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Reviews (253)
Very hard teacher. She's not patient and doesn't really want to help.
Great professor. She is strict, but very helpful and explains the material clearly. If you pay attention in class, do your work, and ask questions when necessary, then you can get through this class without any problems. Do not procrastinate! You'll only hurt yourself this way and leave little time to work on essays.
She is not very helpful and she is not understanding. When i ask her a question it feels like I am bothering her. She gives short and unclear answers.
I don't like her personality nor do I like the way she teaches she is very hard. Doesn't care if you understand or not. If you ask questions it's like she doesn't even want to know what you have to say. Extremely hard grader.
If I asked a question, its because I truly did not know what to do and she was not clear. What I got in return, was a remark to be a "closer" reader, yet my classmates were just as lost as I was. Whatever you do, do not be late nor forget your assignment, you will be seated in the last row and marked absent.
This professor is great. I know a lot of students don't care to much for her but more than likely it's because they want to do nothing and get an "A" Her assignments are clear and organized very well so the students aren't overwhelmed. She does answer any questions you may have but make sure the question hasn't already been asked.
If you love your gpa, dont take her.
She is good but you need to work so hard to get a good grade in class, long homework every class. DO NOT COME LATE TO CLASS she will humiliate you and make you wait outside for a few minutes! But if you work hard you will get a good grade
she is the worst ever. if you wanna fail then take her.
Worst ever PERIOD!!!!! Never take her. Got her attitude which no one really cares!
She si a hard teacher and does not explain good at all
She is really good. she brings you out from your comfort zone. she is really a good Professor. She is a good grader. Do your home works and follow instructions, work hard, your A is sure. I made A.
She's not clear on the assignments, she always gives a low grade on paper assignments. She gives 3 large assignment all due on the same day at least twice a week. this class was the hardest class I've ever taken.
She is a tough grader. Choose her if you want to fail because that is her specialty.
I ally didn't like this class she was no help at all
Worst professor ever, stay away from this professor, she will fail you in no time. Will not help you out on your paper. She doesn't teach, she just gives assignment after assignment, doesn't explain herself. she will make you feel stupid for asking a question. will give you a 0 with no explanation.
To make long story short: She will not reply on time, she says she will reply within 48/72 hrs but thats not true she can take up to a week sometimes, (most of the time in my case). She gives lots of work that she does not explain what she wants, she rarely helps you or give you examples of what she really expects you to write . do not take her
All I can say is SHE IS HORRIBLE. Don't take her at all! I really don't know how she became a professor.
What made the class difficult was the MLA edition 8 formatting. I could not get it. The work in the book was easy and quite fun. My papers leading to the final research paper were horrible, but my final paper was an A. Professor Roddy finally broke it down for me and told me what she wanted. Other than me not understanding the MLA I did just fine.
She never explained her self well enough which made everything confusing, she was also very unorganized not well prepared for her lectures and she wouldn't grade some assignments that you have turned in. I do not recommend her as a professor to anyone!!
very rude and self centered would not grade assignments even though they were completed do not take her class!! beware
Doesn't care about the students, If you are late you are considered absent. If you have a question don't bother asking because she will frown upon you. As a matter of fact she will not give reasons for bad grades received. She will come to class not ready. WORST TEACHER EVER
I have done every single of her assignment. She is picky & strict about her requirements. Even if she writes it in her rubric, she wants the format to be a different way than what is stated which I could not understand! I have never gotten a B in any English class, however, this professor is immensely difficult! I made the mistake of taking STAFF!
She provides really amazing feedback. Like it's said, she is a college teacher, so be ready for work!! I learned so many valuable lessons from her aside from English. I would take this again. Most I've ever learned and worked in English.
School is what you make it honestly. I took her this past Spring and the class was difficult, but nothing worth achieving will be easy. Anyway I did not pass her class and will not pull the blame card because I feel my grade was 50/50, half myself and half pro roddy, but it's cool i'll just have to retake and do better. Could of been better.
Prof. Roddy has amazing lectures. She teaches students so many other things besides just english. She's never boring. It's very possible to pass her class, you just have to do your work. She is not a hand-holder. Be ready to work, and you will get through the semester just fine.
LOL it's so obvious that she wrote the review right below this one! It says a lot when a prof has to write a good review of themselves when all of her reviews suck. I won't get into it because literally EVERYTHING people are saying about her below are TRUE. Drop this class right now and save yourself your sanity, money, and having to deal with her.
Her grading system is hard, she doesn't give extra credit . Her test is timed only one chance to take , no make ups and questions on test is hard to comprehend.
Professor Roddy is a tough grader, picky, and unnecessarily difficult. I am not a lazy student; I am used to working for my grade, but she gives out too many (tedious) assignments to keep up with. She grades everything meticulously, does not accept late work, and gives no extensions. In short, very annoying and extra. Drop this class! Do not take!
So! She is nice, however the work load is HIGH and demanding.
She is a horrrible grader!!!! I had a great grade and she decided to give me a CERO because I missed 2 words on an 5 page essay NOTKIDDING !! Please do not go with this teacher if u ever want a carrer, this will ruin you! She is not friendly dnst care for her students she assumes we know everything and gets mad if we ask anyth. Horrible
Class was alright, but too much assignments. She is very strict. You have to work for your grade. Assignments due every week.
