The WORST professor I have ever had. Completely unfair, unwilling to help, doesn't care at all about his students. Expects perfect papers, even though he says he doesn't. Hot-headed, totally ignores students who contribute in class. More concerned with discipline than with what we're learning. Doesn't recognize that we too have our dignity. JERK!!!

Whoever wrote the review below this one is either lying or totally gone. Shargel is the absolute cruelest, most selfish tyrant of a professor PC has ever seen. I'm not talking worst in recent years; I'm talking since PC was founded, no professor has ever been so inherently evil. Sat literally seething every time he spoke, which was far too often.

WORST TEACHER EVER! Avoid at all costs.

Imagine the human form of a migraine, that's professor Shargel. Literally has zero redeemable qualities and is insufferable to be around. The man thinks he is a brilliant scholar, too bad he is nothing but another out of touch teacher who thinks their subject is infinitely more important than everything else.

The worst class I have taken at PC. He is very boring and all you do is read the New York Times and write papers on it, my grade was exactly the same on every paper. You have to wake up early every day to get a hard copy of the NYT or you have to buy it because he makes you bring it to class and will give pop quizzes on it. Hard to get above a B-.

WORST TEACHER EVER! NEVER TAKE HIM! You will not leave his office hours without crying. Your grade will not be higher than a B. You have to pick up The New York Times every morning and he will yell at you if you don't, and give you pop quizzes on it. He'll tell you how to correct your paper and once you do it, he will mark his own corrections wrong

This teacher makes my life a living hell. I want to cry everyday before class. He "helps" you with your essay... then says his own corrections are incorrect. Make sure you look at his shoes when it rains... all I am going to say. Also be prepared to get a -5 on a pop quiz if you didn't read.

After the first class, I was anxious leading up to every class. He demands participation, then shoots down literally anything you say. He often makes students cry due to his condescending nature.

DO NOT TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM. He made my first semester of freshman year awful

Hands down hardest grader I have ever had. The class is terrible - he is so picky and particular about what he wants. Your work will never be up to the standard no matter how hard you try. Feedback given on papers are a full typed page in length and tear your work to shreds. Completely destroyed any confidence I had in my writing abilities.

Please avoid this class at all costs. I would personally regard myself as an advanced writer and have never had so much difficulty in an English class in my entire academic career. You will feel as if you are pursuing an unattainable goal of doing well and meeting this professor's standards. It appears that he grades based on personal preferences.

I have never had a teacher who was less helpful to my education. Dr. Shargel was pretentious and looked down on anyone who disagreed with his point of view. He also expected students to be experts in a field which the course was not supposed to include without properly teaching the material. His comments on papers are never constructive

This class gave me the most anxiety ever. He would rip apart all of my papers no matter how hard I tried and how often I would go in for help. He made me cry a number of times after giving me feedback to my face.

If you are looking to have fun in class, learn something, and have good and HEALTHY discussions... GO ELSEWHERE. Raphi is not the place to be if you are looking for any of the above things. If you get him in class.... get the heck out of dodge, trust me.

Do not take him unless you're literally the greatest writer of all time. No matter how many times you meet with him it doesn't help at all. He just says your wrong and gives you advice on how to fix it, but when you take his advice and ask if it's any better, he says no that's wrong too. So unless you enjoy constantly being rejected, avoid him!

I found it nearly impossible to figure out what he wanted me to write about. I went to office hours to correct essays but found he would just repeat what he said in class, which was never helpful or insightful. He would tell you what he wanted you to write and then tell you it was completely wrong when you did it.

Clearly had his own opinions already when he asked the class to discuss the books we were reading, if we didnt share his opinion he would subtly imply we were wrong, even though it was an opinion. One of the harshest graders I have ever seen on papers, never gives you clear instructions, just repeats himself over and over with little clarity.

If you care about your GPA don't take him. He has a specific way that he wants things written and gives no example. He also gives a lot of readings and if you don't read or find a good website you won't pass the pop quizzes. The open class's are tough too and he is overall just not nice and will make you feel like you're dumb.

Prof. Shargel is one of the HEINOUS professors I have ever had. He simply only cares about what he thinks is right. He will never help you out if you missed class. He feels his class is the most important thing on earth since sliced bread. His voice is nauseating and makes me have a headache for at least three hours after his class.

While I am sure Professor Shargel is not an awful person, he is an awful professor. Nothing is ever good enough, I have lost a lot of confidence in my writing because of him. He will not listen to what you share with the class, he is the only correct person in the room. He never says anything good about your writing. Do not take.

I have never met anyone with a larger ego than this professor. He is incredibly condescending and rude. He thinks that he is God's gift to earth. By the way he assumes everyone else's opinions are wrong you would think that he wrote all the novels himself. He thinks he knows the books better than anyone else and his opinion is always right.

Hy. Po. Crite. If you signed up for his class, get ready for him to contradict himself, give u a pointless final, him to show his ego and just give u a hard time. He said he doesn't care if u don't show up or turn in an assignment, but then 5 mins later he said if u miss one assignment, that's an F for the semester. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR HIS CLASS.

Do not take this Professor. His grading is extremely harsh and he is impossible to please. He thinks he's always right.

worst prof i've ever had. it's literally his way or the highway. his comments and feedback make no sense. if you meet with him he doesn't tell you how to succeed. never gives anything higher than an 8/10. classes are painful to sit through. do not take him.

If you want no joy in your life, take this class. I have truly never dreaded something more in my life. His grading is unfair and makes no sense, it's based on however he feels in the moment. I would absolutely NEVER take this class again, it was one of the most miserable experiences of my academic career.