3.9
Quality2.7
Difficulty59%
Would Retake100
Reviews59%
Would Retake
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What Students Say
“Really really really BAD”
SPAN101 - 1.0 rating“Avoid her at all costs”
SPAN101 - 1.0 ratingClass Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
50%
Textbook Required
20%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
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-0.16 avg changeRatings by Course
SPANISH10
5.0
(1)SPAN210
5.0
(1)110Y201
5.0
(1)SPAN105
5.0
(1)SPAN110
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
SPANISH210
4.0
SPAN1
4.0
201
3.0
SPANISH10
3.0
SPAN210
3.0
Reviews (100)
Wonderful explanations, she makes Spanish easy to learn.
Great prof!! We laugh a lot in her class and she really can make you feel comfortable in what could easily be a very uncomfortable situation.
She is hot!
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she's not fluent, but she is a great teacher
Great teacher. Really gets to know the students which makes it nice to be in class. Makes you work hard but it is worth it.
Great teacher. She is very organized and helpful to students. She makes it easy to speak in class.
Great teacher. She knows her grammer. She is fluent. I don't think fluent means you need a phd in the language. You'll learn a lot in the class. Very nice and great teaching method.
SHE IS GOOD. I GLAD THAT I AM IN HER CLASS. MAKES LANGUAGE GO EASY.
Kathleen is great! A lot of fun and extremely knowledgable! You will not be bored, you will not be confused, and you will not just forget about the class.
Excellent teacher. I miss her!!I was thinking about minoring in Spanish because of her. I totally recommend her to ANYONE!!
Teaches at the perfect level for her students. The assignments can be a bit of a bore to do, but you learn.
Great Teacher! Class very well structured. Tests are easy if you study the sample tests which she gives. I would totally recommend her!!!
Great spanish teacher. It had been 3 yrs since i took a spanish class and the class went well. patient and really wants you to understnad. lots of games in class to help you learn. do the HW b/c you will see a lot of it again on the tests
Excellent Professor. Got me through a required subject that I was struggling with. Very well organized and helpfull. I would recomend this Prof to anyone who needs Spanish.
Only took class because it's GE requirement, very difficult, only got C in class despite best efforts, would not recommend, take ASL instead, spanish is a watse of time and is ridiculously hard, I know native speakers who don't know grammer and even fail span classes, avoid at all costs,boring
I took her class last spring, and it was very easy. She explains the subject very well, and she's very friendly. I really recommend her if you need a Spanish class. Very interesting.
She is a really great teacher! Her class is very well organized and run. Easy without being too easy, ya know? Only problem was the packets for the movies in the language lab- you have to do 2, but as long as you get them done, no problem
Easily one of the best teachers I've had so far at Palomar. She is a great teacher and really cares about the subject and her students. I learned a lot of Spanish, and had a lot of fun in the process.
I figured her grade rating would be fair, but I figure that wrong. I did all of my homework on time and got graded on it as she check them in class. I also did all the assigned videos she wanted us to watch. The most problem I had with her if she gave us a quiz before taking the real test. I bel
I took this class in fall 2004, what a mistake! She does not explain things and is hard to talk to. I have harder classes and gotten A's. I got a B in this class and did not learn anything. Who said this teacher was hot??? Not fun to look at. If this is a requirment, take someone else!
she is the best spanish teacher i've had she makes learning fun and she is so nice she is easy to understand and she speaks clearly if you need spanish you should take her class!
Nice teacher. I learned a lot and had a lot fun. We played games, wrote a kids book, and the lessons were clear.
I Sheahan in for the Summer Inersession class. She is a very good teacher. She made the subject easy to grasp and at the same time we had fun. I highly reccommened this teacher if you are looking for a fun learning experience.
Really good teacher! Easy to talk to, very nice and very helpful. She doesn't let anybody slip behind and get lost and makes everybody real comfortable trying to speak Spanish. And shes HOT!! Total ****!
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She is fun, and that is not easy to be when you listen to people mispronounce words all day. How she keeps from cringing is beyond me. Loved her class, and passed with a C even though I missed half the semester.
very very nice and fun. shes a really good teacher and i really liked her class. i would reccomend it!
This is hands down the best spanish teacher I've ever had. Others can make it difficult and confusing and embarassing but she is so nice and effective - she just flows from one concept to another making you soak it up wanting to learn more. Great great teacher and experience.
Prof. Sheahan is a wonderful teacher. Nice, patient, forgiving, and always helpful. If you listen in class and do even half the HW, tests are a breeze. At the outset she spoke spanish almost entirely, and I was surprised to find that I understood her easily; she enunciates well, which inspires confidence. Funny teacher too. Highly recommended.
