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This class was honestly a waste of time. I did not learn anything, and economics is my major, so that is somewhat disappointing. I did not go to class and received A's on all of my tests. The homework assignments can be completed by reading the book. She reads straight from the powerpoint slides and cannot be understood at all.

Hard to understand accent, and simply reads slides. If you take her class you'll be teaching yourself the course

Hoda is the worst economics professor I have had at the University. She is rude to students and will condescend to them in class if a question is asked. Be prepared to read the book. She does not explain concepts well and read off of the slides. Very boring professor to say the least. I highly recommend taking another course.

Not the worst professor I've ever had- she's the worst teacher I have ever experienced in my life. Can't understand a word she says in class because her lack of mastery of the English language is outdone only by her lack of mastery of Economics.

Her english is poor and lectures are like listening to a lawn mower run for an hour. very rude to students. annoyingly refuses to conduct any class business over email. lectures are entirely based around her reading power points to you. makes frequent grading errors and its hard to get her to fix them. fairly easy A if you try though.

Quite possibly the worst teacher I have had at the University of Alabama. Her accent is difficult to understand and consistently sends botched emails in broken English. She is rude to students who ask her simple questions and will do nothing for you unless you visit during her office hours. Do not expect to get any help from her exam reviews.

She is by far the most horrible teacher at this university she does not help any students and will never answer any of the questions the students have. He is very hard to understand and will not clarify what she has said. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Putting aside her rude comments to students in class who are trying to participate, her class is horribly boring, and you can barely understand her. You might as well not even go to class, you have to teach the whole course yourself. Hard tests. Do not recommend.

Hoda is undoubtedly the worst professor that I have taken at the Capstone. She is unclear in class and reads powerpoint slides instead of teaching the material. She is unprofessionally rude to students and shuts down students who ask questions or try to get help. I took this class because it was at a good time. Worst mistake I've made in college.

Terrible teacher! Cannot understand material taught in class and also the tests are really hard without a curve. Homework and exam reviews are worth 10% each and the tests are 80% of your grade. Only took this class based on time, otherwise, would not recommend at all.

The teacher is foreign and very hard to understand. I tried my hardest not to fall asleep every class. Plus she is mean.

This is one of the hardest classes I have ever taken!!! Economics alone is a difficult concept to master but she makes it even worse!! She does not help you and will only tell you to study in advance. DO NOT TAKE HER if you do not want your GPA to drop!!!

HORRIBLE. mean and foreign. does not explain anythings and yells at you if you ask a question. dont do hoda.

By far the worst professor I have had yet. She is very hard to understand. The Aplia homework is painfully tedious and due at different times than specified in class. Do yourself a favor and avoid this professor.

She gives a lot of extra points and is good on curving, but by far the worst class I have taken at UA so far. She's very difficult to understand, concepts aren't clear. I'd learn better if I just read the lessons myself from the book. Don't take her!!

Mean. Hard to understand. Rude when you ask a question in class. Not helpful in office hours. Gives out random extra credit tho. Avoid her.

Worst prof I've had at UA. Spends more time trying to command attention in a 400 person lecture room with sillyness like assigned seats than teaching the material. She assigns a lot of online homework that is nothing like the examples from class. Frustrating to communicate with and will promise scantrons will be available & goes back on her word.

Hoda is the WORSE instructor avaiable for this course. dont waste your time or brain usage in this class. she has the heaviest accent so you cant understand what she's saying. she never responds to emails. only about half the stuff she says is relevant to the stuff actually on the test. AVOID AT ALL COST!!!!

People complain too much about the difficulty of this class. Hoda blows, but that doesn't mean the class isn't easy. As long as you are ok teaching yourself the material(which you will honestly learn through doing homework), and you actually do the homework, you will be fine.

There is no communicating with this woman. Very unpleasant. Her class is the only one open so I have to take her again. Ughhhhhh

Least helpful prof I have had. could not follow or understand lectures at all. must teach yourself all the material.

I did not enjoy one bit on this class. It takes real effort to listen to her accent. Does not know how to teach and the notes does not relate much to the exams. You MUST teach yourself the material. I rather throw my money in the trash can than waste my money taking the class from this teacher.

Not a helpful Professor at all. She does give quite a bit of extra credit at the end of the semester, but is not a good teacher. She is rude, will not repeat herself in class if asked to go back to a graph or question. She is very rude and not a good teacher at all. Would NOT recommend.

