4.5
Quality2.7
Difficulty82%
Would Retake97
Reviews82%
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What Students Say
“Internet class: Took more than one month to return papers”
ENG1B - 4.0 rating“She is clear in her expectations for the essays and will give great feedback”
ENGLV01B - 5.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
70%
Textbook Required
20%
Grade Predictor
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A-
Grade Distribution
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ENGLISH1A
5.0
(1)1B
5.0
(1)ENGL01
5.0
(1)ENGLVO1A
5.0
(2)ENGL101
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
1B
5.0
ENGL101
4.0
ENGLI101
4.0
ENGLV01
4.0
ENGLIV01A
4.0
Reviews (97)
easy on gradeing essays
friendly, very smart. has high expectations but prepares you well to succeed. excellent instructor.
awesome teacher, very nice and outgoing... pretty easy when grading... very nice, i definetly recommend her!
she is really helpful and understandable. she is an understandable grader that grades on everyones own skill and not on a standard.
Excellent Teacher. She isn't super easy, but not incredibly difficult. She's kick back and very approachable. She didn't make english boring...
She's so cool... I wanted to go get drinks with her after class! TAKE HER!!!
very helpfull and easy on grading and make the class interesting i switched four teachers in one day until i found a good one i didnt know about this web site. had to do it the hard way
I took her online class and I can honesetly say I didn't learn much. Her grading was super easy with very little (if any) feedback. If you want an easy A and don't care about English, take this class; but other than that, choose someone else.
I didn't learn much as far as reading and writing go, but that's just because I'm a genius. It was very easy for me--which usually makes school boring--but Henny made it fun. She does a lot of class discussions about current issues so it's cool. If V01A is just a roadblock in your way, definitely take this class.
I LOVED HER!!! She was very helpful in teaching and you can learn something. She made writing very fun. She really does look at how you write and help you write better. I can't wait to take the B class with her. I give her an A+!!!
Excellent teacher! I would highly recommend her. I learned so much in her class. All her assignments are worthwhile and teach you something, its not just busy work. She's very helpful. She's friendly and very cool. She knows a lot about the subject and it shows through her teaching. you can tell she loves what she does.
She rocks!
She is awesome! Lots of fun discussions.
She's a wonderful human being. If it didnt seem so creepy I'd be her friend outside of class. Funny and a kid at heart yet you can't help but respect her. 1 essay a month, short readings for class discussions, 1 eight page research paper on anything you want as a final. Be yourself and try = A
totally chill
TAKE HER--She is hilarious--her class is pretty easy, but a lot of work--she'll help u w/ anything (including reading your essays before they are due and give u comments)--Do your work, go to class and guarenteed A
RAD!!!!
Wonderful teacher! Fun, personable, and helpful. I was rarely bored in this class. You do a lot of group work and reading, but nothing too hard.
One of the best teachers! She is really funny! If I could I would take her again somehow. Don't pass up taking her, she might give some homework, but she is really cool!
Great person and fun to be around. She keeps it interesting, despite lots of reading/writing (as you can expect). Always helpful and definitely less pressure than some other teachers I've had. RECOMMENDED
I liked her as my English teacher. I leadn a lot from her. If you ned help she will help if you need it. There is a lot of reading for her class. You have to do 4 essays for the class. I you go to class and do the work you can get an A or B from her.
Henny is the GREATEST TEACHER EVER! I loved this class. A lot of reading and writing which took a lot of time to complete compared to other classes, but that is ok because I had a lot of fun anyway. Very Highly recommended.
Super cool and caring. Great sense of humor.
Internet class: Took more than one month to return papers! That made it very hard to do better on essays. (3 major essays, midterm and final, and 500 word discussions every week) Also, lots of reading and writing. More work than I thought it would be. A hard class for 1B compared with other teachers.
She is different from other English teachers and makes me excited about learning.
Took this class online. Got an A but it's alot of work. Must be patient because she takes a while to get papers back but I think It's worth it.
Ms. Kim remains the best English professor at VC. She's funny and cute and always brightened up my day. She took time to talk personally with everybody and definitely knows what she's talking about. I want to take another class with her!
Took class over summer so there was a lot of work. Gave us essay grades the last week of class and never got my grades for my essay revisions.
The professor was really organized with the summer class and gave me helpful feedback on my essays. I'm taking the online V01B class as well. Always got back to me quickly with emails, so this instructor is cool.
Henny is awesome! She has a lot of energy and shows so much enthusiasm about writing and literature makes me excited!
