2008 Woodie Awards
Grading Tables Have Been Turned
Web site has teachers working for good grades.
Solangel Campos
Issue date: 2/23/05 Section: Valley Life
There are professors you want to get back at for giving you a bad grade. There are professors who changed your life and you would like to encourage others to choose. RateMyProfessors.com gives students that opportunity.
"I think that students should be able to rate teachers. I rate the waiters at Denny's. Why not my professor?" said Valley College student, Tyrone Fuller.
The web site, online since 1999, has the largest listing of college professor ratings, boasting a total of 3,041,911 during the writing of this article, and adding every day. The web site offers a public review of university professors from across the United States and Canada. There are more than 4,000 schools and more than 500,000 professors being rated. Students can go into the web site and anonymously grade their professors under four categories; easiness, helpfulness, clarity and rater interest.
One of the professors from Valley who has a rating on the site is Ecrunent Aksoy, an economics teacher. Aksoy supports the web site, but also suggests that students give an explanation of why they gave a certain grade to a professor.
One student rating Aksoy said he was "a great teacher. Awesome personality. His tests are not hard as long as you read the book. They are straight from the books."
Aksoy is pleased with the rating. It makes him feel good that students enjoy his classes. Aksoy said, "Students are good judges of instructors. The web site can be useful to other students."
"This can be both a good and bad thing," said Valley student Rubin Seravin about the site. "Many students might try to get back at a teacher for giving a bad grade. The good thing about the web site is that students can help each other with the suggestion of a good teacher."
If a student wants to rate one of their professors, or view a professors's rating, they can go to www.ratemyprofessors.com.
"I think that students should be able to rate teachers. I rate the waiters at Denny's. Why not my professor?" said Valley College student, Tyrone Fuller.
The web site, online since 1999, has the largest listing of college professor ratings, boasting a total of 3,041,911 during the writing of this article, and adding every day. The web site offers a public review of university professors from across the United States and Canada. There are more than 4,000 schools and more than 500,000 professors being rated. Students can go into the web site and anonymously grade their professors under four categories; easiness, helpfulness, clarity and rater interest.
One of the professors from Valley who has a rating on the site is Ecrunent Aksoy, an economics teacher. Aksoy supports the web site, but also suggests that students give an explanation of why they gave a certain grade to a professor.
One student rating Aksoy said he was "a great teacher. Awesome personality. His tests are not hard as long as you read the book. They are straight from the books."
Aksoy is pleased with the rating. It makes him feel good that students enjoy his classes. Aksoy said, "Students are good judges of instructors. The web site can be useful to other students."
"This can be both a good and bad thing," said Valley student Rubin Seravin about the site. "Many students might try to get back at a teacher for giving a bad grade. The good thing about the web site is that students can help each other with the suggestion of a good teacher."
If a student wants to rate one of their professors, or view a professors's rating, they can go to www.ratemyprofessors.com.
