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Claudia Allen

Mathematics - Santa Monica College

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What Students Say

If you value your time, money, grades, and life AVOID THIS CLASS

MATH31 - 2.0 rating

I'm a good student with a decent gpa, math is not my best subject but I'm not aweful at it, still failed her class

MATH31 - 1.0 rating
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Textbook Required

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Reviews (124)
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MATH31
Aug 18, 2002

A nightmare - have now taken 5 sem's of math, all A's - she's the worst

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MATH31
Nov 5, 2002

All of her work is handwritten, including the text...YUK. for math it's too hard

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MATH31
Jul 2, 2003

Trust me folks, it does not get any worse that this. I completed 4 semesters of math after her - all A's, so I think I can judge.

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MATH84
Jul 10, 2003

Yes, her book is handwritten but she really is a nice person. Just tell her what you need and she'll help you. However, does give a great amount of HW!

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MATH8284
Aug 25, 2003

No Comments

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MATH81
Oct 16, 2003

Lots of homework, but really nice teacher! If you don't get it, she'll do examples until you do.

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MATH31
Nov 12, 2003

the worst teacher i have ever taken trust me please when i say she is bad. more then half the class left after her i had to retake it and i got a "B" she is the worst please trust me

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MATH31
Nov 21, 2003

if you want to worst teache in the history of SMC....take this one...handwritten book, she writes in chalk and wipes it all over herself....she is horrible....my first day i thought i was going to cry...stay away..

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MATH81
Nov 24, 2003

she is not all that bad.. yes her textbook is hand written but i've had alot of teachers that were alot worse.she gets kind of chock happy at times.but a good teacher will help you understand. but has wierd rules about talking and will move your seat.

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MATH
Dec 4, 2003

I dropped her and threw her crazy ass textbook in the TRASH. She was the math nazi. Completely unpleasant and UNREALISTIC with her demands.

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MATH31
Dec 5, 2003

This woman is very rude. She has no respect for her students. I tried to crash her class and I am so thankful she wouldn't add me. I hear from current students that her teaching skills are very poor and she expects more than she is willing to give.

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MATH31
Feb 12, 2004

In my opinion she is a great teacher, I love this class.. I found it very helpful for me!!

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MATH31
Feb 24, 2004

This teacher never allows you to ask questions,even if you dont understand the material.Everything after the class! Tons of homework (3-4 hours).

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MATH84
Feb 25, 2004

HORRIBLE!!!!! Too much damn homework and was completely unclear about everything. I dropped her calss along with 20 others.

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ALGEBRA
Mar 11, 2004

Wanna easy ride through math and increase chance for failure in the next course? Go elsewhere. Wanna know the subject? Stick with her. I know,wouldn't have gotten into U.C.L.A.(BA&GRAD)without her.A cadre of droopy-drawered babies posting here. G

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ALGEBRA1
May 4, 2004

a lot of homework. does write her own book. Why pay $100.00 for a book when you can pay $20.00!! I had not taken a math class in over ten years and she was very helpful.

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MATH31
May 14, 2004

Horrible, just plain out horrible.

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MATH
May 21, 2004

Dear God she is THE MOST HORRIBLE MATH TEACHER.STAY AWAY!!! she is rude,unhelpful, and gives loads of homework. worse thing about her, SHE CAN'T TEACH (at least for people who are weak in Math).

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MATH81
Jun 16, 2004

hard to follow for a math class. dosn't explain things clearly. cares to much about attendence. cares a lot about students, but needs to be more organized for a math teacher.

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MATH84
Jun 18, 2004

Don't take her class. She writes her own math textbook. I strongly do not recommend her.

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MATH81
Jul 1, 2004

She use her textbook (good thing they are cheap); furthermore, her explaining is clear. The bad thing about her is that she wants everything her way. If you don't do it her way, she will not give you points, even if your answer is correct.

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MATH
Jul 12, 2004

This lady is very rude. She never has time to go over a question after class. she tells the student to meet up with her at another time. Very unclear, and makes up her own book that does not make sense. Out of control.

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MATH84
Oct 18, 2004

she is clear in her teachings and explanations but if you do not do it her way your answer will be incorrect.hw's a b**ch! 2hrs for an assnt.and its only 1pt. you cant make anything up. good luck!

