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“She's not that bad, but she gives many stupid and unnecessary assignments”
1222R - 4.0 rating“She is decent but not good enough recitation teacher”
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Reviews (92)
Good lab professor because she explains WHY you have to do everything, not just HOW. It makes it make sense instead of feeling like busy work. I definitely learned a lot from her that my friends in other classes didnt.
She's a really great teacher who makes sure everyone understands what she's teaching. My class was a couple lectures ahead since she taught that clearly. Definitely learned a lot in her class.
Recitation is the same for other classes. You get a packet, you do the homework, you go to class and you work on problems together. She makes the class easy and will explain something thoroughly if you do not understand. Her class was very helpful and it definitely was my favorite class.
One of the best professors at SJU. Cares for all of her students and is always available to clarify concepts if you don't understand something. Most of her quizzes were group quizzes!
My favorite professor at SJU. enough said, she'll help if you ask, goes above and beyond for her students. You can tell she's dedicated and that she genuinely wants to help her students out.
Professor Mann is an amazing choice for chemistry. She makes the concepts very understandable and knows her stuff.
Had her for recitation and she is amazing. She explains everything well and is available for office hours outside of class. Having her for recitation made up for having a not so great lecture professor. Would take her again.
Heather Mann is an amazing professor, overall. She is caring, and always willing to help those who are willing to help themselves. She takes time out of her day to offer extra tutoring before tests.
She really is great. She's willing to help teach you everything which was fantastic with a bad lecture professor. Quizzes aren't bad, but you must show up. Honestly, going to class is worth it. She was so helpful!!!
She is a great recitation professor to have. She can clearly explain to you each problem in the packet.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! TAKE HER, she helps explain lectures in recitation and gives you good practice for you to understand chemistry.
knows the content. Over all, she is very condescending and rude. Would ignore you at times, and not talk to you. Recitation was OK. in comparison to the packets, overall her attitude just sucks .
Horrible professor who would yell at students. Recitation was boring
I wish her practice test was more like the real one. The answer key to her practice tests were helpful anyway. A little late with grading, but easy. It was just stressful not knowing we were doing well, but she's nice.
She is a great recitation professor. She gave us lectures when we really didn't understand what happened in class. She explains chemistry concepts very clearly and goes through each step properly.
She is decent but not good enough recitation teacher. St. Johns should choose other professors other than her. SHe knows the content but can be boring
awesome recitation prof, she divides the class into groups and has you fill out a packet with a couple worked problems and thats it. very friendly and very helpful should you have any confusion with a specific concept or question. really great at explaining stuff. absolutely love her.
Gives a lot of work. Can be really rude, and sometimes ignore you, overall, she try to work with you, and help you out.
She is very condescending and rude. Would ignore you at times, and not talk to you. Recitation was OK. in comparison to the packets, overall her attitude just sucks .
I had her for Intro Gen and Orgo, and although the class was big, she had a hard time getting around to every student. I would often have to visit her through office hours, or use textbooks to clarify. However, she does give a heap amount of work which you have to do. I would taken another professor as you can easily get it from someone else.
I asked her for assistance with my homework, to which she didn't even help me, and had the audacity to say that I was extremely rude to her, and because i'M a student it's my place to not question her. She had thick packets, and expected you to complete atleast 10 pages with showing work, and if that wasn't enough she would make you talk in groups
Good at explaining things - bad at keeping control of the class. It's really not that hard tbh - I don't know anyone who isn't get an A in recitation (I'm sure there are people)and some people do nothing and get As anyway. I'm not saying I wish my A meant more than that I have a pulse but there are no quizzes and she does not grade hard at all.
Horrible professor that cant keep control of her class. Quizzes were way harder than it should be
She's great. Ask questions and she'll help you with whatever you need. She even let us do labs and wiley toward the end of the semester. I got what I needed, but I'm 20 so I don't need to be controlled, I just needed help learning chemistry.
Honestly, the class averages were really low in our Chem classes. It would have really helped if she could have actually helped us instead of just boasting herself. There were times when she has an attitude and its just petty behavior and other times she would just not want to help you. Its either her way or the high way. She doesnt even explain
Horrible professor. Didnt enjoy her class. Lets just say that if heavy work is not your thing then avoid this professor. Would literally abandon the class , and then assign loads of Chem work which didnt even prepare us for the exams. Shes honestly the fakest ever. If youre looking for a professor to explain things , then this class aint it .
