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Funny, flexible teaching style. I would take her again. Delays handing back work

Awesome personality, Very intelligent, Lots of work! (But all worth it)

Kind of disorganized, goes off on tangents. Papers and readings are typical.

Very friendly,easy to work with. Flighty,but very sharp. Returns work promptly.

Her personality makes class worth going to but will often go on tangents.

Great prof; very excitable. Gives great input and challenges students.Work hard

She is a very smart prof. Knows her stuff++++ Lots of work, but she is fun.

eccentric, halarious. expects a lot but makes you want to please her.

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Crazy woman, knows her stuff, grades hard, communicate with her & you'll be fine

avis rules! always understanding. she is slightly batty but hilarious and w/ it.

quality prof

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AMAZING! SO KNOWLEDGEABLE! THE BEST!

best prof i've ever had, hard, but understanding. talkative.

fun, hilarious, grades hard on essays, lots of reading

Professor Hewitt is a wealth of knowledge. She only wants you to succeed

realy quirky and funny. Lots of reading but you can cut corners

great, really cares about your success, takes lit seriously. funny!!

Have this Prof. now and find her quite interesting. She sure knows her stuff. Always professional but friendly too. She does grade hard but not ridiculously. Glad I had her.

The cutest lady ever! Always makes you laugh and is 100% willing to help if you ask. Very personable and extremely knowledgable. I'm very glad I had her.

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GREAT professor! She's able to pick on herself which really lightens up the environment. She's very smart and willing to help IF YOU ASK HER. Take responsibility for yourself and ask for help if you need it! I would absolutely take her again.

Nice, but hard grader. Knows a lot and is funny.

I love her. She is the sweetest and cutest person. She likes to talk but is very encouraging of your comments. Essays are a breeze if you have her look over it before you turn it in.

She's a sweet woman, good teacher, really cares about her students. She makes class fun, a little wild and crazy but not confusing or disorganized. She's great!

Great professor! Tough grader, but makes class fun. Loves to laugh and tell jokes. One of the most genuinely nice people you will ever meet. Stick with her, it's worth it.

I love Professor Hewitt so much that I signed up for another of her classes. She is a wonderful woman who really loves her subject, and is very knowledgeable as well.

The hardest english class i ever took. I love her as a person, but she is a very hard grader. Must read your text book becuase she gets off track in class and runs out of time to finish discussing readings in class.

Very smart and funny. A great person but grades papers very hard and the exam was a little on the tough side. You learn a lot and she doesn't give quizzes which is a bonus.

I love this woman. She's one of the best professors on campus. She does grade papers tough, but you get to revise them. She is inspirational.

Loved this professor. She is tough, but tough love is always the best.

This woman is a hoot! Love her! I wish I could take all of my english classes from her.

Wonderfully nice woman. Can get a tad irritating when she's assigning a lot of reading or not making any sense. Tests are sort of goofy; talk to her about papers.

Stick with her and she will stick with you. You must do the readings. She loves it when you speak up in class. She grades papers tough, but if you have original ideas, she loves them. She loves quotes in papers too!

She is very sparatic on likes to jump from topic to topic. Takes too much time getting to her main point. Hard grader on papers, but she knows her literature, thats for sure.

Hewitt is a great teacher who absolutly knows her stuff..yes, yes! She is a hard grader on papers, but is more than willing to help you with your papers and give you extensions. Her finals are killers though, but you are very well prepared for them.

She is a great prof! Her lectures are fun and engaging, she always makes time to discuss papers or ideas or papers, and takes a genuine interest in the lives of her students. She is funny too.

I REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS WOMAN, BUT FEEL AS IF I DO. YOU SEE, I AM A PARENT OF A GVSU STUDENT WHOM HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THIS GRAND LADY. SHE NOT ONLY TAKES A INTEREST IN THEIR INTERESTS, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGES THEM TO PURSUE THEIR LIVES.

I love this prof even though she can be a little disorganized.

Best teacher I've had in my life. Nicest woman ever. Very intelligent. Thorough grader on papers. Filled with comments so you learn how to write a better paper. On the weekends you'll wish it was Monday so you could go to her class.

Awesome professor! Very intelligent and helpful. She is willing to go out of her way to help you (meet with her about all of your papers) Makes boring literature very exciting! Take her if you can!!!!

Very helpful! If you want an A on your papers you need to meet with her, multiple times, she helps sooooooo much. I got A's on both papers because of that. Final exam is impossible! 50 quotes from all the text we have read, need to identify and summarize!

I would take her again! She didn't grade papers as hard as I had heard (just make sure your grammar and machanics are good). Go to class, read all the texts, put some effort into learning authors and titles and the final is easy.

Avis is the most vibrant and free spirited professor I have ever had. Highly intellegent and fun!!! I would recommend her class to anyone.

All the people who have complained apparently think that Prof Hewitt should have students read one-page stories about rainbows and kittens. If you read the stories assigned and show up to class, then you'll do fine on the final quote exam (I promise).

Avis is one of a kind. She's super nice and treats students like people with brains. Must really care about the material to do well.

She is very kind, caring, extremely knowledgable, and hilarious! Will take late papers. Gives awesome feedback. I love her!

Very funny and unique. She can be confusing sometimes but makes every class interesting. You do have to do a lot of reading and writing but it's expected with an honors class.

Avis' knowledge of F. O'Conner is astouding. Very nice, though self-depricating. She mailed articles and corrected papers to us so we could have them earlier than our once-a-week class permitted. Presented opportunities for professional conferences and publication. Great reading list! (Am. lit.)

Avis is so much fun to take. She gets the class talking and is very animated. It would be hard to not like her. She'll have you laughing with her "mmhmmm"s and her "ooohhhhhh, yes!"s!! I loved taking Avis!!!

