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Bartel, Jon

Cumulative GPA: 3.27/4.00 with 33 evaluations
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Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.24

English Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:28 am, May 16, 2013 Report Evaluation		BEST PROFESSOR I HAVE HAD IN COLLEGE!!!! Jon is one of the coolest people I have ever met and understands that his students are in college. His discussions are fun and interesting, and his class is probably the only one I didn't dread going to. He expects a pretty well written essay but if you take the time to drop a rough draft off in his office hours he notes every single flaw so that when you fix it is an automatic A. Had him for 134 and 145 and I WISH he taught upper div because he is so great!!!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 5:19 pm, Apr 4, 2013 Report Evaluation		Bartel is vague in instructions and expectations. He will write one sentence on a 6 page paper and give a grade of 70. Instead of teaching he has students pass their papers to other students for critique. My classmates liked my papers, but for some unknown reason to me, the best I could do in his class was a B. I learned how ambivalent and frustrating a teacher could be from him. I would not recommend him, nor will I ever take him again.

ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 8:37 pm, Apr 2, 2013 Report Evaluation		Okay, if you're looking for an easy to pass Engl 145 teacher with barely any homework and a few essays, then take Bartel. HOWEVER, if you want an A he's not the easiest teacher to get an A. He has 3 essays and a final project (which is a video project and is super annoying; come on who has time to make a video during finals week?) Anyway, he grades really arbitrarily in my opinion and grades in a way where if you get an A- on a paper, its a 90, never anything like a 92 or 93. I got A-s on the 1st two papers and didn't think I did any worse on the final paper and then didn't think I did bad at all on the video project and somehow ended up with a flat B. Still kind of annoyed. Don't expect this class to revolutionize English for you-it's honestly as simple as a High School regular English class. Boring but it gets the job done

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 11:27 am, Mar 15, 2013 Report Evaluation		Professor Bartel is a pretty hard grader. Coming into the class I thought I would have done fine, but the essays were rough. He expects a lot from our writing, which is fine. He really enjoys teaching about English though. At the end of the quarter, we basically turned in a portfolio of all the works we done throughout the quarter. We also had revisions available to be done if we weren't content with our essay grades which I failed to take advantage of. He's a great guy who you could somewhat relate to. Also I bought the three books he required in the course: MLA, Bird by Bird, and Fresh Voices, and in the end, I never even opened MLA. That was a waste of 20 dollars.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:47 pm, Feb 28, 2013 Report Evaluation		TAKE THIS CLASS! Jon is awesome. Such a nice guy, easy to talk to and very helpful. You write 3 essays that you can revise and have no final!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:42 am, Jan 18, 2013 Report Evaluation		Ok people, this is my favorite Poly teacher and in the top 5 of my all time favorites. He is extremely bright, but not the slightest bit arrogant or ego-driven. His lectures are engaging, interesting, and moving. Bartel made me laugh every class and was always willing to meet with students to work out course questions, issues, etc. He is just a regular guy, but a phenomenal teacher and writer. If you can fit his class into your schedule... or like even drop a class to make it work; do it.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 12:51 pm, Dec 14, 2012 Report Evaluation		Jon Bartel is a very laid-back and humorous professor, who sincerely wants you to improve your writing abilities. There are three sequence essays that are 4-6 pages--a personal narrative, profile essay in which you interview someone, and a rhetorical analysis. There are also short assignments that are worth less points than the sequence essays--a cultural analysis, letter to the editor, product review, and two advertisements. All of the assignments are combined in a "zine". All of these essays adhere to a theme that you pick in the beginning of the quarter. Jon is a hard grader, but he allows revisions and will help you immensely if you go to his office hours. Ultimately, Jon teaches you to develop your own style of writing, and improve on your current abilities.



ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 6:48 pm, Nov 28, 2012 Report Evaluation		I really like Bartel. He was super chill in class. In class we barely did anything. There are about 4 essays and one project. He allows you to revise your papers after he grades them! He's not the easiest grader at first but if you go into his office hours and ask for help, he's cool. I think i will end up with an A- or B+. I recommend him for sure!

