Can't stay on task during lectures & always goes over the alotted time frame. Lecture & lab or not inline with one another. Test are very confusing & tricky, if you don't write EXACTLY what she wants, it is wrong! She NOT approachable with questions. If you can take the class from another professor, DO IT!!

I was not impressed. I came out of almost every one of her tests thinking I had a B, and ended up failing all of her written exams. They aren't clear, they're very tricky, and when you visit her in office hours to get help, she gets defensive. If you can take another teacher, do it. I will not have to retake this class, Thanks Kira.

This teacher is the hardest teacher ive had. She is unwelcoming and rude. She is not willing to help you out and should reconsider her reasons for being a teacher. Teachers are supposed to help students learn. she doesn't do that.

Despite hearing horrible things about this teacher, she is the only professor teaching zoology at SCC. She is very rude, and will not answer any questions that she's asked, she will just say "look it up", telling her students that they have plenty of time to figure out the answers on our own! Just take the class at a different college, very upset!

She's the worst professor I've ever seen in my lifetime. If you are truely interested in education or enrolling in nursing program, university or graduate school, never enter in her class. If she's the only professor instructing a class you are interested in, wait for the next quarter, or take the class in another college. She simply doesn't teach.

Horrible proffesor!

Horrible teacher for anatomy. She is rude to hear students, condescending, and DOES NOT TEACH. When a student asks a question, she does not explain the answer but instead asks you more questions and expects you to memorize the whole book. She is by far the WORST PROFESSOR I have ever taken and I am a good student and did very well in the lecture.

This is one of the worst courses I've ever taken. The lectures are often sidetracked by pointless group worksheets, or by students asking questions which cause Kira to go off on a several minute tangent. The amount of work she requires students to do each work is absolutely unreasonable for a 5 credit course. AVOID TAKING HER COURSES AT ALL COST.

Regards all questions as stupid questions. "did you read the syllabus?"-18pgs. The material that she does cover in lecture is never on the exams. The exams require you to apply concepts she briefly goes over or concepts that she does not even bother to mention. Pop lecture and lab quizzes. Control freak. Save yourself. Required participation.

I could get A's on the homework, then flop a quiz, because the weekly reading/assignments NEVER covered what was required to know for the subsequent quiz. Students complained throughout the quarter, because we felt "lost" and confused with the weekly material. Dr. Wennstrom seemed to have a short fuse, and very impatient with questions or concerns.

Expectations are unclear; LOs don't completely reflect test material; she is rather unhelpful and aggressive; ridiculous participation point system; horrible group project with no real guidance; lab can be fun, pretty self-guided, and is more straightforward, but lecture and tests are absolutely awful. It's no wonder when 1/2 + of a class drops.

You will learn a lot, but even for hardworking/motivated students I don't think it's possible to get 3.0, which she seems to think is excellent. If your GPA matters to you take this at another school. Hard work and low(B) grades made me work harder, but she's insanely regimented and I think mildly autistic. Grades strictly by rubric, which is nice

If you are a premedical student and you care about your education and GPA, avoid this professor. She is more of bird biologist than an actual animal biologist. She gives excessive amounts of materials that are not unuseful during tests that very tricky. She is not very helpful in during office hrs and does not take the time to help.

I took Bio212 with Prof. Wennstrom and it turns out to be my worst lecturing experience ever. Pop quizzes are popped through all the time so it requires fully prepare for pre-reading. Exams grading are very tough and pro-deduct. Powerpoint takes the most part of lecture, they are more pictures than sentence. This class was Bio400 instead of Bio212.

As a UW student, this class was one of the hardest classes I've ever taken. The amount of work you are expected to put in this class is much more than at any other CC and even most UW classes. This class requires a ridiculous amount of memorization and if you're not willing to spend hours memorizing you're out of luck. 10/10 recommend on taking

Does not lecture at all and easily irritated if you dont understand things. Arrogant and makes you call her Dr. Expects you to teach yourself through reading, tests you for points before class, and then gives pop quizzes for points before ever having a chance to ask questions, which she may not answer. Grading is extremely subjective and unclear.

Tough grader Tough exams 1 or two popquizes a week lots of homework avoid her class

This is by far one of the hardest classes I've ever taken. And not hard in a good way. Professor is unreasonable and extremely subjective in her grading. Tests are all fill in and short answer. Flipped class style but does not actually teach or lecture AT ALL which is not good for this type of material. Does not really answer questions. Horrid

You have to do a ridiculous amount of work and it won't even matter because she will nitpick you to oblivion on the exams. You probably will barely get a 70% even if you study 5 hours a night. She expects you to have the same level of knowledge she does on tests.

Dr. Wennstrom's online anatomy and physiology class was the most difficult class I have ever taken. This class made me feel utterly incompetent. She was very harsh on grading and you never knew what to expect on the tests. We would be told to read and memorize whole chapters and then not even use a quarter of what we read on her tests.

If you want to pass just avoid her classes. She is terrible. She makes the pop quizzes a pass or fail. You have to get 4 out of 5 possible points and this is hard because most questions will have two points and if you miss that, you simply get a zero. She is pathetic at explaining things.

