BLOOM P J
Do not take his class. Lots of work but ABSOLUTE MEANINGLESS. HATE IT.
A decent lecturer and a helpful professor when you have questions, but boy he's inconsiderate about your life outside his class. Very antsy about extensions, despite the midterm and paper deadlines being unreasonable for most of his students' schedules, and not very grateful for our time/attention. The presentations were fun and engaging though.
Take his classes if you want to wake up at 8 in the morning and sit through a 3hr lecture where half of it is him patrolling the room tryna see if his ridiculous method of forcing meaningless discussions is any good. He calls the papers research paper but its just "researching" from his readings he feeds you every week. 350 letters is not enough.
A kind person up close, but a terrible professor. His assignments and approach to attendance show an utter lack of respect for the lives of students outside his class. Tons of readings, exams and research papers are inflated to guarantee feeling like busywork, and boring lectures. Miss lecture twice and you're threatened with an automatic fail.
Assignments; so many requirements that it limits ur creativity. Presentations; answer questions (which r given day of) based on quotes from readings we turned in a day before = directionless. We r not given the questions beforehand so the quotes often dont align with the questions. Long boring lectures. not prostudent will pray on ur downfall
This professor is incredibly friendly but this course was extremely boring and long. There are weekly writing assignments which were graded fairly difficult because he hires a grader that is not associated with the school. The midterm and final are both essays based on the readings and films. You will be called on in some class discussions.
Bloom is okay, he is very boring though. You must show up and do the in class assignments and do the readings cause you'll be using things from the book in essays. Make sure you cite properly, and stay on top of things. He is nice when you talk with him outside class, but his class boring. Do good on the midterm and final paper, you should be good.
Not sure how Bloom was years ago (considering the low ratings) but my experience with him was solid! He's actually kind of hilarious and honestly cares about film theory. Lectures were a bit slow, but we did group presentations every week which were honestly very fun and helpful. Midterm was essay questions and Final was a group presentation.
Peter is a great guy, he's knowledgeable & he's passionate. He does care, but a STICKLER for revisions & MUST be in class unless there's a MAJOR EMGY! I had a family vacation, requested 2 weeks prior for a Monday makeup, he wanted me in class to watch a weird redundant movie with no dialogue; just music I could have watched in a hotel on laptop.
Three screenings per week, over ten weeks for about 30 total screenings. Attendance is taken at every screening by writing and turning in responses to the screenings. Several dense articles to read every week. The midterm is a 10-page take home essay. The research paper is also 10 pages. The final is a mix of take home and in class, about 6 pages.
If you want feedback on your papers before you turn them in, you will be told to go to office hours to review things you have previously written and the comments on those. Forget getting answers to your questions about assignments as well. You get the most roundabout answer that will leave you more unsure than before you asked the question.
Two words: BUSY WORK. three more words: SO MUCH READING.