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Absolutely terrible.i am a b+ average student and i barely pulled off a D in her class.There are no slides, no overheads, nothing.You have to sit there and listen to her talk for an hour and fifteen minutes straight...impossible to hear everything she says and note it all at the same time.tests are also BRUTAL!Serioulsy, stay away from this prof!!!

What should be easy material to learn is made unnecessarily difficult to grasp by this prof. No pdrive notes, no handouts, no overheads, no powerpoints. Syllabus lacked imp. info, like exam dates! Tests: 4 or 5 questions, mess up one and your looking at a B-, but thats a guess, didnt recieve a marking key either. Think twice before taking this prof

When I signed up for this class, it was full. Now people are scrambling to drop it before the time limit purely because of her teaching style, or lack therefore of. Nice woman, very friendly, but she is as easy to understand as the philosophers she attempts to teach.

She is one, if not the worst teacher I have ever had! She does not put any necessary information on her powerpoints and the textbook is less than useless. Her tests are ridiculous and basically require a photographic memory of the most insignificant topics covered in class. I honestly do not believe she knows anything about CRITICAL THINKING. Awful

She is probably the worst prof i've ever had. She interupts her students when called upon to answer one of her pointless questions. Very rude and doesn't make it clear on what she's trying to teach. Avoid her if possible

Absolutely awful. This class was very boring. The professor is very unhelpful and does not know how to teach.

Worst prof I've ever had. Useless power-points and class work. Unclear explanations. If you have a different opinion than hers you might as well keep it to yourself. She interrupts and does not answer your questions well at all. I don't know how she is still aloud to teach. Do NOT take a course with her if you don't have to.

Dr. Forde is by far in my four years at Saint Mary's and one year at STFX the worst prof I have ever had. Her explanations are unclear and her demeanor is argumentative if your opinion differs from her own. Her marking is inconsistent and testing does not reflect the outcomes of the course. DO NOT take her classes!

Very bland lectures. Found it difficult to stay engaged in class. I also found her to be kind of rude to some of her students.

Extremely condescending, rude, and angry. Terrible terrible personality, awkward, weird, and creepy. Uses her marks for taking out her anger at the world I read the text and wrote 500 words (assignment 1), since MY opinion was invalid I was graded 30%, and corrected on irrelevant spelling etc (RUDELY)She also told me I don't know how to write.

easy concepts explained in the most confusing way imaginable

Worst Prof ever. Was really hard with marking and couldn't seem to explain the work.

She is very unorganized, she marks hard. She isn't precise in what she want. Her lecture slides are veg and have minimum of info in it. Sometimes for the quiz she says it on one thing but decides to base it off of the material taught in the lecture that day. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GPA, DON'T TAKE CLASS WITH HER. Worst prof in smu! AVOID

Rude towards students, doesnt have a clear way of teaching. She does not clear up any concepts you dont understand. Your thoughts should not differ from her own, they would automatically be wrong. She is boring and unorganized. Test does not relate to course material. Her class is nothing i thought it would be like. AVOID and SAVE YOUR GRADE!!

first things first just save yourself the suffering and bad grade by not taking a class with this proff ever. biggest mistake in my 2 years of uni. extremely rude, doesn't reply to emails and won't even answer a question at the end of class. calls individuals out. tests are awful along with quizzes. she goes way fast. most boring class ever.

DO NOT ENGAGE. She marks based on her opinion (i.e; if you're not vegan, expect a 10-25% deduction on all assignments). Her PowerPoints make little to no sense, she's beyond rude in emails and written feedback and marks very inconsistently (If two people chose the same answer on a MP question, one would be marked wrong). AVOID AT ALL COSTS

I only went to three of this professor's classes for a reason. She spoke in the most ambiguous way possible and never clarified things. Further, she did not know how to handle students that were disruptive and contributed to the tension in a class I took on continental philosophy. I dropped her course very quickly for this reason. Don't take her.

Doesnt explain what we are learning well, she assumes that we know what shes talking about and gets mad when you ask questions, why didnt you read the textbook! She refuses to answer question. Outside of the class she is a very sweet lady when your talking to her one on one and gives better explainations for questions we ask.

Just a horrible professor. Very disrespectful

Dr. Forde is the most unorganized professor I have ever met in my 5 years at SMU. She has TONS of grammatical issues in all her handouts, powerpoints, and tests. She is horrible at wording things, which makes it extremely confusing on the tests. She talks so much that she barely covers any course content yet puts so much on the exam.

This prof does not help students when they ask questions. Example: a students recently asked a question on a particular unit, the prof then answered "Don't ask that question, we go over this every day, you need to understand this". She makes the students feel as though our questions are pointless/redundant. Do NOT take this course unless needed.

Worse Prof I've had at SMU. Rude and disrespectful with her marking, only does powerpoints, and never emails students back when they ask questions. She expects you to already have a Doctorate level of understanding coming into this second-year course. Expect to only pay attention to her course because that's how much she expects from you.

