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even the scum of sinclair (getto, white trash, losers who make no effort to learn) can get a c in this class as for the rest of us (people who are smart enough to find this web site) its an a with very little effort
You tkae her class, you get an A its that simple. Just a little bit of work all take home tests
I was forced by my counselor to take this dorky Freshman Experience class. I'm so glad I got her as a teacher. She not only made it enjoyable but valuable. I've even changed my major to Sociology due to her. A++ teacher. Fun, nice, easy, smart, you can't go wrong.
Dawn was a down to earth teacher I really loved the way she taught in class even with the movies. her test are take home but you really have to work. Which means you have to read not bad for a take home test. Dawm is a wonderful person thanks for a fun quarter .
Highly commendable and devoted professor!!! Interesting lectures and very helpful. Take her class and you'll never regret learning sociology.
Video course (mistake). Tests were directly from the book and taken on scantron. Excess of one week to know grades. Three tests with lowest dropped--last test was never posted. Dawn said she would take wrong book into consideration, but never did although offered extra credit opps. Wouldn't take this prof again with video but perhaps in class.
Here is how to get an A with Dawn: Go to class. Do the work. I mean, it can't get much simplier, can it?
She is not difficult, but there is a lot of homework. The homework isn't all that hard however. She is easy, as long as you can spend 30 minutes a day on homework.
Very helpful! Her way of teaching is very clear. She's funny and down to earth and will assist her students the best she can. Excellent Instructor!
(video) AWFUL! SLOW 2 grade stuff. I had my final done b4 I knew what my midterm grade was. Doesn't answer emails. This class was an easy paycheck 4 this chick. I tell her videos are missing, oh well... I do what I can and a month later, she addresses the issue. Too late for me.
Easy prof., but she has a very liberal attitude and doesn't understand conservative or religious beliefs. She thinks your personal beliefs should have nothing to do with how you view society.
she was the coolest teacher EVER!!! and was so easy to get a A....show up and turn in work.. thats it
She cannot stay on topic, she does not give clear directions. She is very self engourged. If I wanted to hear her life story, I would have bought the number one best selling book about Dawn Hall. This class is pointless, I loved sociology before meeting Dawn Hall. Maybe she should keep her private life seperate from her professional life. :)
I took the internet TC version of this class and it turned out to be really good. To be successful in this class you will have to stay with the schedule and turn in everything on time. Dawn is a great teacher, I will take another internet class from her if I need it. Great quarter.
Great Teacher!!! Taking her again for SOC 215 and love it!!!! Hope to take more classes from her. She is knowledgeable in SOC and wants to teach!! She is funny and likes class discussions!! She is liberal which is nice because she will listen to everyone’s opinions.
Worst teacher and worst class I have had at Sinclair! I took her online class which after reading other's comments is not the way to go. Therefore, I do not recommend her especially for an online class. She never answered important emails and it took her atleast 3 weeks to post grades. It was the absolute worse class ever.
Honestly, if you did not know a lot about Sociology, then you can learn a lot from her. If you do know a lot about Sociology however, her classes are going to bore you. So if you know a lot about Sociology and other Social Sciences, engage fully in the controversial debates she holds in class, or you are going to fall asleep.
DO NOT TAKE HER INTERNET CLASS!! Slow to grade and answer emails, will NOT accept anything late, even 30 seconds late. A LOT of work, prepare to have the equivelant of 5 page paper and a TEST every week. I'm not learning ANYTHING. I would NOT recommend her internet class at all. NOT an easy elective!!! WORST class ever!
Not consistant in grading. Slow to grade papers.
this is the worst teacher i have ever had!!! she never respodes to emails... ever
This is one of the WORST classes i have had...if you love drama take it! if you want to learn DONT!!! All tests are take home but due dates are switched consistentley. she takes forever to respond to emails!
HORRIBLE!! Honestly the worst teacher and class I have had. Did not learn anything and she was rude and lazy. Do NOT take her!!
I have had Dawn for several of my classes and thought she was a great Professor! I loved the way she taught, always encouraged class discussions and gave students different opportunities to earn their grade. I would highly recommend her and take her again if I had the opportunity. Take her, you won't go wrong! Previous postings are crazy!!
AVOID.Rude.She was completely disorganized. She forgot which quizzes she assigned and sometimes gave the wrong one.It was hard keeping track of all her assignments (busywork) and she couldn't remember half the time either. She didn't teach any class lessons, just pushed her own agenda. So the only way to prepare for the quizzes is to read the book.
on the one hand, she was pretty easy... I missed several classes and assignments, did minimum extra credit, and got a B. On the other hand, she's kind of an annoying, disorganized, and a bit of an airhead. It's an easy grade if you can put up with her attitude.
