2.3
Quality2.5
Difficulty23%
Would Retake89
Reviews23%
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What Students Say
“Plenty of typos in her handouts too”
ENGL1000 - 1.0 rating“Overall very horrible”
ENGC1101 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
80%
Textbook Required
40%
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B+
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110118
5.0
(1)INTROTOFICTIO
5.0
(1)ENGC110140
5.0
(1)ENGL2151
4.5
(2)INTRO2FICTION
4.0
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5.0
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Reviews (89)
This "class" was the simplest thing ever. *looks at transcript* I got credit for that!? haha.. the only problem is that you wont be very motivated to do anything after the first couple weeks. Kari is a very nice woman, however unorganized
this "class," was the easiest three credits i've ever earned. im sure she'll change the class structure though because the "class" was bogus. dont buy the book until you go to class and see if its really worth it. mine cost $150 and i only got $40 back & was never assigned work out of them.
One student sat in the corner all semester playing solitaire on his laptop, and I'm pretty sure he got an "A."
Super nice and funny. A little disorganized, but definitely inspiring.
Didn't get anything out of the class. Too disorganized. Wasn't motivated to work. However, Kari is super personable and nice- she just needs to be more of a hard ass.
Kari is very disorganized. Half of our papers were cancelled, I wouldn't even call what she gave us a "final". she always gave excuses for not being prepared. I probably spent a TOTAL of 5 hours doing homework the entire semester for 4 credits. Easy, but a waste of money.
She is vey friendly, but is a little diorgainised
If you want an easy A and not learn anything this is your gal.
This is a very not organized teacher. Always cancels class, doesn't grade half of the work you turn in. I would strongly recommend not taking her. She is the most unorganized teacher I have ever had. We had to buy several books for her class, and only got to 2 or 3 of them. Waste of money and time for all of us. Nobody liked her in my class.
She has got to be the most unorganized person I know and I highly do not reccommend her. She doesn't not grade most of the things you turn in and didn't even start posting any grades in d2l so I didn't know what my grade was until the day of the withdrawal day. also didn't mention anything our final until final week and doesn't follow her syllabus
She is very friendly and helpful teacher. She is very co-operative and goes out of her way to make you feel comfortable. Very easy to talk to. Her classes are fun. She's a little disorganized allright but her good traits over rule that. She is an extremely nice woman. But one thing, dont buy textbooks unless necessary
she is not good for kindergarden..
She is a horrible teacher...totally unorganized and unable to be reached for most of the semester.
Very disorganized as everyone has mentioned, doesn't have or even makes time for the class. Rarely answers questions about the schedule/what we're suppose to be doing. Don't bother taking her classes. Makes what should be a fun, interesting subject into a frustrating one.
Easy teacher, but she disappeared halfway through the online class for two weeks. Had no idea what the final project was until the final week. Nobody could contact her.
It was a online composition class. Kari would often disappear from the website for weeks at time, providing little direction or feedback. Due dates were often moved back and feedback was not timely or extensive.
I have her right now and wonder how she keeps her job. Horrible teacher, never gives you what you need. I have a test tomorrow due and she has not even given us the material. Never answers e-mail,phone calls. I have reported her and it does no good. Don't waste your dollars.
Horrible teacher!!! Do not be lured in by promises of an easy class! This teacher is disorganized and you will hate her and her class. She didn't give us a syllabus or schedule until it was too late to drop. Also didn't mention online assignments until 3 weeks in. Cancelled class 2 weeks in a row on less than 3 hours notice.
Online poetry, terrible teacher, always gone never there, we contatced the dean, still did nothing, what a waste of money!!!! She is always sick but yet you cannot miss class, no excuses. Dean blambed about her being sick, she whines about her family that why she never has time. I say, get a real teacher
super easy! she is very nice and has a sense of humor too. just get assignments done on time and your good. she is super nice.
She was horrible. She gave us work for the online poetry class. She then disappeared for nearly two months. She has not given feedback on some stuff we did in the beginning yet. She even sent me someone elses poem and the feedback she gave the girl instead of mine. If it's posible I will never take another class with her as the teacher.
Never responded to students.
I had her for childrens lit-online, in the summer of 07. Wasted money buying books, because we only used 4 out of the 14, I bought!!!! Easy class though.. she disappeared for 2 weeks, then came back for the final project and extended the deadline. I took her for an easy A, and that's what I got. If you want to learn something take another teacher
She was extremely unorganized, and it was impossible to get a decent grade on her papers. It was a complete waste of time, no one in my class liked her. I didn't learn ANYTHING.
