he sucks, WAYYYYY to much work

If you take this class you are in a for a world of pain. You will waste 4+ hours of your life each week. Absolutely the worst, most boring, and useless class that you can take. If I could change one thing this semester it would be taking this class, and I have had two drinking tickets. Do the math.

the pirates class is quite possibly worse than having all of your limbs amputated, being blind, and being deaf, all at once. if i had to choose between pirates or dropping my laptop off a skyscraper, my laptop would be shattered already.

BORING. Lecture has proved to be worthless. The information he lectures on does not appear on the essay tests (for the most part). His lectures are 50 minutes of constant talking 2 days a weeks - very difficult to stay awake. He has an attendance policy - so don't skip! The topics covered are all political - no real tactics were covered. Hard Class

Horrible teacher. I had him for cultures of war. He is a smart and nice guy but really does not know how to teach. Even the TAs did not know what to do half the time. There was also 1500 pages to read, and lectures had no relevance to the class-yet they were manditory

The class about Pirates get old really fast. Readings and lectures are really borring, The paper is pretty long and he grades pretty hard. The tests have little to do with lecture at all.

Horrible class! The quizzes are over minute details in the readings rather than on major themes, so its based more on memorization than actual learning. Harsh grader on the papers. Attendance is counted daily in a lecture hall. Not very clear course.

Don't take this class unless you're ready for a challenge. He makes you read 4 books, write 5 papers, play 5 songs on a flute (which is $60), 1 group presentation, and 4 quizzes. His lectures are really hard to follow and focus more on abstract thinking than main concepts in the books. I absolutely dreaded coming to this class.

I have never loathed a class more in my life. I'm sure Reger is an okay guy outside of class, but this class was ridiculous. He rambles and the topic of the class is unbearable. Pirates sounds like a cool topic to write about until you actually try writing about them. There are no sources and you will struggle.. AVOID

I cant stand him at all. His class is so hard and he teaches with only his words. He gives no powerpoint or textbook for clarity. His tests are extremely hard and you write two papers but he doesn't grade those too difficult. I hear people with other teachers like this class so just pick a different teacher and you'll be good.

Best tip for success here: During the 1st week, go into myillinoisstate, select under academics "course registration", then under IDS 121.24 click 'drop' then try and register for IDS 121.21 literary studies with Chris Mays. Seriously, this class is a train-wreck for those looking for the gen-ed requirement. Source: people who have taken this class

Horrible teacher, long lectures, boring, makes no effort to help kids and expects you to know everything.... Good luck

Worst teacher I have ever had. Went in several times to ask for help, no direction given. EXTREMELY vague in lectures and instruction. Basically have to fend for yourself in this one. Expects way too much from undergrads without helping at all. Condescending. Definitely makes you think but shows little care for students. Definitely avoid if possibl

do not take his classes, terrible professor, lazy, no personality at all and just assigns too much reading. everything he assigns is super broad. he thinks you don't have any other classes to study for and can focus all your attention on his extremely dull class.

Reger lectured every class while very little of it was actually on exams or quizzes. Must read a chapter every week because there will be a quiz where you can't use any notes. One essay worth 35% of the grade. He never knows your grades ever except at mid term or the final grade and doesn't use any online stuff not even for grades. Don't take!!

THE ABSOLUTE WORST TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD. expects WAY too much. acts like his class is the only class being taken by a college student. DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY TEACH CONTENT. comes to class to literally LECTURE THE ENTIRE TIME with no slides, no notes, nothing. then expects you to know all the material for weekly quizzes.

Honestly the worst professor I've had at ISU. His lectures make no sense and are entirely different from the tests. This was my first History class I took, and he nearly made me want to switch my major. He is an extremely poor teacher, difficult grader, and impossible communicator. Do not take.

Bill Reger is the worst and most lazy professor I ever had. He doesnt care if you pass or not and is nowhere to be found during his office hours. He is a extremly tough grader and puts things on tests that he doesnt teach. If you take this class get ready to ruin your GPA as you will surely not get an A or anything close. Avoid this professor!

Tests had nothing to do with readings and lectures, awful teacher for history. do not take

From what I've seen in class, he doesn't like it if a student puts their pen down during notes because that means they "aren't paying attention." I would not recommend him in any capacity.

He doesn't have powerpoint slides, so he just says the notes out loud. Little of what he say's is actually on the test. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM.

William Reger is one of the worst professors I have ever had at ISU. He assigns so much reading and then never discussed it. The quizzes are so hard because he doesnt talk about the reading or provide any study guides. All we do is watch movies which sounds great except he never does his job so tests and quizzes are impossible.

Bill is the worst professor at ISU. He just talks all class and nothing he says is even on the test. The test's and quizzes are almost impossible and he makes it extremely hard to know your grade. I would avoid his classes at all cost and if you do make sure to dedicate your entire social life to reading for his class.

