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This class is the WORST class I have ever been in, the professor is no help and thinks we should just know stuff for class. If she does try to explain she CONFUSES THE WHOLE CLASS!!

WORST PROFESSOR EVER! I don't think she even understood what she was teaching.

Way too difficult for a 1000 level course. Constantly unprepared for her lessons. Refused to review for any quizzes or tests. Had only 1 class session where she reviewed for the final for 1 hour! Grade based soley on quizzes and tests, no assignments.

Very unclear. Talked in circles until realized she was wrong. Did not feel like a Chem 1000 class.

she is the absolute worst proclaimed teacher i've ever taken. she has these high expectations that we should know everything yet she doesn't prepare us for crap. at least she should be caring enough to prepare for lecture. i can't believe i'm paying money

I took both semesters with her and she is the absoute worst teacher I have ever had. I dont know why she is still here and not fired yet.

Not very clear with very high unreasonable expectations. It's lab which is suppose to help you understand the material, but she does not help you do that in any way.

WORST PROFESSOR I ever had in my college career. She does not know her materials and does not even prepare for the lab. We sit and wait 30 minutes waiting for her to set lab up bc she did not do it before hand like a good professor is suppose to.

TERRIBLE PROFESSOR for the reasons already mentioned, so avoid if possible.

Very unprepared. I had her during the time she had her baby, very preoccupied. cannot understand her english. seemed like she was confused during her own lecture

Terrible teacher, take her husband, he is a better teacher.

So unclear. Tests were SO hard. Not recommended.

Avoid at all cost

This women is by far the worst teacher that I have ever had. She is not concerned with helping her students to learn but simply getting through her lesson. She made fun of a man who asked questions made it seem as though his questions were holding us back. She uses extremely improper english making one wonder how she became a teacher.

The WORST professor I have ever had in CSU Stan. She doesn't care to help her students even when they are asking. She just teaches to teach. If you wanna fail, take her class because she is only looking out for her interest.

Seriously, what is this lady's problem? She hates teaching and I think she hates students. The worst teacher I've ever had.

worse teacher ever

She's useless. She got her ears pulled on for breaking school rules. All local chem dpts know of how useless she makes the CSUS dpt look. It's plain and simple, if you want to learn Chemistry, avoid her at all costs.

What the f? Completely useless. If you don't want to feel like an idiot, don't take classes with her. She's a sassy one.

Cant understand what the f she is saying...way too fast. Her tests are nothing like the notes or examples!?! DO NOT TAKE HER IF YOU DONT HAVE TO

Useless, waste of time, financial strain.....don't take her class.

You can't understand a word she is saying and when you ask her questions, it doesn't seem like she knows what she is talking about at all. Chemistry is not an enjoyable subject but it makes it even harder when your professor can't really help.

drop the class... please do yourself a favor and dont take her. she is very hard to understand and doesnt not want to help you at all... i dont do this usually but students deserve to know about this teacher. I am an A student and it was hard to pass her class... she is not enjoyable at all and does not care... take the course at delta or a college

I had her for lab. She will not help u she just gives u useless "hint" in other wrds telling u to figure it out urself. I got a B in her LAB but bcuz i would turn it in before so she can chek wat im doing wrong(had to figure it out myself tho) she has a lab practical(final exam) its harder than the labs. and Chem Lab is harder than LEC!..avoid her!

This class is very difficult. Best way to survive is to get a tutor!

She is a horrible teacher. She herself does not know the material so how is she expecting the class to learn it. Does not know how to teach. Grades harsh!

She comes to class without preparing any meterials and start lec by what students told her. She will make you feel stupid if you ask questions or comments. In lab, she comes in, give you quizzes and rest of them are all up to you. Do not complain directly to her cause she will get mad, and insult you. Very irresponsible, very inorganized.

Shows up to class unprepared. Doesn't care. It's very difficult to understand what she is trying to say since she has a very heavy accent. She is rude.

Easily the worst class/professor I've ever had. Going to class is pointless. I honestly learned more from my tutor than I did from her all semester. I would recommend not taking her. She's a waste of tuition money. Oh and she will throw her PHD around to feel better about herself. She may be smart but teaching was definitely the wrong career choice

Honestly this was one of the worst experiences I've ever had at this school. Dr. Stessman is a nice person, but she is not a good professor. She's constantly making mistakes during her lectures and just seems so disorganized. The tests are just ludicrous and frustrating. Do yourself a huge favor and stay away from this professor.