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MATH84
Nov 15, 2004

Be aware, this teacher, although I believe her to have good intentions, comes off rude. Her pride of being wrong constantly clashes with her empathy towards her students. Just sit in on the first class; you'll understand. I remained--looks as over half the class dropped, so you do the math.

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MATH84
Nov 18, 2004

She gives students a "study guide" before the test, but the test lookes nothing like the study guide. She is not helpful at all. Don't take her.

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MATH31
Nov 20, 2004

Can't stand the woman. She needs a life other than math. Her hw is horribly long and time comsuming. It's so difficult to get an A. Grading is bazaar. she told my class "this class is not the time to have fun." don't recomment this person one bit.

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MATH84
Nov 22, 2004

Worst math teacher I have ever had. She doesnt explian herself very well and a lot of the times she forgets what she is doing and confuses the class. If it means takin an early class over her, take it. She is a pretty bad teacher.Very disappointed.

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MATH84
Jan 4, 2005

She is helpful when you go to her during her office hours. A lot of homework and very lengthy tests. Her final was 3 hours! Her grading is weird because you really don't know what you're gonna get until the semester is over.

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MATH81
Jan 5, 2005

The WORSE teacher on the face of this planet!! She should not be allowed to teach at all. she doesn't even use the textbook provided at the bookstore.She makes her own (probably to profit off of it herself) DO NOT TAKE HER!! you will regret it

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MATH
Jan 19, 2005

She is the worst math teacher i've ever had! She gives huge packets of math work that are due the next class, then tests you on them right away! She forgets what she teaches and her face is always full of chalk marks like shes been eating it all day! I will never ever ever ever ever take her!

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MATH84
Jan 22, 2005

Why is this woman destroying lives? She does not belong at SMC but rather in the prison system punishing criminals. She is the reason I have had to take math 20 four times. I'm 25 and still in community college because of this wretch of a teacher. She needs to go away NOW!

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MATH84
Jan 29, 2005

If all of the people that are whining about this teacher would use that time to do homework instead of complaining they would pass. How dumb are you if you blame the teacher for giving homework and you can't pass pre-algebra? Ms Allen was very helpful to me and I thank her for that.

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MATH81
Feb 10, 2005

This lady likes to make people feel so stupid if you don't know what your doing. If you do all the work and pay attention she is very easy. Cares about attendence to much and the rules of the school. Didn't like this teacher. She is also ****!! I recommend not taking this ****.

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MATH81
Feb 13, 2005

Tough, but very fair. She has zero tolerance for slackers or people who goof around but if you do her homework (which is a lot and tedious) you'll get an A and become a more efficient Math student.

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MATH31
Feb 14, 2005

worst math teacher ever! she takes of points off for everything, her homework packets are a joke and she always has chalk of her face like a tard.

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MATH84
Mar 23, 2005

Listen to the people!!! Do not take this class unless you want to do alot of homework and put up with a pain in the you know what teacher. Her lectures are not lectures, she does not teach she gives homework. Alot of homework!! She wrote her own book which is confusing and useless. Do not take h

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MATH31
Mar 30, 2005

that women is seriously a psycho.always full of chalks and definitely on drugs or diet pills. hyper like a bee. dont recommend her class, except you want to be immitated by a zombie. - if u want to end up like a zombie take her if u want to be normal and unscared dont take her.

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MATH31
May 10, 2005

unless you like abuse dont take this class, prof Allen has no social skills and is probably the most repugnent person I have ever met. She claims that she overly prepares for the next level, the truth is I was dangerously unprepared for the next level.

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MATH84
May 11, 2005

Wrost teacher ever, she is very mean also, and sarcastic, no sence humor, dont know how to teach.

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MATH31
May 13, 2005

Unfortunately everyone wants the easy way out she does assign a lot of homework, if you do it you'll have no problem. Try not to miss class you will fall behind.She is very helpful and sets up office hours to further assist you.I think it's tight she wrote her own book.(it was relly cheap)

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MATH84
Jun 9, 2005

Wow do i WISH i came to this website before i took this class. This teacher was the worst teacher i have ever had. She gave way too much homework, was completely unorganized,didn't want to answer questions- etc. She obviously did not care at all that so many people dropped her class- it didn't even dawn on her. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

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MATH84
Jun 14, 2005

She tries to put her students down and she dresses funny.

