East Carolina students have an online “Study Hall” forum (obviously independent from the university) to discuss academic matters. Last semester several students wrote appreciatively of a Prof. Hal Snyder. In one thread (warning: foul language), a student seeking an “easy professor” for English 1200 was told
Snyder is the easiest professor you can get. Talked about just the syllabus for two weeks and have done nothing in class except listen to his stories about life and watch videos. And lastly about every week he gives a day off as a “drafting day”. His class is extremely easy, take him.
Another thread (same warning) was just about Snyder. In it students report the following:
? “I thought I signed up for English 1200, but all we’ve been doing all week is reading the syllabus. Should I drop?”
? “I don’t think I even remember taking any notes in his class hahah”
? “i had him last semester and i don’t recall taking a single page of notes. his papers are super easy. if you put a little effort into the class, you won’t have a problem making an A.”
? “Ummm….. I skipped again, and I asked what we did. They watched Sponge Bob Square Pants. I’m not joking.”
? “i have snyder for professional writing or whatever. he’s cool. Yeah we watched sponge bob too. i was pissed cause i have at 8. I could’ve gotten more sleep”
? “I had ol’ Hal at 12:00 my freshman year and we were out of class by 12:15 everyday, he didn’t even show up on most Fridays. If you want to learn something drop him, if you want to get a good grade keep him.”