I took Prof Roddy in 2018 Spring semester for a online hybrid class. She's straight to the point. Easy writing assignments and we did have online discussions. I passed the class with an A. Come to class and do all your assignments and you will pass!
I love this teacher, she is very nice and helpful. When i was strating to enroll for my classes i came to Rate my professor and saw that students put that she was hard and some had bad comments about that she gave a lot of work but now that i am in her class she is very cool and great tacher. i recommend her 100 times.
Prof. Roddy can be tough and i can see why people could get a bad impression but i really do feel like i am a better writer because of her, she is a tough grader but she doesn't get annoyed if you ask her questions on the assignments i took her for an 8 week course there was about two or three papers due every week it's hard work but worth it
She's highly intolerant, inflexible and never cares about instructing/guiding a student to make him learn. If you ask her for clarification or more guidance she'll tell you just to go and check the canvas or something like that. She gives straight zeros for any mistake done with the assignments. She's just not a good instructor. Don't waste your ti
So far she's the worst professor I've had. She's not into guiding/instructing the student. It can be the best assignment, but if you submit it couple of hours later than the deadline she just gives a straight zero. When asked to explain in more detail any assignment, she'll tell you to go back and read the syllabus. She's closed minded, intolerant.
Highly inflexible, intolerant, zero guidance. Her class posts are very poor in content. She always posts you-tube videos or articles, and pretends students to do a bunch assignments following those posts. Her role as a instructor is minimal. Don't take this class. It's waste of money and time. You'll learn more by watching YouTube.
Never Again!!!!!!!!!!
she is the toughest grader i met in my college experience
This is the worst online class I ever taken. Do not take her class if you want to learn. She is very strict with her class everything is due at 7am even if the assignments are locked. This teacher enjoy failing students and will not help you at all!
it was a mistake taking her class. she does not explain her homework and she does shy away from giving people 1 or 0 over 100 in major exercise
I am certain that Professor Roddy is a better instructor on ground, but online it was awful. She gave us the wrong syllabus, did not answer questions well, expected us to do a ton of reading during the week, and gave very /very/ unclear or incomplete instructions for assignments.
She never give answer of the question that i asked. She always respond like generic message. She is not available in evenings and weekends,even though project always due on monday morning 7:00 am. I will recommend her to anyone, because she is pretty rude.
She's amazing! I took her over the summer for Summer I. I only got a B due to my own mistakes. She is an easy grader, and will help you with whatever you need. You won't need a book as everything she teaches she hands to you. Just keep up with her assignments and it's an easy A
Avoid her at all cost. She is a horrible professor, tough grader, her instructions are very very unclear, she responds LATE to questions, and is not easily accessible. Did I mention that her instructions are ridiculous and confusing? I am taking her right now during the pandemic and would NOT recommend her to anyone that cares about their grades.
This teacher is a joke all the way around. i started this Online class. This teacher did not prep or put the online class for prepping students,I had to reach out to technical support to get her attention,even after I sent her a note about it. In fact I should had taken this as a sign of the weeks to come! This and other incidents I got out . Bad!
I would not recommend her. Her class is hard and you have a lot of writing to do. Her class is not at all easy to pass. Her feedback is very generic.
Too many assignments due. During 16 week course sometimes two assignments due in one week. These are lengthy assignments that require time to complete. Missing one can affect the next one
I knew taking her class would be risky considering the review, but shes worse than that. Youre only really given one day to complete assignments as they are due the following day at 7 a.m. ( including essays) Ive taken mini courses and passed, but this is so extremely its depressing. People work and her class is very chaotic and inflexible.
People like her do not deserve to be educators!!! Do not take her unless you wanna fail and listen to all her reviews. She grades hard and you are doin back to back big writing assignments. For someone who is not teaching she needs to be sympathetic but nope. She's ready to give you a 0 and i really hope she finds something else bc teaching aint it
You know how grades measure our success? Meghan Roddy cannot see her students potential. After taking her class, me & my entire class is failing. I have the highest grade of a 65%. Yes, in a pandemic & winter storm. Her rigid grading system won't change for aspiring professionals. No, your "more" eloquent emails won't change her attitude.
I understand you may need this last class to apply somewhere. I'm applying at a university myself and this is the last class I needed. I can assure you, my class did not fail because of the lack of quality work. If I could post all our work (due always at 7am) I would. Every single student is failing this class because grade deflation is a thing.
Ex's of how class went for students taking P. Roddy during winter storm +pandemic: - extension given unless professor already graded the assignment, & was missing -missing work NOT accepted by any means. Submitted work at 7:01am? 1 minute late? zero. **Polite /professional email can't change that*
A student dropped her class because that's how good she was at ignoring students. I probably won't get to become a nurse because I failed this class with Professor Roddy. Her winter storm extension was so contradicting, everyone would laugh if I could post it on here. Run for the hills, seriously. Negative reviews aren't always from lazy students.
She grades so hard that when assigning a 10 page manual, she asked to keep a student's work because she thought it was amazing. She gave this student an 85 on that assignment- & that's bc she liked it. For those reading this: this is not normal from a professor. This is not "how it is". Everyone is failing her class, and there is no F-A curve.
very tough grader does not appreciate students hard work. for so many time I worked so hard on papers and did my best and she would give me a 0. and it was not a one time thing unless you want to fail the class then take it with her.
