2.9
Quality3.6
Difficulty65%
Would Retake105
Reviews65%
Would Retake
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What Students Say
“She loves to give C's, but doesn't like to tell you why”
ENG112 - 1.0 rating“I have had writers block since I took her course and recommend avoiding her at all costs”
CW - 2.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
50%
Textbook Required
63%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
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-0.31 avg changeRatings by Course
ENGLISH
5.0
(2)COMP
5.0
(1)COMPOSITION2
5.0
(1)ENGII
5.0
(1)CRW206
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
ENG50
5.0
LIT230
5.0
AMLITII
5.0
CRW205
4.5
ENG231
4.3
Reviews (105)
Little but tough she knows her stuff.
she's young so at first you think the class will be easy. Really,she is hard but you will learn to improve if you want to. don't expect a's. Don't miss class she will drop you.
Don't let her appearance fool you. She is not a pushover. Instead, she is very fair and sincere with her teachings. You will leave her class with the writing tools needed to carry you through life.
Gina's class is very easy, all you do is read and answer questions. She is a very hard grader though. Not only that, she is way too ditzy. I didn't learn anything in her class, and I hope I never get her again.
Miss Gennari is a bit of a surprise...looks like a ditz, but grades like it's a grad course. All in all, her class is engaging and the group work is really cool. She truly cares for her students and not for her ego-if u take her just be prepared to work
i hate this class. I have no idea where my grade is comming from.it seems like she grades depending on her mood. i haven't learned anything all semester and she jammed all her quizes in the last week. if you like busting your but last min. then take her
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DROP HER
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who knows where her quiz quest. comes from. we never talked about them and then she expects us to cite examples! I don't know about everyone else but i don't remember the story word for word when i read it. I'm b avg student & i'm struggling to get a c!
She was the worst teacher i have ever had. I had to drop the class becasue she only grades on a few things it is impossible to do well in her class.
SHE WAS A VERY DIFFICULT TEACHER TO TALK WITH AND BE AROUND
Not helpful or clear, very moody and not good teacher.
Very Hard I have her right now and Im failing I feel like she doenst care about me or any other of my classmates...
If you are international student you will have very hard and difficult time. You can not ask questions because she thinks you have problems.She is very unprofessional and rude.
If you take her class you will not learn anything at all. She has poor English knowledge.
She is very hard and very unhelpful.
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she was really nice and helpful if you dont have a problem with english....if you hate english it wont work because she loves it...but shes real cool
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I don't know how, but she is always deleting comments about her in this rating. At least be honest and learn from your mistakes.
To everyone who's harshing on Gennari: BUZZ OFF! She's an ENGLISH PROFESSOR of course she's hard...do you want to learn how to write? If you do, take her, is you want to be a slacker take someone else!!!
I had her for creative writing. She was really helpful, wants everyone to succeed.
She is easy grader, but I don't like her jingoistic comments about some students.
Horrible she does not know the true meaning of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. And it is not communicated in the movie.
let's get real...miss g is hard, bc lit classes are hard. she wants people to think for themselves, and she is always fair. she even helps with advising...you can always talk to her, approach her. i've had some real bad teachers...she is NOT one of them. plus, she's pretty smokin'. don't be afraid to take her. you'll actually learn something.
Great creative writing teacher. Gave you interesting topics to write about and gave you alot of space to take it your story where you wanted it to.
She's a horiable teacher
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sweetest teacher ever!!
she's laid back and cool. the readings are boring, but the classes are okay. she tries hard to help us understand.
Good Teacher
Not good and very hard and she like to give out D and F.
I learned nothing in her class. She did not teach grammar or writing but she liked to broadcast movies in her class. And her grade was tough.She likes to give D and F for most assignment.
Ms Gennari is an absolute sweetheart. Her classes are entertaining and fun, I looked forward to them. She is very fair and tells you how you will be graded. Her class is not hard unless you are a complete moron and don't know how to write a decent paper. She's also really funny. i wish a lot of other teachers could be like her because she knows how
pretty hott but cant teach. grading is awful! she is so picky and difficult at times. loves giving out D's on papers. wish i hadnt taken her even though i passed with a C. take mcdaid. she needs to go back to school and learn how to teach!!
Laid back but cool. Not good at teaching. Strict on grading. Helpful but get impatient if she has to repeat herself. I enjoyed her class. We watched "Lost" the entire semester and wrote essays about the movie.
I think that this teacher was fantastic!!! She offered interesting readings and discussions and was very interested in our thoughts. She is a strong, effective teeacher and I really hope that i have her again!