Probably the most helpful professor I've ever had. She is very bright, well-informed and encouraging, and she provides extremely thorough feedback on papers. She goes out of her way to really mentor students and is just overall a wonderful person.

I took as many classes with this woman as possible.Capstone was amazing.F.O'Conner was a great author to study.Avis will keep you guessing the entire time, never a dull moment. This woman is great, she will help you with your papers (not just for her class).She inspired me to be an English teacher.

So so funny!! She's very entertaining, it makes it easy to show up to all the classes (which is very important in order to pass). There are 3 (5pg) papers and a quote final. The papers were kind of dreadfull and I thought she was a pretty tough grader but I would take her again.

Great prof...! Will take more classes again! Somewhat challenging, but it was an honors couse.

She is very knowledgable about the material, but she tries to cover too much in a 15-week class. Rambles on about things too long and is condescending with different opinions than her own.

What a sweetheart! I loved this prof and her class. She's not as challenging as other people are making her sound. Extremely helpful, nice, and funny.

Best English prof I have had. She is brilliant and will teach and help you a whole lot if you only ask.

Prof. Hewitt is SO funny. She can be very opinionated at times, but class is enjoyable and she knows her stuff. Easy, too!

Avis is a wonderful teacher but does get off topic a lot. She arrives to class 3-5 minutes late everyday and then will talk 5 minutes past the end of class. Her exams are usually matching the title of story with a quote from the story. Can be difficult if you don't keep up on your reading.

Great professor, but she makes you work hard. You'll get an A if you deserve it, but you won't get one by accident! She's a wonderful lady an dvery knowledgable.

Prof. Hewitt is kinda crazy, but she's a good professor. She often strays off topic and we usually get through half of what we planned on doing in a given class period. She's knowledgeable, but opinionated. Very entertaining! Semi-hard grader for papers, but not too bad. I'd recommend her!!

Best ever. Great Professor. Thanks for all the help!

Professor Hewitt is an amazing prof. At first she will probably completely confuse you, but once you understand what she expects from you, the class is fine. Papers are tough and you should do the reading, but she's more than happy to help you out in office hours. Class is ALWAYS interesting and entertaining...she will definitely make you laugh.

She will go down as one of my all time favorite professors. She will butcher your papers, but at least you will get honest feedback that will actually help you in life opposed to an 'easy A'. She is very funny and very 'out-there'. She knows if you have done the readings or not and she does not like people not participating in discussions

Professor Hewitt is hard to follow at times, and her assignments can be unclear. She is very funny. She's worth taking for the honors sequence because her partner Montagna is awesome.

Kind of a flake but lots of energy and super fun. Keeps assignments rigorous but clear, regimented and steady which offsets her flakiness.

Brilliant, funny, entertaining, and super-helpful. Talk to her, get to know her, go to her for help, and you'll learn tons.

At first Avis seemed a little bit crazy and it was hard to follow what was going on in class but after spending two semesters in her class I can't help but love her! She is one of the nicest professors at GVSU! Take her! She makes it fun while you're still learning lots. Her quote id exams were difficult but read everything and you will be fine.

I loved Avis as a professor! She talks super fast but is such a cute little lady. As long as you do the assignments and put some work into them, you'll be set! Can't wait to take another class with her in the winter!

I love Avis! She is a very sweet and funny person, but she's a tough grader and very eccentric. You might be frustrated with the way she grades, but my advice is to meet with her and talk! It WILL help! Otherwise, dates got moved back a lot and she was a pretty slow grader. No big deal. Very smart.

Loved the class, great professor, very willing to help if you have trouble.

She has a ton of knowledge and loves to share it. Pay attention and do the reading, and note the things she repeats or likes about a text, they will be in on the final. If you enjoy learning about Literature she is great.

I view Avis almost as a grandmother. This woman is hilarious and her lectures never make any sense, but they are just so enjoyable. It's tough to know exactly what she wants, because she never really explains it, but if you email her a question about a paper she will basically write the thesis for you. If you participate often you'll be fine.

Love Avis! At first I was a little unsure of her because she's can be a little overwhelming. You just have to nod along sometimes, but it makes the class interesting. If you put in the effort and follow the criteria, she is a fair grader. Very helpful over email. I would recommend Avis!

She's an extremely kind woman and very passionate and intelligent about the subject matter. She's a little disorganized, her lectures are often all over the place, but you can still get a lot out of the class. If you like reading and discussing literature, this is perfect. She's super helpful over email as well and if you participate you'll be good

Professor Hewitt is a sweetheart! The class pretty much consists of her lecturing on the stories we read and going on the little tangents about the authors. There is quite a bit of reading but its all pretty interesting. The only grades are 3 critics on stories of your choice and 3 critical analysis's expanding on what we discuss in class.

It may not seem like it at first, but Professor Hewitt is a great prof who really knows the material. She is passionate about it, and wants her students to understand. There aren't any tests or quizzes, but there are four papers. They seem intimidating at first, but she's not a super hard grader; just make sure to double check your grammar.

Avis is, by far, one of my favorite professors. She's sweet, kind, and overall understanding. She is willing to move essays and due dates in order for everyone to be as prepared as possible. Make sure you get to know her!

Values and seeks your opinions and input, so be prepared and read the material. Very flexible and understanding if you are absent, late with a paper, etc. But don't try to take advantage of her, because she ISN'T stupid, just generous. Has a brilliant mind and an amazing knowledge of history, literature, and media. PROOFREAD YOUR WORK!!

Professor Hewitt is the SWEETEST! If I had to describe her in one word, I would say gracious. She is super understanding and cares about each student individually. On top of that, discussions are very interesting and she gives really good insight into the readings. There is a lot of writing and reading, but it's really not too bad.