Ms. Kim has to be the coolest professor at vc. She cracks up the class and always gives help to anybody in the classes. She knows what she is talking about and so I really learned a lot from her. She is cool!
OMG, she is so amazing! Here enthusiasm is infectious! Funny and smart. i wish she taught a regular english b class instead of the online.
Professor Kim keeps things fun. She likes to jokes around but also takes the work seriously and shows her passion for the subject. Recommended!
BEST ENGLISH TEACHER EVER!!! PRIOR TO TAKING THIS CLASS, IT WAS MY WORST SUBJECT. SHE IS VERY FLEXIBLE AND ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO HELP OUT STUDENTS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Good person. Intelligent. Engages class in the topiccs. Open to helping in private or during class hours. Recommended for english req's!
Best English teacher ever!! Makes English very fun and is very engaging. Definitely recommend Ms. Kim!!
Ms. Kim is the best English teacher ever. She is very helpful in essays, witch we only wrote 4, and she makes you think in a whole different view. The midterm is kind of difficult cause we were timed and the topic was a little hard to think of. overall she is a good teacher to take. She says the truth, plus she always gave us snacks during class.
I really enjoyed this teacher. If I could I would take another class with her.Great sense of humor. She makes you read from the book & write responses.Definitely recommend her, I miss this class.
She is a great teacher! i loved her class and would definitely take another one with her, she is really funny, has a great sense of humor, gives us snacks, and gives us opportunities to revise essays She makes learning english more fun :)
I love this professor! Really easy and explains alot on what she expects you to do. Very funny and kind teacher. Got an A in her class!
I put 3 on easiness since English Lit requires a lot of reading and writing. She replies all the time to inquiries and is very nice. The only negative thing about her is she grades stuff late. Overall, I would recommend anyone to take her, in-class or on-line.
Easy discussion points as long as they are posted before or on due date and are in correct spelling and grammar. Number of posts must also be satisfied. The negative thing about this professor is that she grades stuff late. I would still recommend others to take her. 2 essays, 1 midterm (all short answered), and a 3rd final essay.
Highly recommend taking Henny's class she is very helpful and understanding. Your grade consists of computer lab assignments a midterm and a final and 3 essays which she will grade even if they're late. Also if you score a higher grade on the final she will replace the midterm grade
By far the best English teacher I have come across at VC! She is the most down-to-earth, is very funny, and is good at breaking stuff down. There are very few times you are left wondering what she is expecting of you. Gives writing assignments that are on topics you'll most likely find easy to write about. Make sure to check the handout weekly.
Great class and teacher! There are weekly discussions (worth 40% of your grade) and 4 essays (worth 60% of your grade). All of our assignments are from the textbook. Gives you a week to complete and respond to discussions. Essay due dates vary, but she provides all the course work and calendar of when assignments are due so there are no surprises.
professor Kim is super helpful often funny but be prepared to have a lot of writing assignments besides essays and be prepared to read them aloud to the class she always has you read your writing to the class which I didnt like participation is big for her
Can be a real funny professor as long as you do your work and put in effort on the papers. Lots of writing, obviously... it is an english class. She will really help you improve your writing over the course of the class.
She is the sweetest teacher ever. She is really good at what she teaches, and gives good feedback. I got better at my writing in this class. Just do the work and show up to class and you'll get a good grade.
Professor Kim is intelligent, affable, and clearly cares about her work and her students. Her class is designed in a way that will definitely improve your writing abilities provided that you put in some effort. Most of her assignments are done in class and can't be made up so it's not a class you can skip. Would recommend.
Professor Kim is an amazing instructor! Definitely try and take her she will help you develop your writing skills. Be ready to read the chapters she assigns you because she does call on random students to summarize the article. Only assigns 4 essays that start off short and turn into 6-8 pages. She allows for you to work on your essays during class
Professor Kim is the cutest! She definitely loves to have her students participate in lectures. And I recommend you bring up good topics, because she can go on about them. Professor Kim is a tough grader, but she is always willing to help. If you just show up to class, stay through the entire time, and do the class work you'll easily pass.
She is a nice teacher get to know her she wants you to do well.
Professor Kim was a great English professor! She assigns papers every now and then but they're super easy and won't take long to get done. Laugh at her jokes and you might get extra credit, also you might get EC if you tell a joke to the class.
She helped me discover my love for writing. Smart woman and cares a lot. Great teacher!
does not explain how to write a strong formatted essay.
