Professor Griselle is a very tough grader. She will give you a rubric and then expect way more from you than what is stated on the rubric. She is very strict on participation and will not give extra points or give you points back in any way. She will not listen to what you have to say about the grade she gave you. Would NOT take this class again!!!

Was not very helpful with the class. Has you write a 1500 word paper FOR MATH CLASS which is worth literally half you grade 435 pts. She did not help out very well, and was not very understanding when asking questions. Was not professional and would come in yoga pants and a shirt.

A single large project makes up a large portion of the semester grade, and she completely stopped mentioning it during week 4 and left it alone until week 11, 3 weeks before the due date. If she feels the class isn't paying enough attention, she will spring a pop quiz on the class that you must pass in order to get your participation points.

Very poor ability to explain the content. Got frustrated when certain concepts weren't immediately understood by students. You are going to have to teach yourself the material all semester. HIGHLY recommend taking the class online instead as she takes away the examples on MathXL yet cannot give or explain thorough ones of her own to save her life.

She doesn't give you any time to learn the lesson or ask her questions about it before a quiz. We had one class before a quiz on a new lesson. She does not think about students.

Likes to brag about herself and does not care about her students. Refers you to the TA if we have any questions. Lots of online homework and assignments. She refuses to provide any useful help with the homework and gets mad if you ask to see her during her office hours. I dont recommend her if youre not good at math. Nicknamed Grills. Awful.

Tough Grader. Not very much help in answering questions regarding math problems. Switch out as soon as possible if you would like to pass the class.

The worst math teacher I've ever had. She uses Microsoft excel for everything and only teaches the class on excel and then doesn't let you use it on the quizzes and tests. Kids would ask her to go over questions and she would tell them that they should have learned it when she first said it...

THE WORST MATH TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD! goes through the notes super fast with no time to write everything down. Homework is 40+ questions with multiple parts so it actually it about 60+ questions. makes you sign in for participation points so make sure you show up to class. if i were you, SWITCH OUT ASAP TO A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR!!!!!

Her accent was hard to understand. She also was not helpful at all even when I went to her office hours. One time she said we had to just do one problem for a quiz but made us take the quiz anyway.

Nothing good comes from Torres-garcia. She walks out of class when students talk, and her 3 assignments deicide your grade. Of those 3 assignments, no clear instructions are given. Good luck.

She is very strict about being a no tech class unless we are working in excel, which she doesnt let us use for the quiz. She is unclear about what she wants for the 3 assignments that determine your entire grade. Homework and quizzes only make up a small portion of your grade. She frequently does not come to class and storms out if students talk.

Find another teacher. She frequently storms out of class, doesn't allow technology of any form out at her class unless she allows it, and she grades VERY strict. If you need help she seldom helps you and tells you to "figure it out" or "you should have paid attention in class" even if you did take notes and just genuinely don't get understand.

Im a straight A student and I got a D in this class. Her grading is very difficult and is not like the other professors for this course. You can do the same thing as your friend in the same course but with a different professor and you will most likely get a way worse grade.

This professor is terrible and is not helpful at all. The major assignments are graded far too harshly and if you want to even get close to an A you better hope you did every SINGLE thing correct. I am a straight A student and could barely pass this class. She is not helpful and will not answer questions straight up. DO NOT GET HER IF POSSIBLE.

She was not a great teacher at all. I basically had to teach myself all of the math and hope for the best. The M.A.'s were difficult because she didn't go over them in depth and then got mad at us when we didn't do well on them. SWITCH OUT IF YOU GET THIS TEACHER!!!!!

I got 100% on the homework and thought I was ready for the quiz. I got a 68% on the quiz and was extremely upset. When I went through the questions I got wrong, I saw that I simply put it in the wrong form or used an incorrect character on the keyboard. When I asked her about it she said, you didn't follow the instructions that the quiz said.

She is the worse Professor Ive ever heard unwilling to help students. Does not understand that there are other factors well in college so when you ask her to be lenient with you she is very unwilling to help. Also one day of a quiz she made students stop using a calculator when they were using it the whole time and she is also very unprofessional.