DO NOT take her for an internet class. You will have a ton of work every single week, including a weekly test. Her tests are very different from the book. It is almost impossible to get an A on a test, and I am an A student that studies all the time. You can't go back and see what you got wrong, so you never really learn anything further. AVOID
Not a good online prof at all. She seems to be one of the profs that is out to prove that her field is complex and demanding and totally misunderstood. She does not want to see her students succeed, I don't think.
The assignments for this class are time consuming and she is the most unhelpful teacher! I felt she made things hard for no reason. The text was the reason I had an A. She is a bad teacher for online because she is not good at stating her expectations. I would never take her again!
This class was really easy. She handed out a study guide for test -- it covered everything on the test. Easy A. Dawn is very opinionated and I didn't necessarily agree with everything she had to say. However, she is not a bad instructor at all.
I would not recommend taking this instructor for an online course. Way too many assignments and a test every week. If you have a problem with completing assignments on time you can forget it because late assignments and quizzes are not accepted. I think she is too difficult for no reason. Difficult but never rude.
Very disorganzied teacher. It was an online class and I to do two LONG assignments per week and a test. Not flexible at all when it comes to missing an assigment, you miss it, forget it. Does NOT grade assignments. It's week 6 and I still don't have week 1's work completed. Responds to emails within 24hrs. Would NOT recommend!!
Very hard to understand, gives a test or quiz without telling you what to read first. doesnt' know what quiz to give. etc.
Took her online course, and it was horrible. One would think that there would be come flexibility if you missed one assignment, but no way. She lost half of the assignments I turned it. You can't check to see what questions you missed on tests. To much time spent for a online course. Not helpful at all! Responds to emails in 5 days.
She's a talker.
Horrible teacher. She acted like a child and was completely disorganized. I would never recommend her to anyone.
Extremely disorganized, childish and inconsiderate. Loses your assignments, doesn't grade what she does keep and keeps you busy with completely pointless 5th grade level activities. Easy A, huge waste of time.
DO NOT TAKE HER ONLINE CLASS!!She may be better in the classroom(I'm not sure) but not online.It took 19 days for her to respond to an email.Usually it takes atleast a week.She grades very hard for a teacher that is not responsible and very disorganized.In order to be a hard teacher and expect people to be responsible she needs to be.
This is an awful "Professor". DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASSES FROM HER!!!!.GOD HELP YOU IF YOU DO.
This was the most awful teacher that I have EVER had. Does not return e-mails. Grades always take soooo long to complete. You get alot of "excuses" from her but should you need something, your S.O.L. Not very organzed. This is by far Sinclair Community Colleges dumbest teacher.
Please do not take this instructor for anything. I wouldn't let her teach my dog how to roll over.
I had this "Professor" for Soc 111 and was the worse insrtuctor I have ever had at Sinclair.
This class was very time consuming. Asssignments kept me busy. She was a hard grader. She didnt respond to my emails and a late grader. It was 4 weeks into the class before I recieved any grades. So I was a little confused of the expectations in the assigments or didnt know what I was doing wrong until to late. Worst online teacher I had!
I took this one online. There is WAY too much work for an introductory class. Expect a discussion posting, very lengthy writing assignment and quiz each week. The assignments take forever and are only worth the same amount of points as a forum post. Grading is not timely at all...previous reviews regarding instructor excuses are spot on. Avoid.
not timely with grades and most unhelpful when it comes to explaining assignments. quizes did not follow text book material. would not recommand this instructor to anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is never prepared for class and stuff is always coming up missing off Angel that we need for class. She said that the start of the quarter that all quizes would be over terms for that chapter and the quizes are over EVERYTHING in that chapter. Test were take home but hard. Good luck if you take her, cuz you'll need it.
I highly suggest taking another professor for any Sociology class at Sinclair. Seriously poor at communicating with class. Grading is very unrealistic.
She is so liberal and pushes that agenda on students. I heard her say she wanted to flunk a student because he was against gay marriage, but she couldn't because his grades were too good.
How can someone give less than 24 hrs notice on test and quizes? Well she does! It takes more than a week for her to get back to you on emails. Test are take home (thank god) and quizes are over nothing that she says they are over. Not organized at all. Something should be done about this teacher. DON'T TAKE HER!!!
STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM HER IF YOU KNOW WHATS GOOD FOR YOU. UNLESS, YOU LIKE TO BE CONFUSED,IRRAITED, AND COMPLETLY LOST. ALSO TEST ARE TAKE HOME AND VERY VERY HARD! QUIZZES ARE OVER NOTHING SHE SAYS THEY WILL BE OVER. SHE DOESNT TEACH ANYTHING ALL YOU DO IS WATCH THESE BORING VIDEOS. STAY AWAY!THAT IS IF YOU WANT TO PASS THIS CLASS.
If you take this teacher in the summer time she is very easy. Test are take home and sometimes she lets you redo it. What other teacher lets you do that. Yes, in class you watch very boring videos but her class is easy during the summer.
Doesn't return phone calls, takes forever to reply to an email and doesn't keep her word when a student needs help.
I have all A's, EXCEPT FOR THIS CLASS. She does NOT answer emails. She simply repeats what is in the syllabus. She does not give any feedback whatsoever. Several students in my class have gotten 2/10 or 3/10 on projects. AVOID TAKING HER AT ALL COSTS!!!!
Obviously bubbles the monkey could teach this class better.
Dawn's classes on campus are fairly easy. You must read the textbook ahead of class for daily quiz. She is very disorganized which could drive you crazy. Exams are take home/multiple choice. She does not put up with bad attendance or late/missed assignments. Show up, do assignments, Easy A.
I've taken two of Dawn's classes and plan to take a third. Take classes with this instructor IN PERSON only. Read the syllabus and ask questions IN class not email. She is not a good communicator via email. Attendance is mandatory and quizzes are given daily. If you don't like disorganization choose another teacher! Do the work, easy A.
I think this class would be OK if it was taken on campus but I do not recommend it online. Her expectations are outrageous and there is very little feedback offered. Does give extra credit but an A is next to impossible. Does not return emails very promptly at all and avoids questions. She seems really nice though just horrible to work with online.
expectations of her students are outrageous.assignments due every day rather than on sundays like all the other teachers.cant even read the chapters because as soon as you finish a quiz you have an assignment due the next day. horrible communication and very disorganized. sends emails stating one thing, but then the gradebook says another.DONT TAKE
Dawn is a poor communicator. However, her class is interesting. I took Dorie Farells class & learned NOTHING! Dawn will have you thinking like a sociologist in no time. The work is easy to understand & follow.
The only good thing I have to say about this class is that it is an easy A. She acts like a child in class. Gives in to any complaining done and lets you have open book quizes and I learned just about nothing. If you want an easy A I would advise to take a class with her but if you actuallly want to learn then don't.
DO NOT TAKE ON-LINE COURSE! Ridiculous amount of work. Expect an impossible quiz, long writing assignment, and a dumb discussion forum posting every week. It's impossible to receive a 100% on any of her assignments. Doesn't respond to e-mails. Has office hours, but is never at her office during those hours. Had all A's, except for her class.
This professor is terrible. Never, ever take an online class she's teaching. I've gotten A's and B's in all of my other classes, except hers. It took her TWO weeks to respond to one of my emails, which caused me to be unable to complete an assignment, which lowered my score substantially.
Quarter started with teacher ordering wrong book for the class. After quarter started, she forced students to return book for an older edition which was unavailable until after first week. She refused to change the deadline even though she missed almost all of her deadlines. She gave me an A on my term paper but failed me for the class.
I took this class on a winter mini term and it was only 3 weeks but the class was the easiest class i have had so far at this school. If it wasnt for the snow on the last day I would have had an A. She gave quizes on chapters every day but the test were all open book. Would take her again if its going to be this easy. Take her class if you can
This instructor is terribly disorganized. Spends way too much time talking about personal matters. Try to avoid taking her classes if you are older students, her ignorance and lack of knowledge will frustrate you terribly. She does not get grades back in a timely manner. The sociology departmant needs to re-evaluate her. Poor instructor abilities.
She is extremely disorganized. She doesn't grade things in a timely fashion and gives last minute assignments. Really frustrating to be in her class because it lacks any form of structure. ASSIGNMENTS ARE TIME CONSUMING!!!!
Please stay away from this professor. She's not at all helpful. She doesn't grade things on time, so you basically wonder if you're failing all quarter. She doesn't respond in a timely manner...All in all, just don't take this course online unless you want to stress yourself out.
I cannot, stress this enough. DO NOT TAKE HER ONLINE COURSE. Seriously. Unless you want to stress all quarter about the lack of grades and feedback...just don't do it. I found the class hard. Hard online that is. I don't know about in class students...but online was stressful. Would not recommend this professor.