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82
Jun 26, 2005

some test take about 2 hours on the average, and assignments are very unorganized

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MATH81
Grade: Not_Sure_Yet
Jul 13, 2005

she never answer questions! she says: "get tutoring" like all other SMC professors! her assignment are a whole big chaos! you get piles of papers from her at every lesson!

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MATH
Jul 24, 2005

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MATH81
Jul 29, 2005

this woman is not nice. this woman doesnt want to teach math. shes unhelpful, expects everyone to just do the math, she says she has an "inherent" ability to do math. well what about others that dont. she doesnt explain anything, just puts it up on the board. About 4.5 hrs of hw. i have seen her put people down. thumbs down allen, fire her!

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MATH
Aug 24, 2005

Oh my god, she wrote her own math book on long legal paper and charged a fortune for it at the bookstore, waaaay too much homework, evil, impolite. hated this class. be afraid....be very afraid.

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MATH84
Oct 7, 2005

She is a horrible teacher. She always has chalk on her face. She made her own book, and you can’t follow it. She takes attendance twice, once in the beginning of class and one at the end. Don’t take this class. If you want to learn don't take her class.

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MATH81
Oct 19, 2005

dont eve take that class sh is a **** sh always put student down and plus she is a ****ing lesbian the way she looks at people it is so disrespectful.

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MATH84
Nov 27, 2005

honestly she teachs very good but her class is not easy and you have to work hard and do a lots of homework I remember the first day of her class our class was full but at the end of the class more than 50 persent of the students drobed her class

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MATH84
Dec 14, 2005

I have never dissliked a teacher more then Ms. Allen. She does not teach or answer questions, she simply mumbles to herself and scribbles on the board. She is very frantic, unorganized and rude. She will drop you if you miss 4 or more classes, and if you have to leave early or come even seconds late, it counts as an absance.

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MATH
Jan 15, 2006

She's crazy

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MATH84
Jan 19, 2006

do not take this class ull fail unless u r super smart she doesnt help u or answ ?s lots of homework lots of tests and very harsh grading&attendance policy also she doesnt allow make ups 4 ne reason not even emergency i failed a test cuz of car accident .o & she use her own ways of solving so the tutors dont help u in math lab her book is written b

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MATH84
Jan 26, 2006

no joke, she is really crazy, im talkin her winter class and she gived nothing less then 12pgs of hw a night. shes rude and it seems as if though she loves to put students down. shes unorganized, and she takes roll 3 times, and if u need 2 step out in the middle of class 4 a couple of secounds she marks it as an absence. DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER.

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MATH84
Feb 7, 2006

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MATH84
Feb 19, 2006

Really good teacher explains in detail i really like her teaching style.

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MATH84
Feb 22, 2006

worst teacher ever she does have chalk all over her mouth, she looks at u as if u were an alien. her book sucks with all that skibbly writing u cant understand , waist of ca$$. dont take her, if u do u will hate math 4ever

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MATH84
May 1, 2006

The most unorganized teacher I have ever met! Her book was cheap and now I know why. It's hand made by her with pages missing, sloppy writing, and pointless exercises. Takes points off tests for the smallest reasons!! do not take this weird lady with constant chalk on her face.

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MATH84
May 11, 2006

The worst teacher I have ever had! She is rude, unorganized, and disrespectful. She doesn't give people the common respect that is deseved. Whatever you do, do not take this class, you will sorly reget it. This class is a complete waist of time and money. She shouldn't be teaching math or any class. Do yourself a favor and avoid all this.

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MATH84
Jun 8, 2006

she is the worst teacher i have ever had!!!!!if u want to waste ur money on a lame book that she made her self and u cant understand then goahed i do not recomend this teacher to anyone.

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MATH84
Dec 1, 2006

This class is A LOT of work, but I liked her teaching style because she is very detailed. She is very anal so if u are a sloppy, disorgaized person DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I feel it is best to take this class because u will learn a lot for your future math classes but be prepared for 3-4 hours of HW.

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MATH84
Dec 8, 2006

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MATH84
Jan 3, 2007

worst teacher i've had. i took her class last year and had to withdraw due to my grade, and re-took it in the winter session and got a A. test are un-passable, and really messy. you never know what your getting marked down for. i do NOT suggest.

