Good teacher, fun class. Bad reviews are waaay biased, this site is ridiculous. Those who turn to this site to vent or try to ruin a professor should really say this libel to his face. Besides, most of you look like morons due to your inability to correctly form and punctuate an English sentence.

Really liked, helpful teacher. Class material made fun.

like teacher, class is alright. some students are ignorant making class boring at times. teacher is good though

easy A as long as you have some grasp of common sense

not too hard as long as you pay some attention

satisfied with my grade, good teacher, I recommend class

Philosophy is demanding no matter the instructor, but Mr. Allen has great command of the material and knows how to present it in clear and concise manner. Just be sure to pay attention in class and do your homework.

A wonderful intellectual experience. Instructor demonstrated great passion for his subject as well as tremendous learning. Goes over things until he gets them right!

Really enjoyed his class and would take others from him.

Thoroughly enjoyed philosophy and Mr. Allen's teaching style. He goes over the details of an argument until it is clear and then does the same thing for various rebuttals.

Take his course if you really want to learn Philosophy. He's a fair grader, but does require students to work hard.

I ended up really liking this course and the prof.

Mr. Allen makes you think and before you know it you have become philosophical yourself.

What I liked about Mr. Allen was the way he organized and summarized his lectures. He also carefully reviewed with us before each exam.

I knew nothing about logic before taking Mr. Allen's course; now I know how to evaluate my reasoning and others' thanks to his instruction.

I wish that all my professors were as knowledgeable and dedicated as Mr. Allen

Mr. Allen is a very good lecturer; his real life examples make philosophy easy to relate to. If you pay attention to him and follow directions you will do well in the course.

Teacher wasn't bad, students were. He'd have to explain concepts like Modus Ponens (a very basic principle) multiple times to a single student. Good examples. If you take his class just listen, it's easy enough. I passed pretty easily. Just hope you're in with students who are actually qualified to be called "students".

Good professor, knows material, helps students (the serious ones). Many students in his course are ignorant and purposely try to play with his temper. The idiots didn't end up at community college for nothing (I am a high school student currently double enrolled at Schoolcraft for some early college credits and found this class easier than my actua

Good professor, knows material, helps students. Many students in his course are ignorant and purposely try to play with his temper. The idiots didn't end up at community college for nothing (I am a high school student double enrolled at Schoolcraft for some early college credits and found this class easier than my actual high school classes).

I had Prof. Allen for PHIL 243 and PHIL 247. The simplest way to describe his teaching is "you get out what you put in." If you expect him to hold your hand along the way, you will be disappointed. You need to do some work for yourself, but if you're not lazy, you will do very well in his class. He always stays after and helps anyone who asks.

I really enjoyed Mr. Allen's teaching and would recommend him to other Schoolcraft students.

Mr. Allen teaches a GREAT course in logic. You come away knowing- but only if you are hard-working- the essentials of modern logic: how to symbolize and prove arguments valid or invalid.

Yes, Mr. Allen is good teacher; but I wouldn't say that he "mocks" diffident students. Rather, he lets them know in no uncertain terms that their inattentiveness is detrimental to doing well in his course.

I really enjoyed his lectures: thought provoking and humorous.

Excellent lectures and very helpful when it comes to writing your term paper. Could it be that Mr. Allen has found some truth in what a student has said and tried to emphasize that instead of the mistaken elements?

I am pleased with Dr. Allen's tests, lectures, and grading policy. Aside from that, he is helpful and comes across as knowledgeable re. philosophy. Funny too

Great course! Now I know how to reason. Mr. Allen made the material accessible and exciting.

I enjoyed his lectures and the way he engaged us in discussions. Prepares students well for the exams too.

at first I was kinda scared not knowing what to expect. The class itself was like you almost had to be high in to really understand it. Mr. allen was a cool dude tho, deff helped me understand things and look at things very differently, that i prob. would never have done so before and if a teacher can do that for you then i think hes done his job

Does a good job helping students develop their ideas. Covers all sides of an issue.

I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed working with Dr. Allen. He facilitated my understanding of a difficult but important subject. He was always well prepared for class and gave us interesting and at times amusing lectures. Take his course if you are up for a great academic experience.

I would label myself a satisfied customer upon completing Prof. Allen's course. He presented the material on ancient and modern philosophy in a way that we could understand and respond to. He also seems to genuinely enjoy exchanging ideas with students.

I loved this class. This professor was awesome. He is so nice and funny. He gets off topic sometimes, but it only adds to his lectures. Even if I didn't read, I made a B on the exams, but you need to study. Great class.