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“She's annoying and kind of weird”
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sHes a ReaLLY fUnNy teAchER wItH sOmE cOrNy bUt cOoL jOkES.. sHes a LeCtuRE tEAcHEr wItH OnLy TaLkINg.. sO iT cOuLD bE hARd.. sHe fUn bUt hER tEsTs aRE EcTREmeLY hArD. sHe rEalLy NICe aNd uNdeRSTaNdiNg tOo!
do not take this class with her extremely hard!
She is extremely intelligent in her many fields of study. Any of janet's classes are not for those who like to whine about lectures and hard tests. Hey its college-MAN UP! People with majors in science fields will appreciate this instructor.
She's very rude. She tried to make people look stupid if they didn't understand something. And she's not funny. She's the only person that laughd at her jokes. And I hated her grading. Each homework was equal to a test. So if you got wrong answers on a HOmework assignment, it was like failing a test
Poor excuse of a teacher. very rude
I took her class only 2 days and then I dropped. she is kind of crazy, explains very unclear.
Corny jokes, but she's not rude. Just weird.
Hard teacher, but open book/notes tests and partial credit. Did online homeworks with lots of errors in programming (not her fault). It was annoying, but we could fix answers before turning it in and get better homework grades. And they are NOT the same as a test grade.
Very kind person but a little ditzy.
She is very helpful and patient. She gives open-book and open-note exams. Although no extra credits, her online homework assignments are basically like extra credits because you have several tries and you will know if you get the answer right or wrong to redo the problem. She gives a group quiz almost every class meetings. I got an A from her.
She is funny and a interesting person. Also, she has a large stock of knowledge about astro and physics. She does not write anything on the borad (just speaking). So, you would easily to lose. She will give you a study guide for exams, but nobody knows answers because she does not give us and it is hard find answers from textbooks.
Interesting professor. Physics is a hard subject, but she makes it interesting and offers many points through homework and daily partner quizzes. Also tests are open book/notes.
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Smart teacher sometimes a bit confusing. A bit weird at times but eh what can you do?? Nice person.
I couldn't stand her in the beginning. She is sarcastic and makes you feel like an idiot at times. But after a while, she grew on me. She tries hard to help you to pass the class. Her tests are not multiple choice, but she gives partial credit which ca
she's kinda "out there" from time to time, but overall she's hella chill
OMG she was such an awesome teacher. She is really challenging and she expects everyone to read and pay attention in class. She gives you the test questions like 2 months in advance and gives you plenty of time for study. She doesn't assign homework expect reading and she is a funny person. She is a bit out there though but it is entertaining. I really suggest taking her class if you're interested in astronomy.
B-O-R-I-N-G!!!Turn and run the other way as fast as you can!!!
Hmm where should I start? She would lecture about some boring planets, and all of the sudden make a weird joke and start laughing. Shes weird lol all most from another planet? I couldnt stand her lectures sometimes cuz they were sooo boring! But her personality more than made up for the lectures. Still I really like her.
Short white lady in her 30's with really big nappy hair. She's outgoing but with a nerdy sense of humor. Her tests are long and semi-hard and gives a quiz every day. And she loooooves astronomy. (!)
Her tests' are very hard(don't expect an easy A);she gives quizzes every day, and she talks very fast, so it's hard to take good notes. However her power points do help. Otherwise she is a nice professor.
I found it interesting. Especially the stars.
I think she is very good at her class. She is sarcastic, some people don't like that but I do. She makes the class a little more entertaining. Take her class if you're interested in learning.
A mousy, annoying, and really UNFUNNY prof.
She knows more about astronomy than anyone you will ever meet. Very entertaining and energetic. I guaranty that you will learn a lot. It is not an easy A, you will have to study. She does talk fast but is always willing to repeat if asked. I really recommend her. She'll make you question what you know and want to learn more!!
Not an easy teacher, but there is a study guide. MAke sure you do it and keep up with it. She will give you the answers. And do the extra credit if she gives it. Overall a fun teacher and fun class. :)
She is so enthusiastic about her subject and though a bit nerdy it's what makes her quirky and fun. Her tests are reasonably difficult, but she gives students the test question before hand, so anyone that complains about her tests is just not a good student. I would definitly take her again!