Good teacher. I liked the way she would encourage us speak to her and to each other in Spanish. Used a variety of teaching methods. Patient, helpful, had a good sense of humor, tests were fair but not too difficult. I did not like the workbook that she used, it was a waste of money. Her handouts were just as good or better than the book.
Great prof! very easiy to understand, she is very clear and will take the time to help you. Her assignments are great and uses helpful handouts.
She's a very cool teacher. Makes fun class and helps you understand. I met my wonderful girlfriend in her class.
wonderful teacher. very fair and easy to follow.
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Does not speak clear Spanish clearly. Focuses too much on being modern and does not know the basics of the Spanish language and grammar. I would not recommend this class.
Good teacher, but takes forever to grade things.
Good teacher, very helpful and organized. Gives out helpful handout, never makes students uncomfortable when speaking spanish.
Does not grade for weeks! Does not communicate often. Do not recommend taking the online class.
Homework often but very simple. Class very easy. Take this class if you need to pass a spanish class. Don't take it if you actually wanna learn spanish.
Kathleen is a great professor. I felt that I learned a great deal and was pleased with her interest in her students. Highly recommended.
Awesome teacher!
This was a great class. Professor Sheahan was a great teacher and i learned a lot. She will help ypu if you struggle also. Tests are easy, but homework can be time consuming, but it is not that hard. I am taking her for 102 because i liked the class so much!!
Do not recommend taking the online class!! She provided ZERO feedback for weeks and did not respond to e-mails. Very frustrating for a subject that is so cumulative. Just hours and hours of homework each week with no clue how you are doing. I was very disappointed in her lack of attention to our class and thought it was extremely unprofessional.
I do not recommend her for online. She expects a lot out of you but seems to never be there. She didn't grade anything until the end on the semester and never returned emails. No matter if it is online or in a classroom a teacher should be involved with the class.
Very awesome teacher. I would recommend her to anyone interested in learning Spanish. She made the language come alive for most of the students. You do have to be there every day, and do all the homework. But it is all a cake-walk!!! Clear and concise speaker for both spanish and english. I believe she is a native english speaker! Sheahan rocks!
She is an awesome teacher!! Before taking this class remember the prerequisite. It is hard for those who have not had 3 years of continuous Spanish speaking. It is very important that you study in this class, but she is very clear while speaking and a fun teacher overall! I would definitely recommend this course.
Wow Don't take her online Classes not worth your time. Coursework is over the top and requires a lot of time. Unless you speak Spanish. This Spanish 101 class is way to advanced and difficult to learn online.
I took the online version. Yes it was a lot of work and hard, but nothing you can't handle. What was annoying to me is that for an online class, it was hard to get responses from her. I e-mailed her a few times and only got a response once. And the response I got, was very short and not helpful at all.
HORRIBLE for online, I'm about 5/6 through the semester and I have no idea what my grade is! She never responds to e-mails!
horrible teacher for online course. never responds...very rude..reported her to the chair and the dean of foreign languages..currently fighting my grade. NEVER EVER TAKE HER!!!!
I took the hybrid half class half online class. it went pretty well. as long as you do the homework and attend class it's an easy pass. if you pay attention and work a little its a pretty easy a or b too. she looks like cuddy from the show house.
Hybrid class-very good. Profesora very likable, never humiliates or embarrases students. I would highly recommend this Prsa. for any novice.
She is the best Spanish teacher you could ask for. So helpful and easy to follow. Makes the language so interesting. Highly, highly recommended!!
She is a good teacher overall. Does good in explaining the material, and is helpful if you want her to help...
Amazing teacher. I enjoyed every class. I took SPAN 101 and 102 4 week fast track during the summer and the time flew by. She is so nice and will help anyone with anything... tests are EASY! Anyone who puts forth some effort will ace her classes. Also, you get to use the same book for 3 years!
I took the hybrid class, which was quite difficult. Personally, I suggest taking a foreign language IN class if at all possible. Anyway, she's a very good teacher! She thorough and is very detailed in her lectures. There is a lot of online work as a heads up. But overall, good teacher and good class. Just do your work! She's easy on the eyes too.
I took the hybrid class. Very easy class. If you took it in high school, this class is basically review. Online work is easy but there is a lot of it. Be prepared before you come to class. Mrs. Sheahan makes spanish fun and easy!
Took hybrid class. It is a lot of online work but you would spend that time in class regardless. The web work was very helpful. Profesora is AMAZING! Engaging teacher who actually makes participating fun. She never has to ask twice for a volunteer. I wish all my professors could take some lessons from her!
