once. Goes off-topic during his three-hour lectures He also grades very hard. His midterms are full essays. Save yourself do not take him!

Nothing is online and there were no assignments. Too many long readings for an elective.

Too many readings that can't even be found online. Not allowed to take notes on laptop in class, infact, not allowed on any devices. Nothing is posted online.

Would not recommend to take him for an elective.

I have never met such an incompetent and unengaging instructor in my fifty years of life. The grading never makes sense, the better you think you do the worse the mark you receive is. His entire persoective can be boiled down to “kids these days”.

Oh my god. Where do I even begin? His class is genuinely a waste of time. You will learn nothing from the lectures. Just read the assigned readings, and you do okay on the exams. I literally did better on my exams after I stopped going to his lectures. He also doesn't allow technology which is annoying. Overall, he is terrible.

He provided no feedback on any midterms. He would just talk about random stuff and expect us to know the course content on our own. A horrible class to take in general but especially in first year. STAY AWAY.

Expects a lot of reading for each midterm (over 100 pages) and the final exam includes a 300 page book that is not treated at all in class. Attendance is mandatory but you cannot bring any electronics only a pen and a notebook is allowed. Grading is very picky even for a second year course. I would not recommend to take if you don't need it.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS or any of the professors other classes. Take my word it'll save you unnecessary stress and worry.

Wanders off topic CONSTANTLY to the point it gets unbearable. The tests are also filled with questions that have nothing to do with what he teaches. Also get ready to read countless books.

I love philosophy, it's a subject I have ALWAYS done well in, but it's legitimately so sickening being in his class. He's rude and inconsiderate, and his exams are essay style- which he gave no previous clarification on despite being asked MANY times. If you're looking for an easy elective to take, take economics, not philosophy.

Save yourself. His exams do not match the lectures, he's condescending in person and over emails, and is little to no help at all. I completed all readings, always showed up to take notes, studied in advance and he was still no good. Exam questions are purposely dense and wordy for no reason. I hoped to get run over before making it to his class.

Do not take the class. Gets off topic constantly (and all auditory, no PowerPoint at all) and does very weird side comments that ARE very inappropriate in class. His syllabus is extremely difficult to read, and makes you sign a consent form so he can say you agreed to whatever he lists in the syllabus. Not empathetic, will not give you feedback.

You'll go to class ready to write, but will look down and notice you wrote nothing. All he talks about is "Kids these days." He does not allow devices, AND he does not let you leave class without prior notice. He can't work a computer, so he just talks but can't teach. It is a philosophy class, but you'll only question what he's talking about.

waiting for his final which he's starting an hour late for no reason & made one post about it months ago that no one saw. very emblematic of his teaching style. contrary to the reviews he's leaving for himself, it's not what a uni education should be. his classes are inaccessible, pompous, lazily strung together wastes of time. avoid at all costs

A good chunk of his lectures were just rambles about "this generation...", "kids these days..." etc. Nothing that would be super useful when it came to his exams. Given that he's old-fashioned, its preferred to NOT bring tech to his lectures. Also, if you want to leave the class at any time, you have to let him know prior to the class.