At first, she seems nice and willing to help when in reality she doesn't. She gives extra points but the time frame is limited and makes you feel like you are slow. She does not care about her students and doesn't care if you didn't understand the topic makes you feel like it doesn't matter how hard you try it's still not good enough.I can go on
If you are reading this review and contemplating taking her course, be prepared to work on extremely short notice. Multiple assignments per week, due at 7 am. Mostly unclear directions. She has no sympathy for the students. Your chances of passing, if you do everything correctly, about 10%. Trust me. Take any other professor but her.
Professor Roddy is demanding and expects a lot from her students. When you finish this course, you will know how to write a good paper, and it will be easy. You have to do the work to pass. Not an easy A. But if you're looking for an easy A, why are you in college?
There's a lot of work in this class. She's tough, but fair. You have to do the work. She does accept late work for 24 hours. She responds to emails almost immediately!
This English class was not like others. It was a lot of layout and design and working on stuff that I used in my job. I learned new software and how to make a video resume.
One of the best classes I have taken. Hard, but I learned a lot. I've used a lot of the methods in my other classes. I don't know what the complainers are talking about. I think Dr. Roddy has changed up her class.
Do your work. You'll get the grade. Pay attention to instructions. But mostly, just do your work!
This was a great class. A little too much work, but worth it.
Cool Class. Interesting. I didn't expect it to be interesting. We talked about everything.
If I could rate her a -10. I would. She is that bad! Worst professor I have ever had, and that is saying something from a 5th year senior at Texas A&M that is about to graduate. People like her should not be in academia, ever.
I took Prof. Roddy three years ago. At the time, I agreed with all the posts here. I'm still using the methods she forced us to use in class.
I don't know what the complaining is all about. Prof. Roddy just wants you to do the work and learn something. It was a lot of work. I learned a lot. Writing is not easy for me. She made it easy.
She worked with me a lot and I could have done better if I asked for help more. You do have to ask for help; she won't come to you.
This was a fun class with lots of interesting topics.
Great summer English Class.
Took her for a summer class. Class had a lot of work. I learned how to use some new apps and how to make a digital presentation. I'd take her again. She is tough and expects you to work. You can't slack and pass.
Lots of different topics. Lots of extra credit.
Every time when she instruct us on certain assignments we have to do it her way cuz the way that is showing the video would not be right to her along with she put too much work load on a simple assignment or making it to something complicated did it already ass do not take her class I repeat do not take that class
It is a lot of work. You can redo it if you mess up. Lots of extra credit. Do the work. You'll pass.
Cool class. I made a movie and then made one for my job.
She was fair about late work, grading, hurricane days, and life.
It was more work than I expected, but not all writing all the time. Learned stuff I used already at work.
it was ok
Great writing class for engineering students.
Worst teacher ive taken at HCC so far, IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GPA DONT TAKE HER! Harshest grader in Texas, takes off 30 points for no reason. Missed a comma? 30 points off. DONT TAKE! Homeworks seem easy, but she makes them so unbelievably hard. Her videos and instructions give you 20% of what she asks for.. and even she doesn't know what she wants
Best Professor that I have learned. Take care of your essays. Easy A. Do not believe these negative feedbacks below.
Terrible experience. Unnecessarily tough grader. I was confused constantly with her online class and "explanations". The English class is entry - level and is meant to be fairly easy to understand. Because of all this, I received a grade I did not deserve with the amount of effort I put into each assignment. I wouldn't recommend her. Trust me.
You have to do the work. And you have to watch her videos -- she tells you exactly what to do on the homework. Lots of chance for redos in first half of class.
I wish I would've listened to the negative comments. This professor makes every assignment 10x harder than what it should be, super tough grader, and is NOT clear on her directions at all. She gives you minimal directions and leaves you figuring out the assignments and papers yourself. When you meet with her for questions she belittles you.
There is a reason she has over 4.2 difficulty... a really harsh grader. I have never struggled in English until I met this "teacher". It's like she goes out of her way to fail students and make their life 100x more miserable. I can't believe the money I paid for the class will go to her. No matter how hard you work she will fail you! Save your GPA.
Please don't take this professor. I took this professor by seeing the good comments, But I was wrong. This is the worst teacher I have taken in my life.
If you take this class you will be STRESS OUT, she gives a lot of work that is due every Tuesday. She barely help you, she always tell you to refer to the modules. You will learn in her class . She is very particular in her assignments, she does offer extra credit only during the modules. You will be writing papers and doing a lots of research.
She is a tough grader. And there is a ALOT of work. You will learn.
We wrote a Children's Book and drew pictures. It was different and fun.
LOVED THIS CLASS!!!
I was surprised at how interesting this class was. I liked it.
People love this class. Or hate it. Be ready to work and do your work on time. You'll do cool stuff. But don't fall behind.
Great class -- not too many papers. Mostly Projects.
Cool class -- not too much papers. Fun.
Tough grader -- holds you accountable. Don't take her class unless you want to learn. Easy A if you do the work. You can't slack.
terrible, so much work, hard grader
Easy A.
Lots of projects. one paper
Its a lot of work. But easy. some of its ok. can redo if you fail things
!!! Mini Semester!!! Lots of complicated and tedious assignments only to get a max of 15 points. She requires digital art assignments but you can't use templates, clip art, or images that are not your own cause she considers them plagiarized. You have to either draw or take your own pictures and clip art. The links in the modules aren't helpful.
