Horrible professor, wastes time with useless comments and movies. Awful!

She is horrible! She is very confusing and not consistent at all. Be prepared to get mostly negativity from her. Her speaking is just rambling and all her words seem to run together as if she was speaking Spanish (her native language) She will fail you if you do not agree with her theories all the time. If you protest then she will grade you poorly

She does NOT force you to think. Forces you to think the way she thinks. Rubric is incredibly confusing and she does not follow it, grading is completely unfair. I haven't met one person who enjoys her teaching, unless they say it to suck up to her for the good grade. I loved to write until I took this class. Horrible.

I used to love writing until her class. When you turn in what she says she wants, she says you didnt do what I asked. Very confusing, very difficult to understand, because of her english & her directions are not clear. She doesnt really explain until AFTER the paper is handed in. I absolutely hate this class & I really regret taking it.

Will ask for students opinions but will shoot them down if they do not agree with hers. Not a good teacher; very unclear and really believes she owns the truth. Very unpleasant overall.

Just terrible teacher. Please don't take this horrible her class. You'll learn nothing. I'm pretty sure.

Everything she says is confusing. You will never, ever get an A on her essays or writing assignments. More than half the class dropped because she was not clear and too strict.

She does not make it easy to understand what she wants in an assignment.

Worst teacher ever. She is not help at all and she very confusing with her assignments.

Do not expect to recieve an 'A' in the class. She is unclear in her directions, and is very combative when asked for clarification. She will praise one moment, then use you as an example to the class on 'what not to do'. She also has a large ego. You will hear multiple times that she has a PhD. That's about the one thing she will be clear about

Absolutely frustrating. If your opinion doesn't match up with hers then you are just WRONG. She is never clear in her directions for assignments. Deducts points for simply leaving the room for ANYTHING. I have always received good grades in English classes and I will be lucky to leave this class with a 'C'. DO NOT waste your money on this teacher.

Judy is THE WORST HUMANITIES TEACHER EVER! she barely speak English, cant clarify what she's trying to teach the class, there is no structure to the class. Its unorganized and all over the place. She contradicts everything she says, she wants you to come to her office and beg for good grades, she does NOT grade based off a grading scale. just bad

She is the worst teacher I took in our college in 3 years. If you do not talk to her in class, you got low precipitation grades. You can not get good grades ever for writing assignments. She always says she is PHD, so she should not see the writing like yours. When you come to her office and show some writing to her, she never had a smile face.

She emphasizes her PHD and that's about all she is clear on. Going to her office to talk about your paper ends up being talking about personal matters and that is how you earn your grade! drop the class

Not Helpful and a Tough Grader.

Terrible terrible terrible!

I'm 4 weeks into her class and it's the worst. All her lectures include minimum talking through the 4 books that are required for the class and mostly asking students why they haven't done the homework, why they don't use her templates, etc. It's a waste of time that will leave you feeling stressed beyond belief. She has an accent & talks fast.

Terrible. Terrible. She is very opinionated (too opinionated) and frankly, she exhibits patronizing superiority. Though the course work isn't too hard, she is very particular on her grading and she focused on every little detail when it comes to her grading. I do not recommend this professor.

The worst professor I've ever taken. Had us buy 4 books for class and she handed us pamphlets to read instead. Assignments were never clear, you'd have to see her outside of class after assignments given to know what she wants. Spoke poorly of all men. She'd put you on the spot and make you feel dumb for having an opinion different than hers.

A horrible teacher, she is heavily opinionated, is quite cocky with the way she acts. She is very unclear on what she wants you to do in assignments, then proceeds on dumping a workload on you, stripping every detail and instead of helping you correct your mistake, she tells you it's garbage and to refer to the worksheets, never actually teaching.

Absolutely absurd grading, I've always been an English master and even received a perfect score on my exit essay, yet somehow I barely passed this class. You cannot miss any days and do not expect sympathy if you do decide to attend any courses. (Prayers to students who do decide to attend)

Dropped the class! She is a strict professor. She was unclear on all the assignments she assigned. Her accent was a problem for me. It's as if she forced her students to participate and I honestly didn't like that. Do not recommend her!

If you are a robot and can be reprogrammed, this class is for you. But if you are a normal student and want to improve your English skills, this class will do the opposite. I am a decent writer, but if you do not write the exact way the she wants, she will give you a "F". She is unclear, unfair, and a terrible teacher.