I tried to attempt to talk to her in helping me with the class work and she just ignores you. Nasty attitude honestly , SJu pays professors to just collect paychecks and dont even teach effectively . Her packets were thick but didnt even help in the exams Bc she doesnt even answer your questions or help you to understand
Great professor if you constantly ask her to help you. The class is huge so you have to make yourself noticeable. Lots of students in the class, and hardly enough time to get the work done. However, if you visit her for office hours she might pitch in a thing or two. Class was a knock off, but students failed the Chem exams Bc of her inconsistency.
Horrible professor who is really disorganized. She was always late to the recitation class and failed to answer the students questions in the class. Participation matters but she doesnt even call on you, and she takes off points.
Class was always horrible. Waste of time trying to go.
I never really understood Chemistry and if you feel like chemistry is not your strong suit then you probably shouldnt take her class. Not only is she inconsistent but she doesnt provide proper feedback to help you pass chemistry. Yes she has an attitude and is mean but if you want someone to help you then might as well take another professor
Well you already know the drill. Her class isn't exactly a strong suit into passing Chemistry., and it doesn't help students when you have a professor that lacks the ability to not help her students and then have a misfit about it. Majority of the time students do whatever they want and she just wouldn't care, and people that do she won't help
I just checked my grade for recitation and honestly, I put in the effort to practice all of the problems which she had administered to the class. Horrible teaching academics and doesn't have the ability of patience with students. Often yells when she believes the class is disrupting her lecture. Not our faults she cannot teach Chem properly.
As Im in class right now typing this review, shes really stuck up and a horrible lecturer. Cannot teach chem properly and is easily annoyed when people ask her questions or for help. She dislikes talking in the class, so Id avoid doing that, and staying out of her way. Has a real nasty attitude.
Worst professor. Shes very fake-nice, I can tell you that. Her class had a lot of rough material, which she didnt really cover. Youre better off studying alone. I dont know if shes genuine about helping students, but she comes off as nerve-wracking to me. I was really anxious to be around her, its like she tries too hard, and its so cringe.
Avoid if you can. She thinks that her method of teaching is approachable to students. She also complains a lot. She has a horrible attitude if youre confused about something or has a question. She gives you A LOT of work, and its so unnecessary, because it doesnt do anything. If you try to ask something, shell be the rudest person ever.
I had her for a chem. lab. Didn't really bother asking her much because she comes off as very intimidating prof. Lab final was easy, however I wouldn't take her class again. She has a mean attitude. I did really well in the chem. lab portions though! Your partner will help you with everything, and you're better off alone than asking any questions.
She has a hard time teaching very big classes. Chances are that you wont get what youre looking for. Assigns LOTS OF WORK which arent worth the time. As much as Id like to think, she didnt even prepare for the exams which helped for our Chem grade. Class usually had low grades.
Prof Mann is a really good recitation professor. she is always checking up on us and makes sure we understand the criteria. she puts us in groups and assigns us different parts of the chapter that we present to the rest of the class. and then she assigns our groups 2 questions to present. thats it. its a really easy class.
Rude teacher and doesnt provide help at all. This is so unfair. She will give you a bad grade nonetheless, and straight up ignore you. Idk why but she comes off as a people-pleaser and tries to make students like her. She is not really genuine about helping students like she says. I asked her for help and she told me to leave. Im disappointed
Horrible teaching style. She makes us put problems on the board, however if need of personal assistance she does not accommodate. She has a horrible attitude, and just dismisses you as she pleases. I asked her several times for help, and she merely showed once with no clarification. The class isn't big. She's rude overall, and a mean prof.
I have no idea why Professor Mann has negative reviews. Heather is honestly my favorite teacher. At the end of the day she wants you to learn, and exceed. As long as you put in the effort in her class, you should get an A. PCHEM Lab is one of the hardest classes to teach, yet most of us got A's because she taught it so well. She's honestly the best
Had her last semester and she is really nice as long as you are participating and trying in her class there should be no reason not to get a good grade. For the most part she was pretty good with communication and shell try to help you with whatever questions you might have.
