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“Some assignments so pointless Unfair grader”
ENG111 - 3.0 rating“She's always try her best not to bore students during the class”
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Reviews (93)
She is strict on having done what is hw which is quite simple (ex. draft a paragraph which leads to draft your papers). Uses the book a lot but honestly it helps. She doesn't like late comers. Overall as long as you do your work and study the material you'll be fine.
miss gray helped me a lot in my writing. Im happy to say she bettered my writing.this class was easy just turn in your homework shes really nice.nothing to hard that the average student cant comprehend. if you fail her class, you must need more help.although she hates it when your late so be on time!!!!
She uses a lot the textbook and gives either quiz or exams every week. You have to work really hard to get a good grade. If you are the type of student who doesn't enough focus to the class, man don't take her. that's gonna be hard . And she doesn't like late students
Idk why all these people are saying she's good quality, but this is coming from somebody who actually worked hard and did all work. She is not a fair grader, she is HARD. She takes points off every little thing. The journals are a bust. So unhelpful and time consuming. Last essay had to be 6 pages. The whole time I was in class it was dreadful.
Her class is so tough with journals to do for every class,with quizzes or exams every week.She is a hard grader.the last essay was 6-8 pages and it was a nightmare to do it.I remembered one day in class just befor she came, most of the students said they were exhausted w/ all the assignments and exams. if you are not a hard worker,don't take her
She was very though. So much journal writing and you have to keep every single paper you write and gives back. Very demanding on top of that.
She is a very nice lady but she is a hard grader. She has requirements for every essay so make sure you follow them or expect a bad grade. As long as you do the assignments you'll be okay and attendance is not mandatory. If you start with a bad grade she'll make you talk to your advisor and make you do a lot of work which is annoying
Very Nice teacher, helpful, she makes sure that you understand everything. Quizzes are super easy, they are also open book. I am not a reading person still have A in her class. Attendance is compulsory otherwise you will fall behind. I wish she teaches 112 but she does not. Highly recommended
Pretty much all tests and quizzes are open book/note including the midterm and final. You have to write journals often and they have to be 300 words to get any credit. Most homework is just reading and then discussing it the next class. Essays ramp up in difficulty going from 2pg ->3pg->4to5pg->6to7pg. Study your grammar and mechanics!! Easy class.
Professor Gray was fantastic. She was very helpful, and had a passion for English
Keep all your work She forgets or put in wrong grades Shes always grading assignments on BB late. You must come on time every class She is a tough grader takes off points on ANYTHING!Some assignments so pointless Unfair grader! If she likes u, u get an A. A plus, lets u revise old essays and most test/quizzes are openbook. I ADVISE DON'T TAKE HER!
awful!
Professor Gray is a very tough grader! On the other hand, she does teach well and replies to emails instantly.
Prof. Gray is respectable, decent, and genuinely care about her students. She replies emails really fast, puts in a lot of efforts revising our essays and giving feedbacks. She took us to the writing center and she will arrange workshops for us according to our needs. She is the best English teacher I have ever met.
Professor Gray is a good teacher. Her lectures are great and helpful. But she gives us a LOT of homework and essays.
She is a very nice lady, The way she explains is very easy to understand. Not only that she will always be there for you when you have any questions. You get to have 2 favors for the whole semester to turn in late assignments. She's always try her best not to bore students during the class. I would definitely take her again if she teaches ENG 112
This teacher is great, she's always there to help you and always tries that their students understand everything . If you do all the work on time you'll have a good grade. Tries to give you a second chance if you are not too happy with the grade you got. Nice, funny, and interesting teacher. Always made her lectures interesting and fun.
She is so talented and inspiring. I know she gives a lot of assignments, but you don't expect to improve in English by doing minimum reading and writing. That is not reality. Those hard work will benefit you in the long run! English is my second language, but I improved the most during Prof. Gray's class. I can't say thank you enough to her!
She is so boring and she gives lots of homework's . If you wrote perfect she will till you that you plagiarized and if your writing was bad you will get a F. She is the toughest grader i met .
Professor Gray is the best english professor !!! I love how she explains each topic and details. She is also very helpful and always available during her office hours. Her class is really easy if you want to work.. She is always there for you and answers each of your question specifically. I had A whole semester. She is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great teacher!! She is really clear at explaining, you learn a lot. However you have a lot of homework, and journals. Attendance is important, and expect to write many essays. Tough Grader.
Before I took her class, I knew she gave enormous homework, but I thought I can handle it. But it is impossible! At one point, you will be fed up! 1. too serious that you will be tired. 2. too boring that you will be asleep 3. Military school is better than her class. 4. You have to buy both books 5. C is the best score you get 6. fail
She was really helpful. Although she gave homework every class, they weren't that hard to complete. Her essay gradings are fair, as well. Overall, she's an awesome Professor and I would definitely take her again if I could!
I am a 4.0 student and my grade is ruined because of her. When I first saw the syllabus, I thought I could handle it, but no.. not at all. The amount of homework is more anyone can imagine. I spent all my times doing her homework, which also affected my other class grade too. I could not have an enough time to study for the other class even though
even though I worked for the homework all weekend long. Here are the works: There are 300 words journal to write for almost every week (some times twice a week), one project which is divided into 4 parts, one group presentation project, 4 esssays, midterm, final exam, and bunch of homework assigned for every class beside of those.