Lots of cool projects. Only two short papers. Lots of creative stuff to do. Liked that the writing was short.
Not a lot of reading. One paper. One group project. You write a children's book and publish it.
takes late work for one day only. grades easy -- mostly just do it.
Easy class. Easy A. Cool projects with design and publishing.
No reading. Just papers. not hard. lots of extra credit.
Lots of revision -- eventually, you pass it.
Gives lots of feedback but hard to get to. Good class. Cool things. Not all writing.
Do the work. SHe's an easy grader. Turn something in.
You have to do it her way. I made a video at work, and I learned how in this class. Got a raise!
The assignments were paced in a very fair manner, I never felt like I was being stressed about them too much. I appreciate that.
It was organized, and we got a good amount of time to do our work.
The placement of assignments was easy to locate, simply check the modules. Considering my other classes' assignments were due at the end of the semester or week, this class pacing was faster, which was a bit rocky to get used to. Nonetheless, it taught me to apply effective time management. This course challenged me.
The course was organized in a way that made it possible for me to navigate the online platform in an easy and effective manner. I felt supported in this course.
Be prepared to step outside the box in this class it is not your average Comp 2 class but the things you'll learn will give you so much confidence in your writing and thinking abilities.
Please save your GPA. This professor has less writing and more design element assignments. I had to use my digital media skills for many assignments and they were still graded harshly. Assignments are overwhelming and far too many to keep up with. I had to drop this course in order to keep up with other classes.
Feedback doesn’t match grading criteria. Deducts points for the arbitrary things that aren’t stated within assignment details. Anything short of perfection and you can expect to fail the assignment. Very uncaring towards out of class circumstances. Denied extension after I was in the ER and when asked to reconsider ignored me outright
Was hoping that she would be good since her previous reviews are very polarizing. Sadly I'd say she's on the lower end. Definitely the type to refuse to give 100s, counts off for arbitrary reasons or counts off with no feedback as to why. 1st writing assignment the majority of our class got a 65 or with contradictory feedback given to each of us
It's college bro. Do your work; you'll pass.
Lots of revision. When you fail you get more chances to pass. She answers all your questions.
Please pick a different teacher. She is a hard grader & she does not give clear instructions. Her teaching is terrible. My entire class complains about her every time we have an assignment.
She was tough. But fair. She holds you accountable.
Lots of workshop days -- you do most of the work in class. Easy.
Good class.
Step outside the box. There's a lot of work, and she won't give you the answers. But you'll become confident thinking for yourself. I like writing now.
Don't take this class. Trust me when I say this, YOU WILL REGRET IT. She even answers emails after the due date, and I believe she does it on purpose. Please, don't take her.
Most caring professor I've ever had.
IF YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE ANOTHER TEACHER TAKE IT! This teacher gives you 3 essays due the same week of 1,700 words + extra assignments on the modules
I love the professor. She allowed me to submit the papers late when I faced personal problems. It was a point-based grading: 1000 total points and 50 extra credits. For me, I had weekly discussion posts, one essay (i think), and a few small assignments. The final project was a group video-making assignment. Put in the work, and you will get A.
The class was clear-cut and dry as you can make for an online class. As a teacher, she is as cold of a grader as she is a person. If you are not a full-time student, don't take her summer class. It's not worth it. Student situation consideration, as well as leniency, throw it out the window.
She never responds when needed. I had an assignment due on a Monday and I had emailed her on a Thursday and she responded after I had already turned in my assignment. Why do I need her response the same day the assignment is due? She likes things done in a timely manner but she can't even do that herself if her life depended on it. Don't get her!!!
Very difficult and brute grader. She expects things in a timely matter, but will not respond to your messages with the same manner. Do not take if you are not a full-time student for a summer semester. She does not care if you have work or a life as her schedule expects you to research and write a 5-7 paper within the matter of 2-3 days.
Fair grader. She does not answer emails on weekends or at night. That is true. But if you email in the morning, you'll get a response within a few hours. Cool class with different stuff -- not just papers.
I took her for a summer class. It was hard -- it moves fast. But she gives lots of revision opportunities and has extra credit for you. It's hard to fail her class. Do the work.
Easy enough
stay away from Meghan Roddy, not helpful and a very tough grader, she gives you things to study then the homework due is something different. no use templates in papers. doesn't respond to emails until the paper is due, she wants students to fail,trust me you'll work so hard and put in so much effort then she grades you nothing over 65 over hundred
Easy Class.
You have to read the directions. She expects you to read the instructions. You can't do your own thing. You have to follow her rules.
Professor Roddy is very intense but in a good way, she cares so much for her students. She grades by points and you have room for extra credit she explains expectations and grading in your first class. Don't miss class or you'll be lost. Tons of workshop time. Lots of room for revision. If you need help make sure to ask her before Friday 5pm.
she expected us to do 90% of our final project over thanksgiving break which was a 12 page childrens book involving research and original drawings.
Very difficult! Its hard to keep up if you have a job and kids because all of the assignments require a ton of work. If you miss an assignment or don't make 100% on it, you won't be able to do the next assignment, some of them are connected to each other. I highly recommend not having a job at all .. oh and if you have kids, get rid of them too.
She is not a good Professor. Doesn't help with anything if you email her with questions, she just points you to her unclear directions by telling you to go over them again. She is not fair with the grading process by giving other students credit for something but marking it wrong on yours. She tough grader for no reason whatsoever and will fail U.