ENGL 134 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:44 pm, Aug 28, 2012 Report Evaluation		As people have stated previously, Bartel is an amazing english professor! He is super funny and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed his class and thought he graded very fair. He allows you to edit essays and turn them in again for a higher grade. And his final is a lot of work, but you work on it the entire quarter, as it is a project. In my opinion, that is much better than taking a test. I highly recommend taking Bartel for ENGL 134!

ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:10 am, Aug 28, 2012 Report Evaluation		Honestly, I don't know why Bartel gave me the grades he did because he was an awesome teacher and I always looked forward to going to class. If you see yourself getting bad grades on the essays, try going into his office hours and asking for help. He is an awesome guy, but a shitty grader. If I thought I was bad at English I wouldn't be complaining, but this guy needs a relality check.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 6:32 pm, Mar 26, 2012 Report Evaluation		Bartel does a good job of teaching 134, and he doesn't assign a lot of work. Your grade is mostly your 3 essays and final project, and was able to get a B+ without having turned in some smaller assignments. And he allows you to revise essays and turn it in for a higher grade, which I didn't take advantage of. Make sure your essays are well edited when you turn it in and you can easily get an B in the course.

ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:21 am, Mar 21, 2012 Report Evaluation		Jon, as he likes us to call him, is a pretty good teacher. His class is mostly busy work, and I didn't actually learn that much. It mostly consisted of applying the skills I learned in high school to some longer papers. We only two big papers with smaller ones used to keep you busy. Our final project was to make this xtranormal video on based on our research paper. His lectures almost never go the full two hours. We got to watch a lot of shows and commercials to "annalyze the rhetoric." Go to office hours to have him look over your drafts and he'll let you know what you're doing wrong.

ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 6:30 pm, Feb 15, 2012 Report Evaluation		Pretty chill dude



ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 8:17 pm, Feb 6, 2012 Report Evaluation		If you are looking for an easy english teacher to satisfy one of your GE's then take this professor, but recognize that he is only employed through the university part time, therefore he couldn't care any less about his students. Sure, you could say I am simply a disgruntled student who feels they were cheated out of a grade they deserve, but man was I cheated out of a grade I deserved. I would love to go into greater detail on the topic but this post would ultimately be removed due to the all the expletives. A few essays and you are on your way to a guaranteed B with this guy, but don't expect him to do any more than the bare minimum for you.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 3:08 pm, Dec 27, 2011 Report Evaluation		Jon's a young teacher who understands his students and wants them to not only succeed but have an enjoyable time doing so. He lets you write about what you are interested in and creates engaging assignments which encourage you to think and are catered to student interest. Always happy to offer feedback and allow revisions to improve your grade, Bartel is an excellent teacher with a great sense of humor and teaching style. I would definitely recommend Bartel.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:36 pm, Dec 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		Jon teaches english the right way. His classes are interesting and fun, encouraging discussion about anything and everything. Every so often he'd throw in an actually lecture on what we needed to know for our papers, but for the most part the class was all about the essays and discussion. The 3 major papers and final project were not super time consuming, but don't expect an easy A; Jon grades fairly and if you don't put the time in, you wont get an A (easy B, however). What really made this class great for me was the freedom he gives his students to write about what ever they want (as long as it fits the overall essay style). This made the essays much easier and even interesting to write, making my least favorite subject into something I didn't mind. Overall, if you get a chance to take Jon's class, do yourself a favor and do it; he is a great guy.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 5:54 pm, Dec 8, 2011 Report Evaluation		Bartel's class was one the best english classes i have ever had in my life. He made english interesting when I hate english. The 3 papers and final project weren't hard at all. He is a definite choice for students taking 134

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 7:49 pm, Dec 6, 2011 Report Evaluation		Mr. Bartel is one of the best English teachers I have ever had in my life. He encourages a positive learning environment to make everyone in the class feel involved in discussion regardless of how much they participate and he knows how to handle his class. Very understanding of students' problems and always helpful when going to his office hours. The class is set at the perfect difficulty level for being a GE; it's not hours upon hours of writing every night, and it's not like he only gives one or two essays for the whole quarter. You get 3 major sequences and a final compilation project and you get to write about things you actually have interest in. In my opinion Bartel is the only choice for a ENGL134 teacher. Oh, and his beard is AWESOME!

