Not very helpful. reads the textbook for a few hours and wonders why everyone is asleep.

Horrible/boring teacher. Her classes are the most boring experience I've ever had in my life. Do not take this class!

He is the worst teacher. He doesn't have command of the English language, the lectures are simply cut/pasted from the textbook, and the assignments are so silly and his pickiniess w/ how you write you rname, etc., is a bit much. Would recommend him to no one, not even my enemy.

BORING UP THE ASS. She doesnt teach for****. All she does is read from the book and is not helpful at all. Honestly you can skip the class, read the book and pass the class. She picks on U if U fall asleep, but who cant help it when her class is BORING! CHoose another teacher please and save urself

Very bad. Does not help with extra material to explain problems. Too picky. Hard grader. Very unclear as to what she wants. Don't take her. She's bad, bad, bad. The worst teacher I ever had.

This professor is very unorganized. She cuts and pastes from previous classes so some of the due dates are incorrect. She does not respond timely to emails nor homework. She is a tough grader for homework.

Yeah I never got responses to my emails with questions about that weeks assignment until maybe a week or so later. There are like 100 syllabus's(?) and if you do get a reply it's some smart ass remark like "Read the syllabus!" I got an easy B, but I thought this was a guy and didn't like him/her/it at all

Choose another prof! The material isn't difficult, but you have to understand the assignments. If the books aren't worth a d@%# (like CIS 60B), you're gonna have a hard time because the prof isn't clear or responsive. Told us we had to log in every day but class is not a 24/7 deal for her. Don't expect responses on weekends or holidays.

AWEFUL!!! According to her, all problems are caused by students. The students are at fault for not understanding her directions, for her having too much work to grade assignments (she's usually 5 weeks behind), or for her not doing what she's supposed to do. Why do we have to remind her to do her job or get berated if we ask questions? WORST EVER!

I completely agree with the other student postings about the inattentiveness of this professor to student questions and the general confusion that is spread throughout most of her assignments. You can understand the easier assignments, but when you need help with the tougher ones, don't expect a responsive or a quick answer. Not a commited prof.

Very poor, unorganized professor. Gave wrong instructions, never answered emails or if did, unhelpful sarcastic answers. Weeks behind in her grading of homework and exams. Grammer and spelling so poor we were unsure of what she was asking. BUT learned an enormous amount in this class. But not because she actually did much teaching.

Stay away at all costs!!! This teacher is very unhelpful, don't really think she understands the english language either, meaning all her directions are unclear! You'll be sorry

This is one of the worst professor I had ever gotten. Communication is not a factor here, being an online course, this professor is just not interested in getting questions back to students on a timely fashion. Not clear on his/her instruction but hold you accountable for it. Do not take this class with this professor if you don't have to. BAD!

I had a 4.0 GPA before taking this class. It is not as if I dont know how to use Excel, it does not take a genious to figure it out. But this teacher is UNCLEAR on what she wants and then deducts pionts for not reading her mind. Worst teacher EVER.

Very unclear instruction. Instructor does not respond to emails, and does not post weekly class lesson on time. I spent twice as much time redoing work because her instructions were wrong and then got changed. It is impossible to get work done early in the week, as class work is either not posted, or is posted wrong. Should not be teaching.

This teacher has no respect for students' time. She changes instructions mid week, and then says "you still have xx days to do it, so nothing can be turned in late". What isn't considered is that we have lives and should be allowed to plan what days we can spend on work. Instead she thinks we are available 24 hrs/day to re-do because of her errors.

Wish I had read these ratings first. Teacher was unresponsive, which would not have been an issue if his instructions had been clear. 99% of ?'s had to do with instructions being unclear or wrong. Did not get grades for assignments during quarter. Now we are locked out of the online board since quarter is over. I learned in spite of teacher.

There are some serious quality issues about this instructor (though she insists to be addressed as and calls herself as a "professor"). First of all, her written communication is invariably full of grammatical and spelling errors and her instructions are at times incomprehensive. It's astonishing how she has a job as a "professor."