These reviews -- don't listen to them. They are written by people who want an easy A. This is not an easy A, but you'll learn stuff. Prof. Roddy holds you accountable. If you don't like that, go elsewhere. Read between the lines on the negative reviews -- lots of lazy out there. This is a great class. Took her twice!
This class has so much time in class to do your work and your poetry project. If you fail, it's your fault. Tons of workshop days. Hardly any work out of class at all. Great class. Learned a lot
This class is different from other English classes. You write a children's book. It's fun. I made a movie. Made some friends in the class, too.
THIS TEACHER IS LITERALLY THE WORST HUMANITIES PROFESSOR EVER. DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER COMMENTS SAY. MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE'S TEACHING. EVERY SINGLE ASSIGNMENT IS A DISCUSSION. IN THESE DISCUSSIONS SHE'LL ASK YOU TO READ AN ARTICLE AND WON'T EVEN PUT A HYPERLINK TO ACCESS IT. HORRIBLE. NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
THIS TEACHER IS LITERALLY THE WORST HUMANITIES PROFESSOR EVER. DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER COMMENTS SAY. MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE'S TEACHING. EVERY SINGLE ASSIGNMENT IS A DISCUSSION. IN THESE DISCUSSIONS SHE'LL ASK YOU TO READ AN ARTICLE AND WON'T EVEN PUT A HYPERLINK TO ACCESS IT. NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
This professor is literally the worst. She is a super tough grader, no chance with her. Even the easiest word you write she will grade it as an error/misspelling for no reason FOR NO REASON! I'm telling you with all my honesty. She might seem nice when she's texting you but whenever you do an assignment, oh! she will be heartless AND BRAINLESS.
3.84 gpa almost ruined by this professor. From start to finish, this woman is all over the place with confusing instruction. So many others to choose from. Don't take her. After looking at hundreds if reviews of her after the fact, 40+% of them mention words like inconsistent, confusing, disorganized etc. BELIEVE THEM. She is horrid. That's kind.
This class is so easy. You read some articles she provides in the class and you write some discussions. All you had to do is complete the work and you earn the credit. There's a couple of papers, but they are simple and easy. Easy A.
Lots of revision opportunities. She holds you accountable -- that's probably why people don't like her. You learn what you're supposed to. I wasn't a fan when I took her two years ago, but now I get it. This class helped me so much after I transferred. Highly recommend.
This was a great class. If you fail, it's your fault. So many chances for revision to get it perfect. Lots of people don't want to work tho.
This was a fun class. Lots of cool things.
Follow the instructions -- if you don't, you don't pass. She gives 0s. But allows revision that can get a 100. You have to work. There is work. If you're looking for easy, take another.
Lots of time to complete assignments. Learned a lot. Finally got an A on a paper.
This professor was so awful multiple people from my class dropped out when we were mostly through. She isnt clear with directions, and gives multiple places with different conflicting directions. Her group projects are torturous, her citing doesnt even follow MLA, and she if just the worst DO NOT TAKE! we had to email the dean and they did nothing
She is terrible and a very tough grader. The workload is heavy in this class and if you get a failing grade she will refuse to let you know what needs to be corrected. Please do NOT take this Professor. She doesn't care about her students
As experienced by other students, this professor should be avoided at nearly all costs. The workload is very heavy, given short amount of time to construct work that could please the unordinary specific expectations from the professor, while her teachings are unclear, unorganized, and presents unoriginal work that is good, but not for her class.
This teacher is extremely by the book but also has extremely complicated instructions. It very easy to misunderstand instructions which in her class means potentially getting a zero for three days worth of work.
In-class lectures are lightly structured and meant to be led by student participation in the form of questions and comments. Some busy work. Light load in the front and a very heavy load at the end. Large group project that encompassed about 30-40% of the semester. You'll need to pick your group members carefully.
She will literally accuse you of plagiarism and give you a 0 on an essay. Theres also no arguing against the grading b/c she wont acknowledge her own mistakes. Honestly theres better huma teachers out there that will actually teach you humanites material. She's also rude for no given reason, if you love yourself avoid this prof.
Assignments are due at 7 A.M. If you're taking the 8 week course, make sure to spare ALL your time for her class only. Will give a 0 on an assignment regardless of how hard you've worked even if you submitted on time. Bombards you with instructions and multiple links to a module. Entire course feels like a scavenger hunt. Unclear instructions. Bad
I thought the low scores here were hyperbolic or from students who aren't very committed, but I have to say that this is not true. I found the majority of instruction unclear and I would frequently be met with 5-10 word comments on work I spent ~6 hours on. It gets quite intense toward the end of the class too. Excellent lectures and advice though.
Lazy people do not take this course. You will work. But, unlike those easy As, you will learn. And it will actually help you in other classes.
Pick your team carefully. She does not pick the teams. Do not cheat or plagiarize. Yes! She gives zeroes -- but you still have a zero on your assignment, it's YOUR fault. She gives lots of chances to revise for FULL CREDIT. There is no reason to fail this course unless you don't want to do the work.
I wish I would have known that the deadlines would be so frequent and at such odd times- I found the frequency of deadlines to be unreasonable. The professor's first messages to the class were sent at midnight on the start date of the course and the first deadline for three assignments was at 5 PM that same day. The remaining deadlines were at 7 AM
Everything was planned out from the first day and it was incredibly easy to navigate. Modules were very well organized and very easy to access when needed.