This class is hopeless. She is very confusing and tends to jump around places. There is no clarity in her examples and practically the whole class is confused. Exams are long and you have to rush to complete them which results in failing.

The worst professor in CSU Stanislaus. I honestly do not understand why she is a professor or why honestly she became one. She gets confused in the middle of lecture and then confuses us. She talks fast and goes through the material carelessly. Please do not take her if your planning to take any chemistry course with her. She grades harshly

You are better off not going to her lectures and spend that hour reading the book and doing the practice problems, I mean she lectures directly from the book but the book explains it better in greater detail. She confuses herself often as well. Overall I would recommend taking this course with any other professor.

for already having taken a course similar to this, this was an extremely tough class. She's a nice person but not too great of a teacher. Talks too fast, strong accent, lectures aren't that great. You really need to read the textbook and do the problems on your own to pass(and sit in front of the class!). Only good thing is she curves grades

Terrible experience. She does not understand the material herself and tries to teach it while making countless mistakes that students have to notice for her. Does not get the material but expects the students to understand every single item in the textbook. Hmmmm interesting!

We started off with 40 students and ended with about 7-10. She is not clear about what she is trying to teach and jumps all over the place. On top on not knowing how to teach her students she makes these long, hard tests that you do NOT have time to complete. I barely passed with a D and am currently retaking it. I suggest to not waste your time.

Doesn't make sense and doesn't really allow you to ask questions. If you do get to ask a question, you don't get a clear answer and often are more confused than when you started.

This was a very tough class, and she did not make it any easier. She did offer extra credit which was very nice, but her tests are tough and she is not very good at explaining the material. She will help you if you go to her office hours. I am glad that it is over, do not take 5 courses and this, it requires a lot of time! that was my mistake!

TERRIBLE. WORST CHEM TEACHER IVE EVER CAME ACROSS.I GOT LUCKY, I TOOK AP CHEM IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT I BARELY PASSED WITH A C

Very difficult to follow, material on tests are sometimes not cover in class, and is a hard grader

Mrs. Stessman is very unclear about her "lectures." She confuses herself and says one thing and later will change her mind and literally email the whole class about her "mistake" after she rudely crossed yelled at everyone for not knowing how to read a graduated cylinder after she realized hours later her mistake. She makes 0 sense.

I worked so hard in this class.I spent so much of my time working on the labs trying to understand the material but nothing helped. I also went to her office hours a few times, but she still did not explain the material clear enough. She is not a good lab professor/teacher at all. Good luck to her future students because they will need it to pass.

She was my chemistry lab professor. Very unclear with her grading and will dock down points just because she doesn't understand what she has assigned us in the lab. Gets her labs off the internet and doesn't know what she assigns the class. DO go to her office hours if confused about anything. Watch your grade bc she makes ALOT of grading mistakes.

It is obvious that Dr. Stessman knows Organic Chemistry well but she seems to have a hard time teaching it. I would leave lectures with no better understanding of the material than I had going in. She is also a very strict grader and many of her exam questions are in a different format than what she lectures on.

Not sure if I would consider her caring or helpful to her students. Her class was so hard because she does not allow time for questions or clarification. She goes overtime when class is over and expects us to understand the material when she constantly makes mistakes. Told me I didn't deserve to be in her class if I was failing. Rude and unhelpful.

I was taking this class as a GE class to get the Science portion out of the way. I would not recommend taking this professor. Professor Stessman is difficult to understand, and there is so much that students have to do for the class. She is very strict with what she wants her students to do and will kick a student out if work isn't done beforehand.

She is a very unorganized professor. She often messes up questions herself, erases it and tries to reexplain after confusing us. Save yourself and take it with another professor. She is a nice person though, just not a good professor at all. Extremely difficult class in general... but with her it seems impossible.

Very nice person. As a prof, definitely not a good one. Lectures and homework are nothing like exams. The only good thing is the exams are not weighed so heavy like in other classes. Fast lectures, talker, and writer. Difficult material if you struggle with science. Out of all profs I've had, this one ranks in my top two lowest. She is nice though

Worst Professor EVER! I usually never complain about professors, but this one is did it for me. Made me feel like the dumbest person alive! She gives us practice problems and other irrelevant material that doesn't cover the exam, she should at least throw in some multiple choice if she's gonna do this. She is not designed to teach this hard class.