Terrible at teaching, terrible at explaining the Major Assignments, and will not help you if you have a question. She will just refer you to your notes.

This is by far the worst professor I've had within my 5 years of college experience. She does not listen to students, always has an awful attitude and asking for help won't get you anywhere either, since she'll say she's allowed to help you, even just for HOMEWORK. She makes basical level math more compicated than it needs to be just to ruin grades

she is a terrible teacher due to the fact that she doesn't care about the questions and concerns the teacher has. she will most likely respond to her having you "meet her during her hours in her office". The course material she goes over is not clear, and when it comes time for group work, she gives us 1 min to do a handful f problems. lopes down

She simply does not care about her students' success, her teaching methods were fast-paced and ineffective. We would try to tell her to slow down or explain a problem she would get mad at us. I can recall a time where she brought her sons in and had them teach the class and said "see my kids are in 6th grade and they can do it" which was very rude.

Does not want students to succeed and it is reflected by her teaching styles. Does not give students time to compute information before new information keeps getting relayed to them.

Switch out immediately if you get this professor. She is so rude and gets mad if you have any questions. You are expected to just be a mathematician and if you don't do every detail of your assignment to her liking you will fail. She does not want you to succeed in the class and will look for any way to fail you. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS

I would never recommend her to anyone. She failed the majority of my class on an assignment and blamed us for not knowing the material. She doesnt care about her students. She walked out of class half way through and gets mad very easily

If she calls on you during a zoom call lecture (even if she mispronounces your name) and if you don't immediately answer correctly, she docks all your participation points for the week.

IMPOSSIBLE! she critiques you on every single thing. Im thinking of reporting her because she is rude, and disrespectful to students. In our zoom class she gets mad when people dont ask any questions but gets annoyed and irritated when you do. there are a lot of better professors than this one.

didnt allow us to be helped on major assignment, i spent about 6 hours in the math center on my last major assignment and still earned a b. by far the most unprofessional, rude, and oddly cocky teacher ive ever had. Oh yeah, one time, she walked out in the middle of a lecture to go pick up her kids and bring them to her classroom. she is a joke.

She is, by far, the worst professor I have had in my entire academic career. She is rude, teaches on specific homework problems rather than the big picture, and never gives partial credit. For example, my answer was correct but I entered it as a fraction instead of a decimal; although I provided my work, she refused to give any credit.

During a zoom-proctored quiz (Fall 2020), a fire alarm went off in one of the residence halls and several students in the class (taking the quiz virtually from dorms) had to evacuate. She said that they get no additional time for the quiz and still had to finish before class ended. This is just one example of her unfair and demeaning personality.

Worst professor I've ever had. Wish I could give her a 0. <-----

This teacher was very rude on multiple occasions. She takes off participation points even though there are 60+ students in the class and I was always taking notes. Not easy to communicate with. Would never recommend taking this class.

I got 100% on an exam, and she put 92% (A-) in the gradebook and would not give me my points because she felt that I did not show enough work on my scratch paper, although my scratch paper was very thorough and organized. Other things like this happen a lot. An A- doesn't seem bad, but I deserved an A, especially since at GCU an A- is a 3.7 GPA .

you need to show up to class. she grades super heavy and even if you word something weird you're getting an F. she has reported an unbelievable amount of students for ridiculous reasons. she would kick kids out of zoom if you weren't looking. she went through zoom all year so who knows if it would be different, but still not a fan.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. She is awful and can't teach. She will not help if you ask her to help. Her grading is unreasonable. The entire class hated her. She will kick you out of class if she believes you aren't paying attention (even if you are). The worst professor I have ever had.

She is absolutely the worst instructor I have ever had. She does not give feedback and will drop a grade from A to F for what seems like a whim. She is never clear in why the drop. I have never filled one of these out before as each has one's own opinion, but this instructor should never be in the teaching field. You will not learn nor succeed.