I don't really know why Heather has so many bad reviews on here to be frank. I took PChem Lab with her, which is honestly one of the hardest labs I've taken yet. She spent so much time helping us understand how to answer lab questions, and she even stayed after hours. I absolutely adore her, and I definitely wouldn't have gotten an A without her <3
Great professor
She deserves a better rating. She is really lovely, sweet, and always willing to help you during and after class. Her lecture might be not really clear sometimes, but you can reach out to her during or after class for extra help. The workload is doable, and most of them are group work.
Raised your hand for hours and she will just ignore you. Very hurtful toward students and has lots of pride. Dismissed you after class and doesnt even provide office hours.
Boring professor. She assigns a lot of heavy work.
You have to read the text mostly yourself. The handouts she provided are nothing like the real exam. Study is key, and being consistent with the textbook. I find that the actual exam did not make up any of her questions or stressed anything in which she said to study.
if you had any issues with her - she would just complain about you to the department, and then show everyone what a bad student you are. horrible teaching and horrible woman.
She would complain if she didnt have it her way. A people-pleaser, that does not really care for the welfare of her students. She only concerned about having a good rating.
Mean attitude. Assigns too much work with little explanation. Avoid any conflict with her, she will take you up to the department and complain about you
Hard grading criteria. Makes the class hard as well. She talks about the student behind their back, and is very hurtful toward students. Assigns too much work and cant even complete it by the end of class. Students have to fend for themselves on exams.
Very hurtful towards students. She has a way of humiliating the students if they dont understand the lecture. Class divided us into groups, and she let us do homework at the end of class. I would not take her again however.
She only cared about herself and reputation. No one understand anything what she was saying in the class. We all had to help ourselves. She also humiliated students if they did not understand or needed help. A mean prof.
She's the worst. Assigns ridiculous amount of homework to "practice" for our quizzes. Literally, she doesn't help with anything and only stresses us out more.
Shares emails with her colleageus , and talks negatively of the students.
Will go beyond lengths to prove her point in a situation and bring conflict to the classroom. Has a controlling behavior. She will go to the extreme measures to make you humiliated. Took her for Chem class.
Cant even teach Chem properly, but wants extra credit for doing nothing. Will influence other professors on how they feel about you
Prof Mann is AMAZING! Had her for chem recitation, and she made it so easy. The whole class is basically a group project. You get a group at the beginning of the semester. Stay with the group, show up to class, do your work - you'll get an A. Homework is doable and she gives a lot of time for it and even extends it if she sees it's a lot. TAKE HER
I had her Chem 2 recitation. Honestly BEST chem professor. I dont know how she is in person but my group received 96 and up for every project handed in. She allows you to fix mistakes. I had work right after class and she understood if I had to leave early. She works with other professors for some recitations and the other professors dont do much.
veryyyy helpful!! Love Professor Mann
She was the supervisor for recitations. She was terrible at her job, literally sent ppts the night before class so there was no time to do them and she just overall was highly disorganized.
Eh. Chem lecture professor, so it's the usual, get's irritated really easily so be aware of talking too loud in class. Not accessible outside of class.
The curriculum of the course isn't really up to her, so there are weekly quizzes and a final but thats not up to her. She did give a lot of participation hand outs so her lectures that were okay but the actual lectures were bland and hard to pay attention. The biggest thing was it's almost impossible to contact her after class for extra help.
If you show you care, she will try to help you. When I was able to get in contact with her, her office hours made all the difference! Her lectures are boring and I couldn't pay attention, but her office hours made up for it. It is hit or miss getting in contact with her though. Many chances to get your grade up, so WORK HARD! Very Challenging!!
Professor Mann is a caring person. It's true she is difficult to reach outside of class and her lectures can cause you to doze off but ultimately its a choice. If you force yourself to pay attention and participate you will understand and do well in the quizzes. However, I must admit reading the textbook is a must. Just stay on top of things!
I would not recommend her as an instructor. Her demeanor is very bitter, harsh, and cold toward students. She has a dominating and controlling attitude, and its her way or the high way; Very manipulating instructor.
If you raised your hand in class or call out to her during class discussion, she would ignore you and make you feel embarassed. Then if you say something to her about it, she will try to humiliate you. Please avoid this class, as much as you can, and the instructor herself.