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Very nice teacher and strives to pass the class. Agree with "Don't expect an easy A". What's a bit difficult is that she expects you to do a little research on your own outside of her lectures. Her practice tests are helpful at times but they don't tell you what you got wrong or right, only a percentile. I'm at the bring of dropping her class.
Homework is extremely difficult. Too much information for a G.E. Course. Majority of the class was failing. She taught like it was a class intended for an Astronomy Major. Aside from this she is very knowledgeable in the subject. If you want an easy class to fulfill a G.E., DON'T take this course. If you want a challenge then sign up!!
Really loved the class!! She makes everything so interesting. Very smart teacher!
Easy teacher.Very helpful. pretty much gives you the answers to the tests, well if you take the practice tests obviously. The class was actually interesting and she is very energetic, so the class is not boring.RECOMMEND especially if you need to raise your GPA...easy A..
Horrible teacher. I started taking her for physical science 112 but had to drop because she was soooo bad. I have so far obtained all A's in my 2 years at Cerritos but felt she had no idea how to teach. All she does is talk about her horrible kids and class is boring. She caters to her few teacher's pets. DON'T TAKE HER IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO!!!!!!
Lacks communication skills and a clear lesson plan. Seems to like giving students a hard time. Her class is boring with way too much information. It?s shameful that she actually gets paid for doing such a lousy job.
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST TEACHERS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. She has a way of teaching..and its very useful and the facts stick with you. She's funny and she loves astronomy. Would i reccommend her? absolutely. She practically gives you the answers to all test questions if you do the homeworks. Overall it was an exciting class and i didn't use the book
She starts off with a lecture and ends with a quiz (usually group)..The homework ?'s are the test ?'s. She lets you turn in homework "for review only" to see if you have the right answers. Shes very funny (in a sarcastic-dorky kinda way). Take her if you don't want the same old run of the mill boring generic lecture class. You will be entertained.
This teacher is VERY demanding!. She leaves too much hw, her lectures are not very clear, and the colloquiams are key to passing the class. Unless this is the only class you are taking then by all means take it but you will be drained from all the work and at the end she wont grade fairly.
I loved this professor. She is very sarcastic and intelligent. I would recommend her to anyone, but I would also recommend that you need to attend her class in order to pass. She has an awesome website with her powerpoints and homeworks and extra astronomy interests. She is extremely helpful and always something interesting to say.
Ugh...she comes across as a decent teacher, but she can be arrogant, stubborn, mean, and nasty. Very picky and demanding. Her expectations for the report/project are excessive. I regret not complaining to the Dept. Chair or Dean about her. I'm a 3.7-3.8 GPA student, and I really disliked her and her grading criteria.
she tells very lame jokes and she is boring.. all she do is laugh at her own stupid jokes and smile all day.. i would not recommend he to anyone!
Dont pay any attention to these people, she is a very good teacher, do all the practice exams she puts online because these are the exact same questions on the TEST. The colloquiums are fun,attendace is important because you get points for going to class.These people complaining probably didnt even bother to look at the questions or went to class.
extremely helpful , do the practice exam questions online because every single one of them is on the actual exam, attendance is very important because you get points for going to class.
She comes off as this friendly, likable teacher who makes jokes in front of the class, yet when you try to talk to her privately, she comes off very rude and condescending. I say it's worth avoiding her.
She comes off as this friendly, likable teacher who makes jokes in front of the class, yet when you try to talk to her privately, she comes off very rude and condescending. I say it's worth avoiding her.
Arrogant, thinks she knows everything, demands too much for a 101 class. I totally DO NOT reccommend this teacher, I dropped her class 4 weeks in, because I already had a fail and there is no way to raise it. She comes off friendly but when you talk to her outside of class she is rude. Her tests are hard and relate nothing to her lectures.