Avoid at all costs!!! She was incredibly rude to students when they asked to go back and explain a previous slide and her lectures were very confusing when she got away from the slides. She is hard to follow and overall very rude. Definitely don't take her unless you absolutely have to.

Worst teacher of all time. Hoda Blows! Don't take her. Do yourself a favor and wait a semester if thats the only class you can get in. You can't understand a word that comes out of her mouth.

Not the worst teacher, she was just always so rude when students asked any questions. She is also very hard to understand. If possible find another professor for this class.

do not take her. if you are signed up for her class swith asap. if there isnt another class switch majors

Looking for an easy econ class? take it. Looking for a meaningful learning experience? don't take it. She's a pretty bad teacher that gets frustrated with the class a lot. She expects students to answer in class questions and if they get it wrong she embarrasses them. She's hard to understand and a lot of her lectures don't make much sense.

Okay so it's not so much that you can't understand her since her accent is not bad at all especially compared to other professors but she doesn't explain things well at all. She requires attendance but doesn't teach well. Bring the book and read it in the back row. As noted she will talk very quietly then just start yelling randomly.

You cant understand her at all in class so going seems extremely pointless. You really need to be able to teach yourself economics to do well in this class. If economics isn't your strong-suit, do not take her class.

I do enjoy economics but coming to this class is such a drag, its and hour or lecture, she can't stay on topic and her inability to speak clear english makes it awful. Constantly covers the same topic durning a lecture that has no meaning to the material.

Unless you HAVE to take this teacher/class, don't. She's really rude and gets frustrated with the class way too easily. She says don't blame her accent if you can't understand her? Her lectures are pointless and do nothing for you in preparing for a test. Practice exams are either like the test or not at all.

Do NOT take this professor. She is rude to her students and her tests are nothing like the practice exams. The homework doesn't help at all and she reads right off the slides, which are online & and also don't prepare you for the test. Her accent is hard to understand, but she gets mad when students ask her to repeat herself.

If I could give her a negative rating I would. She is the worst teacher I think I have ever had. She is rude and will start yelling and getting mad at the class for no reason. Her tests are hard and her lectures are terrible. Save yourself and try not to take her.

Hoda El-Karasky is easily one of the most difficult teachers at the University. She yells at the class for doing nothing at all. Don't even try to pay attention to a lecture because you won't understand it. She goes over stuff during syllabus week but never fulfills it. Tests are nothing like the practice exams. DO NOT TAKE HER. Worst class expire

Couldn't be more disappointed about a class. So unfair to Hardworking students who go to class and complete homework assignments. If you don't do well on the tests you won't pass the class. Attendance policy is the worst I have ever seen. Can barely understand her and she yells at you if you as questions. STAY AWAY. This class will destroy your GPA

Awful teacher, never helps, lectures are awful. SPEAK HINDO I CANT UNDERSTAND HER. Worse than inspector cluso when it comes to annunciating. Teach yourself basically.

She is very difficult to understand and often times yells at students. i only bother to show up to class to just get my attendance points. the class is very heavily weighted on test. there are a lot of extra points you can get from the hw assignments if you do well . however i do NOT recommend her . honestly WORST teacher i have had at Bama so far

She doesn't know how to teach the class. She has to check her notes every 2 minutes to remind herself what she's doing. Read the textbook and study hard for the tests. Attendance is mandatory but honestly she's so unbearable it's worth losing your attendance grade.

Hoda is the most difficult teacher I have had. She is from the Middle East so it is very difficult to understand her. She is also really petty and yells at the class!

So awful. I didn't do well in econ 110 and was told i might understand 111 but that was false. This woman gets mad at the strangest things and is so hard to understand. Her lectures put me to sleep and her tests are super hard. Wouldn't have taken this class if I knew it would be like this.

Do not take her. If she is your last option (as she was for me), fine, you'll survive. But choose literally any other option. She is very difficult to understand, speech wise, and she's rather rude. Class is easy enough to pass, I stopped going to anything but the tests (and days where scantrons are given out for practice tests.) Stay away.

Hoda is literally the worst professor I have ever had, would never take her again and honestly if you can drop her without taking the w I highly recommend that.

She was hard to understand, because of her accent. She did not try and make any of her lectures clearer for you to understand. I should have switched classes at the beginning of the year, but I did not think it was going to be this bad. I do not recommend her.