I would not recommend taking her class. She is very strict in grading and shows no sympathy for late assignments. It was a very rough semester.

Wayyyyyy too opinionated. I have interest in putting effort in this class and aren't lazy but she grades way too harshly and is probably the worst in giving feedback as she refers back to any other useless template and her syllabus instead of giving worthy feedback as a teacher that helps.

Took two classes with this prof, Eng 102 and Hum 145. Class involved reading works, discussions, and writing assignments; very little lecturing occurred. Grading was very tough and criteria unclear. Prof frequently rambled during class and expressed political and religious opinions. All quizzes were unannounced writing prompts. Dropped after Midte

I took this class Fall 2017. The professor was unclear in regards to what she expected of the assignments. Meeting her during office hours also did not effect my level of understanding of what she expected as she would ramble and not make sense of her own corrections on your work. She was also condescending. Would not recommend for any subject.

You can tell she is very nice and caring outside of class, but her teaching was polar opposite. She constantly complained about not wanting to be there. She also jumped from topic to topic making it difficult to understand assignments. I dropped the class and instantly felt relief.

I took her class fall of 2017 and at first I thought maybe she wasnt too bad but as the semester progressed it was just messy. She would switch from topic to topic and would speak very low that it would be hard to hear or understand. She was not clear with assignments and would get upset when students asked for clarification or follow up questions

Just dont.

I would not recommend this class to anyone. She is one of those professors who does not answer any questions and will refer you back to the syllabus-but the syllabus is inadequate and unclear . She also did not know how to use BrightSpace so finding the homework and navigating the site was awful. Only positive is that you can use all of your notes.

Horrible professor. I just took this class the first day. I already feel like she is confusing. When she handed me the syllabus of the grading criteria. I cannot even understand at all. Dont take her class. If you have drop it. She has a very heavy accent which is hard to understand.

Regret taking this class with her.

constantly complains. Sends emails out every week if not every day. The syllabus is not clear. A lot of work. A lot of notes. A lot of reading and writing, Speaks very low. Hard Grader!!!!!

Dr. J. Rivera-van Schagen is very unclear with assignments and lectures. You have to read in-between the lines to understand the substance of her lessons and even then there's a small chance that what she says makes any sense. A good 7% of every class is wasted complaining about students and another 5% wasted complaining about her tragic life.

Quite possibly one of the worst professors I've ever had. All she does is complain about how she hates everything and how she'll never be happy. You WILL have a low grade if you do not share out loud in class. You will literally be writing about the same boring topics within every writing assignment, homework, and essay that she hands out, which is

She is a very tough grader and is very strict in what she says.

Profesor Rivera-van Schagen is not the nicest professor out there. She is not specific with her assignments and essays and when you ask to be more specific she repeats herself and gets frustrated. Despite doing your best, it will never be an A in her eyes. One thing for sure that will keep your grade up is participating in class discussions.

Professor Rivera van-Schagen is a very tough grader. There has not been a time where my peers and I have received an A on an assignment. Its also frustrating when trying to understand her because she rushes through every assignment. Also, she brings her outside problems into the classroom which effects her mood with her students.

Honestly Im typically a person who gets As Bs in writing but in her class there was not a time I got an A, extremely tough grader. Everyone in class was confused with her assignments and her grading rubric was messy. Her class gave me many mental breakdowns

She is very unclear with instructions and when you ask for a clarification everything is still confusing. Nobody in the class had higher than a C and she didn't bother communicating the issues. Do not take!

I took this class but decided to drop it. When I would email her she would never respond. She says shes very conservative and seems bothered to talk about gender studies. I did not learn a single thing just remember her mentioning buber all the time. I do not recommend her, she clearly has some anger she takes out on students.

First off, she's just straight-up rude. Lack of respect for her students is clear, and willingness to work with them is nonexistent. Getting good grades is near impossible, which makes one wonder how incompetent a teacher has to be to result in nearly an entire class's lack of success.

She was never specific about the assignments. This was the class I worked the hardest in and I got the worst grade in (LOL). And she grades way too harshly considering this isn't even a class we were taking as a requirement for a major. She also wasted a lot of classtime by ranting about all the things we did wrong rather than actually teaching us.

Because of this professor, she made me rate her, and normally I don't rate professors or even visit the rate my professor websit. Her class was so terrible and unorganized!! She is hard to understand and her instructions very unclear. Her office hours were very unhelpful. She would criticize work but don't find ways to make suggestions.

