Ben Cox

School: College of Charleston
Department: Mathematics
Location: Charleston, SC
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She's o.k. Dr. Cox is a little liberal, but I wish she leave some of the politics outside of class.
Exams: The tests were all essay. If you're not a good writer, she recommends using the University Lab. They help out a little. We did quite a bit of reading, too. Some of it was boring.
Homework: No homework was given. If you consider reading homework. The reading tended to be boring. Dr. Cox instructed us to do some research before class about the material we were about to cover in class.
Textbook: The book was cheap online. Other than that we read a few passages from the text. It's a little heavy.
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Dr. Cox is very nice and very approachable, which counts for a lot, I think. She did cancel class a lot, and she would usually let out early, so I think this class would be more suited to a once-a-week slot. Sometimes she treats grammar too strictly, forgetting that experts don't always agree on rules. Overall, it was a good class and she gives a lot of resources to students, so if you are willing to do more work than she expects, you'll learn a lot.
Exams: The tests were graded fairly objectively, although there isn't always agreement over what is a grammatical error. Sometimes she seemed to treat English as more of a science than it actually was.
Homework: One oral presentation, one 5-10 page paper, some take-home exams which were not taken up but were very educational, and readings from the books.
Textbook: The Troyka book is very useful. I didn't use the Weaver book as much.
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She was awesome.. Her class really made me enjoy reading and understand what a story means. She takes attendance everyday and expects you to do your part. But she's also very understanding and helps you out in any way she can. Take her! She's awesome
Exams: She gave all her tests as in-class essays including the final. If you an A test average then your exempt from the final. They were pretty easy for me as long as you understand the readings and take good notes.
Homework: There wasn't really any homework just to read the selected stories she assigns for discussion on the next time you have class.
Textbook: I would recommend getting the book. All the tests are essays on what you read and how you understand it. So if you dont have the book then you wont do well on the tests.
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I love Dr. Cox! she is very helpful, understanding, and just a great professor. She always presents new ideas and asks you to think outside of the box. She also welcomes all points of view. I would Definitely recommend her!
Exams: Dr. Cox graded very fairly, and in the favor of her students. She would write on the test some things that could have improved your essay.
Homework: Research assignments were due almost every class. Just some outside research to prepare you for what we were about to talk about. We just had to print a little info about the topic. They are all on the syllabus given the first day of class so really you could just print it all in one day and be set for the semester.
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Dr. Cox is the most wonderful teacher I ever had. She encouraged me to follow my dreams and go into post-secondary ed. - & I did! She does not teach straight grammar, but gently guides you to do it for yourself in your own way. Love of grammar is a journey unto itself - not easily taught in the classroom by giving simple rules.Definitely takes the descriptive / process approach! Please remember to be kind and not talk too much while she's teaching. We are all adults here. She is a graceful woman who will not tolerate spoiled brats looking for an easy 'A'! Thanks Dr. Cox!
Homework: one presentation, reading
Textbook: good text...still use it today!
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I'm not going to say she is a bad teacher, but I didn't like the way she taught. It was confusing to me. She didn't explain anything clearly. The class aways left me clueless. I sat in the front, never went to sleep and never missed a day but I just couldn't get what she was trying to explain.
Exams: The tests were sort of difficult because you really don't know what she wants you to write. If you don't answer the question the way she wants you to, its wrong And the grading is confusing because she just puts letter grades on the paper and doesn't give an explanation about why you got this grade
Homework: The homework was reading the assigned materials and printing info about the authors.
Textbook: It was helpful and you definately need it.
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Dr. Cox is AWESOME! She is my favorite teacher at MTSU to date. She is very understanding, and responds to students very well. It is very obvious that she loves her job and is very good at it. She presents the material in a way that makes it interesting to college students. Because come on, how many people really enjoy poetry? I learned so much from her and still retained it now almost a year later.
Exams: The tests were very easy. She would give 2 passages from whatever story or poem that we covered in class since the last test, and we'd basically reiterate what was discussed in class.
Homework: Reading mostly, but it wasn't ever a big deal. We would also go over the reading in calss.