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MATH84
Apr 15, 2007

The problem isn't that she gives a lot of homework, I'm prepared for that. I have since graduated SMC with a 3.95 GPA. She is condescending, irritable, and dreadfully disorganized. She considers herself a prodigy, and has no patience for anyone who doesn't just "get it" the way she did as a kid. I'm glad I dropped her class.

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MATH84
Apr 19, 2007

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MATH84
Jun 6, 2007

this teacher is great - I don't know what everyone else is talking about. but you have to be motivated to really want to understand the concepts behind what she's teaching - this is NOt a class to be a zombie in, but good study skills are a must.

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MATH81
Sep 26, 2007

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MATH84
Feb 7, 2008

IF U HAVE NOTHING TO DO N WANT TO SPEND 5-7 HRS OR MORE IN HW EVERYDAY THEN ADD THE CLASS BUT I STRONGLY DONT RECOMMENT THIS TEACHER

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MATH81
Feb 8, 2008

this thing should not be teaching at all. i spent the entire class time trying to figure out what she was talking about. extremely boring and is constantly covered in chalk. expects you to spend about 5 hours of homework a day worth 1 point each and HW adds up to 5% of ur grade. test are extremely hard even if u know the material. HORRIBLE TEACHER!

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MATH81
Apr 25, 2008

SHE IS MEAN!!!!! YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE IN HER CLASS FOR HER TO DISRESPECT YOU. My friends would always ocmplain about her. I never heard anything good about her.

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MATH81
Jun 3, 2008

A LOT OF HOMEWORK!!..but her lectures are very clear and detailed, i actually enjoyed her class very much. hated math before her class but she reviews everything!!!! and answers all your questions, you will definetly pass this class with flying colors if you have comon sense..

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MATH84
Jun 8, 2008

OH boy!!!

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MATH84
Jun 17, 2008

OH NOOOOO!!!! HELP! HELP! SHE IS THE WORST I MEAN THE WORST PROFESSOT EVER! SHE DOES NOT LIKE THE SUDENTS ITS AS IF WE ARE THE ENEMY AND SHE WANTS TO PUT YOU DOWN. YOU WILL NOT LEARN ANYTHING. JUST WASTE YOUR TIME,MONEY AND YOU WILL BE SOOO TIRED FROM THE HOURS AND HOURS OF HOMEWORK YOU HAVE TO DO. DO NOT TAKE HER NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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MATH84
Jun 17, 2008

ok....let me say my story with the devil(ms. allen) I ask her if I could use a ruler and she just went WILD!!but i had paid for the class n decided to be strong and just take it n get it over with...BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER... i did not sleep and just did hrs and hrs of H.W, by the end of the semester I was even dreaming about her class..ITS HELL!!

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MATH81
Jun 17, 2008

TOO much hw!, 3 or more hours you'll spend on hw, and its only worth 1 pt. worst teacher i've ever had because shes super anal about doing everything her way or no way at all.. I would say THAT, since she's so anal about doing a problem a certain way I couldnt help but remember & get da right asnwer other then dat I DIDNT ENJOY HER BORING CLASS!!

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MATH81
Sep 29, 2008

Where do I begin... This has had to be the worst teacher i have ever had. She is horrible. She cares nothing about her students. Today was the last straw. She takes role twice, absolutely no talking not even to her to ask her for help, and today she actually made a seating chart. If you like 6 hours of H.w. a night for 5% credit take her class!

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MATH84
Nov 25, 2008

Ms. Allen is a great math teacher!!!She does give alot of homework but with a little common sense you can do it and pass the class. Her tests are easy if you do the homework and understand it. I mean come on, its Math!!! You need to practice with a few problems to understand everything your doing!

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MATH2747
Dec 5, 2008

This teacher is by far the hardest grading teacher i have ever had.She is very picky,if U dnt do it EXACTLY like she wants it,UR deducted points automatically.Also,UR homework has 10 problems,& each problem has anywhere between 10-25 problems.its about 4hours average homework each nite.i wouldnt reccomend takin her class.I promis U,U will REGRET IT

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MATH84
Dec 23, 2008

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER NO JOKE SHE IS THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD! SHE GIVES SO MUCH HOMEWORK AND ITS ONLY WORTH ONE POINT!!! HER TEST ARE HARD BECAUSE SHE DOESNT GO OVER THING "SHE" FEELS HAVE BEEN COVERD ENOUGH...AND SHE MAKES YOU FEEL STUPID WHEN YOUR RIGHT!DONT TAKE HER MY CLASS STARTED OFF WITH ATLEAST 30 N EVERYONE DROPPED AT THE END!