I had her for Literature of Diversity. BIGGEST waste of my time. She cancelled class a lot, she got more behind than I ever did. She makes you do bogus activities and make up dumb skits. We didn't read all of the books she made us buy, and some of them were really expensive on a college student's budget. I don't recommend this professor at all.
Took LIt of Diversity She is interested in her topic,class felt very un academic! WASTE OF MONEY!! She was always very UNCLEAR/UNORGANIZED she cancelled class for like 4 days, and it was a morning class. Then to add to that she literally cancelled class for TWO WEEKS bc school "said "she was over budget. Dont take her class.
She should be fired for robbing people of their money.
Apparently Normandale does not mind having a teacher like this giving them bad PR because when you call to complain about her they give you the run around. As in other postings, she has been MIA for three weeks now. No one has heard from her and we have no clue what we are suppose to be doing. Haven't had our paperss graded for a month! HORRIBLE
I took an online class with her, she rarely ever signs in (she goes periods up to 3 weeks without signing in)She ignores emails and even though she says to use the message board to get ahold of her, she doesn't respond there at all either. She ignored multiple comments on questions on the quiz being wrong as well. Terrible.
This teacher is not helpful. She did not grade papers until the last week of class, when we did not have time to get any better. Do not take her if you want to learn anything. Very unprofessional.
She does not expalain anything. She is careless and does not know what a teaching is. If you did an assignment, she will grade it after 5-6 weeks. She does not give you a good grade because of you work hard, but as she needed.
I took online creative writing with her, and it kind of sucked. She stayed on top of stuff for the first few weeks, but after that, it went downhill. She would disappear, and not be heard from for weeks at a time, saying she was having family problems or whatever.Didnt respond to emails or message board. would NOT take another class with her.
This teacher is by far the worst professor at Normandale. I tool an online creative writing class with her and she was the worst. She would always email everyone and tell them she is sick or out of town. "Lady you?re a teacher, get your priorities in order!!" Also, all of her homework assignments clearly made no sense at all. DON'T TAKE THIS TEACHE
I took an online creative writing class with her. She took ages to correct our assignments and was EXTREMELY unclear about what to do for the assignments. She would disappear for weeks at a time, and then suddenly post a ton of assignments. The class would have been okay had she actually made an effort. Save yourself some money. Don't bother.
I took her with Intro to Creative Writing (online), I thought this would be a fun class because I'm an English: Creative Writing major. WORST CLASS I've ever taken. EVER. We are less than three days away from finals week and I still have no grades. SPENT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON BOOKS WE DIDN'T USE! I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND HER TO ANYONE!
Although all the other reviews said she was a horrible teacher, I find her teaching and class to be quite interesting and fun. I am NOT a big fan of reading or literature and I am actually enjoying her class and teaching style. She is a fair grader and answers all questions you ask. Class is super easy if you try your best on assignments.
Not a good class if you don't like speech. I just barely got an A which is good but I hated every day of the class. I would pick this teacher over the other ones though.
Kari is a great teacher. she is very helpful. she is always willing to meet during office hours. Didn't have a text book. We have the hand book and two novels. Saved the students money not having to buy a text book. I can't believe any of the past comments. she is very organized. assignments are clear. her instructions are very clear. ENGC 1101
Kari is helpful! her assignments are clear. Class wasn't to hard. I would recommend Kari. Easy to get an A if you do the work. Made the class interesting despite the rude students she had.
Was very unclear and disorganized. Despite this she made class somewhat interesting. I would have liked to learn more. Didn't seem to really care about TEACHING students about actual literature. Eh. Take Kari if you want to "slide by". Don't take if you prefer to learn a lot about literature.
she is really nice as person and easy grader. event though you think this class is not in college but she Is not like these kind of teachers that teach you nothing and expect you to know everything and have hard exams or paper work.
Kari is AWESOME! Her class was very interesting! Kari is very helpful and nice. You will become a stronger writer in her class!
Kari Fisher is a well rounded English teacher who has a Masters in Creative Writing. She gives us a reasonable amount of homework and really cares about her students!
Kari is the most excellent English teacher at Normandale! She really cares about her students! Her homework will make you become a more creative writer. She makes class worth going!
Great class! Learned a lot about American Lit. Kari was very organized.
Great down to earth professor who seems genuinely excited about what she is teaching. Although the class was a tad unorganized, I learned a lot of interesting things. If you have questions absolutely stop by her office to ask, and she'll be more than happy to help!
This is one of the worst teachers I have ever encountered. One of the most unorganized professors I have ever seen. Do not take this class if you are looking for clear instructions or any significant learning experience. Awful.