I wish I had read these ratings and comments about her before I took her course. I took her online course (Excel for Accounting). Her poor English coupled with her generally poor communication skills made the class a bad experience. Maybe it's her English problem, but she talks to you like she does not have any respect for you.

I received a good grade in the class, so I'm not complaining about the grade or the difficulty level, etc. But she definitely needs to work on her communication skills. Students wasted a fair amount of time in seeking clarification on her very confusing instructions. Also, she is too lazy and does not honor her words... that's problematic, too.

Stay away at all costs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Teacher's unresponsive. If you write her, you will hear back from her once in about three times... about 3 days later...

Very, very unclear instructions. Figuring out assignment instructions takes longer than assignment. Teacher does not answer emails or grade papers until too late (as of the final exam, she was still grading assignments from week 2). This gave no opportunity to learn from mistakes, only to get scolded for them after the fact. Avoid this teacher.

THE WORST instruct. I have ever had the displeasure of acquaintance. Demos, texts, exams, etc., were all unclear. HW not graded for W/O 2 wk lag. Coupled w/ no allowance for homework resubmission, there was no way to "learn" even from mistakes until too late! Ans. to Qs from board & e-mail showed obstinate obtuseness, & pointed ignorance of Eng.

Took this course online. The professor is extremely unorganized. Her english is barely understandable. She is very picky and her instructions are so messy, it's hard to understand what she wants from you. She is not very responsive. Even if you excel really well, you'll lose points for stupid things like not being able to understand what she wants

Second the comments of students on this board. Teacher's instructions are posted late, repetitive, provide conflicting info. Writing is not standard English. It needs work. Also, she comes across as disrespectful-needs to lose her baggage about students cheating. 90% of the students in the class. Her knowledge of Excel, in her examples, is weak.

Worst online teacher I've had! Instructions unclear and full of mistakes, and does not respond to questions. Took longer to figure out instructions than to do assignments. Rude,did not grade homework til end of quarter. Sometimes posted online content a day late, so we lost a day of work. Deducts points for ANY mistake, no matter how insignificant.

I cannot understand when the hell my assignments/tests/projects are due. I seriously hope this professor was previously an accountant. Absolutely baffling how this person is still a professor.

I am two weeks into the course and should have respected my instincts from ACCT31A. She is as bad in this class as accting. She also hands out 'early status' warnings at the drop of a hat, the fourth day of class (!) for 'not logging in', very negative way to begin [I have over a 3.5 in all my coursework at SMC] DO NOT TAKE, a mistake on my part

Instructions were all over the place and largely incomprehensible. I expected to learn how to make better use of Excel in the accounting field; instead I learned how to make "pretty" spreadsheets. Her top priority was making sure every tab was a different color and dollar signs were in the right place. Very little about accounting, formulas, etc.

Valdivia is absolutely horrible, avoid at all costs. Does not return homework and assignments until the end of the semester, so you never get to learn form your mistakes until its too late. Expects perfect formatting, yet her own instructions and organizational skills are the lowest ive ever encountered at smc.

VERY hard to understand the instructions for class especially if you did NOT take ACT31A. Don't ask questions after you are graded. She will find more things wrong to reduce your grade. Her eaxpectations for Comma and Dollar formatting is impossible to understand. Expects formatting to be different from book. She does not provide good example.

The worst teacher I ever encountered in SMC and I completed 2 AA’s in this school. Makes lots of mistakes in grading, contradicts herself and she is vindictive. Try to complain and she will come after you. Any other teacher is better than this disaster. The worst experience ever.

Extremely vague when assigning work for the class. Always way behind in grading. Very little input into what we are doing, but expects great things from us. Made this class, which should have been fairly easy for me, way too difficult.

I wish I would have read some of these reviews. She teaches straight from the book. No additional helpful information. Her assignment instructions are not clear, and like someone else said; she has a very negative attitude towards students. The few times I saw someone asking a question on the board she answered in a rude condescending manner.

