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Porter Shreve

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ENGL 169
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Shreve was great. I took English 169 online summer class. Read very interesting books. Weekly discussion posts, that were intensive, but as long as you did them to the best of abilities you were totally fine. We also planned+ wrote a short story-- took some effort but not too bad. Very caring and accommodating prof and interesting class!
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ENGL 169
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Porter was great! His lectures were fun and usually involved an activity (for attendance, but could be prob be done virtually). He chooses books by lesser known, smaller authors, often local, who then speak in class. Creative writing assignments are done in tandem w/ the reading. Group work is limited to small group discussion. Take this class!
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