Henny Kim is so cool. She cares a lot about her students, learning, and what goes on in the world. Be prepared to write A LOT. She is extremely helpful and pushes you to work harder. Readings MUST be completed! Articles relate a lot to what is going on around us. Easy, fun class!
Henny Kim-Ortel was a great teacher. It's not an easy class but I really enjoyed it overall. Our class was small so it allowed us to form a little family for the semester which was super cool. She's silly at times which lightens the mood. The only downside is all the busy work, not hard, but a ton of reading and writing. Overall great teacher.
Be prepared to read the assigned books and do assignments throughout the semester, V01B is not just about writing essays.
she's tough, but you ACTUALLY learn!
BEST ENGLISH TEACHER AT VC Professor Henny's class was focused on improvement for writing through metacognition. She is very understanding and truly cares for her students. Its important to participate and be involved and actually learn and absorb the assignments. For an english writing class we had 4 essays in total. Eager to go to class everyday
I took this Online class and it was an easy A. It isn't one of those classes where you just show up and get an A. The online class consist of 5 essays total. Also, there were 5 easy discussion assignments for each essay. I would strongly suggest taking her class. The due dates were reasonable and allowed you time to finish the work.
This professor give lots of readings, pays attentions to detail. To submit essays she uses Turn It In, lots of discussions with 200-300 word minimum, she takes point's off every little thing, NO EXTRA CREDIT! I wouldn't take her AGAIN plain and simple.
I wouldn't take this class again she is a tough grader and pays attention to details and requires a lot of words per discussions.
Amazing professor! Cares about her students. Likes participation in class. She makes us have a learning journal, which is required, and there is a total of four submissions for that. Lots of timed essays + 3-4 major essays through out the semester. Lots of extra credit opportunities. Accepts late work, very lenient. Also a hybrid class.
I took her online Summer course in 4 weeks. Weekly Assignments: reading, 3 discussions, a rough draft, peer commenting on 4 essays, and a final essay. It was a lot of busy work and some of the assignments took 30 mins-3 hours. I didn't enjoy the class, but it was 4 weeks instead of 18.
Professor Kim-Ortel is very passionate about her work and she loves to teach. She respects her students and desires the very best for them.
Professor Kim-Ortel is caring, understanding and accommodating. She is clear in her expectations for the essays and will give great feedback. Follow the instructions (especially the essay checklist) closely and its an easy A. Accepts late work as long as you communicate with her whats happening. Always write essays on the longer side.
This class is very easy as long as you get the work done. She gives discussions almost every day but it is an easy A as long as you don't slack off. She is very lenient with late work.
Prof. Kim is a good teacher. I took her online so I never got to meet her. 2 discussions every week, 5 papers, and 5 peer reviews. She grades on length of essay always write the max. page requirements. Discussions are easy and reading is paced out well. She gives everyone the same comments when she grades the discussions. Overall, pretty average.
I took Writing While Mindful at VC, I enjoyed it thoroughly! Prof. Kim-Ortel is kind-spirited, encourages honest writing, + gives exceptional feedback. The material was challenging, relevant, + educational. I looked forward to this class each time. M-T discussion posts, 3 essays, The workload is light so the material you produce earns your grade!
Do the work you will pass 3-4 discussions per week, 3 essays,No test very nice person and wants everyone to pass
Prof Kim-Ortel is really great. Never received such great and frequent feedback from any other professor. She is very passionate and works hard to make her class enjoyable. You will become better at writing about and analyzing various writings if you put in the effort.
I was really enjoying her class until we got to the unit where she had us read a bunch of op-eds on why gen z is terrible because we use cellphones. I criticized one of the papers and she dismissed my opinion and asked what "expertise" I have to validate it. She seems nice otherwise, but boy is she painfully gen x.
She is a great professor who cares about students and takes the time to answer every email I sent her. I was sick for a while and she really helped me out by being lenient with late work and giving me feedback I could actually use. I'd take her again
Professor Henny was amazing, I never had a class have us meditate so it was interesting to do. Her class is 2 discussions weekly and 3 total essays throughout the semester. She gives feed-back on every assignment, has a lot of opportunities for extra credit. I had emergency surgery and she was very accommodating of late work. Would take her again.
She doesn't help with essay. Very mean
Professor Ortel cares about students and is very helpful, wants us to succeed and will go out of her way to give extra credit.
She is the best teacher and gives great feedback. She wants students to make appointments with her and she explains what you need to know. She is nice too and gives us snacks.
