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awful. horrible. she knows nothing about nothing at all. stay far far away!

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Hard marker, boring class, overall ****, dont take this class

comes off very snobby, her class is taught like a high school class and she tends to ramble about pointless information

I also dropped the class. Very unfair in her marking. Treats students like high school students

This woman ought to be fired, for God's sake...

doesn't help u with anything. bias towards students who are not very good in english.

This teacher is biased and her marking techniques are unfair. She gives everyone a C and not clear about her expectations for assignments. Acts like she knows everything and is stuck up like she is better then her students. Takes everything to heart and hates criticism or evaluation from students.

i totally agree with the early posts. she is bias towards native speakers of english and makes you feel uncomfortable if your first language isn't english. don't mess with her, just try your very best.

should realize something's wrong with her teaching style if more then 50% of her classes drop out. hate how she says it's important that do this presentation and then later tell you, "oh, it doesn't affect your final grade anyway, it's only worth 5% of the PROJECT"

very hard marker... avoid her im tellin u... I dropped the course...

I switched to the online version of this program after three days of her. The premise is professional presentation and communication, right? She demonstrated what not to do every day, and wasted my time. Not prepared for class, not organized in speaking or materials.

wow.....It's nice to know that others feel the same way I do... Joanne seems like a nice person, but I really wonder how educated she is on the topics she teaches. My biggest pet peeve with her is that it's a course on PROFFESSIONALISM yet she seems to be UNPROFFESSIONAL! She decides what to teach DURING class! I don't want to pay for this! argh.

god help you all... get out while you can!!! Transferring into the online version of CMNS1118 is the only option to escape the ultra boring, ultra disorganized Horwood... and for those of you who are actually in her class- GOD SPEED!

She is the worst teacher i've never had. She doesn't give any feedback when you ask your mid-term, or some report project works. she only says "I am not sure".Also I warn you who is not a native speaker in Canada because she never pass you and never help you out at all. She is totally bias and wrong. Don't take her class. I want her to go back to s

really... how do we kick her out of langara?

If you are registered, Drop out. Its not worth forcing yourself to wake up that early for such a ridiculously worthless class. If she had any passion, it would be worth it. But she doesnt. AVOID HER AT ALL COSTS. She is a nice woman outside of class, but other than that -AVOID!

The worst instructor in the dept, she is so vague and unclear in her instructions. Don't take this course with her.

she is very vague and unhelpful. Her written instructions are confusing,and inaccurate. Be prepared to fail the course.....

Unless your English is like top of the world, do not dare to take her class. She is not clear about what she wants and she is not a hard marker, she is a harsh one. One of the most opprobrious experiences in school. She does not know what she wants, even if you ask, until she is marking your paper and her comments are unpresentable.

Avoid at all costs!! If you are an A student who speaks english well, then be happy if you get a C+... Very hard marker, and her class is useless. You wont learn anything and youll get a bad grade to show for it.

HARD MARKER!! Impossible marker. GPA KILLER FOR SURE! always late, unclear in what she wants, makes tones of spelling mistakes, unlegible comments on assignments,unpleasent to look at, and forgets EVERYTHING! And as result ends up changing due dates on everything...Avoid her like the plauge. How'd ya like that metaphone Joanne???

She is seriously a horrible teacher. She's so unorganized its not even funny. Often forgets to bring course material to class. And for someone who has a PH.D in English, she sure as hell makes a lot of spelling mistakes. True story: One day I walked passed her and I noticed she was mumbling/talking to herself. = not a good sign.

Leaning and Improving are more important quality than just being checking our grade by teacher without learning.

I have always checked rate my prof. usually just to make sure i dont signed up for a course that has a terrible prof. well i will never sign up for a class that has TBA for there prof because that is what happened to me with horwood. NEVER TAKE A CLASS WITH HORWOOD!!!!!!

no explanation of assignments. students works hard on assignment but highest possible grade is C-/D

avoid this professor at all costs. she is very picky on grammar and she is a hard marker.

Worst teacher I've ever had. She really has no business teaching. For a Dr. she has a very poor grasp of the English language. Do not under ANY circumstance take her class. I wish I had dropped out while I still had the chance. She gives very vague assignments yet will mark you poorly when you don't give her exactly what she wants.

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Her teaching style is erratic, and she is very unclear/inprecise as to what she wants out of her students. The notes she gives are pointless, and she will never give a direct answer to any question. Probably the most useless teacher I have ever had.

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DO NOT ATTEND THIS CLASS. Joanne is scatterbrained at best, constantly changing her mind about assignments and their due dates. She grades ridiculously hard and gives awful feedback, changing her mind at whim. She should have never been an instructor, she has no focus and doesn't know how to convey ideas. You will regret taking this class!!!!!!