All the positive reviews have been written by the prof. herself. She is not a nice instructor at all. She would yell at students in class, get irritated and then take it out on the students that wanted help. In class, she is not good at clarifying and can hardly care less about what you think;
She would assign work and then talk during the work, and then when students try talking to each other, she would call you out, make you feel bad about yourself, and then ignore you for the rest of the class. This instructor has a dominating demeanor, who feels like she needs everyone to listen to her. That's just not how it works here.
Even though the weekly quizzes were stressful, I loved that the review was very helpful. She truly cared about you, if you showed you cared. If you put in the effort and go to her office hours you will do great! I miss her so much.
Prof Mann is a very hard prof. She does not assign homework on time. It is very hard to talk to her because she keeps rubbing her eyes.
Contrary to all of the negative reviews here, Professor Mann is very caring, kind, and understanding. She is very accessible and gives helpful feedback when you have concerns with WileyPlus problems. She is one of the few professors that actually care if you learn the material. I would definitely recommend her as a professor!
The professor is a quick-mouth that does not take accountability for her wrongdoings. She would treat students badly and then have the nerve to defend herself against everyone. Please avoid her class because she will make issues with you and cause drama
You can be the nicest student and she will still try to find a way to make an issue with you in the class. Her teaching of method did not prepare for the final exam & students received low scores. I feel that she does not genuinely care about students grades and will fail whoever she pleases for laughter. Please avoid if you could, or drop her.
You guys clearly don't want to get to know this human being on a personal level. Prof. Mann is one of the sweetest professors I have ever met and there is no one that willing as her in the Chem Dept who wants to help you thrive as she not only does her job but relates to us. Prof. Mann, if you are reading, just know you matter! You are a superstar!
I had her for lab this semester and she's not bad at all! She's caring and is willing to help you if you're in need. She may not explain certain things too well, but again, she does a good job clarifying if you ask for her aid. She's also a lover of cats, so like anyone who is, has my respect automatically.
I loved Professor Mann! Her lectures are bad because she jumps around but other than that she was a joy. Very helpful in lab, helpful with questions about chemistry outside of lab. Generally a great professor!
Not a nice teacher. Please avoid
Not respectable. She does not respect students.
Disrespectful, hyper, and cautious about students who accidentally talk in groups while she is talking to the class. Little things get on her nerves.
She talks negatively about her colleagues in a classroom setting. We should be focusing on Chemistry? And she talks about professors to the class
Best professor I've ever had
i don't understand why there are so many mean reviews, she gives As to everyone and passed everyone with 100%! she's very lenient and will let you turn in assignments as late as you want as long as you let her know. she's very stressed but will still be nice.
Caring and helpful. Classwork was a few problems done with your group. If you asked, she was very helpful in explaining the Wileyplus problems. However, there were unnecessary assignments like creating an exam schedule, looking around campus for resources, final exam study journal. Professor Mann was just trying to help, but it was just annoying.
I believe she's a coordinator for chemistry recitation classes. I thought she was pretty good. She posted the submission tabs last minute but if you save your work and just submit them one by one, it wasn't all that bad. The recitation class was very easy for me and she's also pretty reasonable as she extends deadlines and reopens past work.
General chemistry was a hard course. Professor Mann is extremely kind and flexible when you reach out for help. You just need to put in the work to study for the class and ask for help when you need it; Don't wait until the last minute.
She's very understanding, kind and accepts work extremely late. She understands we are in college and these classes are difficult. And believe me i have had really heartless professors with no sense of humanity per se.
I had Wu for Recitation, but Mann was the coordinator. She's not that bad, but she gives many stupid and unnecessary assignments. She made students go around campus to take pictures of rooms and get contact information. We're not Indiana Jones trying to look for the Holy Grail. She's not bad, but she can waste a lot of your time with assignments.
This professor was really kind, her work was a lot but I got it done pretty quickly. She is very caring and puts your needs first. If you need a extension she will grant it. I actually enjoyed going to her recitation and when I asked her for help she would! And she is quick to reply to emails.
Super chill & sweet, reviews are being harsh just explain your work to the class properly when required during recitation, know what ur doing and youll be fine. does things that r not required like giving extra cred even tho the class is just pretty easy in general
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