I do NOT recommend her at all. She keeps the grades locked so you don't even know how you are doing during the entire course. If you follow her guidelines on her assignments, she will knock off points if it is not at her liking. She makes it very unfair for all of her students to pass with an A. She should not be teaching this course.

The most unorganized professor at CSU. Maybe knows ochem but not able to teach at all. Be prepared to teach yourself. Grades unfairly. Total 5 exams plus final and have only 50 minutes. Questions on exam not even covered once in lecture. Her lectures not helpful at all. Doesn’t care if you learn at all. YouTube is better and highly recommended!

terrible!!!! DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!! she has no idea about how to teach. her exams are so hard. If you go to her office hours and ask her the exam questions , she wont be able to give you the right answers loll

She said she only teaches this course because the university made her. She is used to teaching students that already have a solid chemistry background and is unable to give you one herself. With a mask and strong accent good luck understanding her. It says she is the professor, but you will end up teaching yourself. Doesn't email back consistently.

It is labeled as Chemicals in your Life but the only application to life were in 3 assignments. Her lectures were very long and not cohesive. I ended up having to get a tutor to finish the class. She talks quickly and often just solves the problem without explaining where she got the information from.

Mrs. Stessman covers topics as if you are already aware of them. Be prepared to teach yourself the entire semester. She grades very harshly for stuff she doesnt not clearly cover.

Literally do not take her because she teaches and acts as if you already know what she's talking about. I took her and it was a mistake dont take her if you actually want to pass chem. The exam avergae was also low in the 30s or 40s and she still didnt curve them.

Don't take this professor because this class is solely determined by exams which are extremely difficult. The exams are not based on what you learn or the lectures as the question in the quiz seem like they are from stuff we have not learned. They are difficult for no reason.

Lab was a mess with this professor it's honestly a miracle that I passed. If you see her name on the schedule for a class you need DO NOT TAKE IT!!!! Doesn't know how to teach and should stick to research.

Worst professor I have had so far at Stan. Be ready to teach yourself everything. She forgets things or says information wrong, gets annoyed when students don't understand material or have questions, and can be rude/condescending. If you need to take this course, I strongly recommend waiting until you can enroll with another professor

Would not take again. Went from getting an A in ochem1 with another professor to getting a grade I'd rather not say with her for ochem2. Got annoyed when students were confused and left labs unsupervised. Doesn't curve exams or round grades up. Students had to rely on teaching themselves since sometimes she didn't even know what chapter we were on.

The concepts by themselves are difficult, and the professor doesn't do a good job of clarifying them. When I took the class, she explicitly said she didn't care if she failed all of us. She doesn't go over the concepts enough or provide examples. Difficult to tell what will be on the exam. There are other professors who teach this class better.

Not the best chem lecture. I taught myself the whole semester.The first 2 exams barely covered anything we learned about in class. Attendance is optional but you can't get notes any other way unless you ask classmates. Quizzes on each chapter every Friday, you can use notes.

Class was very hard. I took biochem for nursing and another UD Chem course prior and Got A's in them. But taking this course was not what I expected. I did soo much studying for this course and most of the questions I reviewed didn't even appear on the exam. Dr. Stessman is a really nice professor but she just is hard to understand in lectures.

She is not there to help you. I emailed her multiple times throughout the semester and only ever received one email back at the very end when I was asking about my grade. The average for most of the exams was around a 40. I asked her a question on one of the quizzes and she said “good luck” and walked away.

In lecture you're either trying to keep up with her extremely fast lecture speed or trying to comprehend the concepts, trust me you can't reliably do both. Lecture provides little to no help with expected material on exams so you're better off watching Youtube videos the whole semester. Convinced the final requires witchcraft to pass.

Do not take her class. She expects you to know the lecture already. Exam are very hard. Her notes are in paper and she writes so fast that sometimes you won't be able to keep up. Honestly wouldn't recommend her at all.

She does not use any presentation slides for her lectures, all her notes are on a notepad. She gets lost in her own notes and she writes quickly. She does give out extra credit for the exams and you have to pay for your homework using smartwork. You have to reteach the lessons to yourself in order to grasp it. Helpful during office hours.

Avoid at all cost, she's a mess and doesn't understand what's she's teaching herself. She was rude and made me feel like a bother to ask questions. She once walked away while I was in the middle of speaking to her.