she must have been my worst teacher ever. almost everyone dropped or barely passed with a C. she lost one of my grades and had to bug me after the semester was over, but passed me for good attendence.

By far the worst teachers I ever had. She missed more classes than the students. Extremely vague on the essays. When I went to her office hours she was either not there or extremely rude. I would advoid her at all cost. Also she lost one of my essays which she seems prone to do. Take any one but her

I agree with the previous review completely. She was frequently unavailable during office hours, and lost one of my essays. Also EXTREMELY biased when it came to grading essays. There wasn't a whole lot of work involved, but it's very hard to get an A. AVOID.

I was hopeing to get inspired in this class. Quite the opposite happened. She is very unclear in what she wants in her papers. She missed 3 classes, was late most of the time, and was often not at her office hours. I learned nothing.

Julie Thompson is by far the worst English teacher I've ever had in my life!!! She grades extremely hard and unfair on essays. She acts and grades like she is teaching at an Ivy league school. I'v never had a teacher that graded so unfair and bias. NEVER TAKE JULIE THOMPSON.........EVER.

She is the worst english teacher ever! She dosent explain her essays enough to understand what she is looking for! Never take thompson if you have to take ANY english class.

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Don't waste your time. There are good Eng. teachers out there, she is not one of them!

Woah! I am soo glad I didn't get her for english 1a!!! To give you an idea of what to expect...our classes first assigned papers were ranging from C minuses to Fs!

Possibly the worst teacher I've ever had. Assignments are utterly incomprehensible and when you go to your office hours you leave more confused than before. I'm considered a good writer but I could not of me figure out what she wanted in my essays and was marked down. Also, she's bitter and resents High School students in her class. I cried 3 times

Does not help to find a deeper meaning in the readings, simply overviews it. Essay prompts aren't clear, very broad making it hard to pull specific evidence. Assignments are pointless such as freewrites that are never counted, and is often unhappy/angry when coming to class. Take another teacher for English, she's a waste.

SHE TALKS TOO MUCH WHEN YOU ASK HER STUFF!SHE'S HELLA STRICT!!!VERY HARD!

She doesn't get her point across when you ask her questions. She works her way around what you really asked. She is very unhelpful and grades extremely HARD.

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I took this class in HS to fulfill a grad. requirement. I got a perfect 800 on the SAT II Writing, and in my 1st Sem. at Boston College got an A in my writing class, from a History PROFESSOR who writes books. She told me I was one of the best frosh writers she's ever seen. "Professor" Thompson gave me a C and told me I was a terrible writer. Huh?

Terrible, terrible teacher. I go to Middleburry College now and I'm considered a good writer. She always had some issue with my papers (probably cus I was in High School @ the time) and I spend a MONTH at EVERY SINGLE office hour she had and always left more confused, angry, and helpless than when I got there. I would cry often during this class.

She is not helpless. Her class is so difficult. I had to drop the class.

this is an awful teacher. she seems nice at first but then she turns out to be unfair and unforgiving, and then she laughs right in your face. the worst teacher ever. try to avoid her at all costi did an assignment that she believed was inadiquet and gave me a 0 of 25. not even partial credit.

she is a very bad teacher. on our first essay she read the first page and wrote in the margin that i did not follow the directions, and gave me a x/100, along with a good percentage of the class. I have recieved A's on a good majority of essays in ever other class i have taken, and recieved a 4 out of 5 on the SAT essay writing. she is terrible

Spiteful woman. Very unhelpful and unaproachable. Don't bother with her office hours because you'll end up way more confused than before, and she gets annoyed @ you and you get a correspondingly lower grade. Just mean, unfriendly, and detrimental to actually learning. She seems nice at first, don't be fooled. Completely unqualified to be a teacher.

such a meticulous teacher (and i use the word "teacher" loosely). Classes are boring, papers are pointless, and you couldn't last anything longer than a 2 hour class with her without falling asleep. Do not take this class if you are expecting to pass English 1A.