1. assignment instructions are not clear 2. Always way behind in grading, takes weeks to grade papers. 3. She encourages asking questions but ...... google is better, unclear answer .............. But she is a nice person

Horrible slow feedback, you would be better off learning this on your own. Never ever take any course from her. She needs to go find a real job.

Slow to grade and feedback comes to late to be helpful for exams. 5 plus days to respond to emails and then is vague in the response or responds after the assignment in question in due.

Horrible teacher, despicable individual. Excel is my life and I was really interested with this class but this person ruined it for me. I'm being objective here (I scored 98%). She is disorganized, doesn't write proper English, and is mean to students.

Unclear instructions, condescending tone , unfair, unhelpful, i would never take a class with this instructor and will not recommend anyone else

I got an A in the course but was really disappointed after taking it. I spent more time trying to understand her poorly written instructions and notes than I did learning Excel. She needs an assistant to help edit her website or something because she doesn't seem to have solid English skills. Her being a stickler for details is ironic.

By far the worst professor I have ever had. Her English is not clear . Every email , announcement , and assignment that was not taken straight from the textbook contains grammatical errors. I had successfully completed Adobe Photoshop 1 &2 ,illustrator and digital media before taking her class .She grades based on criteria not clearly listed.

She does give good feedback on assignments and exams but the course was pretty much a mess. As noted in other reviews, her instructions for the class work are often very unclear, resulting in wasted time and energy trying to figure out what is being asked for. I would not take another class with her.

She is strict on her formatting preferences, but her instructions are in muddled English and spread across several documents and docks points if any cell formatting is slightly off. She is an unresponsive, slow grader - all of the tests and projects are required to be taken/turned in, in the middle of the week - challenging for full-time workers.

She is poor professor as I ever met. Non organized stupit thing is she. She is never get your homework file submitted and always tell you about it at the end semester.

Although the class met once a week, the material itself was not hard. Trying to understand what she wants you to turn in is. I feel she is not clear and that makes it very hard especially when she grades the hw about a month later. This makes it hard to correct mistakes that "you should have known" when the rest of your hw is now incorrect.

Easily the worst professor I have ever had at SMC. She doesn't answer emails on the weekends, and if she does she lectures you about how you should be sending emails during the week. Her grading system is ridiculous 80% or higher on everything or you receive zero credit, I really feel like her class is set up for students to fail. I don't recommend

I have taken her for both ACCT31 A & B online. The negative is that she does take forever to grade assignments. Her instructions are clear, but difficult for international students to not understand her directions due to her not using spell check on her syllabus and assignments. If you can keep up with your assignments, then you will pass .

probably the worst teacher at SMC, she is not nice at all, only answers emails on the during the week and not weekends and doesn't seem to care about the students. She is a very tough grader and doesn't give good feedback. Never gives good advice. would not recommend .

You can work for two hours on a class project and receive 0 points. Even though her instructions are not clear. You will not understand what she wants.

Without a doubt, the worst teacher I've had at SMC. Tough grader. Doesn't help that her directions for the assignments are almost always unclear. Her "instructional" videos need MAJOR improvements. It seems that she does not care about teaching, only cares about ruining dreams. Avoid her at all costs and if you can't, best of luck!!!

I rarely ever have more negative points to mention about professors, and most often I use this as an opportunity for constructive criticism, but this professor is one that should be avoided at all costs. Usually, its enough when the student is a hardworking one, but somehow with this professor, being a hard working student earns you a tougher time

This was a single-credit online PowerPoint class and she lectured like it was part of a pre-med curriculum. I'd used PP in the past and was shocked by the anger in her feedback for minor things. She wrote literal essays for margins being off by 1/8 inch. I ended up taking the beginning and advanced classes elsewhere and got an A in both. Sad.

This professor is VERY unclear in her instructions & VERY unresponsive. She only makes herself available to receive Questions Mon-Fri (nothing wrong with this) EXCEPT she doesn't respond to you until Friday evening or Saturday morning. Making it nearly impossible to ask follow up questions & get responses before assignments & tests are due!!!

