Is rate my professor a liable source?

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<p>^ Haha! That’s really funny. And awkward. But still funny. </p>

<p>Today we were doing student evals in one of my classes, and I joked about how I was gonna pull a ratemyprofessors and put down that my professor “wears nice clothes” since 2 people had said that about him on there.</p>

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<p>Lol i wish there a section on the schools website then the professors would reply for sure……but hopefully not to inappropriate stuff.</p>

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This would require the professor to donate at least some of their time to do. Not something I see a prof actually doing. If you see a bunch of reviews from the same date, which may be abnormal from the rest of the reviews (i.e. 10 reviews in the same 1-3 days time when the rest of the reviews are like 1/month or 1-2 every academic term), then that should be an obvious red flag - especially if they are all saying similar things or giving similar ratings. Or say the prof doesn’t have any reviews so s/he posts some good ones - then heed my advice about putting weight to a scarce number of reviews.</p>

<p>Since 1 review won’t have a deep impact within the tens or sometimes hundred(s) of reviews, it doesn’t seem to be worth a prof’s time to do something like that. The only way it would work is if the prof had the patience to write a review for his/herself after every term or like every month or something. Something tells me not many prof would be wasting their time doingit like that. . .</p>

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<p>Definitely 'liable (lie-able;liable;libel)</p>

<p>Li-bel
“a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation”</p>

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<p>@nanotechnology LOL oh my!</p>

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<p>usually the graders are people who either loathe or love the teacher… so yes its unreliable</p>

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<p>So I’m taking 2 classes where the professor got bad reviews. One of them really does suck but the other is pretty funny. His analogies help and I don’t think his accent is that bad as people say.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t say it’s reliable or unreliable–rather, it’s all subjective opinions of the individuals who review the professors they had. I do have a tendency to avoid professors that have bad ratings all across the board, though. </p>