Jan Armon

School: Drexel University
Department: English
Location:Philadelphia, PA
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 Pros: AMAZING. He's the best professor I've had at Drexel. He's seems like a hard ass at first, but he's definitely a softie. He cares so much about the students, even past academics. I would talk to him about transferring schools and he would help me figure it out. He deserves to be at a school that appreciates him and his department more.
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 Pros: At first I did not like Jan because I thought he favored the other students and was grading pretty harsh on my first assignment but that was only because I did not put enough creativity in my piece. In Assignment 2 I did not write something mediocre and I got an A. There are only three major assignments. Easy A if you put effort in your writing.
Cons: His stories are so random and boring, no one pays attention.
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 Pros: funny, corny in a good way, takes time to get to know everyone in class
Cons: takes attendance--make sure you show up (preferably on time)
one word: FORMATTING. In several cases, he doesn't read the rough draft or annotated bibliography, he just checks for his header and formatting. Make sure you have that, and you're good to go.
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 Pros: He's honestly one of the funniest professors I've ever had. Super friendly, takes time to get to know everyone, and you can tell he loves teaching.
If you like English but don't want to dedicate TOO much time to the class, take his class. He's awesome.
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 Pros: He was a very easy grader as long as you write according to his guild lines, and those are clearly told to you. He also allows for frequent questioning if you don't understand something, and is happy to answer all questions
He is such a sweet man. He jokes around a lot, so don't take anything he says to seriously. He is also very trusting if he likes you, and is also very understanding. His assignments are a lot of fun, and can be tough but he is willing to help every step of the way.
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 Pros: He is an awesome professor who is personal and approachable. His classes are interesting and helpful.
I would suggest everybody to take his classes if possible!
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 Pros: Great teacher Effective
Cons: attendance mandatory
Goes on tangents alot
Very Easy to get a good grade. class is simple and just listen to him he tries to do as much as possible to help
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 Pros: Will work with you to help you understand the material
Cons: If you don't participate or miss too many classes, you will not get a borderline call on a grade.
Highly recommended!
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 Dr. Armon is a great professor. The work load is very light. You just write three papers and occasionally you will have a reading or two to discuss in class. There are no real homework assignments. Just make sure you go to class because he does take attendance into account. He understands that English is not everybody's strong point but he works with you. He gives you all the help you need and makes it very easy to get a really good grade in his class by helping you and giving you chances to revise. You will post drafts and that way you can get feedback and make th final paper as good as possible. Definitely take him if you get the chance.
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 I studied ENGL 101 and 102 with Dr. Jan Armon.
He is an amazing teacher who truly cares about his students. You will learn a lot from him. I enjoy every conference with him.
He is not an easy A teacher, but an A is not impossible. As long as you make effort and do not write what he tells you not to write, you will have good grade. He grades very fairly.
Read instructions carefully for every assignments, utilize conferences and his office hours to get useful comments about your writing.
If you are good at writing, use these chances to chat with him. I often come to see him to debate about whatever we think about. He likes to challenge students just to help them become better writers. He respects and encourages students to state different opinions.
I really really recommend him to everyone.
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 Pros: easy grader. homework wasn't turned in, just expected to read certain material before class. graded 3 papers pretty easily
Cons: socially awkward. attendance required
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 I had taken engl 103 with him and I was really disappointed. The work load was a lot he expected us to ready a whole book about 600 to 700 pages apart from the regular text book reading for our assignment. There were two assignments the first one is totally based on the text book readings the second assignment was totally based on the book he assigned to read. To be honest I am not a person who readies a lot of literature books but most of the students in the class had already read the book that he assigned to read for our assignment. He was not at all helpful with the students who were weak in the subject. He would rather spend hours with the students who are good at the subject. He does not realize that the sick needs the doctor not the healthy. He totally grades on your participation if you are one of them who can just blabber something in the class then you will get an A and make sure that you submit the reviews on time or else he will not even turn to you. You will be lost.
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 Best prof ever!
The class is not easy, but if you do the work you will definitely do well. If you put in the effort you will get an A, however if you don't follow his directions or slack off you probably wont do so well. Basically, you get back what you put out in this class.
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 Prof Armon is one of my favorite teachers at Drexel. He engages all students in the class and gives great feedback for every paper. The first day I was kind of imtimidated and wanted to drop it but I could not be more happy that I stuck with it. He's a great guy...definitely goofy but cares a lot and helps everyone out. He was always available before or after class to discuss a paper. Light workload- he assigns some easy readings that are discussed in class but never gives quizzes. It may seem that there are a lot of assignments due since 2 drafts and a final copy of each paper need to be turned in, but this definitely works in the students advantage since you'll never be stuck writing a paper the day it's due.
TAKE HIS CLASS!
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 He is one of the reasons why I reconsider to stay in Drexel. He one of the best professor you find at DRexel. I would advise anybody to take his classes blindly. He doesn't give a lot of work to do. He deadlines are reasonable. Make sure you submit you papers on time.
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 good teacher. really kind of corny but all is in good intention and is a pretty fair grader if you follow what he says.
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 Defintely a good teacher. He lectures were kind of boring but thats probably cause I had an 8 Am class. Doesn't take much effort to get a B if you want a A revise is key. Overall good professor, would take him again.
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 Great teacher.
Understands if you're not the best at English. He really wants to get to know you and cares about the students. Pretty smart guy, I would have retaken him, but my other classes didn't work out to do so.
Workload: light reading from some of the Freshmen handbooks, but he goes over it. And about 3 papers. Usually the topic he picks is more broad so you can write about what you want.
Highly recommend.
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 Excellent teacher, you dont have to be an amazing writer to receive an A. Just do the homework, assignments, and all thats asked of you. Highly recommend to anybody who may not be the best writer but still willing to work for the A. Excellent teacher

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