She does not keep the grade book up to date. If you email her, do not expect an email back. She is not helpful at all when asked questions. When she does respond to emails, you get a hint of an attitude in the email. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND! It seems like she sets people up for failure. HORRIBLE TEACHER!
im in the family and marriages class right now and i like her! i was a little worried reading all these comments but its mostly b/c she isn't organized. but who cares? its an easy A. assignments do take some time, don't wait till last minute. but quizzes are definitions right out of book. i don''t even read the chapters. i would take her again :)
Worst professor ever. Does not respond to email, if she does shes mad that you sent an email. Not clear on assingments. To much work for the credit. Biology was easier than this class. Would not reccommend to anyone. Avoid her. Does not grade assingments in a timely manner. Have to wait until final grades are submitted to know how you are doing.
I wish I would have read the comments on here about this class before I took it. Everything is true about this professor. I would not recommend her.
I took her class a couple of years ago and she really wasn't that bad. The test were easy and so was the report.
HORRID, so unorganized, seems cool at first but do NOT believe it. Really wish I would have looked her up and read this before taking the class, it's all true.
AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS! I took the online course from her and it was a test every week and a 3 pg paper due every night! It was not required to use scholarly sources in our work however without time consuming HOURS spent on getting those sources I would not get more than 4 or 5/10 points per assignment. WAY TO MUCH WORK FOR WAY TOO LITTLE POINTS!
I was NOT a fan of her at all. She was very unorganized and not very helpful when questions were asked about assignments. Way to much work for little points given,she expected 3-4 page papers on assignemtns and only assign 10 pts. I would have liked the class better if she was not my professor!!
The worst online class I have ever taken. Her instructions are so unclear, and when you have a question she never responds. She grades you harshly that aren't worth much and take forever to complete. Do your self a favor, save your frustration and never have her as a teacher.
I feel like I’m paying the teacher to teach us nothing but failure!!!! Dawn Hall is a horible teacher! Everything she teaches she relates back to her life. Never does notes, or grades reasonably,she never gives her office hours, and her assignments and exams are like reading a forign launguage!
This teacher has so many bad qualities, I lost count. She is the most disorganized teacher I have ever had. She didn't know the information. She didn't teach us. All of the information I got was from videos. Every assignment was pointless busy work. She was even late to class when students were on time. Yes, the class was easy, but a waste of money
She is worthless. She gave us assignments, with no explanation, and when we would ask for help, she didnt know the answers her self. We had to write a paper in Chicago style, and she made us look it up online, because she didnt know how to do it. She never taught us, instead only giving us pointless assignments. She was very unorganized and late.
Took an online class,thought it was me,turned out others were not happy either. She didn't post grades, didn't reply back to e-mails or phone calls, never knew what assignment I was asking about, like I would ask about an assignment from last week or for the following week.If I ever consider taking another Soc class, she has ruined it for me.
She might as well stay home and I'll just send her the check for what she has done as far as any actual "teaching" is concerned. Could have been better spent on feeding the homeless instead of feeding her bank account....
Thought I was going to Harvard/graduate school after reading her syllabus & expectations!YET She doesn't follow her own guidelines she sets for the class & herself. My class started 6/17/13. I have yet to receive one graded paper- I don't know how I am doing & her communication is NULL!WOW! Wish I would have known about this site prior. AVOID THIS!
She is not organized at all and I cannot believe why. She never lectures or guides us. She just outright confuses me. She keeps changing deadlines on assignments and expects you to turn it in at the right time without saying, "blah is due at the end of class" This might sound irrisponible to me but I've never had a teacher that didnt remind me.
Unorganized, Narcissistic lectures, Generalizations, Constant irrelevance, Take home Exams that are worded evasively, uneducated on her own subject matter. This woman is a huge disappointment, if that sounds outlandish then you need to experience her. Good luck.
Simply put: terrible. She had deadlines for getting grades back to us- never met her own deadline, shes 5 weeks behind on my grades. Doesn't respond to emails. Instructions are contradictory. Her opinions are basis for grading, not factual info. Literally couldn't tell you one thing I've learned,terrible. She made it harder than it really is
Being new to online classes this was an eye opener!My advisor is the only reason I will try again.(I promise you it was that bad!)Had to ask for grades,different feedback on every paper, not sure what I was supposed to be doing. When I asked quesitons I would get one liners no help what so ever! Want to learn? Choose another instructor
Most reviews are really positive or really negative but honestly there's no in between with this professor. She seems nice in her e-mails but I can't help dreading her class. I came in with a positive attitude and found myself hating this class. Long assignments and e-lessons, doesn't give helpful feedback, late on grades, most boring class ever :(
She didn't turn back grade very quickly but they were posted on Angel. Easiest class I've ever had!
