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Tis is, in my opinion, the worst teacher I've ever had!I didn't learn a thing!

Didn't learn anything from her. Horrible class, I suggest you drop her class and find another english professor. Theres plenty of better english professors at Cape Fear.

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I'm an English major, and I love literature, but she made me hate it. Terrible, unhelpful, rude instructor. If you end up with her, drop the class and take something else. She's that bad. Run while you still can.

I was openly mocked in front of the entire class for being nervous during a presentation. I think that's all there is to say...

She missed 1 week of class due to "illness" yet publicly scolded a classmate who was sick with the flue. She is not a good teacher, and she needs to learn respect.

Not a good teacher...at all.

Ms. Saba was one of the most uncommunicatitive teachers ive ever had. She does a poor jab explaining assignments and gets mad when you ask questions.

Ms Saba is the worst teacher I have EVER encountered in my entire life. I entered this class extremely excited about the papers I planned on writing. ((I enjoy writing very much)). I ended up failing the class because of attendance due to a miscommunication. No leeway, no help, no intelligence. She should be fired from her job immediately.

way to strict.

unless you can write perfect, no mistake papers dont take this class.

Puts students down rather than constructively motivates them. Misuse of discussion boards by including a grade for an "opinion" in her formula for the class grade. Provides poor instructions and questioning results in ridicule rather than clarification. Students are beneath her, and it comes across in her regard for your personal improvement.

I had her for British Lit. in 2005 and failed the class. The ONLY class I've ever failed. I was going to go through appealing the grade, but when I found out I'd still graduate that semester I just didn't pursue it. I graduated from a FOUR year college a year and a half later. She didn't get the best of me, but definitely the worst teacher ever

awful teacher. doesn't care about her students. an overall not nice person. GOOD LUCK to anyone that takes her class. YOU WILL be miserable

worst teacher ever. DO NOT take her class. you will regret it. She is very misleading and rude.

Do not take this class online. Exams are very difficult and instructor is very demanding and not helpful...Hard Class

She's a nightmare. Worst Prof I've ever had. She's certifiable, chaotic.EX: takes pts off for grammar of "'s w/in text that authors wrote. Impossible to get a good grade no matter how hard you try. F2F class makes students cry. Online class nasty on DB to students for no reason. THUMBS down for this lady. I really was looking forward to taking LIT.

Will not help or work with students at all. Class itself was easy, just had to fight with instructor to get a good grade. Will never take a class taught by her again.

Ms. Saba is a passionate teacher, but doesn't understand that her students have other lives going on and when she does understand, and you try to explain to her, she still is incapable of grasping those facts. She is honestly a horrible english teacher. i would never recommend anyone to take her.

Really not happy with this teacher. She keeps telling me things I know aren't true such as "I cannot open this file?" Is she running a computer with outdated software? I have received two zeros on assignments so far and we have had three. RIDICULOUS!

She was not helpful. Not clear at all on what she wanted, even if you emailed asking about an assignment. Her way or no way. If you don't think the same way she does or write like her then your done for.

She is harsh and wants you to follow exactly what she says (writing wise) and if you do not, be prepared to pay for it in a bad grade. She does not give you any slack for simple mistakes. She is not a very nice teacher. To put it shortly: Just don't take her class.

She is a terrible person! She refuses to give any feedback, I am a A student and am currently failing her class. I have read every assignment, do all my work, and she tries to make you fail. Her method of teaching is irrelevant because she does not have one. She tells you what to read and gives you a grade, no help, no advice.worst teacer ever!!!!!

She is terrible. Dont take this class if you have a job & go to school full time because the amount of work she gives is awful. Her assignments are confusing and not well thought out at all and she does not explain things. Also don't walk in a minute late because she watches the clock to mark that your late as soon as it's the exact minute of class

Her material was unclear and she was not helpful if I did something wrong. She just makes you feel dumb

Do not take this class online... She's extremely strict on everything.... The smallest mistake earns you zero credit. Her feedback is rare and limited she is rude and not helpful, she makes you feel dumb when trying to learn new topics!

Worst. Ever. She is an incredibly unfair grader and is not helpful at all. She gives very little feedback and when she does it is rude and discouraging. She talks down to you and refuses to accept anything that is not exactly how she would write it. Do NOT take her class. Even if you are regularly an A student, you will struggle to pass.