BEWARE. Would heavily advise choosing a different professor. She is very unprofessional in terms of communication, lacks any form of empathy, rude, and inefficient in her teaching style. For MA-154 it is not a difficult class and with a bit of application will pass, however, does not represent what this school stands for.

This professor made it feel as though her rules were more important than her student's success. She had rules where just about anything could fail you, including if your roommate made a noise. I had to retake this class over the summer, and my new professor was much more understanding and engaged, and I passed with an A- if that shows anything.

Terrible Professor but a very nice person. She never knew what was going on in class and most people had to attend the ACE center for help because she did not seem very knowledgeable about the subject. She was always doing problems wrong and often students had to tell her and explain to her how to do the subject matter.

Doesn't really teach but when she does, she expects you to already understand the way she does. Heavy on homework.

Probably the worst professor Ive ever come across. Doesnt teach at all, and gives students the wrong impression of what is on the test. She doesnt give students the time of day to ask questions and says theres no time to answer those questions and then goes on to end class 45 minutes early. ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!

She was the worst professor I ever had. I ended up swapping professors half way through the semester. She doesn't allow iPads, phones, or AirPods, so if you take notes on your iPad, you're going to need an actual notebook. If you can, take Chris Pingersdinh, he's literally the best professor!

Griselle is one of the worst professors Ive ever had. Her lectures are very vague and she gets annoyed when someone asks a question. The quizzes are very difficult. She makes it clear she doesnt want to teach or work at all. Everyone I knew in that class struggled too. Avoid taking a class from her if you can.

This professor is extremely condescending and rude! She will make you feel bad for not understanding a math problem by saying "that's an easy one my friend" or "we just did this!". If you still don't understand, she gets frustrated and makes you feel worse. She teaches lessons very fast. Don't look away from the board or you'll miss half the lesson

This was by far the worst Professor that I have ever had. I usually am good at math, and very successful in my classes, but this teacher made me hate going to classes. Her lectures made no sense and she had no compassion. Homework problems were mandatory, and the homework was a different material than the test making the tests hard to complete.

Honestly, she is one of the worst teachers. Not only is she rude to her students, but she makes them feel bad when you ask for help. The homework also doesn't help as much with the test and most of the learning is done out of class. Even though her class requires attendance there is no value to her lectures as she rushes through the material.

Doesn't care about her students

She shows no sympathy

To be honest, it is a joke to take this class. I took MAT-150 online, which is part 1 of this math course in the education program, and I never got anything below a 90. Her lessons don't match the activities, and she bases PARTICIPATION on what you got right/wrong from the "exit ticket". Don't get her as a teacher, makes it harder than it is.

This is one of the worst professors I have had in my life, she is a harsh grader. She doesn't teach she just copies off of a paper, anytime you ask her a question she doesn't answer it. She is unreasonable and a hard grader.

Horrible. Participation is taken everyday, which is fine, but we do kahoots for it and she gives 30 seconds to answer a 5 minute math problem and you are graded on how many you miss. If there are only 2 questions and you miss 1, you will get an F (50%) for participation that week. She will find any reason to take points from you. Lectures rushed.

Honestly, didn't feel well prepared for tests. Refuses to let students use a graphing calculator even if it is their only one. Would not recommend having her especially if it is your first year.

WORST PROFESSOR EVER! She is never in class. Her lectures are long and make no sense. She doesn't explain anything she's never available for help. Never will I ever have this professor again. She sucks at responding. We learn over 30 topics and the exams are only 17 questions. You never know what's going to be on the exam. DON'T GET THIS PROFESSOR!

THIS PROFESSOR IS HORRIBLE! She never shows up to class, lectures make no sense, and does not have any sympathy for her students. She grades so harshly as if her job relies on her failing her students. You could do the project correctly and she will give you a 60%. Not understanding at all and does not care. Had to go to another professor for help.

