Never this teacher again. Chemistry is my major but I can't get anything from her lecture and her lad is as well. Actually, she doesn't know how to teach, test is very hard and wasnot covered in the lecture. She even can't answer your questions. The only good thing of this teacher is that she very nice.

Nice person bad teacher thats all i can say and test are extermely hard mainly because she doesnt cover everything that she is suppose to.

what has ohlone college come to? hiring unprofessional instructors such as Grant and Ganguly (Ochem). Both of these instructors have no interest in teaching and are no help at all. They enjoy gossip and failing students. I believe that they need to be fired or the Dean of Science should monitor they're weird teaching techniques closely.

Ohlone is too poor to hire the good teachers..

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well? all i can say is drop the classes taught by her if you still can. You won't understand a thing from her. "I taught for 30 yrs" is not her true statement. Just look at her teachings. She just saying what's on the powerpoint. Maria, I applaud you for switching the lights in the lecture room so, the class can get some fun from being bored.

Poor professor... Even though she's trying to be a helpful person, noone gets her.. Well, i got a C so.. i worked my ass off but i can't get an A off her class.. so.. good luck with her..

Wow. She is the most GOD AWFUL teacher at ohlone college. My first test, she shows up late and then talks about how generous she is being when she gives us extra time. Her lectures are a mystery and it makes me think that they are just handingout PHDs to any crack head who applys. Dont expect any help from the lectures, or tests.

She really sux. She can't teach. I got A because I studied all by myself! I am now taking her 101B only because there is no other choices!! I wonder why Ohlone is still keeping her. Don't, never take her classes, otherwise you have to do more work after school!!!

the worst class i have ever takcen in my life horrible instructor. Previos posters are absolutly correct i recieved an A in 101A and now am suffering through 101B with her again only reason i got a A was as others b4 me said i had to study my behind off out of class and undoing all the damage her lectuers did to me.

DON'T TAKE THIS TEACHER AS UR CHEM. U WILL SUFFER. THERE IS NO WAY U R GOING TO HAVE FUN IN THIS CLASS. SHE JUST CAN'T TEACH. EVERYONE SHOULD HELP GET RID OF THIS TEACHER. WAKE UP BOYS AND GIRLS. IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE SHE SCREW UP OUR LIFE.

She's pretty horrible. She is very unclear, and teaches everything STRAIGHT from the book. Even her examples are the same from the book, which is very unclear to begin with. She takes forever to grade and give back tests, which do not help, because we have nothing to go on, for the next test. If at all possible, DO NOT take her!!

Wow i never thought i would say this but she is the worst teacher ever. Avoid her class at all costs!!!! Pray that she doesnt teach any future chemistry classes at ohlone!!

four words: most suckiest teacher ever! If you want to know how the lectures are like, go to a study room and stay there for 50 mins for 3 days a week.. At least that's less more boring than her lectures.

DON'T TAKE HER!! Try to avoid taking Chem 101A with her. You will learn NOTHING!! It'll be easier to teach yourself than letting her teach you. And if you have any questions, you're better off asking a tutor, or another instructor. If you ask her, she'll just confuss you. Honestly, she's one of the WORST teachers I've EVER had.

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I will say this once. "READ THE ****ING BOOK"

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She does not care much about her students or if she does, she certainly doesn't show it. It's small things that show this. For example, embedded movies in her lectures did not work for half the semester. Moreover, her tests do not always reflect what she teaches in class. Finally, she is often unclear. At least OWl almost replaces her.

the most boring professor ever. I can't believe Grant replaced Klent. That is most shocking thing I've heard since Star Jones lost weight. Blah. Fire her!!!

If you want to fail or stay at Ohlone for 4 years, take her =) I have found that she is the worst teacher God has laid on Earth, I dropped the class with a W grade, and I got an A n 106 and I took chemistry honors in high school. Grant is soo bad, Please don't take her. All the students writing good comment about her, wants to eliminate competition

my second time taking her. she has ruined my life for the last time. studied my ass off and could not pass her tests. what she does is she puts questions on the test and she doesn't cover in class and put what she doesn't covers. she thinks we're geniuses who are very capable of doing extremely hard questions. she just grades and gets paid.

**** off Grant. You don't deserve to be a teacher.

dont take her just DONT!!!

okay th is is my warning to U...this teacher sucks BIG TIME do not take her, unless u want to ruin you life, or if ur palning on but-kissing, ot if u have serious passion to learn chemistry on you ouw. she will ruin ur life. i m not sure why the dean hasnt fired her yet? why is she still runing our students life?

Unless you're already a chem genius, do not take her. There's no doubt that Grant knows chemistry but she can't teach. Her lectures are straight from the book but even then there are still holes so might as well read the damn book. By the time I left, there were about a dozen students left from 40 in the beginning.