This lady is terrible.She is one of the worst teachers that Cerritos College has. She lectures and gives tests that are not realted to eachother.The info that she gives you will not necessarily be whats on the test so watch out.And just as previous comments,she is rude,mean,nasty.I wish I would have known and I would not have taken her.Wasted tim
I don't know what these people are talking about. She is very helpful and the lectures help a lot. You need to read the book as well. Your comment isn't relevant if you quit 4 weeks in.
all the bad comments left by students are funny! she is a dorky teacher but not demanding at all! she practically gives u the test ahead of time. u study of of that! even if the lecture is long boring and unrelated at times all u do is study the answers and pass tests with an "A" if people fail its because they seriously are lazy!!!
i loved this class. she made learning about astronomy fun. every night i look at the sky and i know the phase of the moon and it feels good. =] she is funny and very intelligent. take her class. you will appreciate the sky so much more after.
We didn't really use the text book and her lectures sometimes went off topic but she was an ok teacher. I wldnt take astronomy again though. She gives u the test ahead of time but she is way too demanding!! She does love astronomy though a lil too much like its up her..well u guys kno
Awesome teacher! She had all the possible questions that she could put on the tests ready from day 1. study that, and you'll get an A. Examples were great, she made it interesting, we NEVER used the textbook, all the material was in her PPT. Not a difficult class.
The material can get pretty complicated but she gives the test questions ahead of time and will tell you which ones you got wrong so you can get it right by test time. A few hw assignments are due online but they arent hard nor do they take long, if you want astronomy go with her.
Not a good teacher. She tries so damn hard to be "different" and as one other person said, in private she's rude. And her class is not interesting at all. If you can deal with her being so obnoxious then you'll be able to stand her class.
Class is to easy, she gives you all the exam questions well in advance, there is no excuse to fail this class.
Janet, Is an a great teacher. She is very Knowledge.She gives you the Test Ahead of time & she will check them for you & tell you which ones got wrong.Must attend all her classes she gives you quiz's very easy there are about the lecture she just gave.Also the H.W. very easy if you go to her office hours she will help you. I will recommend her!
The test r easy since she gives u the tests q's in advance. STRONGLY advice u to look for the questions online!
Her class is easy she gives the test questions way ahead of time(look for the answers online). she will review the answers and tell you which ones are wrong. NO textbook. Attedance mandatory daily quizzes
If you must take an astronomy course, DO NOT take this one. Turn the other way! Course consists of 2 midterms, 1 final, and a huge project about the evolution of life on a planet that you created.
Possibly the worst teacher in cerritos college. she expects you to know all the information in the book. she explains nothing at all. AVOID
Answers for test are given beforehand so its easy to Ace them. HW is easy get some guidance online. Book is not required. BUT! Take headphones to class, she talks during the whole class and has a horrible sense of humor that gets old fast. Turrrble <charles barkeley>
she is really nice and knowledgeable. she gives the answer before the test, but u have to work for the right answer. txt book is not needed.she talks nonstop during class. she makes us do quiz every class but if u play attention in her lecture, u'll fine. hw is pretty easy if u take time and go to her office hour, she will help u out. easy A class
Really annoying and sarcastic. I signed up for this class expecting to learn from her powerpoints but she just skips right through them and most of the information on there is irrelevant. Then I realized you could just google the exam answers and homwork questions to pass with an A. That's the only good thing, I guess.
Mrs. Mclarty seemed interesting at first but soon after proved wrong. She has the energy of a good professor but her mindset and humor gets rather dull and almost insulting... If her preference is math or chem, she should instruct those courses instead.
This teacher is a stickler. Is not flexible on any level.
Omg. She is so nerdy and annoying. She tries too hard to be funny, laughs at her own jokes and tries too hard to be a good instructor. Overreacts to everything and makes the class harder than it has to be. The quizzes everyday ugh isn't really necessary. Come on its astronomy were not gonna use it in our everyday lives.
I had her for Spring 2012. It was online class & it was easier than what I thought. Its not hard online, you just have to keep up with the assignments & quizess. There is HW every week with a quiz. PP notes are helpful, & if your stuck on something you email her & she will help you out. Highly recommend her for online astronomy.