She does not grade hw or anything on time. Tons of misspellings in lectures and powerpoints. She expects one thing but does not do the same for her students. Any computer software course you take with her will be self-taught.

She teaches online and posts pretty good tutorials. Other than that she doesn't really teach anything! It's just files from the book and powerpoint presentations of the chapters in it. It's pretty easy. There is no video chatting even to demonstrate some Photoshop techniques. She's very strict about deadlines while taking a over a week to grade you

ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. The class shouldn't be that hard, but is made a million times more difficult by her crappy instructions and lack of clarity. She is SO RUDE. The feedback on any mistakes is unnecessarily rude. She writes things like: Why would you do that? If you messed up, you should have fixed it. NO DUH. Every comment would be rude. DON'T TAKE

This is possibly the worst professor at smc. I am taking QB for enrichment and I needed a filler at my uni. SHE IS AWFUL. Does not explain anything and says you dont follow the instructions or you don't know acct. Her lec videos are a waste of time they barely have any info and her projects somewhat don't make sense cuz there is nothing to go off

I don't know if it's the format of the class or her style but I think the class is horrific. Learning Excel online with poor context is useless. Online software is such a lazy ass method of teaching. This is exactly what this class is. For easy things like formatting it's OK, but for complex learning this class is trash. She isn't a real teacher.

You will spend most of the time on the online exams trying to figure out what exactly she wants because she has no ability to communicate clearly, including on the exams she writes. The class was NOT an Advanced Excel class. No way. It was intermediate at best. She is rude. It took her 1 day short of 3 weeks to grade the midterm exams. DON't TAKE

I got an A because I have experience with Powerpoint, I believe it's gonna be super hard if you don't. Try to avoid, trust me guys.

out of six classes, her syllabus had double the assignments . I received an add code after the first assignment was due and she reduced the grade even though I was not registered at the deadline. There is no way you will learn loads because it to many assignments back-to-back to think and actually learn

I do not usually write reviews.. however, this class is the worst thing in my life...

a WORST THING that I have ever done.... Guys.. please watch YouTube lecture. It would a way better than taking this a horrible class... She does not teach anything.. just collect some documents and provide you. I gotta drop this class and watch YouTube lecture.. save time and money

Do not take her at all costs,her instructions for her assignments are a mess, possibly not even her own instructions that she uses. she is not reasonable when it comes to clearing the confusion towards the assignment. Takes a while to grade and grades harshly when you miss some parts of the assignment even when you didn't understand how to complete

Her assignment instructions are totally unclear & often incorrect so you end up doing the "wrong" thing. Then she docks you points for that, even though you did what was instructed. Explanations of terms and formulas are often incorrect so you end up having to look for explanations elsewhere, which defeats the purpose of taking class with her.

Bad communicator. Not accurate in what she says or what she instructs us to do in the Quickbooks class. It's the type of class where the instructions must be perfectly accurate or else you cannot complete the assignments. Yet her instructions have numerous typos and give bas instructions! Impossible! Never takes responsibility for her mistakes!

She is probably the worst professor I've ever had. She gave me 0/40 just because I put the wrong date on a document. She Doesn't even bother to teach anything herself, she just says to follow exercises in a book. Terrible, and I am sorry if you have to take her for credit...

This was one of the worst online classes I have ever taken. Basically, 8 weeks of craziness. Luckily, the work was not difficult. But for an "Advanced" Excel class, there should've been a lot more stuff covered on the more challenging aspects of Excel. I won't get into how bad she was as an instructor but suffice it to say, it was beyond bad!!

The textbook is not up to date with the latest QuickBooks version, and she also provides similar instructions to follow, which she typed up, but half the time her instructions aren't clear, so you have to message for clarity and get no response until right before it's due - Takes DAYS to respond on Canvas and email.

She is tough on assignment. No make up of the assignment. If you miss assignment you will be dropped without your knowledge. This professor is very strict and not helpful.