I took ENGC 0900. We started with many students, but now we dropped down to only 10 students. She is a unorganized and isn't clear about grading. She takes literally a month to grade papers. Many students dropped, because she didn't finish grading everything. DO NOT TAKE!
Changes grading criteria constantly, unhelpful in explaining things, repeats herself, very unorganized
SO UNORGANIZED. She would assign papers that were worth a lot of points, and the day they were due she would cancel class. It seemed like she was not confident people would hand them in on time, which was frustrating for us who worked hard to get things done ON TIME. Assigned most of the assignments the last half of the semester.
I've had Kari in a couple classes now and I definitely would take a third. She's friendly and is always willing to help you to succeed. She gives good feedback and recognizes your strengths. Assignments are generally easy although the papers can be tougher.
Kari seems un organized, but she has a very precise direction the class is going. If you need help she is willing to give it. I did a lot of reading for this class. This class made me work with a subject matter that took me outside my usual comfort zone. Very good professor, I think people just don't like to read.
Unorganized. not professional. Poor time management. late to her own class.
Freshman Composition was incredibly easy. It was a fun class with interesting material. It was extremely manageable.
Extremely unorganized, and nit picky on papers. If you miss commas it's an F. Missing three classes is an automatic fail. Doesn't give good feedback and is late to her own class.
She was a good teacher and I really enjoyed my time in her class. She really encouraged students to participate and she created a good learning environment. I enjoyed her class, even though I did not expect to enjoy the class. We also had a few in-class group projects, so I got to know most everyone in the class. Due dates were also very clear.
The class was super disorganized and I did not feel like I earned a grade. I felt like I was doing a bunch of random unrelated things all semester. She shows up late to class about a quarter of the time and it was overall very stressful to take this class. I would not recommend her.
I took her hybrid course (partially online) and this was probably the hardest class of the semester for me. She gave so much homework and was so behind on grading that I found myself still doing revisions after the semester had ended which was because she handed everything back to us last minute. This class takes up a lot of time, she is flexible.
She is extremely unorganized. She often showed up to class late and without the materials she wanted us to read. She would also test us on materials that weren't given or posted online. She does not update grades regularly, so you might not have any clue of what grade you're getting until the final ones are posted. Her class was very frustrating.
Being late to class is her passion. The professor herself doesn't know why she assigns assignments. Hence, she frequently changes due dates. By the time she finishes grading you will forget what you did for that assignment. On the plus side, she is very nice and the class is fairly easy. She has a nice character.
Doesn't grade anything on time, took 2 months to get a scavenger hunt back that we did in the first week of class. Nothing about the class is literature, she just chose books that she liked(2 of which were from her friends in college). Nothing in the class connects to other things that we've done. Plenty of typos in her handouts too. Waste of time.
Never graded anything on time, my most stressful class. Waited until FINALS WEEK to get something graded we did the first week. Would take away points for the most minor of mistakes, was late almost every class, most of the class wasn't even literature related. Was frequently late to her own office hours,
I tried to like her. I really did, but as the semester went on. I realized that this was not going to be a good semester with her. Like I stated she seems like a nice person but as a teacher, no. She rarely grades anything on time. Class due dates are incorrect. Teaches new subjects every week and then forgets about it. Confusing lectures.
By far the worst instructor I have ever had. If you want a good teacher that actually makes sense and is concise, dont take her! She never is on time, is not clear WHATSOEVER with her grading or time constraint policies, and she doesnt give clear answers or feedback. By the end of the semester, dont be surprised if shes still grading week one!
I have rarely had a teacher more disorganized and chaotic. She is extremely unclear in all of her directions, is chronically 10-15 minutes late to every class, cancels class frequently, doesnt grade in an appropriate amount of time, her feedback is shoddy at best, responds to emails at her luxury, lectures are confusing. Overall very horrible!
She will take off 20 points for missing a minor detail. Her grading is all over the place. He eis not consistent in any way. Is always late. My class started with 30 people, and we ended with 11. She taught material that she found interesting, but not relating to writing. Feedback is awful. My writing skills have worsened since. DO NOT TAKE!
Not a very good experience. Kari was a very poor professor. Frequently late. Her entire class after ours had dropped. 30 students. Withdrew. By midterms. She ended class early almost every day. Our class only had 5 students left by the time I withdrew.
Assigns a lot of homework and can be lecture heavy at times, but makes the class fun and easy to learn with constant discussions. Really nice lady.
She very inconsistent, and shes pretty much late to every class, highly recommend you choose another professor, but if you have no choice. My advice would be to be very persistent, and ask a lot of questions when you're in her class, because she has this habit of forgetting to mention due dates of her assignments, and papers.