ENGL 134 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:38 pm, Nov 28, 2011 Report Evaluation		Take him. He's a young professor, super chill, and the class is easy and fun. He's laid back, understanding, and the work load isn't very high. I can't see an ENG 134 class being easier.



ENGL 134 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:37 pm, Oct 26, 2011 Report Evaluation		Jon is the best professor I have had thus far. He always was available to give advice on my essays and ways I could improve. I felt my writing ability significantly increase with him. And besides being a really good professor, Jon is such a laid back and nice guy. If you have the opportunity choose Jon as your professor!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 7:32 pm, Aug 22, 2011 Report Evaluation		AMAZING 134 teacher. Made a 6-8PM two-hour class (English, of all things, coming from an engineering major) actually something I looked forward to. Crazy, right? He graded fairly, and he was very encouraging. About halfway through the quarter he took a week from classes in order to meet with EVERY ONE of his students one-on-one. Very friendly, very personable and approachable. 3 main essays and a compilation work, but the first essay is kind of a writer's history and the other 2 are about what you're interested in: music, sports, fashion, animals, even computer operating systems (did I mention I'm an engineering major?). Essays are revisable for an improved grade. Yes, he is one of the younger professors, but he has a great sense of humor and a great personality. I would recommend him to anyone, even someone who isn't particularly interested in English.

ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 3:58 pm, Jun 14, 2011 Report Evaluation		GREAT teacher! Grades fairly and not too much work. There's no books to read or anything, so it's a pretty simple course. A few essays and you're done. This class was great and he lets you resumbit your essays so it's hard to get worse than a B in the class.

ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 2:16 am, Jun 10, 2011 Report Evaluation		Professor Bartel is super cool and although he is young and a new teacher, i thought he did a great job. Definitely take Bartel if you get the chance! the essays are not that bad, and compared to what i heard from my friends with other ENGL 145 teachers, the work load is very manageable. He isn't very clear on how he grades, but you can revise your essay if you aren't happy with the grade so it doesn't really matter. No tests or quizzes. You don't need to buy the book but if want to, it's really cheap on amazon. He makes class interesting - especially considering that English can often be a boring class. And if you aren't getting good grades on essays, GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS! He is super helpful and will tell you what you need to do to make it better.

ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 12:51 pm, Mar 26, 2011 Report Evaluation		Bartel was a replacement for a teacher that ended up not being able to teach this quarter. He is very young and fairly inexperienced in teaching but he wasnt horrible. We had 3 essays, no tests, and did a bunch of meaningless busy work during class. Pretty easy to tell that he had no idea what he was going to do in class until about 5 minutes into class. Nice guy, funny, but not a great teacher.

ENGL 145 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 9:46 am, Mar 23, 2011 Report Evaluation		There is such a big range in the difficulty of English 145 classes and it all depends on the teacher. Bartel is right in the middle of that difficulty range. He's not super easy like a lot of the teachers, but he's not super hard either. He doesn't make you write the 10 page research paper like a lot of the teachers do. You have 3, 4-6 page papers and 3, 1-2 page papers. He grades extremely hard though. I've always been a strong writer and I never got above an 80 on an essay in his class. He lets you revise, but he usually doesn't move you up too much. He also uses a wierd grade scale. He's a cool guy, but theres definitely easier 145 teachers out there.



ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 6:42 pm, Mar 20, 2011 Report Evaluation		Bartel is an extremely likable guy. He really is a friendly young dude who enjoys the students and all the students loved him because he's extremely relaxed, laid back, and does his best to keep things interesting. I do feel, however, that he wasn't always too prepared for our ENGL 145 class. Granted, he kind of got thrown into this teaching position after another professor backed out, but it almost seemed that he would make things up for assignments in the middle of class without having well-developed assignments and goals beforehand. Unlike the person below me said, I do feel he has somewhat of an inconsistency in grading. He'll DEFINITELY work with the students to help each person get the best grade they can, but at times I felt like he graded with the expectation that you would rewrite the paper. Also, I just generally felt that a lot of times he would just throw a grade on the paper without much reasoning. Overall, great guy, definitely recommend the class for ENGL 145, but as a professor he still needs to work out a few kinks.

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:42 pm, Mar 12, 2011 Report Evaluation		This guy is awesome. he is hilarious. his class is typically always fun. the discussions can be so fun. There were two 5 page essays and like two or three 2-page essays. it was a pain to write but they always are. he grades sorta strict but he is consistent with how he grades. i got a c- on the first essay and an A- on the second one because i took the advice he put on my first one and made changes on the next one. There was no actual final. there is a final project. but all you have to do is take the essays you have already done, put them together, add two "ads", a cover page, and turn it in. its called a zine. but yeah, its really easy. Take this professor. he is legit. and has a legit beard

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 12:42 pm, Jan 25, 2011 Report Evaluation		Bartel is the man! If you have to take Engl 134 TAKE BARTEL! Hes a super chill guy. Doesnt really teach english according to conventional methods but thats why hes awesome. Hes definitely a hard grader but he really prepares you for your essays. His assignments are actually a lot of fun and it actually made me enjoy writing for english. Hes and awesome poet if you get the chance to read some of it its pretty sweet. I personally enjoyed his class and his stories and tangents about his life and general antidotes about life in general are awesome. Take Bartel hes awesome!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:35 pm, Jan 3, 2011 Report Evaluation		I really enjoyed Bartel\'s class! My english teachers in highschool always talked about college classes like they would suffocate you with reading and constant assignments, but it wasn\'t like that at all. The assignments are pretty light and straightforward, and as was mentioned, there are only 3 big papers and several smaller assignments. For the final we made our own magazines with the essays as articles, which was a lot of fun! Since he does let you revise your essays it\'s easy to raise your grade up, and he\'s good about telling you exactly what needs to be corrected. Class discussions were always interesting, and since he\'s fresh out of grad school he can easily relate to the students. The only thing that I didn\'t like about the class is that the main book we had to buy wasn\'t used at all. So that was like $40 down the drain, but besides that he was a great teacher. I definitely recommend taking his classes!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 3:45 pm, Jan 1, 2011 Report Evaluation		Very helpful at office hours, and made class fun. Take bartel!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:02 pm, Dec 22, 2010 Report Evaluation		Bartel is a really cool instructor. He\'s very chill and down to earth with his students. I\'m a horrible writer, but he was really helpful during office hours. Plus he lets students revise most of their essays. So I was able to revise which definitely helped my grade. Also, I had an 89.6 at the end of the quarter. I emailed and asked him if there was anything I could do to get an A, and he just added three points to my final essay which put me at a 90.2. He\'s really awesome and I would totally take him again if I had the chance.



ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:42 pm, Dec 14, 2010 Report Evaluation		Bartel was an awesome teacher, really fun and nice. He\'s around 30 years old, doesnt have his PhD, but does have a 1 year old kid that he loves talking about, we got out of class 30 mins early every day, and you will get an easy B in the class. He only assigns 3-4 big papers and you wont get below a C on them. TAKE BARTEL!!

ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 6:17 pm, Nov 19, 2008 Report Evaluation		Bartel is a GREAT teacher! He is a grad student still, so he really understands his students well. I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND HIS CLASS TO ANYONE. Discussions in his class are actually fun, he usually gives us interesting assignments. There is a ton of room for creativity in his class as well. If you don't do so well on a paper, he also gives you the option to revise it and turn it in again for a better grade. If you have to take english, TAKE BARTEL!

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