Let me be frank and re-evulate this professor for a second time for last time I said I'd work with him in future semesters. I have now taken two 169 As with him and will do some Gothic research with him in the Summer. This is the last time the man will teach here at UCLA and I think YOU as a student are OBLIGATED to your major to take his class. To clarify many issues around this professor. 1) if he had favorites then why does he loves who fail just as much as those who are superior? 2) He has the right to somewhat brag because he has a PhD and you don't, so GET OVER IT. 3) Many of the people who have taken his classes before took him again despite the fact if they even needed to or not. 4) He's a nice guy who goes BEYOND the classroom, therefore if you're a close-minded ass then you'll hate. 5) He's teaches (as he professes) the older style, which came BEFORE all this bullshit came in, so beware of that too. 6) Ever REALLY wonder what a humanitarian is? or where the school's headed? TAKE this class, he knows. 7) If your not into cursing, you'll fucking hate his classes.
With that said I think all of those who can not stand the above mentioned traits are first and foremost NOT English majors who need to find a different discipline to work with and those who don't mind, welcome to the final class of Dr. Lopez at UCLA.