Hardest professor i've ever had. She gets mad at everything during class, and i could never really understand what she is saying. I could never really follow along with her lectures, i felt as if they were not very coherent.

This teacher will make you want to drop out of college. Very rude, degrading of students confidence, not approachable, lectures dont help since her tests are completely different than her lectures. Please find a new Econ teacher UA, youll save your self a lot of complaints and have a better reputation in the Econ deartment.

If you're ready to be berated for any question you ask, or for having to leave early, El-Karaksy is the woman for you. She has an affinity for her own handwriting, though it's not good. She says her accent is not tough to understand, but she's wrong. She does make class stupid easy though, with a ton of extra credit opportunities.

Horrible teacher and I could barely understand her during lectures. Also, the fact that she literally reads straight from the book, and gives no further analysis/explanation is pretty bad. NEVER TAKE HER CLASS!

Terrible professor all around.

Literally the worst teacher I've ever had. Take any other Econ professor

Worst teacher I have ever had. Extremely hard and her lectures don't make sense. Must go to class because of clicker. Won't know grade the entire time until the end. Awful, do not take her class

Definitely the worst professor I've ever had. The class itself was not insanely difficult and could be self-taught, so I ended up being fine, but her lectures were horrible. She was hard to understand, and if anyone had a question she just told them to read the textbook. She did give a lot of extra credit to make up for over half the class failing.

She is really bad. Should not be on staff. However, you can get an A if you work hard.

Do NOT take this class if you care about your grade. Extremely hard to understand at times. Can be rude when students would ask a question and then would get mad if people did not ask questions. Must go to class because of clicker points. Not a good teacher

Prepare to be yelled at for asking questions. Prepare to be yelled at for not asking questions. Prepare to be roasted if you make a mistake answering a question. Prepare to be roasted for not answering a question in fear of experiencing the true wrath of Hoda the Hun. Class is still Easy and sometimes its funny to see Hoda's blood boil.

I've taken a class before with her actually, this being my 2nd, and I can say one thing forsure-she Is consistent. That being consistently un-understandable, consistently aggressive towards students, and consistently teaches under the assumption the students already know what she's talking about (when she should be teaching it ). Avoid at all cost.

Before taking this class I saw these reviews and thought oh she cant be that bad. WRONG. I have had many bad teachers and she is by far the most horrible teacher I have EVER HAD in my entire life. Not only can you not understand a word that comes out of her mouth but she is unbelievably rude to students. Take any other option you can.

She is completely unable to use the technology in her classroom and refuses to learn. The only thing she can use is the camera that puts her own handwritten notes on the screen, and her handwriting is terrible. She is also incredibly argumentative and refuses to take any responsibility when things go wrong. Come on UA do better.

Simply reads over the PowerPoint posted online in her class during lecture, but gives clicker questions for attendance so you have to go class. Also painfully butchers the English language daily making it hard to follow along.

Aside from a tough accent to understand, she simply reads the same slides that she posts online. Not only does she only read these slides with no further explanation, but it is almost as if she's trying to go as fast as she possibly can. She's not open for discussion on any matter and is very argumentative. Frustrating professor, but easy material.

Hoda is rude & belittles her students. If you answer a question, you better make sure its the right answer or she will embarrass you. She expects you to read and know the material before coming to class. Her tests are mainly notes. She crucifies you if you try, and if you dont try. Its lose-lose all around. She is not willing to work with you.

Worse professor Ive ever had. Tough to understand, doesnt explain material clearly, Yells at students for no reason, and her tests are completely different than her practice exams and PowerPoint slides. There are in-class clicker questions which are usually confusing. I would rather drop out of college then take her again. DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!!!!!

Can't understand a word she says and she's mean to her students in class. If she ask's a question and nobody knows the answer she just assumes it's because we don't want to talk and she gets mad and moves on to the next section without ever teaching the criteria.

Hoda not only inspired me to change my major but also made me want to drop out of college every time I was in her class. She has a heavy accent that makes her hard to understand, and even if you get past that she's not a good teacher. I had to teach myself most of the material. Only redeeming quality about class was she gave loads of extra credit

its the beginning of the year, so this comment is unchanged by personal matters. this is by far one of the worst professors I've had. each day you go in for 15-30 mins of clicker questions followed by a short power point. you can barely understand her and she won't wait if you don't get the notes. horrible professor.