OMG worst chem professor ever. I now go to SFSU but when i had her at ohlone, it was the my first science class to start college with and ended up with a C+. LEctures are carbon copy of the book, doesn't explain or prepare u well for exams. U might as well study on your own. Don't go to class, she wastes time. STAY AWAY

poor explainations, and teaching experiences

hate her. HATE HER. She is the worst teacher i've ever had. Shes cant teach, all her lectures she got from a CD and are 2 chapters ahead of the homework we're assigned, and if you try to ask her a question in class she will just laugh at you and say "What i can't believe you don't know that!?" and then she just goes on as if you were just joking

highly NOT recommended! she can't teach, speak English, or be funny (she tries to, but she just makes a fool out of herself)

LOTS OF OWL ONLINE HOMEWORK WHICH WASTES YOUR TIME. SOME HOMEWORK IS OK BUT THIS WAS RIDICULOUS. TESTS ARE VERY VERY DIFFICULT. HER EXTRA CREDITS DON'T COUNT FOR NOTHING. SHE MADE ME DISLIKE CHEM. BUT I FIGURED I GO TO A DIFFERENT COLLEGE BEFORE CALLING IT QUITS. IF YOU INTEND ON TAKING CHEM AND PASSING GO FIND ANOTHER PROFESSOR OR COLLEGE. REALLY.

Don't take her. If you can't take the class with other professors in Ohlone, take it somewhere else. Stay away from her. Make her get fired please..

get her fired. write to the dean, i did. she's ruining chemistry for engineering majors. get her fired write to the dean do something!

She is incapable of teaching. period. Not only are her lectures full of analogies that are hard to follow at best, but she often changes subjects without warning. Her tests dont reflect what is emphisesed in class and what she is expecting us to know is not clear. She clearly knows a great deal about chemistry, but in no way belongs in a classroom

I don't know what is wrong with people rating her as a good prof. I believe these r Grant's alts to begin with. Let's be honest here that she is no good. Avoid her if u luv ur GPA. She always brags about her PhD, & does not really care if u r trying really. There is no compromise in learning with this prof coz she thought u r a grad student.

worst teacher at ohlone

(class 102 chemistry in ohlone)she is a pain in the ...... u can never understand from her any thing her grades are so so so bad all her tests and quizes r not from the text book or even from the lecture she does alot of tricks in her tests she is the worse i wish she leavs teaching bad bad bad

SHe is the worst teacher in Ohlone. If you want to learn something, dont take her class, waste of time.

she has the worst qualitites in every way you can think of. not only can she not teach, she is also very rude. one time she was telling me something and i said i understand and she told me to be quiet. wtf? she tries to embarass you in front of the whole class, like she enjoys it. ohlone must have been very desperate to hire her.

So I guess they are giving teaching degrees to any one now? Absolutely the most useless professor I've ever had. I would rather be trained by someone's pet monkey than have to bare another semester with doctor Grant. She needs to either go back to school and update her teaching credentials or just quit life.

You think you can handle this class? Let me just say this: the class average for the first test was 54%. The second test average was 34%. And Grant gets extremely excited by really low bell-curves. Oh, and the quizzes are just as bad.

she is a very hard teacher, if u wana get an FFFF take her, she is so mean, doesn't know how to speak english, doesn't understand chem, she should be out of Ohlone, by the last day to drop everyone dropped her there was only 5 students left in the class... soooooo bad

she is a very hard teacher, if u wana get an FFFF take her, she is so mean, doesn't know how to speak english, doesn't understand chem, she should be out of Ohlone, by the last day to drop everyone dropped her there was only 5 students left in the class... soooooo bad

I love the Grant alts that posted good reviews. Let's be honest here. She does not teach, but torment students. She reads power point slides line by line, even a 5 year old can do that & when it comes to the test none can be derived from the power point nor the book at all. Moreover, about 90% dropped her class & that says it all.

After just finishing a year of O=Chem at a school in the pacific northwest I can safely say that this class was ****. I will never forget a question on one of her midterms: "draw the resonance structure for thiocynate." She did not give the chemical formula. I had that same question second quarter of O=Chem!! Probably has a mailorder PhD...

Definitely worse teachers out there, but if you are truly interested in the subject, find a different teacher. The class is all about struggling to pass and has little to do with forming a strong foundation in chemistry. She is very unclear and all her lectures/powerpoints are directly from the book.

I heard so many bad rumors about Grant, and seriously couldn't believe that there was a teacher that could actually be this bad. She has a very strong accent, has horrible lectures that you don't learn anything in, you just end up reading the book. She's horrible at answering questions and finds anyway to make you feel stupid.

She is a nice person. That is the only good thing about her. Her lectures are useless and there is no point of going to them. Her tests have nothing to do with what she lectures, the class average for an exam I just took was a D. And this was supposely the easiest exam of them all. If Ohlone was not cutting back, she would have been fired long ago.

I BARELY have an A right now and I took AP Chem. No matter what we say on here, you will most likely not listen and will think "eh she can't be that bad". Then when you take her it hits you and the regretting starts. Then you will come here and try to warn others and the cycle continues. STAY AWAY!!

She is horrible it is like going to school not at Ohlone but more than UC Berkley. She is tough and don't dare to take chemistry at ohlone if u want an A grade... JUST an advice to you all and warning as well. She is d head of Chem department and she writes all the tests. Don't know how to communicate and she still there!!! She needs to get fired..

horrible!