Professor Kim is the best teacher who takes time to empower students and make class lectures relevant to how we are living our lives and interested in careers. She listens when students talk.
I took professor Kim- Ortel's mindfulness theme English Vo1A. This class was an amazing experience on multiple levels. I utilize the writing and mindful techniques I learned from her class daily even a year later. We participated in a Journaling writing process which made learning to wrote enjoyable. She is BEYOND fair, truly cares about each perso
Professor Henny Kim-Ortel is amazing. Her communication and encouragement where the best I had received in years. Her encouragement is uplifting and her communication is valued. My only regret is that this was an online course and I didn't get to meet with her a few times a week. I highly recommend her Mindful Writing Class.
Such a waste of time. Every assignment was filled with a plethora of barf-worthy prompts that necessitated 300-400 words of garbage and fake filler, just to receive an over-enthusiastic reply from her on how well you expressed your unique personality through your writing. Maybe it is a different experience taking this class not during summer...
It was an excellent experience, Prof. Kim cares about her students and does everything possible to provide challenging work to build good habits with writing at college level.
awesome professor and super organized with everything, very clear on what assignments had to be turned in and helpful whenever emailed her
I highly recommend taking her class. I always recommend her to my friends. She grades fairly and is helpful when you have questions or concerns. She is also super understanding.
Henny gives opportunities for extra credit, I got extra credit because of how well written my essay was. She was extremely understanding when I was sick and in the hospital. She gives amazing feedback and her topics are very easy going, peer reviews are very easy and quick to get done.
Summer class was intense but the professor was excellent in organizing canvas class and great feedback, which she graded everything the next day. She was really nice and responded to all of my emails.
Kindest professor you will ever meet! I went into the online class not expecting the teacher or students to care very much. Instead, I found the most fun/intriguing courses you can take. Professor Kim-Ortel had discussions with me about our favorite authors and she offered AMAZING advice about essays. One of the most caring people I have ever met.
Professor Kim is one of the best English professors at VC. She takes times to listen to all her students. Professor Kim is very helpful, replies and grades fast. There is much opportunity for extra credit. Just do the work, and you should be good.
Such an easy A. Just do the assignments and you're all good. I got A's on all of the essays (my writing is so bad, so I was low-key surprised). As long as you follow the essay's prompts, you're good. Lots of discussions though.
She is an awesome professor. She taught me how to correctly imply the MLA format and how to cite proper sources, which my English 101A teacher has not mentioned to me at all. She provides very helpful feedback. Lots of discussions, just like in any other English writing class. There are also 3 papers, which are pretty easy if you have an idea.
I would take this class again if I had too ! She's the best English Teacher that I had in a while; her essay are super easy I usually got 90-100. She gave me the confidence to write my essay by giving me good feedback on all of them. She see's potential in her students and encourages as well ! She's very caring and nice !
Very relaxed class with 1-2 discussions per week. Gives great feedback on all discussions and essays. Accepts any and all late work. Very accommodating. 3 essays in total (max 7-8 pages). Very easy grader and as you long as you do all the discussions and score decently on the essays, you should get a A or B.
Professor Kim-Ortel is an incredible instructor and one of my favorites so far! I took V36 Women in Lit and, although a lot of work, it was my favorite class. She clearly has passion and interest in her work and shows so much respect and care for her students. She gives amazing and very thorough feedback on every single assignment. Take her course!
She is awesome!!! I took her summer course, and there were 3 essays in 4 weeks, which were graded pretty easily if you just followed the rubric and wrote the right amount. There was one assignment a day, either a discussion or an essay/peer review. The articles were interesting and engaging. She graded really fast and was lenient on late work.
I took the 4-week summer course. The first week didn't have any papers due, just discussion posts. After that, there are three papers and weekly discussions. It's manageable as long as you stay dedicated.
Professor Kim-Ortel is an amazing instructor. She encourages students to do their best and grades assignments based on effort and growth, not perfection. She truly cares about her students. Prior to enrolling, I felt like writing and reading weren't my strengths. After completion, I was able to redefine my relationship with both.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
70%
Textbook Required
20%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Declining
-0.58 avg changeRatings by Course
ENGLISH1A
5.0
(1)1B
5.0
(1)ENGL01
5.0
(1)ENGLVO1A
5.0
(2)ENGL101
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
1B
5.0
ENGL101
4.0
ENGLI101
4.0
ENGLV01
4.0
ENGLIV01A
4.0