Spent a lot of time discussing how to study and ran out of time to lecture on material required to know. Random pass/fail pop quizzes. I only passed with an A because I have taken other A&P courses in the past. She has favorites, if you do not ask her question or challenge her authority. Assigns HW, quizzes on HW then tells us what we did wrong.

50% weighted on quizzes, which are so excessively comprehensive with only 30 minutes to answer 21-22 questions. Two short answer, most of the rest are fill in blank. Dont take this class with this professor unless you really really want to stretch your limits and stress over a weekly quiz that will most certainly spell doom for your grade.

First and last time taking a class of her's. She has a bad rep around campus and there's a reason for that- she's tough. A few kids in my class dropped out and there were barely any students to begin with... No one wanted her because she's a TOUGH grader and is not helpful even in office hours. Her tests are hard to understand and she has no mercy.

She is the hardest professor I've ever taken and will never take her class again. The tests are difficult and use the information taught in class in a way that students shouldn't know how to use. She is rude, called me dumb, and doesn't care if you pass. Office hours are a time to be humiliated unless you fully know the info you're asking about.

It was really hard to keep up in her class. She never answered your questions straight out and would make it more confusing. Sometimes she would belittle someones question or wrong answer.

The worst teacher I have here. A 5credit class includes grp project, lab, discussion ,and lecture. Way too much. Also, have to do stupid thing to earn participation point., if no ur grade drop as hell. Exams are so hard, not enough time for lab exam. Definitely ruin your gpa. The first lecture assignment due on the first day of school.

This class its one of the worst class Ive ever taken. The lectures dont explain anything, the test are complicated and not enough time is given also there is a lot of work and it doesnt help your grade at all.

If her class is the only option you have in the quarter, just forget about her, skipping that quarter if you do not want to fail the class!!!!!!!!!

She is a very tough grader. You will need to read a lot because her lectures were not very helpful. Her exams are complicated to understand. Once you failed the first and the second exam, she will drop the lowest one but you still fail because the exam curve is so high. Wait for another professor!

Super hard class, trick questions on all the quizzes. Nothing was ever good enough. Worked super hard and still was always docked points. She has a final exam on all the chapters done in the class. Almost impossible to remember all of it. It was a online class and lectures were boring. She flunked me by 1%.

Basically, all of the busy work she assigns is pointless. 70% of your grade comes from lecture and lab exams. Therefore you can work your hardest all all the assignments, but it's really only the tests that matter. Yes, she drops your lowest scores but you basically need to get all of the points to at least get a 2.0. Please wait for another prof.

PLEASE WAIT FOR A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR! I took her online class and man did I die. In this class, you have 4 exams, 2 lab practicals, 3+ assignments a week, and a group project. This class is extremely time-consuming! Please try to make friends and do homework together. B/C this class is extremely challenging. TBH it felt like a level 400 class :(

I wouldn't recommend taking this class to anyone who cares about their mental health. It is time-consuming, exhausting, and soul-crushing. It is simply not worth it. Please wait for another professor.

BIO 242 Nothing is ever straightforward in this class. You ask a question and you'll likely get a non-answer. The "lectures" are 5 minutes max then it's on us to read/google to figure out what we need to know. Insane amount of busywork even during exams. I spent the last 11 weeks teaching myself. If you value your sanity, wait for another prof.

After this class I've never had such a bad experience with a teacher. There was so much busy work and there was never any straightforward answers to questions. did most studying based off the LOs but still didn't feel prepared for exams. Shes very smart but trying to teach way above entry level please wait for another professor if possible.

Her canvas page is very disorganised and confusing with pages and pages of meaningless information. Lectures are called "mini lectures" and are only 5 min each. All textbook and googling to learn. Can sometimes answer questions in very frustrated tones and made me feel bad. I would not recommend this professor to anyone looking to take BIOL 241.

I have never encountered a teacher that is so lousy and HORRIBLY poor at teaching. You pay your hard earned cash to learn this class on your own. Don't expect clear help, mini lectures are a joke, no study guide. Class is a joke & she's condescending to students with questions. Don't waste money, health & time. She needs to rethink teaching.

Worst professor you could ever take. Would not recommend to my worst enemy. She doesn't even know the answers to her own exam questions along with that for practical she will point to a group of things and expect you to read her mind on which thing she wants you to identify out of them. If you are looking to fail ap1 i recommend Kira.

This class was extremely difficult. No lectures are made throughout the class - only short minute clips explaining few topics. We had 2 exams on one day this quarter which was extremely unfair. I felt like we were left to learn and do everything ourselves. This class lacked immense guidance, support, and grace. Half of my class dropped

Fixed mindset, does not respect diverse learning styles. Spends more time grandstanding about how students should learn than actually teaching the material. Narcissism completely overshadows any kind of instructional skills. Should not be teaching.

She uses outdated grading methods. Her APA format is never up to date and she'd deduct points for the most flimsy reasons . You can never work hard enough. Her class is designed to fail students. I do not recommend.