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MATH84
Feb 4, 2009

very rude. makes you feel like crap. ask her for help and she says its easy and you shpuld already know it. 3 hours and 30 minutes of homework every night and only worth 5% of your grade. everything is sloppy and she messes up at least 5 times every session and when we tall her she says that she knew that. DO NOT TAKE UNLESS YOU LIKE A RUDENESS!!!!

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MATH84
Feb 5, 2009

I urge everyone not to take her. She is rude and does not care for her students. She assign's one packet of homework worth 1 point.I must say she is proficient at explaining the material but will explain it once.

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MATH84
Feb 20, 2009

I assume you're talking about me and your mother. Believe me when i tell you it was the most unsanitary thing I've ever done. Ever wonder why you are taking 6th grade math at a J.C.? Read your own response. Get a clue Loser Boy.

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MATH84
Feb 21, 2009

Prof. Allen was actually my first profesor in college. She is horrible and will put you down and because of her, I literally wanted to suicide. She assigns 8 hrs of homework that are only worth 1 pt and if you don't do 1 problem, she would not give you the point. Her tests are different from her lectures. Worst Prof.ever!Take her at your own risk:o

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MATH84
Apr 21, 2009

LET ALLEN B UR LAST OPTION AND IF YOU CAN AVOID TAKING HER DO IT!!!NO JK. TO MUCH HW YOU ASK HER FOR WHATS GOING TO BE ON THE TESTS SHE WONT TELL YOU SHE EXPECTS YOU TO KNOW. YOU DONT USE A TEXTBOOK U USE A PRINTOUTS SHE MADE AS A BOOK ITS AWFUL!! WHEN IT COMES TO TIME TO STUDY YOU DONT KNOW WHERE TO START BECAUSE THE FOLDER CONTAINS NO CHAPTERS! D

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MATH2659
Apr 29, 2009

She's horrible. All She Does Is Go On The board And Speaks About Whats Already On The Homework Page. In Reality She Can Just Assign The Homework And Let Us Go home. She Made Her Own Book Which Is The Worst.She's Very Unorganized. Speaks To you Like If You Were Five. She's Rude, Unorganized And Just A Waste Of Time. Take Another Professor If You Can

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MATH81
Apr 29, 2009

She's Very Unorganized. She Made Her Own book Which Is Crap. When You Speak To Her She Dumbs You Down And Expects You To Know It. She'll Assign Page 67 One Week Then The Next Assign Page 68 Knowing That We Just Turned In 67 And It Was Behind That Page And We Don't Have It And Possibly Can't Turn In. The Book She Made Is The Messiest Book Ever!

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MATH84
May 24, 2009

Very difficult, treats everyone like their in grade school. Grades very hard, likes to take away points even when you get the right answer. Gives the impression she doesn't like teaching, and doesn't like her students. I make her class my last choice.

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MATH84
Jun 23, 2009

She is the WORST teacher, i had high hopes going into SMC but buy was i wrong, she belittled me, and she treated everyone like they where 5.

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MATH81
Sep 1, 2009

NO NO NO N NO DONT TAKE THIS CLASS AT ALL SHE HAS NO IDEA IN WAT SHES DOING.SHE THINKS DAT SHES DA BEST THING EVER.DONT EVER HAVE ANTHING TO DO WITH HER.SHE WROTE HER OWN "BOOKS" THERE JUST PAPERS PUT TOGETHER N IT SUCKS.SHE JUST TALKS N TALKS N WONT RESPOND YOUR Q'S.CRASH AS MANY CLASSES POSIBLE BEFORE DIS CLASS!!!!

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MATH84
Jan 5, 2010

she looks like an old groupie, she should be out following aerosmith or something. SHE GIVES WAY TO MUCH HOMEWORK! ADD at your own risk.