Scatter brained, inconsistent, unreliable professor. Feedback is useless as she changes her mind on a whim. Difficult marker which is ridiculous considering what she wants is always changing. Unorganized, wastes a lot of your time trying to sort herself out. Acts like her class is your top priority, get ready to have to compensate heavily.

She is not clear about her objectives. All your work no matter how hard you try will have the word "vague" written all over it and if you try hard, you will get at least a C-. Not an active or exciting prof either. I don't recommend taking her class.

I am really getting mad on this website that we cant give rating less than 1. She deserves 0 in all fields. HARD MARKER. not clear what she wants in the exam. Sets c- grade min for midterm 20% to pass the entire course. No matter how you perform in rest 80%. Am really surprised why colleges do not take any action against dis typ of professors

She is genius

run while you can..

Unclear on grading criteria and unclear on the exam expectations. HARD MARKER. Avoid if you can.

Disaster!The best advice: AVOID her!

She is not clear with her grading. Several people in the class didn't understand what was expected of them. And the few times I went to office hours I left feeling more confused than before. She does not listen to what you say but only wants to hear herself talk and she thinks she's the only one who's capable of the "right" ideas.

Not even the second week in of her class and I already wanna drop it. Sadly I need to pass it in order to get into UBC.

Very dismissive of students opinions. Her opinion is the only right one. If you dont make your essays on something she already thinks you get a bad mark. Makes essays a sort of pressure that feel impossible to succeed. If youre taking this mandatory class, good luck.

You have homework every single week. This was honestly the easiest part... it was easy to get marks because of this but be prepared to fail during in-class essays and take-home essays. The highest mark for our take-home essays was a C+... everyone else got C/D. She is a VERY hard marker and when you ask her for help she knocks all your ideas down.

She is the worst teacher ever. Marks very very very strictly.

Simple do not take courses with no matter what. She is the worst instructor I ever had not even only in Lanagara. Please don't make a mistake as I did.

Worst instructor I have ever taken. She will give your full marks for assignment as long as they are submitted on time, but she will fail you literally for 1%. If you are fail in midterm worth of 20%, you are fail in course. She does not care about rest 80% of course . She will give you F grade in midterm just because of grammatical mistakes.

Joanne is very picky in marking, yet she herself frequently makes a lot of spelling mistakes. Very disorganized, rude and unhelpful also. Failing the midterm means failing the course. More than half of the class failed. Avoid at all cost.

LITERALLY WORST CLASS IVE EVER TAKEN! I still talk to class mates about how awful she/the class was. I learned nothing. She marks super hard and picky and anything that isn't her opinion/perspective was wrong. Plus the stuff she got us to read was so boring and no one liked it. 10/10 would not recommend.

i took this class in 2019 and i still have nightmares lmaoooooooooooo

I did not trust previous students' comments, but they turned out to be true. I never experienced anything so unpleasant, confusing, disorganized and disheartening in the form of online learning. I would never recommend that anyone waste their money and time on an instructor so inappropriate (e.g. political remarks) and uninspiring as Ms. Horwood.

I took her class because it was the only one available. Worst professor that I have come across in my entire life. Her instructions are unclear, and so is her feedback. She won't oversee a grammar error but she will not take the time to look at how your name is spelled in the entire course.

Too strict. Her standards are too high to meet. Objectively speaking, she is a brilliant professor. She is supposed to teach at year 3 for English major.

Let’s start by saying I am an honour roll achievement student with a CGPA of 3.77, an IELTS average of 7.5 and an A student in ENG1123. I had read the review on this website and believed myself to be able to work with a professor with such poor rating. This was not the case! I advise against taking any English courses Dr. Horwood.

I have a 4.0 GPA. I've been in school for years and am only taking this to fill a requirement that won't transfer. In this class, it's impossible to do well. She is an incredibly hard grader. I think it's a shame - so many 1st term students will be discouraged and fear future classes being hard too, which is not the case btw.

I am saying this again.Please DO NOT TAKE HER COURSE. She will fail you miserably if you forget a comma or make a single grammatical error. Course is disorganized. Please for GOD SAKE do not take her course you will struggle. Skip a semester rather than taking her as your tutor.

Worst class I've ever taken. She is not open to any other opinions/perspectives about the literature we read besides her own. Classes were SO boring. Very hard marker. She is so picky its almost impossible to do well and almost half the class failed or dropped out before they could. It was hell. My friends and I still have war flashbacks.

I would give her 0/5 if that was possible. She is an extremely tough and picky marker especially for first-year students and her expectations are absolutely ridiculous and are impossible to meet and believes only her opinion is correct. Also, I had an English tutor for this course and I still received 60% and below for most of the assignments.