she always made us do work that wasn't necessary! and she always picked on people in (class) she knows what she's doing but doesn't really think of her students! ADVICE: don't take her class

i dont recommend taking her. bad teacher! unorganized! doesn't relate to the students. boring. many essays. homework every day. plays favorites. hard grader. unclear. lets just say she's the worst.

she is so bad! a ton of homework and essays. play favorites. unorganized and hard grader!! i dont reccomend her at all!!

Shes quite unorganized & scatterbrained. She assigns homework & occasionally forgets what is due when she signs it off for credit. Shes a tough grader & nit picky without setting the guidelines of what is expected. She failed over half the class for the 1st essay saying she expected better. Half the class stopped attending class. Not worth takin

Don't take her class if English is not your first language. That's basically what she said in the class.

do not take this class unless you are willing to participate. no one likes her in my class. she is horrible no rubric at all.

Do not waste your time with this class. Immense amounts of homework and unrealistic grading is her speciality. I had a terrible experience with her.

Honestly the worst professor at CCSF. DO NOT TAKE HER.

Please avoid her at all cost. She DOES NOT care if you work hard on your essays she will fail you. She takes off points for being late and everyday she gives HEAVY loads of homework. I regret taking her class for English. There are better teachers out there.

She does not know anything, she does not care how hard you worked on something. If she does not agree with your point of view than you fail. She is also very confusing and does not give clear instructions. DO NOT TAKE HER.

4 weeks into class and she just became so confusing and clustered. Made over half the class quit by end of week 4. Theres 13 of left and were being dragged through hell. We have no time to work in groups. No time to ask for help. Changes dates all the time. My sanity is at risk please avoid this person

She is VERY disorganized(terrible level), also not teaching at all. Her class is like a study group. She never has concrete answers to what she wants or how she grades things(basically everything). Her materials are random and also disorganized. She doesn't grade homework as she goes, so you wouldn't know what grade you will possibly end up with.

I understand this course was supposed to be in person (and maybe things would've been different), but do not take this course online. It took her a while to understand how Canvas worked and ended up changing a lot of things throughout the semester. LOTS of papers, but the reading material was fun. The papers are truly the backbone of your grade.

very unorganized and gives so much homeworks

Professor Zarubin seems like a very nice person and I enjoy how she leads her English 1B class. Unfortunately, her grading rubric and organization skills make this a 1/5. Multiple assignments were never discussed and not on the syllabus, were suddenly due NOW and if we didn't anticipate this through mind reading it's our fault.

She talks about how stressful it is right now for a lot of people but there are assignments due every day. Assigns an essay but will still assign work every day like we're not already working all day for the essay. She asks for opinions on discussions and says It doesn't have to be right but will grade it low because it's not right.

She is a nice person but when it comes to grading. she is the worse at grading. her feedback makes no sense at all and when it comes to the assignments, theres one everyday even if theres a paper due the next day. it is noticeable that this was her first time teaching online because she definitely does not handle it well.

She is extremely disorganized for one, as she changes dates and requirements for assignments very often. She also assigns 1-3 assignments per day along with essays and papers. The worst part about her is how passive aggressive and cold she is over zoom and email, where she is overly critical in a demeaning way, and not helpful in giving feedback.

Please go pick a different professor to take.

This English class has been a mess throughout the entire semester. From the get go, the professor really couldnt grasp the idea how online class works as due dates will change all the time. The class work was also meaningless as the grades she gave for the work didnt make sense and feedback was nonexistent. She wasnt much help during class too.

With constantly shifting deadlines and a major lack of feedback, every assignment is confusing as she doesn't provide much explanation as to the specifics of what she wants and is ruthless when providing said grades - happily shelling out D's for an arbitrary grading rubric she doesn't make clear

Due dates are not made clear because she constantly changes them. She admits to not being technologically savvy, and it shows in her ability to navigate canvas, which is not something I would be proud of if I was her. She is generally a nice person though. Just too much work beyond all imagination.

Be prepared.. She piles sooooo much course work, expects so much time devoted to her class, and a very strict grader... Get ready for that lovely grade to decrease !!

If she does not like you (like me) she will grade you horribly and even when turning everything in she will not care and grade based on your essay's. She does not understand simple questions and is old so she does not really understand tech questions. Don't take her classes unless you really have too!

This professor made my English 1A experience terrible. She would not help me out whenever I ask for help. She would automatically just tell me to read it again over and over and at the end of it never helping me out. Also was terrible with zoom meetings.

Does not grade based off the rubric and also has trouble using canvas. She regularly goes back on her words.

This is probably the worst English professor. Instructions are not clear, and this course will give you anxiety. I do not recommend at all.

She wants to discuss books about fighting stress and the growth mindset, only to make people discouraged about their futures since she hands out bad grades. If you are reading this Elizabeth, know that you are hurting the future, even if they're not trying get a Master's in English. R u proud of urself?

If you juggle work, kids, or have other important life commitments, then this class is not for you. She is not the most organized nor the quickest to respond, which negatively impacts the student. On top of that, there is so much expected devotion to her class that it becomes really tough to manage time.

Whomever put A+ for their final grade for Summer 2024 that's total BS, no one is getting A's in this course lol. Also, if you don't want to be an English major, don't take this course. Your chances in life are going to suffer if you're not an English major and you want to take this course lol.

I dropped this class not even two months into this course. For an English teacher, her grammar and spelling is impressively bad. I worked ahead of time, like I usually do for my classes, because I am financially responsible for myself. SHE GAVE ME ZEROS saying it was impossible for me to do my work ahead of time. Wish I could rate 0/5. THE WORST

Is particularly irresponsible. Needs students to take the blame for her annoying mistakes. The online class wouldn't even clock in at the exact time to open the test. Causing everyone to worry about the final. And not being able to finish on time. Instead, she thinks it's the student's problem and needs us to take the blame ourselves.

The sheer number of deadlines build unnecessary pressure, shifting the focus from understanding the content to simply meeting due dates with constant pressure creates a stressful environment that discourages deep learning. It promotes a mindset where students are more concerned with grades than actually absorbing the material. It is horrible!

I dropped her class after two weeks. The amount of work she gives should be criminal, 4-5 chapters to read, and 5-8 assignments due every week. Shes a tough grader, and she's not helpful either. Avoid her class if you value, piece of mind, your free time, and your mental health. I was miserable by week 2.

Doesn't answer your questions there was times when I would ask her about my grade in a rubric my grade would be an 85 out of 100 on the rubric but in the grade book it would be a 78 out of 100 I tried to explain to her about that and she just told me read my comments? Which I did which shown nothing and didn't resolve my essay grade.