On the first writing assingment she gave half the class zeros and questioned where we learned to write. She failed to be at her office hours for the personal conference she required for all of us who didn't meet her standards. Her writing assignments allow absolutely no creativity, they must be exactly what she wants. An unforgiving, souless, wit

WORST TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD! single handedly made me hate and drop english. I will never take another english class ever agian as long as live for fear of finding another teacher like Julie Thompson! For those poor souls that are still stuck in her class i wish you luck... you will need it! ALSO DO NOT EXPECT ANY USEFULL HELP FROM HER!

Julie Thompson is one of the WORST teachers I have ever had. She assigns so much homework and so many long essays. She is so CONFUSING. I tried really hard in her class, but she is never satisfied. The most important thing is that she doesn't make any sense. By the end of the semester there were only 9 students in her class. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!

She explained the format for paper outlines on the 1st day. I added the class on the 2nd day. She told me, "It would be unfair to the other students if I gave you the instructions. You are irresponsibe for adding late, so I am punishing you." She gave me C's on the papers. She told me the papers were good but the outlines were not what she wanted.

Some teachers are difficult and challenging in order to expand your horizons and help you to grow as a person and a writer. Not Julie. So don't think that the people saying she's hard are saying it because they're lazy. I love taking challengling courses, but Julie was difficult just to exercise her "power" over you. Very spiteful. Should be fired!

By far one of the worst teachers I've ever had. She is rude and has an annoying presence. I had a close friend die and she told me it wasn't her problem. Drop that class with the quickness. Good class to get some homework done for other classes...but that's about all. It's hard to listen and learn from someone you cant stand!

I was hoping in this English Class to learn how to write a proper essay but she is horrible. Terrible scattered and really unclear on essay assignments and a unfair grader. The highest grade I got in the class was a B-. Avoid her, very difficult. Even thought I managed a C. Not fun, take someone else. Office hours you leave more confused than ever.

wow! my first english class at the jc and what a mistake it was to not check this website before I signed up. Julie is by far one of the most horrible teachers I've ever had. The class started out with 30 some students, and ended with only 8! No one could tolerate her! Your in for a challenge with her

WORST ENGLISH TEACHER EVER!!! Definately is the type of teacher that makes people hate english. She asks for certain things for you to do on the essays, but then has someone else grade it differently! She is very inconsistent on her grading. She will grade you down if she doesnt like you and she won't accept your work if late even if with excuse.

This woman is awful. Her teaching is the complete opposite of what other English professors expected in past classes. She has always a mean looking appearance and has intense body odor that makes it difficult to work next to her. I did all of my work, studied for the exams, had my papers reviewed at Sonoma State and got a C- . . . BEWARE

Since i had gotten into 302, i didnt know ANYTHING about writing essays. we had tests everyday which were short essays. she never tought us how to write an essay. it was ridiculous. i missed 3 classes because i was sick so i emailed her and she pretty much said to not come back because 'theres no way i will pass' and to 'have a nice year' DONT TAKE

i took this class because I needed prep. for 1A. She was the meanest teacher that I ever had. Didn't teach us to write, when you asked question she ignored, when asked again, screamed "WHAT?" One of my essays was reviewed by a professor in the writing lab. Still got a C- on it. Her picture is all telling: nasty, unhelpful, and a strange odor.

Total waste of a semester. She grades everything by HER standard so expect to forget all you ever learned. She is extremely unclear and disorganized. Rude when approached by students. Grades harshly and tests are a joke and in no way show that you understand the materials it is merely a lotto card. She is very passively aggressive, JUST AVOID HER..

Do not take this class. midterm was for us to read 25 poems and memorize every line and then she picked a various line and made us identify who wrote the poem. Hardest thing ever when there are about 300 hundreds you have in your head. She grades really tough on essays. There is no homework. but outlines and essay drafts are due throughout.