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MATH81
Feb 11, 2010

WORST CLASS EVER! do not take her you are sure to fail. class was full but 75% of class was gone by the end.

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MATH84
Feb 17, 2010

I can't stand her. She's unorganized and a scatter brain. She was very rude and quick to fire back a useless answer. I'm dropping her class.

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MATH84
Feb 17, 2010

WoRST TEACHER EVER!!!! DO NOT TAKE HER, I REPEAT DO NOT TAKE HER!! VERY RUDE AND LEAVES TOO MUCH HOMEWORK. YOUR LIFE WILL BE MISERABLE!! I DON'T RECOMMEND HER TO ANYONE.

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MATH81
Apr 20, 2010

This teacher is the reason I hated high school. She's a complete know it all, answers questions like your stupid for asking them and treats you like a 5 year old ( doesn't let you go to the bathroom..) Her text book was handwritten and half the time you couldn't even read her hand writing. I dropped the class after 2 weeks

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MATH81
Apr 24, 2010

Don't take her. This woman/man/whatever it is, should not be teaching anymore.

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MATH81
May 12, 2010

SHE DOESNT TEACH THE CLASS. SHE MAKES ALL HER STUDENTS FEEL STUPID. SHE STARTED OFF WITH 30 STUDENTS IN HER CLASS, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO DROP HER CLASS WITH A "W" SHE ENDED UP WITH 5 STUDENTS. DO NOT TAKE HER!!

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LALAD84
May 12, 2010

omg!!!!! wat ever you do DO NOT take her class she is rude and dose not help you what so ever... not the best teacher.. she trys to be funny but is not i dislike her so much don't take her class she dose not help you... she dose not know what she is doing at all..

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MATH84
May 17, 2010

Ms Allen, is the best math teacher I've ever had! If you are serious about learning Ms Allen will jump to the occasion, she will explain on her time if needed & gives extra time on tests if needed. I highly recommend her!!

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MATHMATH
May 20, 2010

Ms. Allen is a great teacher. She does, however call on students and makes funny faces sometimes, but if you do your homework (and there is alot of it too)and pay attention in class,you should be fine. She does drop the lowest test and is eager for students to learn math the proper way. I've learned alot through her.

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MATH2658
Jun 5, 2010

This teacher is a trip! lol. Highly unorganized, she sometimes doesn't even know what shes talking about. Too much homework for such little credit. BORING!! And she is a stiffler with attendance, you can't even step out the room for one second with out her marking you absent! Have no idea why she's teaching!?

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MATH84
Jul 28, 2010

A ton of HW - atleast two hours. She takes off points for not putting parenthesis around your steps to get your answer... she took off 12 points on one test before because of the SCRATCH WORK, i had the actual answer right. I would recommend a teacher who actually wants there students to do well. Look around.

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MATH81
Aug 16, 2010

There is alot of homework in this class although if you are one of the few people that actually do the homework you will pass. The homework goes hand in hand with the exams. That being the study material. The homework is very much like the exams. If you are serious, you can pass. She is nice and helpful after class when she has time. Good teacher.

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MATH84
Aug 18, 2010

Most of the people in this class seemed lazy. I am surprised at the amount of negative comments for ms allen because I thought she was a good teacher. I got an A because I did all the homework and payed attention. As for the people who dont do homework, dont be surprised if you fail. Homework is the way people learn. HELLO?

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MATTH84
Oct 21, 2010

IM GOING TO MAKE THIS REAL SIMPLE ....DONT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!!!!....PLAIN AND SIMPLE

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MATH84
Jan 9, 2011

I'm currently taking this teacher, which frankly i was afraid to do because of all the bad comments posted here. But I'm so glad to have taken her, its a teacher that knows her stuff w/o a doubt. Yes you will have to do homework newsflash its school. Attendance is mandatory. Only recommended if ur there to work. Great teacher so far. Glad to take h

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MATH84
Apr 7, 2011

Allen knows her math and will teach you if you do all the HW and show up each time. That said, the text is handwritten and difficult to read. Disorganized, forgetful, rigid and inflexible at times, i.e. you will learn based on her teaching style and that's that, so don't ask. Need this class, but I wouldn't take this prof. again.