This man cannot teach. You better take good notes cause he doesnt use PowerPoint. The man just talks. Very boring. I almost fall asleep every class. His tests are tough with a lot of writing.

He clearly is not passionate about the subject matter. I thought this would be a really fun class, and it was not. He is monotone and requires you to pick groups for the final on the first day of class. He does not post any grades online so youll never know your grade unless you go ask him outside of class, but he does give a lot of extra credit.

This guy is easily the worst professor I have ever encountered. Random pop quizzes that are impossible. Grades hard. Lectures read straight from his notes. His PowerPoints are no help. Save yourself and your money do not take his classes

This teacher is NOT a good one. While he seems caring, his powerpoint "slides" are barebones topic titles with no detail. He gives a LOT of information in class and most of it is not even tested on. He gives pop quizzes that are about completely random terms and topics found IN THE BOOK. You wont ever know what topics are important to study either.

2 tests, 2 papers, and one overall grade for in class writing assignments You wont get those grades until its too late I passed but I had no idea what my grade was until the end You can email him but hell take his time to respond. Forces you to keep cameras on the whole time or youre kicked out of the zoom. randomly calls on you too, horrible

If you take History 101 for this man, good luck. He takes no notes, makes NO presentation, and just talks in front of the podium. If you actually want to learn in your class DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Good luck all.

He knows a lot about the topics and seems like a nice guy, but man I'm falling asleep in every lecture. There are never notes posted on the board so he just straight talks for over an hour. There is a crap ton of reading each week along with tough quizzes. The final paper is 6-7 pages long and is worth a huge part of your grade. Do not recommend

This class is a 75-minute lecture where he talks about whatever he wants. There is no guide to where the lecture is going, and there is no organization in his communication. When he speaks on unknown topics, he speaks as if we should understand what is going on. He goes on related tangents, but you will forget the initial topic. Requirement: coffee

Class is online for 2 weeks of this Semester. I am taking 5 courses & they all meet on zoom at the correct in-person time EXCEPT this course. It was scheduled at 3:35 MW & zoom was 12pm & conflicted with another class of mine. When emailed, his response came off rude/uninterested and told me to pick a course to drop as it was my fault for conflicts

This class pretty much consisted of test and one big paper. The lectures were confusing and soooo boring. There were no visuals or guides, just him talking in a very monotone manner. The test were written response and you have the read the textbook to understand the concepts. This class was very overwhelming for a GenEd!

William reger has an older style of teaching. His class is very boring and his style of teaching is just sitting in front of a podium and talking about random topics to the whole class. There are no slides or presentations for the lectures he just speaks about whatever he wants the whole time. His test structure is a written paragraph response.

Does not know how to use our online classroom so turning things in is difficult. For my class he did 10- 50 point summaries on readings he assigned. The readings are not the worst but trying to follow along during lectures is difficult. He often goes on tangents about things we have never heard of and I was never sure what to write.

He seems like a great guy but is terrible at teaching. He does not use any sort of visual aid during lectures and is extremely monotone and quiet. He rambles on about unrelated things sometimes. In lectures you need to write literally everything he says because it might be important. No way to know for sure. Lectures were empty before the midterm.

This is the single worst professor I have ever had. I just transferred here last semester and he is by far the worst professor here (IMO). It was so bad that I dropped the course.

12th week in our class and I had a perfect grade in the class then had to leave one day for personal reasons, he emailed stating it wad rude I left without letting him know my plans. I replied politely that it is not much of his concern but thank you. He replied with an attitude doubling down. One of my assignments from week 3 was docked 5 points.

Sat in the front of class and lectured with no PowerPoint and nothing written on the board every class. Lots of reading and few assignments. Tough grader and doesn't provide much guidance.

I would 100% never take him again, easily.

2 exams and a research paper are basically your whole grade, the teacher is boring and just yaps all class and doesn't put anything on the board. If you study for the exams this class is a cakewalk though.

As with the rest of the ratings Dr. Reger was trash and that's an understatement to say the least. Lectures the entire time and will often go off on tangents not related to the chapters he posted. For my class he didn't even finish out the lectures he had put in the syllabus. 3 tests, a paper, and two "extra credit assignments" which are 5/5.

if you dont have to take him, don't. I played tetris everyday in this class just say whatever i guess, I was also confused on how I got an A

Reger is a monotone lecturer and does not use any sort of visual aids. Tests are 7 handwritten "essay questions" and some of the questions are about things we never talked about in class. He shows several movies, but we never ended up finishing any of them. However, the class is good insight into both modern and old pirates, I learned a lot.

Taking this class felt like an actual chore, every time I'd go I would fall asleep; he only reads the book in the quietest voice ever and expects you to give feedback and thoughts on the most boring thing ever, during final grades he removed one of my grades out of nowhere and never reached out or let me know why. Don't take his class.