She is the worst professor I have had. I hated going to class and she made me feel stupid and like a failure. It wasn't until I transferred to CSU East Bay and took the class over that chemistry made sense to me. DO NOT TAKE HER. She ruined my self-confidence so much I almost dropped out of college because I thought I couldn't handle it.

Horrible! Tests are hard and she doesnt really teach. I've spent hours on hw and reading test and I still can't get a C on her tests! I've let go of every class this semester just to study for this chem class and I'm still failing! I would take chemistry at a different campus because I guess all science professors at ohlone are not good at all!

Thought I'd write this before the registration dates. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR. She can't teach and her tests are very confusing. She doesn't care about her students. People who are repeating this class are failing again! More than half has dropped and more failing. NO PARTIAL CREDIT. As stated, OWL will kill your weekends. You've been warned. AVOID!!

Please avoid this professor. She doesn't teach at all. She doesn't answer quesitons. Makes test impossible to get a A on. Homework twice a week. FOR GODS SAKE avoid this teacher. I pulled soo many all nighters, and studied 10 hours a week for this class n still couldnt pass. dont be like me and think i will work hard n get an A. its IMPOSSIBLE

Avoid this professor. You've been warned. Do not take her class if you have a lot of units.

I'm won't complain about the difficulty of the course. It's tough. It should be. You should have to study. However Professor Grant is the worst, teacher I've ever had. She's extremely condescending and acts as if she expects you to already be a chemist. There is no help at all during labs. Embedded tutor does most of the actual teaching.

Definitely not an easy teacher, however you can get through it if you read the book and start studying for tests as soon as you can. Don't expect to get anything higher than a B though. I'm struggling to keep my grade at a C. Lecture atteneance isn't mandatory, however she has quizzes every class and believe me, you do not want to miss those.

I always took AP science courses so I underestimated this class. I know chemistry is challenging but she really does not help her students. She answers most her questions with, "I don't know. You figure it out". Really doesn't care about students and doesn't understand we have other classes. Be prepared to study everyday and that wont be enough.

DONT TAKE THIS CLASS !!!!! She jus wants to see you fail. Worst teacher ever.

Her instructions contradict themselves and she takes it out on the students. If you want to learn Chemistry and not be yelled at and degraded on a daily basis, take it with someone else. She actually makes very little attempt to help students, despite the "claims" I hear.

Professor Grant, has no respect whatsoever for any of her students. She suspects you to come in and already know the material. I guess if she can get a phD in chemistry we should all realize it's possible for each and every one of us. Basically, avoid this class under all circumstances. She's not worth it. Don't even bother taking her sh*t.

I don't understand this teacher. I don't understand myself, I don't understand this class, I don't understand life.

She makes it hard to be able to succeed in class when there are no study guides and the quizzes are done on clickers with 30 seconds to answer a problem. Very hard to understand a lot of concepts with her explanations. This class is just like learning it on your own.

I have never met a more disrespectful teacher. Her lectures teach little to nothing, she belittles students for doing poorly, and her tests can cover different material than what she goes over during lecture. Do not take this class. If she is the last choice for Chem101A, then wait another semester for a better teacher.

Doesn't really help students during lab. We were often on our own, trying to figure things out with classmates. She grades pretty harshly on the labs & is known for being the hardest chem teacher in this school. Lectures were difficult to follow, didn't make sense, and often too fast, but still go to class for the clicker quizzes. Tests were hard

Yeah dont take her class she pretty hard in terms of tests, if you do taker her class i recomend trying to find an old student and ask for their old tests (she always changes them so its not cheating) . START STUDYING FOR THE FINAL EARLY it like a super boost for your grade. and do all the extra credit it helps alot.

Worst teacher ever. She makes easy stuff so hard. She likes to use hand sigh to teach.

Shes a very obnoxious person and doesnt seem to conduct herself in a way that makes her seem professional or competent. The class is extremely easy though, you can practically google the fcking test so im not sure what some of these dolts here are complaining about in that regard. That being said, having her as a professor made me hate chemistry

Honestly I have never met a lazier professor. I had her for labs only and all she would do is go to her room and sit there and on occasions she would give us instructions. When we would ask her for help she would mostly just tell us to look at the lab manual. She rolls her eyes at you when you ask her about a grade from a lab. Avoid her.

Okay, so I told myself I won't write a review no matter how bad I thought she is. Honestly, this Prof is the worst ever! Avoid her ! She doesn't care about students and doesn't like her job obviously. Not sure why she is teaching! Very dissapointed! I put in a lot of effort but didn't get result needed.

really bad professor. She only reeding the PPT, I had nothing to learn from her class. The final is for all chapters.

Incompetent. She didn't put any work into the curriculum; didn't even seem like she knew what was in the Pearson powerpoints & MasteringChem. Didn't assign much HW, so our grades depended on us doing well on the in-class tests. The average grade for the final exam was 120/200. She also sucks at using technology. You're better off teaching yourself.

Whenever she would assign hw (online and often) or classwork (not often) she would NEVER input the grade! She takes 3+ weeks to input test grades, which are scantrons so I don't know why it takes long. Lectures are pointless, you learn more from labs(different professor). I do not recommend this class! There's no feedback or extra help!