Great professor! She is very helpful and nice. She makes learning the language fun and easy. There is a lot of online work but it's easy and her test are easy as well. I Highly recomend her.
Kathleen is an amazing professor. She is very helpful and goes over things in a way that you can understand them. She makes the class very interesting and very hands on. I took 3 year of Spanish in high school and didn't remember any of it. By being so hands on in thi cass, I remember a lot of what we learned and am not afraid to use it in public.
She is very nice and helpful. She makes lectures fun.
She was by far the best profeor I have had in my college years. She went over absolutly everything until everyone was able to move on. She makes you comfortable with your peers because her class is very interactive. Her test were very fair as well. The study guides are pretty much the outlines.
Great Professor, very clear about what is on exams. She forces you to be involved in class. There is a lot of work online! Be ready to spend 10+ hours a week on homework. If you do the work you will be rewarded. Profesora has made me feel very confident when speaking. She was a great teacher. Wish she taught 201. TAKE HER!
One of the best teachers I've taken. Very helpful, and keeps you invovled. Tells you what to expect on test and keeps them very basic, no curve balls. I highly reccomend
Great teacher. gives you a syllabus that you follow to the t. you know exactly what the hw is, what you're doing in class that day, when tests and quizzes are. she follows a clear cut teaching method, is nice and funny and the definition of a good and clear professor.
She is the best profesor! Very kind and helpful. Class is very straight forward .
I really respect her teaching style. I am taking her hybrid class for Fall of 2016 and so far everything is very straight forward. There are quizzes every class except the first though they are group then individual etc. Atop that the homework for the day prior is always what the quizzes and lecture material is based on. Highly recommend!
Great teacher and makes learning Spanish super fun. I took the online hybrid class due to a busy schedule. Expect to participate and give oral presentations in class. Don't skip this class and do your homework and it is a fairly easy class. There is a quiz every week (which alternate between group/individual quizzes), a midterm and final.
Very understanding, caring, sociable. Great notes and explains things very well. Not strict about getting the paper homework done. Very lenient. Fun class activities including games. Fun teacher. Very open about her life. Keeps the class on pace. Almost all the homework is online. Often lets class go home early.
Really really really BAD. Do not take her! My friends and I will never make this mistake again. Worst teacher I've had by far. I should have dropped in the beginning. Does not explain well, snobby, its her way or the highway. Save yourselves!!!
Regained my love for the Spanish language because of Professor Sheahan. Fun class with lots of activities. I took the fast track hybrid class and it was a bit intense but very doable. A lot of online homework, but easy do. Caring and kind professor who wants you to succeed.
Avoid her at all costs!!! she has no clue what she is doing and her Spanish is horrible!!! I am a Spanish speaker and I can tell you all the basic Spanish she teaches is all wrong!! she can be quite mean too if you correct her.
The worst, ever. She is so bad it is funny. She does not know Spanish and wants to correct you. She is rude and believes she is all powerful. Don't say I did not warn you.
She is the worst teacher. She does not speak Spanish very well. Her class is soo boring and she keeps talking without noticing that there are students who dont understand. She is not helpful and she is not nice.
AWFUL!!! I took her online class and dropped it. Her texts are ridiculously hard and expects you to know things that were not covered in the lesson. You only get one shot at the quiz and cannot go back and change answers. This was Spanish 101 and she basically expects you to be fluent by the first week. DO NOT TAKE HER!!
I took the hybrid class. Dont take it if have no prior experience with Spanish. Shes not too bad of a teacher though.
I absolutely loved this teacher! She was very helpful when I had questions and was super nice. There can be a lot of assignments, but as long as you do the work you should be fine. I am not sure why the previous comments wrote that her Spanish was awful. Her Spanish is great and she knows what she is doing. Wonderful professor!
Her Spanish is awful! I knew Spanish before and she really doesn't know what she is trying to teach. She translates directly from English and the result is a mess in Spanish! You will learn everything wrong
This was a great class!!! She is really clear and makes things easy to understand. I learned Spanish at home but never knew all the rules and she explains everything. I wish she was teaching 102! I would take all 3 semesters with her
Good class and easy A. there was mostly online homework but if you do that and show for tests youre good. Solid class and teacher was cool.
This was my favorite Spanish class. She is a really good teacher and you play a lot of games in her class so I actually talked to people in her class. Highly recommend!