Such a great teacher. Everyone who writes bad things about her is just lazy. If you do your work and work hard on your papers you will do great in this class! It is an easy A if you actually don't mind doing your work! Such a nice professor, and she is very understanding and helpful!!
i love ms. g! her class was so interesting, and everyone felt comfortable talking and telling stories. she's really friendly and understanding, and even tho i don't love english, she made it barable.
Absolutely adorable! I had her at 8am and she came in with a lot of energy and always in a good mood. I loved the books we had to read and I enjoyed all the papers we wrote. If you read the material you will do fine. Her directions were very clear and she met with people to look at their papers before they handed them in. I would recommend her.
On behalf of having her this semester it was a complete waste of my time. I absolutly learned nothing. All we ever did was to all form into a circle, and everyone picked an author and presented. from sept-now it was a complete waste, and all you do is listen to people who present and for the midterm and final was a complete joke! Don't take her wha
Oh my L-ord I have never in all my life ever thought I would meet a teacher I didn't like. Prof Gennari acually was the first I didn't like. She didn't make things clear with what was wrong with our essays. she also ignored people alot when you had a comment about the work you read.
I thought she was very nice. she was interesting and fun, class was never cancelled. Do the papers and follow her advice and you should do fine. Get your work in on time also.
you pretty much have to be brain dead not to get this class or do well in it. everyone presents on an author and then theres a discussion. she lets everyone have their own idea and then she helps you understand the readings--they are hard. people who complain probably did nothing or did really bad and want an easy a. shes cool tho.
Do NOT take her creative writing class. Just don't do it. Take something else, anything else. And if you've taken creative 1, don't be fooled into taking 2, I'm sure it will be just as bad.
whaaat? This was the best class, so fun. Don't take it if u like boring classes that aren't cool. The workshops r a little stressing but its still easy.evry1 becomes friends- take this class!
I thought a "F" grade was reserved for those who didn't come to class at all, and did no work. I took this class for enjoyment, and now my GPA has suffered for it. Please tell me how you can be present for almost all classes, hand in all MAJOR assignments and get an "F" with no warning beforehand.
This lady is completely crazy. She had a melt down in class screaming at the students. She's never on time to class; we usually waited around a half hour before she showed up. She grades extremely hard and if your thoughts are not in sync with hers you should expect a D. The only good thing in class was the book All Souls
Wow people she is not that bad, I have her right now and she is very good at teaching and she is reallly cute and down to earth gradng can be difficult but its college what do you expect?
This class WAS that bad. I've never experienced such nonsense! You'll do just fine in creative writing as long as you don't have you own opinions or writing style. If you write to please her and abandon everything you'd actually like to write about, then you might pass. Coming to class, handing in work count for zero, dont bother!
I took her online class, & even though I didn't meet her, I really liked her. The class was intense & there was about 1-4 assignments per wk. There was a lot of reading, but as long as you kept up with it, then it wasn't that difficult to get the assignments done. She gave great comments & really helped me hone my skills. I would take her again!
She's great. You need to make the effort, but it's well worth it. A wonderful teacher. I would definitely take one of her classes again.
She gave a lot of assignments and she was a VERY tough grader. It was very difficult to get an A on papers. I wouldn't take any of her classes again.
Prof G wasnt that helpful, When ever I had something to say about the work we read she never calls on alot of students, I do not feel she is a good Prof.
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I took her online class & I found it to be very interesting. She is very helpful if you have any questions. The work level was average and she is a very fair grader if your willing to put effort into what you do.
the best advice i have .... DONT TAKE HER.. she is the worst teacher i ever had and she super hard at grading i never had to work so hard to write a freakin paper.... if you are taking this course good luck i would try to switch teachers or drop her
I took her for English Comp II, and it was next to impossible. Very, very tough grader, not clear on assignments, gives A LOT of assignment and papers...not very willing to help students.
I took her online Eng Comp II class. I got an A and thought she was a great teacher. If you think you can pass this class without doing the readings you are wrong. My 1st paper I got a B-, and by the end of the class I got A's and got a 96% on my research paper. I thought she was very helpful and I liked her a lot. You just have to do the work!
I have her for Eng Comp 2 online. She can be hard if your not a good writer but she deff helps you out and gives you good feedback on how to improve your papers. Her tests are easy and the readings pretty easy.
I love this class and love the prof. It is alot of work but i have learned a ton and read alot of cool short stories, Poem, plays etc in the process. If you want to learn alot take her!