Do not take this class online! She gives little to no directions, and is not afraid to fail you over little mistakes.

Worst teacher I've ever had hands down. Congrats Mrs. Saba

Cheryl Saba. Wow, I am being extremely serious when I say this. But if anything comes close to really defining the term "a**ho*e", Cheryl would be the epitome of it. I have never endured the lack of disrespect and disregard from any instructor in my life as I did from Cheryl. The Literature Community would laugh at her style & methods of teaching.

DO NOT TAKE SABA ONLINE. She may be better in person, but online her class is overly demanding and extra critical when it comes to grading. Ms. Saba is definitely not a computer person, which is fine, but thus she shouldn't be teaching an online class. They course is disorganized, and takes a long time to figure out what is assigned each week.

Never have had a professor that is so strict, so rude, so unhelpful before. She tells you how it is and does not care for anyone else feelings. The way she does things is if it is not how she wants it and her style then it is wrong in her eyes.

Ms. Saba is the absolute worst teacher I have ever met. The three tags I chose to describe Ms. Saba don't give it justice. In class, she verbally attacked many students and talked behind their backs. She grades papers harder than anyone I have ever met and complains about her job. She is not caring by any means and refuses to help students.

This is the worse possible professor I have had since I have been in school. If you do not do exactly what and how she wants it, she will give you a 0. She does not care about her students or have any leniency.

Do not take this class. Just don't. So much homework and papers are graded the hardest I have ever seen in my life. She talks about students in a rude and inconsiderate way. Plus, is super unhelpful with questions and unclear with what she wants. Just take a different professor, please.

I have never withdrawn from a class in the history of my college career but I withdrew from this one. Her attitude is absolutely AWFUL and the very specific way she expects you to do things is unlike anything I've ever seen even. I took online classes for the flexibility of the coursework and she chose to open quizzes for only 24 hours. Horrible.

She has some good and bad qualities. She is accessible outside of class and gave me pointers on improvements. The problems lies in I went from Ds on my assignments to Cs. I really dont know what she expects from second year students. Literally half my class dropped the class and I honestly wish I would have too.

Back in school after a long layoff, and I couldn't pick a worse professor to get your feet wet again. Advice is non-specific, advice is non-specific, grades for assignments are extremely harsh, dropped class halfway through. Wish I'd trusted the prof rating and not taken the class.

I do not recommend this teacher. She made me hate English. She is snarky and does not care about anything.

This is the second time I have taken Saba's class. I'm on the dean's list every semes except for the 2 where I have taken her class. She told us on the first day of class that no one will get an A. She not only grades extremely hard, but she also doesn't give specific feedback. Saba isn't understanding or passionate which is necessary for teaching.

Professor Saba is the hardest professor I've ever had to date. You ever had a professor that just FEELS like they try to make it as hard as possible for students? I give her credit for timely response to emails, but don't dare email her with any questions that can be found anywhere on BB (even if you can't seem to find it) or it'll be your head!

would not recommend. I had missed and assignment (personal problems) and, long story short, when I discussed it with her she said I was too far behind and if I didnt drop the class I would fail. On top of that she never responded to my emails. I said something to her about it and she acknowledged that she had gotten them and chose not to respond.

Don't take her class.

Told class we needed textbooks, but wouldnt specify. Rude in emails. Wouldnt respond. She didnt do group work or try to help us in any way. Overly critical and would call out the class in group emails. (Not by name, but I believe it would be more appropriate to email said students individually.)

One of the most disrespectful teacher I have ever had. She is extremely rude in her emails, her class is not that hard if you do the work but she is very picky on how and when you turn things in, which is fine she is just rude and disrespectful towards her students.

Sarcastic in emails. Rude teacher. Not specfic with instructions on assignments. If you want to pass dont take her.

Worst Cape Fear teacher I ever had. Her emails are rude and sarcastic. She obviously doesn't care about you and just wants to do the least amount of effort possible. I will say she does put effort into her grading and gives some feedback. Avoid her at all cost.

Very tough grader and no mercy. I'm normally an A student and you get very few assignments, but since the grading is so tough it's easy to get bad grades.