Took her class online in spring. It was not as hard as I though online. U just need to keep up/w the assigns & quizess she assigns every week. If u get stuck on something, email her & she will help u out. There are no study guides as she gives quest off of weekly chapter quizess & puts random quests from book. Study quizzes & u'll do fine on exams.
I had no interest in this subject, but this prof. made it a class I didn't dread attending. The quizzes can be a little hard, but if you use the study guides the tests should be easy! Loved her enthusiasm for the subject & she was very open to helping students as much as possible. Great learning environment and great prof.!
She is nerdy.shes funny on a nerd level.super sweet CLASS:Quizes everyday, very simple 5 min. quizes.Its an easy A, B or C,you can pass it as long as you study the "exam questions" on talon.net, print them out get the answers and i swear if you do this the tests are going to be soo easy. She does not accept late hw but you get 2-7 days to do it.
I took the online course because of work, with that said it was hard because she requires you to come to school for two midterms and the final. It was hard to get the time off to come in so if you have a tight work schedule I recommend another teacher. Also her final is 25% of your grade and it is on all 25 chapters so beware.
Professor McLarty is one of the best professors I've had.All she expects of you is to pay close attention to the lectures because there will be a short quiz before class ends.Its impossible to fail the class, you're giving a study guide and useful notes. Commit 100% and the results will be very satisfying.I learned so much thanks to Janet McLarty.
Attendance is mandatory as there is a daily assignment or quiz. If you don't show up you miss points which can mean the difference between pass or fail. Janet is a great professor & passionate. Textbook is available ONLINE for download. She posts all PPTS online which is SO helpful! She lets you keep actual exam questions to study!
Horrible! She's annoying and kind of weird. Tests are extremely hard! She doesn't help all she does is sit there showing powerpoints. It's so boring it's hard to pay attention. Don't take this class!!!
I understand that physics is a difficult subject, but she likes to make it more difficult than it needs to be. It's hard don't make it any harder!! She puts people down if what she deems is a "silly" question is asked. Tries to trick you on exams, and sometimes studying the homework and power points is all a waste of time. Don't take her ever!!
not the worst, but close. i think my favorite part was having to take a pop quiz on the material we had learned just that day, while she yelled over us about how easy it was and how we should know all this already. she's kind of a sadist. if you can stand her abuse, the class is okay though. she's fair in grading & explains things ok.
online astronomy. The class was above and beyond the most work I ever had to do for a college class. A 70 ? quiz each week with other 20 ? sub quizzes. Also, she said she's gonna provide you with all the questions on the test but really she makes you take 5 additional 50 ? quizzes to get the answers and that's your study guide...
She is a good professor, knows what she is doing, gives you the test questions ahead of time and you can resend them over and over as many times as you want. It is a lot of work but very easy class
The class seems very long and there is a lot of work, but it is very easy and all online. she does give you the test questions and that is like your study guide.
this is my second time taking janet's class. I took her 103 class and currently taking 104. She is an awesome professor. Very dorky and fun. It is a lot of work but very easy. She is willing to help you understand the material
Honestly her lectures were way too long and she talks so fast! her power points are online but its her words that matter so taking notes are crucial! The group project is honestly the most confusing thing ever and if you ask for help she gives this attitude as if you're the dumbest person in her class. So i went online for all the help i needed.
Take literally anyone else, if you're interested in astronomy or an an actual education, for that matter.
Her sarcasm is not for everyone.. But I found it rather amusing. She is so very knowledgeable and passionate about what she teaches. There is homework and quizzes almost every week, but that because it's a science class. She is totally there for help if you need it, but you have to ask. Tests are cake if you study the test prep she gives out.
Professor Janet class consist of memorization especially for those test questions before the exam. There are HW assignments due before the start of the classes and there are quizzes every class meeting. The work is very intense but if you pay attention, do your launch pad HW, studying for the exam, you'll pass the class.
A lot of reading using Launchpad, a system that requires you to purchase access separately. Lecture is difficult, confusing and it covers way too much material. This class requires much more time than any other online class i have ever taken. No doubt that the teacher is passionate about it, but is a very hard class.