I took her creative writing class and loved it. She is a whizz with prompts, and she really will respond to work on its own merits without bias or preconceptions. One of the excercises I did for her class became my first story to get accepted for paid publication. I love her.
She's very nice in class and allows everyone to state their opinion. A majority of our class consists of class conversations, which is nice. While her class is enjoyable, she is a very hard grader. I have never experienced such a difficult time maintaining an A.
By far the worst teacher that I have ever had. She is the most unfair ridiculous egocentric grader on the planet. I had an A in compI, had 100s on all my quizzes yet after spending endless hours on papers the highest grade I could achieve with this teacher was a C then find out she gave me a D. SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO TEACH LET ALONE AT DCCC
Do not waste your time on this teacher. She grades unfairly and will break your desire to want to learn. She is unclear in her teachings and she should not be a teaching in the first place. Again I warn everybody DO NOT TAKE THIS "PROFESSOR"
The worst experience with a professor ever.I work very very hard to achieve high grades. Difficult grader is an understatement. I was a 4.0 student until this class.You do the math. Don't walk run and drop this class.
useless
I did not want to do this, but I think it should be done. She is a very hard grader, very unclear as to what she expects from her students. If you do not agree with her opinion, she is rude, and gives you a snobby look. Very unconsistant with her grading policy. And seemed to favor the students who had her before. FIND A DIFFERENT PROF. TRUST ME.
Web class. Lots of work. Writing answers to questions, email/forum discussing, essays and full papers. Reading short stories, long difficult poems, full books. Her grading was confusing, she short-handed your mistakes in general not specific on them. Only take her if you are already good at writing and have time to read/write every night.
For me the class was pretty fun. We spent about half of every class discussing each work. This helped to make the work easy to understand and it made class a social environment. Her blue book midterm and final were pretty easy if you simply read the work and showed up. However, she is a REALLY tough grader on papers. Curves final grade if you try.
Web Class !!! A boatload of work for someone like myself who is fully employed and returning to school after 25 yrs. Her syllabus is right on the mark Follow it closely. She is an extremely hard grader but if you do all the work and turn in a decent research project you should at least pass her class.
she is a discouraging grader, will shut down your own opinion, very rude to students, unclear about what she expects, late for her own class, tell you your opinion is wrong, not at all what i was expecting from this level class, I would HIGHLY recommend NOT taking her class
She is a hard grader, I did not get A's on any assignments except the final. She is unclear about what she wants on papers but she will tell you if your idea is good or not. Participating and the critiques brought my B to an A
What a unnecessarily and ridiculously hard grader. Will tell you you are wrong for having an opinion that is not hers. NO ONE in her class got A's. After talking to much of the class, most people got C's. Wont tell you what she wants in a paper but will still TEAR IT APART. Miserable, miserable woman. Should not be employed here at all. Avoid her.
The worst literature class I have EVER taken!! I don't even think she spent 5 min. preparing for the class. Lectures were empty and without any sense of expert knowledge. I hung in there-but it was tough! If you enjoy literature-stay away. If you just need this class-still stay away. Her grading process is very subjective and tough to nail down!
Not clear about what she wants you 2 do
Prof Gennari was amazing.She does require you to come to class,but she is willing to work with you if you make prior arrangements.Class is not hard,but be prepare to do a large amount of reading and writing, and some of the reading is boring. Assignments are straight forward,nothing too difficult Overall a great class and prof. I would take again.
She is an awesome professor. I had her for Creative Writing II and really enjoyed it. If working for your grade and being treated like an adult is not what you're looking for - don't take this class. Well worth it if you are willing to do the work. She truly cares and will work with you as much as you need her to.
WOW! Grading system made NO SENSE! Learned NOTHING! Deducted major points for minor errors but did not teach how to correct them. seems like she is just re-posting the same assignments and not put any effort into updating her work or making her online class interesting. This teacher will make you appear incompetent.
I hesitate to write this but I feel it is good to warn others. Gennari nearly broke my spirit with her lack of creativity when it came to understanding my style as a writer. She was often so rude to me in class that I thought about quitting. I have had writers block since I took her course and recommend avoiding her at all costs.
I'm taking this class right now. So far, she's not very clear with what she wants with certain assignments. She doesn't post grades online, so I don't know whether I'm passing the class or not. So far, I don't recommend her.
Very tough teacher. Expectations are unclear. I take her online american lit course. If you feel like passing, do not take this course. I really have no inkling about how I am doing in this class. Being that it is an online class, there is some confusion already. I strongly suggest taking another literature class for your requirement!
she is the worst teacher in the world, her class is so boring, and she barely prepares anything before class. she never response email or it will take like forever. it's hard to get an A in her class because she has unclear explanation on what she expects.