VERY fast paced, class discussions were engaging though.
Horrible professor!!!! Grading does not make sense!!! Don not take her course
The pacing was well spaced out, but a lot of work.
The feedback on assignments provided by my professor was effective in helping me learn.
FAKE REVIEWS!!! Do not listen to the last 2 reviews. I am in her ENGL 2311 5-week course and we did not receive our final grades back yet. And they do not match up with any of the other previous grading periods so they are probably faked to improve her rating. Sad that her actual rating is probably way worse without these fake evals.
Do yourself and grades a favor, DO NOT TAKE HER!! I repeat DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!!!
Tough grader. School opened assignment was due the same day, and another one due the next two days. Her instructions are about 2 pages of "DO NOT". Zero for minor errors. Assignments are due at 7.00 am. 2 assignments every other two days. Her grading system is strange. With a Score of 820, get D. Do not take this class if you want your A or B.
I'm so happy that I dropped this class before it got worse. She's a HORRIBLE GRADER! it's like she wants her students to fail on purpose to have some sort of self validation. Don't take this professor at all if you want to pass! I don't understand how people like this even get hired, but I guess it's all about educational requirements of-course.
Please watch out before you take the lecturer is not the best to take on this course .
Just watch her videos. She tells you exactly what to do It's a lot of work. Summer is fast and hard. Would have been better in regular semester
Not just papers. Lots of other writing. Other reviewers have sour grapes. She gives you lots of revision chances, but if you miss them, you end up with a zero.
It's a lot of work, but she breaks it down so you don't get overwhelmed. doesn't let you copy and paste but learned the right way
Nice grade scale. Easy to get A
An absolute waste of time, effort, and money. Grading is unrealistic, especially since you're there to learn. You either get a mediocre grade, or a 0. Instructions aren't very clear. She does group projects on online classes, I'll leave it up to you to understand why that's bad. Wouldn't take again.
She is absolutely horrible. Im basically paying to watch youtube videos. For her assignments you have to guess what shes talking about. Any little thing you do wrong she will straight up give you a zero. Do not take if you want an A or an easy class
Don't take this professor unless you absolutely have to, she never gives me proper feed back she just says my full citations are wrong and never tells me what they lack, she is a very tough grader and her assignments are vague.
Lectures explain topics well and how to do assignments. They are short and to the point. If you are ever confused she communicates very quickly if you reach out to her. Assignments can be time consuming and she is a tough grader but an A is achievable if you put in the work. Assignments due at 7am not 12am which if you are a procrastinator.
Best Professor ever. If you want to improve, take her! You will not regret it! She does grade pedantically, but she will provide you clarification.
This is the WORST professor you could ever find at HCC. If you want good or average grades, never take her classes. Would never take her class never in a million years and would suggest y'all to stay away from her class.
This class is hard. But the PAC method is so useful. She breaks it down. It's a lot of work, but you learn a lot. You have to make your own citations. Don't take unless you want to learn. She is tough grader but you can revise a lot of your work for a 100.
1. Forget every "good" review you might have seen, read this. 2. I'm a straight A 4.0 student and if this class was about hardwork, I'd have gotten an A. This isn't advice, it's a WARNING. ON EVERYTHING, I'd rather drop out than take her again. Wish I could go into more detail, but there's a word count. DO NOT TAKE HER, SKIP THE CLASS IF NEED BE.
Hard Class. Learned A lot. Favorite professor.
This is a fast moving course, I appreciate the organization she had over the schedule. 1st 1/2 of semester was based off personal performance , 2nd 1/2 was done with a group. When possible, she scheduled in class time for groups to work on projects. Very responsive, intelligent, and understanding. CLASS IS BASED OFF TOTAL POINTS.
Horrible, I took her for a summer class. DO NOT plan on having a job or internship, this will consume your time to the max. She tries to fit a whole semester's work into a very short time. You're looking at a paper or discussion board every day, or some other sort of assignment. Should not be teaching.
Very STRICT scoring criteria. Never tells you what's wrong with the writing. Rough feedback! Very serious and her class was not at all relaxed. Would not recommend taking her class!
DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! Especially for a summer class, she doesn't give you a lot of time for assignments. it feels like she just squished her regular workload into a 5 week course. Has a group project in an online anytime class which is ridiculous. Also its basically a web design and speech class. Take any other class besides her
Online anytime for Summer.Takes a while to answer email or messages. You got to figure out your own grade by assignment calculating points. When grading work,she does not specify what you did wrong in the assignment. Makes you take pictures outside for some assignments. So, if transportation is an issue for you, say bye to that grade.Dont take her!
Very clear instructions in the course on how to write papers. This teacher will help you advance your professional career. Very well written feedback and guides you step by step on how papers need to be done. She has major paper due at the end but breaks it down in deadlines so you wont fall behind. Also you dont need to take pictures. you can draw
I took her during summer. She's not the worst but she wants what she wants and if you don't submit what she's looking for in an assignment. GOOD LUCK. But overall she's not bad. I wouldn't take her again tho cause she's not shy to give you a zero on a grade but she gives revision opportunities. no extra credits!!