Textbook: She does use the text, and most of the definitions come straight from the book.
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I loved Dr. Cox! She was a really nice lady, and her love of literature is contagious. This class is the class you want to get for English 2030, whether you are an English major or not. If you're not an English major, this class would be good because she doesn't ask too much, is a very fair grader, cancels class at least 5 times during the semester, and is really understanding. If you're an English major, then Dr. Cox is great because you will appreciate literature even more after having her. Her syllabus was adjusted frequently, so we ended up having three tests and a final (just another test, not comprehensive) instead of four tests and a final. All the tests were essay tests that involved responding to a passage or question. She gives you all the information you need in class, and all you have to do is remember it and show her that you have some ideas of your own. Do yourself a favor and take Dr. Cox!
Exams: Pretty fair. Just involved responding to a passage or question in essay form. She gives you the whole period and is lenient if you are a slow writer.
Homework: She occasionally required a little reading and/or looking up information on an author.
Textbook: The book is pretty much your standard college level literature book. Nothing really more can be said.
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Dr. Cox is a very warm and friendly person! she is open, outgoing and helpful and is ready to help you out, not only in but also outside the classroom. she is always available and is one of my favorite teachers at MTSU! I would take a class with her again ANY TIME.
Exams: The final consisted of 30 grammatically incorrect sentences which you had to correct.
Homework: review english grammar... sometimes some reading!
Textbook: We used 2 textbooks. the troyka handbook and a teaching grammar book. the troyka handbook was very useful, but the teaching grammar book was hardly ever used.
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Dr. cox is a fabulous teacher. i hate literature and i hate reading literature but i loved this class. dr. cox tells you exactly what she wants on her tests and what to write about. i hardly did any homework in this class and still got an a b/c she reads everything in class the day after you were supposed to do it for homework. she also cancelled class about 5 times and let the class out early almost everyday. she is very fair and knows her stuff and doesn't overload you with reading 20 or 30 pages a night. she is a great teacher.
Exams: the tests were actually pretty easy b/c dr. cox lets you know exactly what she wants on the tests and goes over every little detail she wants to include.
Homework: a little bit a reading every now and then but nothing over 10 pages a night and a coulple of assignments of printing information off the internet
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She was real laid back. I really liked her. She seems to really love her job and she was always available for students to talk to her. She even gave us her home phone number. She was open to discuss anything about the Bible. And she wasn't upset about people having different point of views. Even if they were opposite of hers. I would take her again. She's a great teacher.
Exams: The more you write the better your grade. So be prepared for writer's cramp. But, when she grades she will mark off for fragments and other grammar errors. And we had to write a paper 7-10 pages for our final.
Homework: It was a lot of reading. And answering questions about the material. Be prepared to READ A LOT!!!
Textbook: We used the book and the Bible together in class. But, make sure you have the correct Bible.
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She is a very nice lady, but she does not hardly come to class and when she does we leave early. She cancels class A LOT and she does not present the material for the class very well. We learned a few things from the presentations that other students presented, but she did not teach us very much. Also, we had to type 26+ pages of summaries from the Weaver text and we never did see our grades from that. The only grade we did see was our presentation grade.
Exams: We never knew the grade we made on our finals
Homework: READING articles from the book.
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I really enjoyed this class and the professor. I'd definitely recommend it. She teaches the class in a very objective manner, allowing students to share their opinions but she strictly sticks to looking at the Bible as literature and nothing else. I didn't have my previous knowledge of the Bible but this didn't put me at any disadvantage.
Exams: Our midterm was a short essay test or about four questions, the only other graded assignment was our final which was a 7-10 page essay
Homework: Reading from the Bible and a small textbook
Textbook: It was a helpful textbook and I recommend having it, but its not necessary to the course; however, be sure to have a Bible and that its the right translation.
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don't take her. cox is one of, if not THE worst teacher i've had ever. i've heard that she's better for upper-division classes, but if you're just trying to get your english general ed out of the way, aviod her.
Exams: cox teaches the lit the way she interprets it. if you analyze and interpret the lit any other way, it will be counted wrong on the tests and papers. even if you have adequate support for your conclusions, if you don't spew back whatever she said from class, it's wrong.