Unnecessarily wordy. Gives unclear instructions. No mercy with grading.

Ms. Saba was rude, Disrespectful, and sometimes downright cruel. I was terrified to ask questions or ask for help. The feedback that I got on my papers was mean. She was sarcastic and made multiple inappropriate comments to our class and jokingly threatened students in a sarcastic way. there is a reason she has 50+ horrible reviews.

I had her as a professor back in 2020. The only time I ever dropped a class at CFCC because of how wrongly disrespectful and rude a teacher was to me.

Extremely vague instructions and long pieces of work to do. I am currently in the process of dropping out of this class.

I never leave reviews on professors but I felt this one was necessary. Don't take any classes with this professor! I've never had a more passive aggressive/rude teacher. Be prepared to get a condescending or straight up rude response to any emails asking for help. Gives very little feedback on assignments, and when she does, it's vague or generic.

She will post assignments the day before they are due. Meaning that there was no mention of the assignment's existence at all (yes, not in the syllabus or course schedule either) until it magically appears as due tomorrow... Assignments are very difficult

Gives unclear instructions on assignments. When you email her asking for help, she acts like you're stupid. Gave some good criticisms on work early on but let us know halfway through the term that she would no longer give detailed comments on our work. Why? She didn't say, presumably because we should just know how she wants our work written by now

Prof Saba was simply rude, not understanding, not willing to work with students, and difficult to work with herself. She is funny and a fun person but a horrible teacher. She offers terrible feed back on assignments and absolutely does not care about you, you would think she hates actually teaching.

took a class w/this professor back in the fall. worst class i've taken at cfcc by far. gave us essays basically every week, all assignments were posted last minute, gave minimum feedback if any, and course schedule/instructions were incredibly confusing. not accommodating to any circumstances whatsoever and talked crap about other classes.

She gives many assignments that build upon each other, so if you do one part wrong, the rest will be wrong as well. The final essays are a massive part of your grade, so if you don't do it perfectly, you can't bring your grade back up by much.

took a class w/this professor and regretted it. worst class ive had so far. gave us essays basically every week, all assignments were posted last minute, gave minimum feedback if any, and course schedule/instructions were incredibly confusing. not accommodating to any circumstances whatsoever and talks to students like they are incompetent

Do not take 231; instead, take 232 (the only lit class she doesn't teach). No help, and a very harsh grader and the assignments are posted last second (sometimes a day before they are due and are very tedious). I wish I had sacrificed a class to take 232 in person. Don't make the same mistake I did.

If you signed up for any of her classes, drop it before it's too late. It's not worth it, you will likely fail and need to take another English teacher. I'm a straight-A student and had a D. Now, I will be taking 241 with Miller. Waste of time and money.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!! No one is over exaggerating how god awful this teacher is. It is by far the WORST class I have ever taken. Ever. There are essays pretty much every week and she posts quizzes they day they are due, despite stating IN HER SYLLABUS that there would be TWO days to complete each quiz. She also pulled this with the final.

I legit had to withdrawal from the class, I hated it so much. I do well in English and received an A until I called a quits but the prof. didn't see how hard I worked. I attempted to meet with her and there was some kind of miscommunication, she was petty and harsh towards me that day and I never went back. Please save yourself and avoid her.

It's like if you combined a high school mean girl and an old man who's been in a library for 45 years. One word, rude. I saw a girl cry because she snapped at her. Why she's still allowed to teach is a mystery. It's never been more clear to me that a teacher hates their job than with her. You are way better off taking any other teachers class. Evil

Lacks accountability, poor social skills, lacks respect for students, takes pleasure in making things difficult for others. She has made me dread English which has always been a favorite class of mine I'm extremely disappointed in how her class has gone.

Do not take, super unhelpful and teaches via textbook readings.

One of the worst professors I have ever had. Told students to only contact her if needed and that she has a lot of students to deal with. She constantly contradicted herself and would provide little to no real instructions for assignments. Do yourself a favor and don't take her class.

awful. genuinely mean old lady. counts tardies as absences. would be understandable if the class wasn't early in the morning ?? like ok two minutes late and you're beating me up for it girl bye. but do not expect good treatment even if she provides it for others right in front of you. if she doesn't like you, she won't care