Dr. Torres-Garcia isn't a bad person, however her teaching style mixed with the difficulty of Aleks makes this class a very hard one to pass. Many people in my class ended up failing the last couple of exams and she always blames us for it. Even with the huge amount of homework Aleks gives she doesn't tell the students what is on the test.

This class was one of the worst classes I've taken. I went into it thinking I'd be fine, as I took notes, payed attention, and honestly tried my hardest, and felt defeated due to nothing in her class making any sense. For one of our exams, the whole class basically failed and we we pretty much at fault in her eyes. Just not a good teacher.

Always tries to take points away from you. The homework can last hours, the program where we do hw Aleks is horrible, we can not go back and review the homework or quiz or test. She does not give a study guide and we can't review any of our assignments so it's hard to pass the tests. Even when you talk to her about your grade she doesn't care.

She makes it basically impossible get a good grade let alone pass this class. This class should not be as hard as it was. She was not understanding and had absolutely no compassion. She does not care about your well being or your grades. It doesn't matter if a whole class fails her exam it's not her fault, its yours. Do not take her class.

This class should not have been as difficult as it was. Professor absent for a majority of the semester, and still made attendance mandatory. Homework on Aleks would take hours to complete and after, it would close making it hard to review material for exams. Exams were heavily weighted, class collectively scored low in several exams.

Don't bother trying to take this, professor. She's absolutely awful, incompassionate, and sets students up to fail. She didn't show up to class for a month and blamed us when we failed exams. I have never failed a class before this one. She doesn't follow SDS accommodations. She is the worst professor you could get. She shouldn't even have a job.

I hate math, first of all. The class assigned a lot of math homework through Alecks and I hated the material. The professor is very smart and has a lot of math history, however we do not connect at all for teaching and it is very hard to pay attention in class. It is nice though that she allows students to complete hw ahead of time.

I do not recommend taking this teacher unless you are very good at math. She teaches very fast and doesn't take the time to expand on the hardest topics. She doesn't let you to work on the homework in class, and since she doesn't teach well I would skip class and losing the participation points to go teach the material to myself through ALEKS.

keep your distance from this professor.

Good person, bad professor. I wouldn't take her class again if I had the option to learn under a different professor. She does not offer extra credit, moves very fast during the lectures, and does not offer breaks during class. It is easier to learn the information yourself on ALEKS than it is her teaching it.

The punishments for mistakes in this class are too harsh. I strongly advise anyone to take this class either online or with another professor. I also learned way more from the Aleks software than from the actual professor themself.

The majority of this class is online. You have to teach yourself everything. Some of the lectures in class are helpful but the majority just take time away from doing the hours of outside homework you need to do. She is not great about sympathizing with her students and understanding that just because she knows what's going on doesn't mean we do.

Not very helpful, and if you are lost try and go to a different professor or the ACE center. Personally, when I told her I wanted to schedule a one on one appointment to review a homework unit and it would take more than the 30 mins she gives for questions, she told me if I didn't ask in class she would not help me now or in the future.

Professor relies heavily on your ability to complete assignments on ALEKS. ALEKS is a horrible method of teaching math in my opinion, and I found it very difficult to complete my work in a timely manner. She makes participation mandatory which is also irritating, offers little to no assistance with work, and moves quickly through the material.

Probably one of the worst teachers I've ever had. Her class is such a waste of time, but you have to go to get participation points. She is a terrible teacher and if you follow along with the pace that she teaches in class you will be behind. It's better to just use Khan academy to learn.

A Mathematical Nightmare: If you have this professor as a teacher switch it as fast as you can. It's as if they've made it their life's mission to turn the simple subject of mathematics into an absolute nightmare for unsuspecting students. In summary, if you enjoy self-torture, TAKE THIS CLASS. However she is a nice person.

No calculators allowed, no headphones, no notes on quizzes and exams. Participation affects grades a lot. Exams are weighted so heavy that homework, quizzes, and other assignments mean nothing pretty much.