If you have the chance to go to another professor, go for it.
Mrs. Fisher is a nice professor, honestly, but she's really disorganized. Was never in class on time, walking probably 10-15mins late with a stack of books and starbucks. Doesn't grade assignments on time or responds to emails. She won't tell you when things are due so get ready for that as well. Her D2L page? SO CONFUSING. Do not take this class.
Never replies to emails, and always come to class at least five minutes late. Class was pointless. Gives homework with no details or due dates. Then delays it even longer. Doesnt grade until the semester ended. Would take more than five points off over a small mistake. Horrible feedback. Very chaotic and disorganized.
If you have the chance to take another prof, take it. This professor is completely disorganized, confused, inattentive to anyone in class. Always late. Never responds to emails. Never follows up with answers. Doesn't grade work at all. She means well, great character but she's not a good professor. She does not care at all. Find a different class.
Kari is a nice person, but she never makes sense about lecture. Her grade and homework on D2L is pretty confusing. She usually work over and over again about the same thing, sometimes 5 homeworks about same subject, very frustrating. Didn't learn anything and I still don't know what was the class about. Required a lots of book, some never used.
Horrible! She has the ability to send out her own e-mails but she is unable to reply to her student's e-mails. I bet she doesn't even look at them! She is extremely disorganized and her grading does not make sense. She did not grade anything until it was the end of the semester. Her class was irrelevant and attendance is mandatory. Waste of time.
The most unorganized person I ever met. She does not follow her own schedule and also not grading anything. Her lectures are mess and if you need explanation on the key concepts she repeats over and over from the book and can not really explain anything. Get ready to write a lot. Also we bought 3 books for a class and did not use any of them.
This woman is never on time late and doesnt know how to grade all her assignments are vage and doesnt respond dont ever take a class with her
Overall a great experience. Yes, she's slow to grade papers, but she won't be too hard on you if you meet her expectations. You will buy 3 books for this class, but two are reference books to help improve your writing - they helped me when I needed them. A lot of papers and reading, but what else would you expect from College Writing?
i love this teacher she is very caring and she is polite. I like her explaining and i understand her very well if things just got hard for you maybe you just need to ask for help. she will always assist you. i learn a lot from her class. and I am really proud of her.
You never know what was homework or some of her practice work. She doesn't give out big project and your just in groups a lot and there she has helper in the class but someday they don't help us because she ends up talk about something and then it was time to go. It was a very confusing class.
She is a good, kind, responsible, and helpful professor.
shes rlly nice & chill
makes no sense. literally cant talk properly, disorganized, always late when it comes to class and grading. i wrote a paper once following every criteria and when she read it the first time she said i did it all wrong. i asked her to read it again, and then she says i did it perfectly. like what.. u have a question for her? goodluck.
she was insanely disorganized and never knew what she was doing. she RARELY responded to my emails and doesn't grade on time. she never followed back up with me when she said she would even after MULTIPLE attempts. she even admits she's disorganized, but it was to the point where it severely interfered with the class and my performance in it.
absolutely not. very unorganized and made you wonder how she even became a professor. very hard to get an email response. grades things very late and when she does, shes very strict with it. you'd think she would be at least a bit remorseful when it comes to grading assignments over a month old. geniunely not a great class to take.
She seems like she has no idea what she is doing. She is so disorganized, and it is always late. Her grading makes no sense. Claims she is required to take attendance (not true) and takes away points if you are absent. Directions are also never clear on what she wants you to do. D2L page is very confusing, and she never responds to emails.
she is very nice and caring. But kind of disorganized. But as long as you show up and show your effort she really welcoming to sit down and work with you. I don't like English classes but she was really patient and make this class easier.
Kari fisher is a really nice lady, but she admits it herself that she's disorganized. She does take an awhile to grade. She doesn't respond to emails and sometimes during lectures I couldn't really tell what she was talking about. You have to consistently talk to her in order to get your grade up.
Professor Fisher is a wonderful, kind, and compassionate lady. To get an A the most important thing is that you show up, have good communication, and put in effort. Not hard course work. Whether you are an excellent writer, or still developing your skills, this is a class for you.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
80%
Textbook Required
40%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
B+
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Improving
+0.46 avg changeRatings by Course
110118
5.0
(1)INTROTOFICTIO
5.0
(1)ENGC110140
5.0
(1)ENGL2151
4.5
(2)INTRO2FICTION
4.0
(2)Difficulty by Course
INTROFICTION
5.0
ENGLI101
5.0
ENGL000
5.0
HIST1113
5.0
ENGWENGW
5.0