Sassan Tabatabai
- School: Boston University
- Location: Boston, MA
- Department: Writing
- 4.1Overall Quality
- 4.0Helpfulness
- 4.1Clarity
- 3.4Easiness
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CC201
This professor is awful. As others have said, too buddy-buddy with the frat boys and flirts too much with the pretty girls. Encourages mindless participation. Unfair grader; plays favorites. Disorganized, lazy, always late with papers, never says anything insightful about books. Also, I've read his poetry: it sucks. Emotional, flowery, unoriginal.
CC202
I took him for CC201 and CC202. Discussions can sometimes get repetative, but he's entertaining and really takes his time reading your work. He's a hard grader, but he's clearly the best professor in second-year Core Humanities. Since he's a poet, the poetry discussions were quite good. I would recommend him to anyone.
LZ111
Great class. Farsi is hard and you have to put in a lot of hours but prof Tabatabai is awesome and you really learn. He takes in very slow first semester so it is not too overwhelming.
CC201
A somewhat difficult grader, but he takes his time to give you good feedback. He spends a bunch of time reviewing the lectures. He's pretty good about helping students out during his office hours. He's also hilarious and very entertaining. I'm taking CC202 with him next semester, and I'd recommend him to any incoming Core sophomores.
Core201
Seriously not worth the tuition unless you can get in good with him on the first day. Try agreeing with him. He likes that. WAY LATE with papers.
LZ111
A lot of fun. Quizzes are pretty straight forward. Makes the class really enjoyable with all of his anecdotes which makes the class really relaxed. Great guy.
CC201
Going to his discussion section doesn't help you learn the material and he rarely gives students the change to comment during class. If you want to only get one paper back before the Final...take Tabatabai. I love Core and especially Humanities, but he made me loathe it!
CC201
Sassan Tabatabai's the man, anyone who says he's useless as a professor deserves to go a couple rounds with him at the Ring.
corehum
Tabatabai won't give you the easy A; instead, he will give you great insight, great fun, and a great smile. If you learn better in a relaxed, no-stress environment, this is the Professor for you. Professors I've had at
CC201
I love this professor. He is very cute, and a magnificent lecturer. I will take him as often as I can. Really great!
CC201
Lit isn't my major, but his enthusiasm for the books is contagious and I actually found myself looking forward to class. Comments on papers were very helpful, read them if you want your next essay grade to go up. Really nice guy, approachable, and hilarious in class. I definitely recommend taking his class
cc202
Tabatabai is a really nice guy, hilarious in class. I'm not usually into literature but he gets you involved with his enthusiasm for the books. Very helpful if you go into office hours with questions about your paper. Great professor!
CC202
absolutely worthless as a professor. you learn nothing to further your knowledge of the books or writing skills. he skips class, and never gives your papers back. he encourages the obnoxious jerks in class. also: not attractive.
CC201
Tabatabai is a great guy I'd throw a few back with, but as a professor... He's friendly and helpful but its very difficult to find out what he wants (grade-wise). In class discussions he usually only likes to hear what he wants to say, and isn't very open to entertaining new ideas. He gives out a lot of B's and B+'s and it's very hard to get an A.
CC201
Tabatabai is laid back and nice. He will push the due date of papers almost every time, so you have plenty of time. He isn't the best at preparing one for the final exam, but he grades the papers fairly, nicely. Wants to hang out more than teach, but I would def advise the experience
CC101, CC2
01
Tabatatai is the main reason that I'm and staying in Core. Yup, he's that good. He makes the class interesting. Simple as that. Grade wise, I would say he's a fair grader, whatever that means at BU cause of the grade deflation. This guy even has his own Facebook Group started by his students. If you can get in his class, then by all means GO FOR IT
CC202
I love Tabatabai. He is the most enthusiastic teacher I have had in the core. He does fall way behind schedule (don't expect your papers back), but beside that little let down, he teaches concepts well and is really helpful. Tabatabai completes core
CC202
He may be easy on the eyes, but you´ll learn more on your own than in his class. The papers were easy. His class is not worth the tuition you pay. Don´t even take the Core. Read the books on your free time or borrow the lecture tapes if you have to. There are better ways to learn this material than in that four-semester hell.
CC 101
He's cool that's all I can say. Don't expect the good grades you'd think on papers.He is late to class and falls behind schedule, but the good thing is that he lets you do the same so it's not a big deal. Your papers won't cause much problems, he'll just change the deadline if necessary. If you don't mind a laid-back teacher he's great
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