Super inconsiderate toward a situation that was her fault in the first place. Was unwilling to be understanding.
Her lecture was way too much material
Janet was a fun teacher, and while she kind of stuck to the book a bit, her class was fairly enjoyable and fun
Worst professor. She laughs at her own jokes that are not even funny. Never take an early class with her because you will end up falling asleep. She also gives 213 questions study guide for the final when it is actually only 100. Her online hw is bs and the group project is pointless.
Janet is a great teacher! She is super sweet and adorable and she gives you every opportunity to succeed and pass the class, you just have to put in the work. There isn't much reading, but make sure to go back on her lectures, because she posts each one. The work load is very manageable.
Great Professor, love her style. Very Cute too!!
Great Professor
Online. There was a lot of work but it was easy to get an A. There are quizzes on every chapter that are about 40-60 questions each. She takes the exact questions from the quiz for the test. Tests are 50 questions so if you want to gauruntee a good grade you should study them all. Its easier if you memorize after each chapter is done. Less cramming
She gives really detailed and interesting lectures. Her PowerPoints help give you a visual of what she is teaching. The tests can be difficult to pass if you don't study and don't do the study guides. Going to class everyday is best to receive points for the of pop quizzes. Her class isn't difficult it just requires you to put some effort.
Lectures are super long, all she does is talk throughout the whole hour and 15 minutes. Sometimes very rude and I hate asking her for help because it seems like she gets bothered. Expects you to memorize almost 200 questions for test when she only puts 50 which is rather unusual. Her group project was pointless
Although health issues with myself and my grandmother eventually caused me to drop the class, she was an excellent teacher. She made learning fun and her humor, although not for everyone, made class enjoyable.
I had her for my online class I wish I would have taken her class in person because she seemed like she was fun . But the online part was really hard for me to pass its alot of reading and I feel like the tests are pretty hard but she is a really cool teacher . Definitely recommend her but if your not use to online classes dont do online :)
she was an excellent teacher. She made learning fun and her humor, although not for everyone, made class enjoyable.
In the middle of 2020 Spring Semester and I would have to say the only difficult chapter is the moon. Also, without having a text book on hand and reading from canvas only it's little difficult to memorize so many scientific terms, but luckily the quiz can be taken unlimited times & you must pass with a score of 9 out of 10 to be able to move on
If you want to watch a professor solve problems and not explain them, you have found one. 1-hour lectures of students just watching her solve problems. If you don't know how to study physics alone, then don't take her. She is a nice person, but you won't get much from her class lectures.
Professor has great energy and gives good problems to study on. A bit picky on mistakes but makes it clear on why and how to fix them. Quiz at the end of lectures but she'll let you work with a partner and ask for help. She can be little intimidating when you don't understand how to do a problem even if we just learned it. Expect surprises on exam!
In class, she was really fast paced. During the covid situation, the class became an entirely self-teaching class. But she was available and willing to help the best she could. It was just very hard. Her tests always have a twist. Other than that, she has good energy and passion for physics/astronomy.
Had her for the lecture portion. Make sure you study hard because this is a tough course. Expect different question on the exam. Make sure you follow the rules properly or you will get a zero. She gives partial marks which is nice. Overall a great professor. Just make sure you study hard for the exams.
Professor McLarty Schroeder was awesome. I took her online class and everything was fairly simple to understand. I learned a lot throughout the semester in her class, and she was very passionate and eager on the subject, as well as eager to help if it was needed. I would recommend this class, as well as I would take it again if I had to.
Professor Schroeder's online class was engaging and straightforward. She was passionate about the subject and gladly helped when needed. I'd recommend this class and use unstuck AI to prep.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
100%
Textbook Required
77%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
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Rating Trend
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+0.06 avg changeRatings by Course
ASTR
5.0
(1)ASTRO103
4.3
(11)ASTR103
4.1
(33)ASTR104
4.1
(10)PHYSICS101
4.0
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102
5.0
ASTRONOMY103
5.0
PHYSIC101
5.0
PHYS112
5.0
ASTR101
5.0