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He would brush over certain things that are harder to grasp, but also hold onto concepts throughout the entire semester even when they didn't connect to new learnings (like assessments on old material that wasn't elaborated too specifically).", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/372904", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:02:02.584851+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQwODYzNTU4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:372904", "instructor_name": "Thomas Purnell", "course_label": "ENG319", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-04-03 04:12:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Overall, not a bad course for a 3 week, 3 credit winter break class. All of the lectures are pre-recorded, but there is A LOT of material to cover. Some of the grading guidelines were a little fuzzy, but I enjoyed the material. 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