Caramel did not pass the vibe check. She makes literally no sense and is not helpful one bit. She'll ghost your emails if she doesn't want to respond anymore. Really really bad at explaining in her lectures. I've had people just beef with her because of how confusing she is. My friend and I dropped her course and we've never felt more free and joy

Dr. Forde is disrespectful, unprofessional and unhelpful. Her lectures and PowerPoints do not make sense, she does mot provide adequate feedback on tests and quizzes so you have no idea what you did wrong or how to fix it. If you dont understand a concept she is rude in explanation. She marks way too hard for the course. AVOID HER.

She's very rude and if you ask a question prepare to be degraded and make sure to have a tough skin she doesn't not care about the students just her position. She will not help at all and if you ask her to clarify herself she blames your misunderstanding on the student instead not listening , when her teaching contradicts itself.

Carmel Forde is the worst professor I have ever had. She speaks her mind and will definitely call you stupid with no hesitation. She has ghosted my emails all semester, she simply cannot teach and does not want to help at all. She has said to my class MULTIPLE times to not email her to ask questions. Avoid Carmel at all costs, no credit is worth it

Toughest professor I've ever had, super hard grader, almost impossible to get a good mark.

Encourages questions yet shuts down students when they ask. Very rude & unprofessional. Not sure how she is in person, but she's unorganized online.

CONSTANTLY contradicts herself, says one thing in class and when we are tested on it, it is magically is no longer true. Quizzes us on things she has never taught. I think the sole reason why she was put on this earth was to take away my scholarship. I can't believe I paid two terms worth of money to take her class. Avoid if you value your sanity.

Incredibly rude and disrespectful. Because of COVID-19 this class is online; I've walked out of several of her classes because I was so blown away by how rude she is to students. Additionally, I don't feel she teaches this subject well/she doesn't explain topics well. Cannot recommend this prof less, she's awful.

Just dont do it, you will thank me later.

she was very rude when it came to not understanding the work and concepts she would degrade students in the class. she did not communicate with the tutors on what we were going over. her tests are long and difficult and she made many spelling errors on the test and would be angry if you asked about them as well as posting tests 4 hours late

horrible professor. she doesn't explain things well at all and degrades all students that don't understand or ask for help. don't take this class

This prof is so vague in her lectures, that I am not sure if she even knows what she is teaching. My class sure doesn't! Not a single one of us understands what is going on, or what we are supposed to be learning. STEER CLEAR OF THIS PROF! Don't do this to yourself, honestly.

This class was extremely difficult and the prof was not good at giving feedback, her lectures were very confusing and she never offered to reexplain or help her students. would not recommend if you are just trying to get an extra credit/not mandatory.

Her tests are difficult and she puts no thought or preparation in for her classes, there is no way to prepare for tests because her powerpoints don't make any sense. She is always making grammar mistakes or asking us how to spell words, when she talks she loses her train of thought and when you ask a question she won't answer it. Do not recommend!!

If you value good grades, do not take this class. If you appreciate professors that get to the point, are kind to students and grade things clearly, do not take this class. You will be degraded and confused more than anything else. Stay far away if you value your sanity. Do not take anything from this professor.

If ur trying to decide if you want to take this class don't. The material doesn't make any sense coming from her mouth, her powerpoints are a mess and half the time she has no idea what she is saying. She grades way too harsh and expects it to be perfect. She thinks she is the best and will call you stupid if you make a joke or ask a question.

Professor Forde is a terrible teacher. Her slides make no sense and she expects all students to understand everything right away. Make sure you never ask her a question or she'll call you stupid in front of the whole class. She made me feel so worthless. Her powerpoints are a complete mess and she simply doesn't care about any student. Stear clear.

This class was a complete and utter mess. Her slides are a train wreck, and she clearly puts no effort into her 'lectures' or tests. The feedback you receive is useless, as she would often just cross out stuff I wrote and write "No!" or "Wrong!" with no explanation as to why. Do yourself a favour and DO NOT take her class.

Very passive aggressive prof who makes you feel dumb if you answer a question wrong. She is not very helpful and the lectures and slideshows are confusing and not that helpful. If you have the ability to take another prof I highly reccomend that, if not then honestly take 2 science or math courses.

This course was full-year yet I don't feel like I learned a single thing. Lectures were confusing and vague, and powerpoints didn't make sense. Dr Forde was quite passive-aggressive as well. If I could go back in time I'd have dropped this on the first day, or taken the course with a different prof which is what I'd advise you to do.

This was the worst class ever. I am interested in philosophy outside of the classroom but this was the most brain-rotting content to learn about. Forde is extremely passive-aggressive with her students and when asked a question you're met with disrespect. Her feedback is also not readable. If you wish to keep your sanity you wont take this course.

Her lectures are redundant and it seems as if no matter how much you study, you will still manage to barely get a passing grade. BEWARE

Like many mentioned, not a good prof. While I don't believe she is intentionally rude, she does have a certain way of delivering answers that make you feel dumber than before, in a manner that suggests she doesn't care about you. She tends to go in circles - her answers being quite vague. Overall the topics are confusing, AVOID THIS CLASS.

every time you speak she says you are wrong. She graded the midterms as if we had been writing philosophy our entire lives. (we had never done a written assignment before). if she could get a negative score I would give it. wasn't the course I marked it as The course I'm in just wasn't on the list.