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MATH84
Apr 16, 2011

DONT TAKE HER. If you're one of those people that likes having a good teacher, then she is not for you. She DOESNT teacher during class. Just goes over the hw. Half the time she cant even hear what you say. the book she made for class, is FULL of mistakes (that confuse you!) & I dont think she's ever bothered to update it. NOT A GOOD TEACHER.

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MATH1273
May 6, 2011

she wrote the book she uses to teach with. first half of class is hw review. the second half is examples for the next hw assignment. very impersonal. dry. and uneventful. i took the class during the winter session...2-3 hours of hw a night. some people took up to 4 hours. i got an A, but im good at math, just haven't taken a math class in 9 years.

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MATH84
May 18, 2011

At first she really freaked me out and I felt intimidated. But, Im horrible at math, and she really went over things enough-where I got it. She did not make you feel lame for asking questions. There is a lot of homework, but If you need to advance in math, actually learning it-then take her. I ended up really liking her.

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MATH84
Nov 17, 2011

EASY A. DO YOUR WORK.

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MATH31
Apr 30, 2012

At this moment, i am currently trying to drop this class. Ms. Allen is a terrible teacher. She gets iritated and mad when you ask one question and doesnt answer questions that students need help with on their homework. I highly recomend you not to take this class. Eventhough she gives you 100 problems a night for HW, it wonthelp you on the tests :(

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MATH2557
May 18, 2012

don't take that class, i'm currently taking it and i don't think i'll pass even though i know most of the stuff..." I STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT TO TAKE HER CLASS!! you will regret it....

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MATH31
May 20, 2012

She's very good & detailed in explaining the problems. In order to pass the class, you must do the hw assigned every day. Her tests are easy, but with a little mistake, she will take off points. That's the tiny thing i don't like about her test grading. You get the grade you deserve. She's not a horrible teacher at all.

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MATH31
Jun 7, 2012

She is not a good teacher. But the book is really good, so the class is relatively easy if you put in the work.

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MATH2660
Oct 10, 2012

She is a mean teacher. DO NOT TAKE HER. I had to retake the class with a different teacher. SHE IS NOT HELPFUL she will ruin everything you worked for in that class everyone in that class failed

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MATH31
Dec 5, 2012

warning DO NOT TAKE HER she will answer questions during her office hours and her lecture is basically on the hw

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MATH31
Dec 11, 2012

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!!! Get a paper and pen and began to tally the amount of mistakes she makes and dont even think about passing this class unless youre already a math wizz. THIS IS NOT A LEARNING STRATEGY. She may know math but does not know how to teach it, unfortunately.

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MATH31
Dec 21, 2012

I took alg 2 in high school so this class was a review for me so it was somewhat easy, I got a B. Her teaching is what is terrible! If you are not good at math DO NOT TAKE HER! She odesn't grade hw, so basically your grade are the 4 tests including the final which she doesn't preoare you for!She makes too many mistakes that her student correct her!

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MATH31
Feb 10, 2013

I'm a good student with a decent gpa, math is not my best subject but I'm not aweful at it, still failed her class.

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MATH84
Apr 3, 2013

Allen is one of the worst professors at SMC.I took her during the summer she is completely absurd. She makes the test like if it were a final and also she likes her way of teaching nothing else. She always makes mistakes on the board and also grades your scratch work which is stupid. I reccomend no one take her class she is crazy.

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MATH31
Oct 1, 2014

This teacher is beyond horrible. People around the world struggle with math, and entering her class will make that struggle worse. Everyone makes mistakes, but no where near as many as she makes. She talks at you for the entire class not caring if you're getting it or not. If math wasn't one of my best subjects, I'd be suffering even more than now.

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MATH31
Jan 4, 2015

My god. If you value your time, money, grades, and life AVOID THIS CLASS. The prof may be a good person, but the teaching isn't. I feel bad giving her such a rating, but I care about people's education. If you're a math genius, then of course this is easy. If you struggle, you'll struggle more in this. "Tough" is an UNDERSTATEMENT regarding tests.

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MATH84
Jul 17, 2015

Horrible! If math isn't your best subject don't take her! To me she was the worst! She makes the classes seem long and boring.

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MATH8
Grade: C+
Feb 5, 2022
Wouldn't take again

She gives people very hard work, taking a lot of points off for very minor errors. She never considers the Border-Line Cases. I don't know if she is a racist Prof. or not.

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