I Love Prof. Roddy, bummed out that she not teaching 1302 for fall. She is strict but its college not middle school, how will you survive university if you cant type a decent paper. She is graceful to her students. Lots of revision and respond fairly decent. She educated also Lawyer. She willing to teach if you willing to learn.. Evelyn
make sure you put a lot of effort into assignments. crams an entire 16-week class into 5 weeks. not a bad prof but they certainly make it overly difficult. tough grading. tough assignments. get work done early and don't wait to get it done. also pay attention to all instructions
You need to be sure you have plenty of time for this class. I would have to drive over an hour to downtown to complete assignments. She does not tell you what part is incorrect but does give a few chances to correct your mistakes. I would not take her again or recommend but the class was fine and I completed with an A.
I took Professor Roddy online Fall 2023, and it was so BAD I had to write this review. Learning came from YouTube, and unclear grading criteria meant SMALL MISTAKES cost you the ENTIRE GRADE. Long, unclear assignments made her class more stressful than my engineering courses. Despite being a 4.0 student, this class gave me my first B. AVOID HER!!!
Do not take her class!She is such a tough grader! Her class was by far one of the most stressful classes I ever had. I remember that in the beginning of the semester her class was FULL, but by the end of the semester there was only like 6 students left because almost everyone had dropped her class. She honestly didn't care if you failed her class.
First of all, she makes the grading so tough, that she doesn't give us feedback on what's wrong with the assignment. She makes the class not easy at all, when it supposed to be. Also, she tells us not to use ai when she uses ai to grade our assignment like if it wasn't obvious. In my opinion, I don't recommend to take a class with her!
The structure of this course was easy to follow. All the modules were easy to follow and track. Before each module the professor had a lecture that explained her expectations of the work assigned as well as instructions on how the work should and will be completed.
Worst. Professor. Ever. If you have any other choice, even online at another school - do NOT take her! She literally gives 0's if you make one mistake, but only AFTER the drop date has passed, of course. The grading criteria is either missing or hidden. It's a sadistic scavenger hunt of the assignment, syllabus, videos, and even NON-CLASS sources.
The feedback on assignments provided by my professor was effective in helping me learn.
do not take this professor ,rather take a class in person than take this online, here grading is very bad ,i could barely get a -b and that is after putting time into the subject more than other classes
She is known for being very strict and not having any sympathy for her students. she is the worst person ever and she does not care about anybody's feelings or struggles. find yourself crying due to her harsh grading and lack of understanding. No matter how hard you try, she will not help you and will continue to be tough on you.
I had a terrible experience with this class. She doesn't care about students, gives no feedback, and just hands out zeros without explaining what happened. Taking her class was the biggest mistake—avoid it if you can.
The worst thing I did was taking a class with her, she absolutely gives zero feedback and just hands out bad grades without explaining why. She does not care at all and her grading criteria was so annoying
She is a good TEACHER. Follow instructions and you'll actually learn how to write and have a good experience. Every week there is a good amount of work due so you need to put time aside to be able to do it. Following instructions and following the rubrics will at least get you a passing grade. I even wrote some of the best papers I've ever written.
WARNING DO NOT TAKE HER
I genuinely think there is something wrong with her. You will do all the work she wants but will give you a ZERO. Not even points for doing the assignment and turning it in on time. She is the absolute worst professor you could ever have. DO. NOT. TAKE. HER. For the sake of your GPA and mental wellbeing!!
There is no way this women is happy in life by the way she grades and responds to students. She either just got divorced or thinks she's teaching a class at Harvard. Easily the worst teacher/Professor I have ever had in my life.
She is a tough grader, all her assignments that need pictures/images have to be yours not internet or internet inspired, so if you take her get ready to go to many places to take your own pictures, to do homework that she thinks you didn't put effort on it and grade you a 60 just because you didn't follow supposedly the instructions, when you did.
She is a tough grader, all her assignments that need pictures/images have to be yours not internet or internet inspired, so if you take her get ready to go to many places to take your own pictures, to do homework that she thinks you didn't put effort on it and grade you a 60 just because you didn't follow supposedly the instructions, when you did
I truly have never come across a teacher/ professor that so obviously acts like she despises her job , or maybe her life, I'm not sure what makes her so bitter.
Awful professor, was supposed to be a easy class, but she made it extra hard, when you communicated with her about your grade on an assignment she will just keep repeating the same things. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HER, she does not communicate what she wants on the assignment and expects you to know.
The due date for assignments makes no sense.7am on a Tuesday? Lectures are vague. Wants us to draw everything cannot give credit or else it is still plagerism and you get a zero. Reads off of a prompt, her lighting and sound is horrible and she looks down at you in the lecture recording but yet explains to not do all of this in the assignments.
Worst "professor" ever. Locks your grade so you don't know whether you're passing or failing. Terrible grader, gives examples for projects and despite following the template, she complains it wasn't followed correctly and gives no credit. I would rather burn my money instead of paying for this course again. Avoid this terrible "professor".
This prof making me hate my life
I never write reviews but she is not a good teacher at all. She seems like a nice person outside of class. In class on the other hand, not helpful, kind of mean, doing things that has nothing to do with english. She wants to be a Harvard professor without the Harvard students. doesn't work with you. please do not take if you care about your GPA
This teacher must be a failed artist because she has no reason to have us taking pics and drawing our WRITING ASSIGNMENTS. Not even free-use/stock images can be used. This lady gave up on her dream and made it my problem. Half the assignments weren't writing based. The instructions were never clear, and always difficult to interpret.