Awful in both personality & teaching skills. She starts off nice at the beginning then transforms into an eldritch horror towards the end. If you don't volunteer, she makes passive aggressive comments & starts to snap like some rabid mad dog then wonders why no one wants to raise their hand. I'd rather gargle glass than have to take her again :0)
This was a great class! I had so much fun and she makes everything easy to understand. She is the best teacher for Spanish. Whoever is complaining about the class did not take it with her. She makes a study guide for the tests and does a review st the end. I highly recommend it and Im going to take her class for 102. The best!
Apart from the fact that she doesn't know Spanish well and makes numerous mistakes she is not so bad. The words she teaches you is more like Spanglish and I wonder if she ever got any formal training on the language. If you are native speaker do not take her class because she will make the same mistakes as you do. She is just not qualified to teach
I really liked this class. She is a good teacher and explains everything. The tests arent hard and she gives a study guide. there is a lot of online homework tho
She has a clear agenda on when things are due. You will need to be motivated if you take her online class and not fall behind. 2 big exams, 2 five-min skype calls, and a group project take up the points. She does have a makeup section that you can cancel out any of your lower grades. Textbook mandatory as well as online code.
I took her online Span101 class, it has a LOT of online homework, most of it is easy but takes a lot of time. There's also tests, weekly presentations, oral and written. Easy A if you work hard to learn the material and submit everything on time. She was easy to contact as well, would definitely take her again for spanish.
***The heavy homework/test heavy is bc its fast track. My entire 101 class LOVES HER; many of us are staying for the 102 even if we dont need it bc she made Spanish fun and she is so great to be around. IVE NEVER SEEN HER be anything less than helpful/supportive, she would always find ways to help me &another girl who were struggling. Best ever
She is not a native speaker and her Spanish is rusty or she just didn't learn it. Mediocre teaching skill and she just doesn't know what she it teaching. I don'r recommend this professor based on her lack of knowledge on the matter.
Pretty good- although there are ALOT of assignments and homework. The professor seemed nice although there wasn't really any interaction- basically self-paced. The worst part is the partnered video project that is a 3m conversation with another student- it would have been much better to stick to individual projects. Learned alot, worked hard 4theA
I took this class as a hybrid. It was over summer, partially online and partially in person. She was very keen on showing up on time, and to every single lecture. If you missed two, you got dropped. She is very passionate about what she teaches, but there is seriously no time to relax, and her classroom felt like we were in middle school again.
Class was pretty clear and easy to follow. She gives you everything for the week and you submit it on your own schedule. I like the instructions for the work was really clear and step by step. Easy class A if you do the work on time and follow the steps.
I was worried about online but I liked this class. she made it easy to follow and gave a schedule for the whole semester. You just have to follow that. Everything is organized and planned out. I like that everything was due on Friday and I did the work on my own time. Quiz every Friday but just vocab. Overall good class and easy A.
I took a summer online course, tons of homework (but obviously she has to meet criteria), she truly cares about what she's teaching and she's the most attentive and organized prof ive ever had. She was a really awesome lady, but I think I would have learned a lot more from her for a full semester. Good and informative class and prof!
she assigns so much hw thru a website and she assigns like anywhere from 80-100 medium assignments there and like 5 easy ones on canvas, on some assignments you have to record your self many times and but overall a god teacher just a lot of hw I took this class for more credit and I thought it would be easy but ended up being the class of more hw
She is a great professor and grades fairly, though some might think it's too harsh. No one in my class got 100% on any of the assignments, but given that most of us are brand new to Spanish that's not surprising. Have to purchase a textbook with code (~$175) and there is LOTS of online homework. Responds to emails promptly. Would take her again!
She was not a present teacher, you basically had to learn everythi9ng on your own, the Vistas homework was way too much as well. She was not understanding at all when I had an issue outside of class that affected my grade. I really disliked her class, I would take with someone else.
She has a few videos each unit to watch and take quizzes on. other than that you teach yourself. If you already know spanish she might not be a bad professor. For an intro class she grades insanely hard with very little feedback. Would not take again.
This is the hardest college class I have ever taken. If you plan on taking while working full time or taking serval courses, you will have 0 time. There were 100+ assignments a week and you lost points for every little thing even if you tried your best. She seems really nice but it was just not structured or graded well. No idea how I got an A.
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
50%
Textbook Required
20%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
Predicted Grade
A-
Grade Distribution
Common Tags
Rating Trend
Stable
-0.16 avg changeRatings by Course
SPANISH10
5.0
(1)SPAN210
5.0
(1)110Y201
5.0
(1)SPAN105
5.0
(1)SPAN110
5.0
(1)Difficulty by Course
SPANISH210
4.0
SPAN1
4.0
201
3.0
SPANISH10
3.0
SPAN210
3.0