Avoid taking her class at all costs. She has a very heavy accent and a quiet voice that makes it almost impossible to understand what she's saying. On top of that she tries to use technology in her class and fails 9/10 times. She then will yell at the entire class for collectively doing bad on a test like she's not the one that failed to teach!

She is super hard to understand and doesn't explain the material well. I had to teach myself for her class and her practice tests and lectures are nothing like her tests. The wording on test questions can be confusing. She yells at students and treats you like you are in middle school. Attendance is mandatory and if you're late you don't get credit

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I was an econ major and now NO! I am smart.. Trust me... All our class test averages have been failing and theres a ton of homework and class clicker questions.. She just reads from the power points then the tests come out of no where.. Cannot understand a word she says... Makes test questions to confuse you and mix up

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!! Worst professor I've ever had. Clickers are huge on your grade, and you can't understand a word she says. Treats us like were ten and yells at us every chance she gets. WHATEVER YOU DO AVOID THIS CLASS AT ALL COST!!

She is not a helpful professor at all. She teaches very fast and doesn't explain things well at all. I went to every single class and still had no idea what was going on

Listen here and listen close, do not, and I mean DO NOT, take Hoda for Econ. Her lectures are brutal, she moves through the slides when she is done with it, even if the whole class had no time to write it down. At times she can be rude and almost all the time you cannot understand her. You are basically going to be teaching yourself everything.

Very loose grasp on the English language. Rude and impossible to understand. Do not take.

terrribleleee

Can't understand her and she is very rude. Not too hard of a class but sitting through her lectures are unbearable.

Hoda El-Karasky is the most unpleasant, unkind, and deliberately rude teacher I have ever taken. She takes in-class clicker questions for a grade, and whenever the class does poorly on a question she insults them rather than considering her total inneptitude at teaching and that she aggressively belittles any person who asks question. DO NOT TAKE.

Her english is terrible-you can't understand anything she says. She moves through slides whenever she is done talking which is about 30 seconds, meaning you have no time to take notes. She is incredibly rude and unwilling to help most students. She counts clicker questions as a grade and people usually get them wrong b/c she is terrible at teaching

Terrible professor. Speaks English terribly and does not fully explain the problems on screen. You have to pay 100% attention to even understand what she is saying because her accent is so thick. Practice tests are not like the actual test then gets mad at the class when we do poorly. Requires attendance through clickers with questions. STAY AWAY

Honestly this professor is the worst I have ever taken in any subject. You have clickers every class period, so you cannot skip class even though going to class is a waste of time. Borderline impossible to learn anything from her. You will end up teaching yourself the material.

By far the worst instructor at UA. She is extremely rude, hard to understand, and does not explain material clearly. Expect 3-6 clicker questions each class, for which you are unprepared because she does not know how to teach. Practice tests are MUCH easier than the actual tests, so do not rely on them to gauge your understanding of content.

Take anyone but her. Prof El Karasky is impossible to understand in class and her written communication is not much better. You basically have to teach yourself from the book because she just stands in the front of the class and flips through slides. She is rude and condescending to her students. Worst class ever.

She is very rude. Avoid if you can, but if you take it don't read the book. Do the homework early and stay ahead and actually listen to what she says because she will actually say some helpful stuff

just don't ever take her class.... EVER. You will not retain any information and you will have to teach yourself the whole time. Seriously shouldn't be a professor.

Barely speaks english, moves too fast, absolute terrible teacher and half of our class is failing.

She is a terrible professor! Very mean and not a great speaker at all! She grades tough and don't expect her to help you at all. I emailed her a couple of times to review my test and she never let me come to her office. Take another professor if you want a easy and good experience!!

This class was very difficult. You couldn't understand her when she was lecturing. I didn't feel like I learned anything in this class. Tests were difficult and a lot of the times you didn't know what to study. She isn't very nice either.

Cant understand, incredibly rude and rough.

She's really tough on you if you talk or do anything out of line in class to the point where its annoying

Worst professor at this university. She is rude to students, inaccessible out of the classroom, and her lectures are horrible. Take any other professor.

Hoda is lucky that EC110 is one of the easiest Econ classes you can take or else all of her students would fail. What should be a somewhat easy introduction to mic economics becomes an aggravating class. Archaic teaching methods and treats college students like kids. Talk about being rude with a huge sense of superiority when I could teach better.