Homework: one or two papers, answer questions from end of stories. the usual for english.
Textbook: it's a regular english textbook. weighs a thousand pounds, has a bunch of lit and a bunch of analysis questions.
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dr. cox cancelled class at least 12 times for a tuesday and thursday class (i am not lying!). She does not teach! i thought that i would come away with the ability to teach grammar to kids, but i am no better off now than i was 4 months ago. i am not very good at grammar and as a future teacher i am still not prepared to teach certain aspects of grammar.
Exams: I gave a presentation (i worked very hard on it) and she gave me a C. I don't care that much about getting a C if i know that i didn't do the work, but i honestly did. Others that she seemed to like more or were of a minority group could get away with incorrect english and what seemed to me to be a presentation that was thrown together. Her final is not very hard (common sense stuff), but she did not teach the stuff that was on there.
Homework: No homework, except for the research for the presentation.
Textbook: you are forced to regurgitate the horribly boring and hard to understand information in one of texts in the form of summaries. The other book is actually useful and i intend to keep it.
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I really liked Dr. Cox's personality, but she never taught! If you are taking this class to actually learn something then take a different teacher. She cancels class all the time and when you do have class, you listen to students' presentations!
Exams: The test had absolutely nothing to do with what was taught!
Textbook: YOu had to buy it to do the chapter summaries, but you can do that in a day adn then return the book so you don't have to pay for it.
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I've never had a professor who cancelled as many classes as she did. She's a nice person and an easy grade. But I don't think we learned much of anything. On the one hand I'm happy to get a good grade, but disappointed because I didn't learn much about grammar.
Exams: Very subjective in her grading in my opinion.
Homework: There was one paper and one classroom project where we had to research and "teach" a subject in grammar.
Textbook: There were two textbooks. One we used - the English handbook was very helpful and I'll be keeping mine to use later. The other was rubbish. Thankfully we didn't have to use it much. It was wasted money.
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Dr. Cox was the best English teacher i have ever had, and she has a great sense of humour. She has us rolling in the floor at times. She loves her job and loves what she teaches. All she asks for is partcipation. Don't sit there and stare at her when she asks for opinions. Trust me speaking up really helps your grade and it also doesn't make her feel like she is speaking to a bunch of statues. She is a wonderful person and I recommend her to anyone who is taking this course next semester or in the years to come.
Exams: The tests basically test your comprehension of certain poems and stories you read over the course of the semester. Very easy if you use alot of literary terms and define certain aspects of the stories or poems to show your overall comprehension. She grades fair, and is very understanding.
Homework: Usually optional out of class assignments that were very easy. You didn't get a grade on most of them, just that you did them helps your overall grade. If you lack a few points to a better grade, say you have a 88 or 89, she would up it to an A depending on your class participation.
NOTE: if you don't like poetry or have trouble writing essays about it, she will change that for you very quick. She explains them very well and makes it easy to write 2-3 pages over a 4 line poem.
Textbook: We used the text book every day and it is important to take all the notes you can because it helps alot on exams.
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Dr. Cox is an excellent professor. I thoroughly enjoyed her class as a whole. She was helpful and understanding. Definitely unique in her style of teaching, develops a one on one relationship with her students and is indubitably fair. Lenient, close to breaks (fall, thanksgiving, etc.), she assigns little to no work but rather holds short class discussions regarding what you have been assigned if anything. I think she's awesome.
Exams: The tests were explications of stories and poetry we read during the semester. They are short excerpts taken from the story or poem and you are to the best of your ability, analyze what you interpreted from the particular assignment.
Homework: Reading and out of class writing.
Textbook: Our class used the textbook nearly every time the class met.
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Often disrespectful toward students. She assumes the class is full of degenerate retards with little to no intelligence. Makes you mark fragments on your papers to indicate you know that, in fact, you used a fragment. Insulting. She only grades on a certain level of writing: mediocre. So if you're a good writer, you'll confuse her and she'll count off. I learned nothing.
Homework: some reading
Textbook: Waste of money.

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