Personally, I did not feel like she was someone that was easy to communicate with. I could not wait for the semester to be over with.

Honestly I did not take this class, but I heard a lot of complaints from my friends. I am just trying to watch out for yall. If I get a dislike on this post you know it was her.

The lack of clarity in this class is absolutely staggering. She rants and raves about how important it is to meet with her after class to develop a better understanding of your work, but you'll leave this "feedback session" even more confused and with a long list of critiques that don't have any clear indication as to what they relate to.

She does not respond to emails. A thick accent and lack of proper communication skills make it hard to understand. Assignments should be easy but with her, you will leave more confused than you went in. The grading criteria are not clear. We ended the semester with half the students we started wtih.

Horrible communication skills, horrible with feedback, overall just a bad experience she made even the most simple things confusing.

I made this account just to rate the professor. Their class was tough, The guidelines were hard to follow and rarely gave back proper feedback. My papers would normally receive a C or lower due to the fact that the heading was wrong, missing contractions, spelling mistakes etc. It was never corrected about what I wrote.

Her instructions are never clear to the class. When she lectures, half of the time she is only talking about herself. The other half she talks about the work we have to do as a class, but does not provide any useful information as a teacher if someone is confused or has a question.

The work is just like any other English class, but professor makes it seem like we're writing best selling books. Her lectures are all over the place. Instructions do not make sense. she'll find something to drop your grade for. Her feedback on assignments don't make any sense, she says what we didn't do and doesn't give us ways to try to improve.

This professor speaks in circles and has yet to make a single clear and concise point during lectures. She says one thing, and does the other. She grades very low and her expectations are quite high, considering every class announcement she posts is error heavy. Micro manages class, talks down to people and leaves us confused.

These instructions should give you insight on how this class is. "Keep in mind that when you write a comparison/contrast essay you either compare or contrast BUT DO NOT DO BOTH. But if you compare, you must begin by contrasting, and if you contrast, you begin by comparing." This makes no sense!

Her lectures + powerpoint slides literally make no sense. do not take her class at all because when you ask her questions, she will confuse you even more. also, if you want to revise a work, you HAVE to attend her office hours. she is not even flexible with her office hour timing if we can't be able to go.

Most illogical class ever. Powerpoint presentations do not have examples, only statements that we are supposed to understand. Students always got confused as to when something is supposed to be due. She views written work as a series of highly organized blocks and her reliance on them is insane. Inference does not mean anything to this professor.

weak as hell

4 weeks in and this is already the worst class experience I've ever had. Her powerpoints are useless, and she has yet to provide a single example of how our work should look. It is funny because the one time she gave us an example, it wasn't one of how our work should look.

she sucks at explaining directions, doesn't care about her students, gives bad grades if you don't do things the way she wants you to do it. she puts students on blast for no reason, doesn't teach her students anything besides taking up class time telling her life.

Really bad at explaining and rude to students. Wants her work turned in the way she wants and if not she will give you a 0. Very difficult to understand. Had to drop her class because it was really overwhelming.

If you value your mental health do not take up this course. This professor is extremely inconsistent and confusing about what she asks for as far as assignments. She will say one thing during class time and another thing during office hours, it is extremely difficult to fulfill what she wants.

I'll be genuine and honest. As a student, you deserve clear and concise guidance, which can aid in your academic success. This professor is unable to provide this, so I will highly suggest you to look elsewhere. If you want to save your grade and maximize your potential, choose professors who will help you grow and succeed.

By far the worst instructor I have ever had. Never have I experienced more inconsistency and less structure in a class. Grades more on personal preference than guidelines given. The instructions you will receive are error-heavy and hard to follow, ironic given an ENLGISH teacher who removes points for simple typos such as an extra letter (ex: andd)

Her lectures go in circles, nonsense. Clarification? Says you aren't trying. Grading is NOT guideline based, only opinion. Says follow the templates, but if you do it's plagiarism! Egotistical + belittles you in class. AVOID HER. If you get stuck in her class, play nice, don't miss class, kiss up to her, because that's what narcissists love to hear

One of the worst professors I have had. She fixes your sentences and when you turn it in, she tells you it doesn't make sense even though she technically wrote it. Belittles students if they can't answer the question and always has an attitude.

I was super excited for my first semester at harold until I had this class. The professor is extremely confusing and she is difficult to understand. She was even rude to me at some point when I asked her a question after class and she said, "Read the directions!" and stomped out of the classroom leaving me standing there alone and embarrassed.