Absolutely worst professor I have ever had. Terrible at explaining, terrible at teaching, terrible at helping, and terrible at replying to emails, texts, anything! I would not suggest this professor to my worst enemy.
This was the worst teacher I have ever had. It's like as soon as she set the syllabus she ignored us as students. I never once received an email response back from her during the course and she waited until the semester was over to post our grades to the grade book. I now have to take this course over again! DO NOT TAKE HER!!
It seems very hot and cold for Prof Hall, which I understand. I thought she was a pretty decent instructor and I liked the set routine. It was all answering questions in groups while she shuffled around on her computer. When she did lecture, I found it engaging. She has an issue with acting like the students are stupid for asking questions.
Would not recommend taking a SOC class with her. She does not enter grades, the few that she has put in were graded very tough and she never responds to emails. makes this class unenjoyable and harder than it should be. Stay away if you want to learn and get a good grade
She gives multiple extra credit opportunities which is very helpful and is willing to work with you
As of last day of semester, about 11 assignment were not graded. She set a schedule of when things would be graded and returned and never followed it. Assignments are really detailed oriented with max of 10 pts. Would not take her again. Hoping to get a decent grade to keep DL status but who knows since she doesn't grade! Terrible!!
Horrible, horrible, horrible. The semester is over and she has graded only a few assignments. Never sticks to the promises she makes, doesn't respond to emails. Grades tough on certain things. Do not take this class with her.
An interesting class to take, she went into details about different topics with personal stories which was enjoyable.
Not specific with due dates on papers and assignments, but never responds to emails with our questions. VERY disorganized and not great for a CCP student classes.
Just an annoying class.
The only downside is that there is a BUNCH of busy work. If you have taken an AP history class, you should have picked up on 90% of the content here. Take this class if you need a credit. If you don't, don't take it not worth the time. I can finish my calc hmwk faster than her busy work. Discussions arent really a conversation just a lecture.
Dawn Hall was my professor this past spring. I was absent one day that we had a quiz, I took the absentee quiz online the same day. I made her aware of this multiple times in class, emailed, AND texted her about it and she still has it in as a zero, for my final grade, which is weighing down my grade. Very disorganized.
I'm resentful for having to pay for this class, since I basically taught myself. Prof. Hall was pretty non-existent. By the last week of class, we still had the majority of our assignments ungraded & virtually no feedback. She was very disorganized. Work itself wasn't overly complicated, but there was WAY too much written work. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!
Prof. Hall assigns a boatload of homework every week. Articles, links, and readings she assigns have nothing to do with the weekly assignments. Make it make sense. She also has only graded one thing and we are on week seven. So I have no idea how I am doing in the class, but I imagine it's not good considering I am teaching myself everything.
My final grade shows that she put 0's in for assignments i did do on time and correctly. She was very disorganized and all over the place. SOOO many links and papers and small dumb assignments. That class was a headache and brought my GPA down. Should have dropped the class when everyone else did.
I still have no idea what my grade in that class is because none of my stuff past week 9 is graded. The semester is quite literally over.
Dawn is a little all over the place, and can be a little unclear in what she expects from each assignment, but she has a good mentality and will gladly talk to you to help you better understand the material. You really want to attend every class. She was a little difficult to work with, but overall a good instructor.
Professor Hall's class had a lot of busy work, but the content was straightforward. Unstuck ai and the free textbook helped me get through the assignments. Overall, a decent course if you need the credit.
dawn hall is one of the worst professors i have ever had. she gets off topic so fast, completely disregards the topics we are discussing, and uses unnecessary and inappropriate language. additionally, she speaks heavily about her political views and her personal life. i don't feel like that's something to be sharing with students.
She's not great at grading, especially if anything is submitted late. There are a ton of assignments for the class and the layout is very confusing to get used to. I missed multiple assignments because I didn't know where to find them or when they were due. Very confusing experience overall. She's nice though and seems to care.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
75%
Textbook Required
67%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-1.12 avg changeRatings by Course
205SOCIALPROB
5.0
(1)ASE
5.0
(1)SOC245
5.0
(1)SOC
4.0
(1)SOCIOLOGY
3.0
(4)Difficulty by Course
1145
5.0
SOCOL112
5.0
SOC1145105IN
5.0
SOC11015T4
5.0
SOCWWW
4.5