The worst class I've ever taken. Such a waste of my time and energy. So much unnecessary work and NEVER answers questions!
I was an A-grade student. This is the only subject I had to cry every night because of the assignments and how she grades them. tough deadlines, strict attendance, no extra credit, it's either 0 or 100. nothing in between. She doesn't grade you on the basis of your efforts
L teacher I lost too much aura in this class.
Doesn't display grades, isn't that the teachers bare minimum job? To grade? Doesn't explain sh it. Failed a whole 8 page assignment behind the wrong format of my citations, every assignment I did personally was wrong, EVEN WHEN I HAD AI DO IT. I stopped doing my assignments- my other classes I completed with an 89%, 93% and 95%.
I have never added a rating to rate my professor, but I feel like this is the one professor in my entire college career that deserves it. I am a graduating senior and I am taking this class for credit to transfer to my main university and this is BY FAR the worst experience I have ever had taking a college class. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!
Don't do it
It's been a nightmare in her class, stay far away from this professor if possible!!!!
The class is pretty chill if you follow the rubric she gives. Gives good feedback on assignments and allows you to resubmit. A few of the assignments include lots of drawing and video editing, so if you're into that, this class won't be so bad.
Her instructions and grading are horrible, please save yourself and GPA!!
I'm not one to do reviews, but I must say that as an A student, I found this class challenging because the instructions were very vague and not that vivid. The professor is a very tough grader, but if you follow the instructions and ask for clarity, you should be good to go. Would I take this class again? I may or may not.
Although this is an English class and she harps on clarity most of her instruction isn't very clear. I have never had so much stress in ANY class! I was nervous- scared even to turn in assignments. She is a very tough grader and will humble you really quick. If you do not want to be stressed out, then do NOT take her class.
AVOID!! she will give 0s with no explanation. honestly did more projects than actual writing. save your mental sanity and take someone else.
I am not one to write reviews, but this teacher is terrible. She doesn't care about anything that may be going on in your life, and expects you to only care about her class. Don't think about having a job, social life, etc. She is the worst at explaining what she wants, and don't even bother trying to get her to be less vague in feedback or emails.
Instructions aren't very clear, and she takes quite some time to respond. I once messaged her, and she didn't reply till the day and time the assignment was due, and if she does respond, sometimes her responses aren't very clear or helpful. All our deadlines were to be fulfilled by Wednesdays at 7 am.
Even if you're signing up for this class last minute, DO NOT DO IT. She grades off her own criteria and doesn't care how much you struggle with the assignments. She claims that citations that aren't properly cited are "plagiarism". She needs to get a big reality check.
These reviews crack me up. The syllabus clearly states that late work is not graded. That you have to read your inline feedback and follow instructions. You have to watch the lectures! Gasp! And do the work! Most of the were obviously written by one student with a grudge. Don't be so la
This woman knows her stuff. My favorite review here is the one that complains she doesn't give credit for just turning something in. No. You have to do the work but if you do, you will learn so much. It's work and you're not willing to do it, that's on you
Great class. Limited papers.
This class is so easy.
Her grading system makes no sense and doesn't align. She gives way too much work with little time to complete. She discourages the class and makes me feel like the work that I stay up late at night to do isn't good enough.
Constantly contradicts her self, will not be reasonable and wont accept any type of excuse unless you're on your death bed. Do not even bother having a life when you're taking this class, it will take up most of your time and even then, your work will be graded unfairly and in a unreasonable way.
Forget sleep, I haven't slept more than 5 hours since I've had her class. Forget being caffeine free because you will absolutely need it daily. Don't worry about favoritism because she hates everyone, she clearly hates herself too. I do NOT recommend her as a professor, anyone BUT her.
Prof takes the fall semester's work and has a week's worth due every day. Gives you 100's for the first two assignments and then tanks your grade. If you take this class expecting an easy transfer credit, do NOT take her. I took it during winter 2024, but for some reason my review did not go through, so I'm reposting this.
You will do so much work. shes a tougher grader than my engineering professors (says a lot). her instructions are vague and her grading is strict. eventually u kinda figure out her expectations, which she doesnt mention at all. avoid if possible, an A is doable but you'll sweat for it.. not worth it!
She gmfu with all these homework assignments and non stop yapping every class. shi is super tiring DO NOT take this class if you like ur life
The negative reviews are people who are wasting their time in college. Professor Roddy is one of the best teachers I've had this semester. Simple class with simple instructions. She is a bit picky and will expect EXACTLY what the assignments say to include, so as long as you can do that, you're guaranteed an A. Highly recommend her!
Do not take Professor Roddy at all. She is way too tough and you will feel like you about to lose your mind in her class. If you do take her class, all I can say is pray.
I promise you will suffer in her class. DO NOT TAKE HER!
She tells you to write a assignment and does not mention critical things that are not even on the rubric Ex: Make a presentation about racing turtles, all images must be from you, voice presentation needed, steps on how to race turtles, and must be at least 4 minutes long. You get a 60 even though you follow the rubric to the exact detail. no take
Turned in everything correct, according to rubric, on time, and still manage to get a 60 on the class. Passing currently but im not so sure in the next couple days if ill continue to pass, Shes more stressful than my 10th grade geometry teacher that has a strong accent and expects you to learn with just a picture where u have to figure it out. DONT
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