Very nice, will help you if you want. This is not an easy class, despite being at a community college. Don't take it if you don't like to write.
Terrible. Should not teach online classes. She is completely absent as an instructor. She does not respond to emails. Her grading is unclear, and unexplained. She loves to give C's, but doesn't like to tell you why. She even forgot to post class material one week. Don't take this class if you want to keep your GPA.
I took her for creative writing, a fun class and something that I enjoyed. Both short stories the class absolutely loved and when I submitted my revisions I ended up with 2 bad grades. There wasn't a reason for those bad grades as they were good stories with better revisions. She is a jealous, unclear, lazy professor.
I've got no clue what the other reviews are talking about, this was probably my easiest class for the semester. If you do your work, you will get a 100%. Its so easy, she is a really easy grader, and is fairly clear with what she is looking for. She isn't very good with responding to emails, but other than that she is a fine professor.
Was not clear on the reasons of your grades you got, barely accessible, but seems nice
she doesn't provide feedback for your work submitted. The class requires a lot of reading, but you can pass if you put the work in.
She replaced my teacher (who was out sick) at West Chester Univ this semester. Not sure really what to say about her. I think because it wasn't her normal environment, she was off. But super unorganized, and very unclear on how we were going to be graded. I would email her things, and she'd say she didn't get them. Not my favorite.
I took this class online. Lots of reading but easy to get a passing grade as long as submits assignments on time. Mainly had to write critiques on articles or short films/documentaries (critiques were short/simple) and overall had 2-3 essays plus a research paper which was your final. Teacher responds quickly to your emails. I would recommend her.
Literally the worst professor I've ever had. Gives guidelines for assignments, but then tells you you've done it wrong when you follow the rubric. Also, there are like 3 essays due each week and I'm pretty sure she thinks her class is the only thing we have going on in our lives.
She was just never able to be reached when needed and was just not on top of things. Would not take this class again.
I took ENG 100 online, so I never got to meet this teacher in person. We emailed a few times about the course and she seemed super nice. You NEED to try to pass this class because it's a lot of typing and work. It was easy for me because I like this subject. It was easy if you try, and she was a good grader. Only got a lowish grade on 1 essay.
I took a Winter Online Accelerated Eng Comp 2 course with Professor Gennari and I LOVED it. It required a lot of writing, but the subject matter was super interesting! We used a True Crime Podcast for a full week of discussion boards and literary analysis papers and I really enjoyed it. Cool class, creative subjects. I'm taking her again!
I took this class for Eng composition 1 , the work wasn't very hard you did have to do discussions every week and i had to write 3 essays for her class total but i also took it for 7-weeks so it was very fast paste. she def took her time grading papers doesnt but in grades till the very end of the course so you dont know what grade you really have
Honestly what a lovely Professor. I took HUM142, American Cinema with her and she was great. You definitely need your textbook but seriously just watching movies all day and then discussing it - i would without a doubt love to take another class with her!
Very easy grader and gives detailed feedback. She does not assign many assignments and many of them are participation forums/discussions. Most of your grade depends on your 6-page final essay. Responds quickly to emails and is very professional.
Her choice of book was okay. This for sure is a class you HAVE to read the book for, there is no spark notes and the class itself consist of almost just all discussions. You have 3 papers to write, the first two are not for a grade but they must be done to turn the last one in which is the graded one. Her feedback is awful though, no clear critique
even if you have no experience w/ creative writing, the Professor is very supportive and will help you to become the best writer you can be (effort is what matters here!)
Prof. Gennari was truly amazing, among the best professors I have ever had. She was responsive to emails, kind to students, and seems to enjoy her job. I really loved the course I took with her and I felt that her grading was very fair and her explanations regarding the rubrics were really spot on. Would take this course again in a heartbeat! (:
happy to accommodate; positive attitude; i liked her informational cheat sheets; very distracted during class; feedback isn't very useful--probably easier to ask her about it in person; responds back to emails but clearly didn't fully read what i wrote; pretty easy homework; not tech savvy
Prof Genarri was great, just follow the grading criteria and you should be fine. She is also understandable. don't hesitate to ask for help :)
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
50%
Textbook Required
63%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.31 avg changeRatings by Course
ENGLISH
5.0
(2)COMP
5.0
(1)COMPOSITION2
5.0
(1)ENGII
5.0
(1)CRW206
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
ENG50
5.0
LIT230
5.0
AMLITII
5.0
CRW205
4.5
ENG231
4.3