Might be the worst professor I have had ever. Only learned through aleks. I went to every class and still did not do well. Would write notes and then erase them before anyone could finish writing them down. Does not care about you or your grade.

If you want to pass math switch out of her class ASAP! She has no grace or sympathy for students. Fast lectures and lots of lots of Aleks work! Horrible professor all around!

Heavily reliant on ALEKS, taught very fast and very minimally. Put little to no emphasis on homework or quizzes and majority of the grade depended on the exams. only taught by doing questions on aleks. This honestly should have just been an online class because there was little gain from in person lectures. She doesn't care about her students.

DO NOT (I repeat) DO NOT for the love of all things take this Prof! She is AWFUL at her job and is the least caring/considerate/empathetic prof I have ever taken! Seriously, she is the worst trying to reach her when you need help, very condescending and rude. Save you sanity, save your GPA, take it online!

She is genuinely the worst prof I ever had and I swear there are some who hardly speak English fluently at GCU. I don't understand how she still has a job because I really have not heard a single good thing about her. Everyone in her class actually despises having to take it not because the content is difficult but because shes a bad teacher

Wouldn't recommend. Take this course via Sophia learning and it would be much easier. She seems like a great person, but I don't think she is a great teacher. She's very strict, and I don't feel like she teaches the content. Especially for someone who tested into MAT-144 and got placed higher. To give her credit though she does welcome questions.

Horrible teacher!! If you have her switch asap!!

If you are typically good at math and don't need a lot of assistance this class is not for you. Forces all students to stay in class on certain days if homework is not completed. Participation includes kahoots. If you get problems incorrect on the math problems on kahoot, she will dock you participation points even if you are in class.

This is a horrible professor it really feels like she doesn't want to be here. Any questions or problems you had she did not care and wanted you to figure it out. Wouldn't really help you at all. And I listened to her tell a girl its not her problem that this girls mom is in the hospital please take Garvin Phillips he is 10/10!

she is very remorseless and that alone should tell you to not take this class.If you have her go ahead and get a different professor. ASAP!

This professor did not care about her students whatsoever. This is the worst grade I have ever received and was only because of the lesson plan project grades. When someone in my family passed away, she did not give me grace on completing assignments, and I could not make up my participation or the topic quiz.

Long lectures that could be way shorter, she likes wasting a lot of time but she does give a 10 minute gap in her class but that always just makes the class tune out the rest of the lecture. She is all over the place when solving problems and you'll likely be doing most of your learning through aleks. She's also been a 1/5 at her past schools.

I went to class praying she would not be there every day.

I had an extremely difficullt time with this professor, I struggled in math to begin with, but with this professor I was at the ACE, or math center 3+ times a week, I would spend 10+ hours on homework and 15 on exam prep. She advised me to stay in the class and not drop it because she would help me. LIES

Proffesor Torres-Garcia has good intentions and seems like a very nice women, however she is an awful teacher. She has an accent that makes a lot things hard to understand. No phones, no headphones, no laptops the entire class, she will mark down participation points if so. She teaches very quickly however takes up the entire class each time.

Bad time management, hard to understand, and just not a good class.

Not a good teacher. Acts like you're 2 years old and will give you a code of conduct if you're just on your phone checking 1 text message. Makes class so difficult and makes you feel lesser than when you don't know the answer right away.

Professor Torres lectures the whole class and treats you like your 5 years old. Very hard to understand because of her accent and she is not good at helping us learn. Do not take, if you miss one class your grade will drop.

Regina George. Mean girls book. That's all.

Goes too fast, and even so lectures take up the whole time, marks you if you even look at your phone + calls you out in front of everyone

Back in high school there was a teacher who paid students to show him their feet in high school and honestly I was wishing I could go back to him. She gave horrible explanations and the TA wasn't helpful either.

As a person she is very nice, but the way she speaks sounds very condescending and treats us like children. Her accent is very thick and sometimes barely understandable. She never lectured and did everything on ALEKS which was nice because attendance wasn't mandatory, but due to this it was very difficult to get help on assignments or problems.