If you are going to take only one class, than take her class. If you are going to take at least three classes or more, you should not take this class. The homework is unbelievably a lot. You may ruin other classes too due to a short time for taking care of all the home works. There will be no enough time for study. You should buy two text books.
She is very passionate about what she is teaching which is important. She catered the class to the knowledge of all the students attending. She is very helpful and is open to questions/ discussions in class. She does assign a lot of writing assignments and is a tough grader so just be sure to double and triple check your work.
You need to study hard to get A but overall she is good professor.
Help me when i need her. Be specific and clear on what she's saying.
Great teacher, one of the best I've ever had, because I actually felt that I learned some things that were worthwhile to me. However, she can be a bit nitpicky when grading, so do your best to get an A on every assignment, and stay on top of homework, since I missed a few assignments. Take every opportunity you can to see her outside of class too.
She's really nice, and she really wants to teach you how to write (skillfully). But, she's a VERY tough grader. She gives a lot of homework. 10 Journals, 3 essays 15% and 1 research essay 20%, and HW readings you must read and answer 10%, and 1 group project. So, a lot of work all together.
Professor Gray worked hard to cover many aspects of good writing and she did so well. She taught precisely, clearly, and effectively. She was helpful in answering questions and clarifying points.
Professor Gray is a good teacher, however, she is a extremely hard grader.
Great teacher. Kind person. I would take again.
She's a pretty tough grader and doesn't offer any extra credit opportunities. However, she's very caring and will genuinely help you if you visit her during her office hours. There are three papers and one research paper towards the end of the semester. She assigns a lot of reading assignments. Only take her if you're prepared to put in the effort.
Awesome professor. Good assignments. Watch out. She loves cats. If you want to get her off topic try talking about cats.
Professor Gray cares about her each one of her students and is really helpful. You have to make the first step though and go to her office or shoot her an email. There's a lot of work that comes with this course but you learn a lot from her. I'd definitely take her again.
Professor Gray is so caring when you need help in class and outside class! Whenever she has a lecture she is clearly passionate of what she speaks about and she always makes sure the class is understanding it. Her essay requirements are quite easy to follow and her exams are very easy to study for. Just do your work and always ask her questions!
she's just awful!
Worst English professor at NOVA
Professor Gray was very kind and always ready to help. Although she was a tough grader the feedback that she gave was very helpful. She is good about getting back to you by email in a decent amount of time. There were four essays, one group project, one final exam and discussion boards. Take her you won't regret it.
Nothing will be good enough for her. A? Forget it!!! Impossible to get an A with her, even a B its hard. Would never take her classes again.
I took ENG 111 last year. BUT IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR, SHE IS BY FAR THE WORST ENGLISH PROFESSOR IN NOVA. DO NOT LISTEN TO THESE FAKE RATINGS, THEY'RE ALL LIES. BECAUSE SHE IS A HARDER GRADES WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!
Hard teacher so STAY AWAY
Avoid this professor at all cost. Gives a lot of homework to read an articles and write a journal. A group project is so lazy to finish, and also mainly assignment is essay. which is a nightmare fuel. Each of the essay and research have 3 papers and 1 research. This is why you will not take her class.
Professor Gray is so weak and she is a harder teacher.
Worst of the worst
WARNING: BEWARE OF ALL THE JOURNALS AND ESSAY IN ENG 111 WITH BAD GRADING!!!!!!!
If you don't work hard, do not take her class
She nice, but don't take her
Homework, reading, and essay on syllabus are unnecessary amount of work. Avoid it
Essay and homework could take FOREVER!!!! Avoid it
Professor Gray + Stephen Kings hard grader
Rude, uncaring, an the horrible teacher would not recommend
First off no feedback, that wouldn't be a problem except for the fact the English language trains you to use essay so when final draft comes around you have no idea whats your imagine should be a big picture. Generally the journal can be frustrated at you. Only take this class if you think GPA works like golf, the lower the better, otherwise its D
just don't take this class for the sake of your gpa don't. It was too late for me but I can still save the future students
She is the worst. I went to get extra help and she told me "you should know this" and go to writing center" instead of explaining what is going on.
She graded my essay and didn't even tell me what were the errors. No feedback and a failing grade, and I don't even know what to fix because she did not tell me.
Avoid her lecture at all cost
I would say she is not the best option. She really doesn't give much feedback and expect you to do well on the assignment. Only considered her if there is no other option left.
Completely awful
Took Professor Gray this past semester, her grading was pretty tough ... my first paper I got a C. She gives a lot of feedback after papers and its important to make sure you apply what she says towards the next paper. Her quizzes are all open notes as well. I enjoyed her class and feel as though I learned a lot from her.
She takes a lot of points off over nothing and shes a tough grader. Attendance matters and expect to do outlines, rough drafts, essays weekly.
PROFFESOR IS VERY NICE AND CARING SHES VERY SMART AND A GREAT TEACHER I TRULY LOVE BEING IN HER CLASS BUT unfortunately SHES AN VERY TOUGH GRADER LIKE VERY TOUGH I DONT THINK SHES EVER GIVEN AN A OUT I SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND PUTT MY EVERYTHING IN MY ASSIGNMENTS JUST TO GET A C OR B IF IM LUCKY ENOUGH. SHE ALSO DOESNT EXPLAIN IN DETAIL BUT ITS FINE!
I dropped this class because the professor was SO strict with grading for a high school level class... I got a C on my essay because I didnt words she liked LOL. Outlines & rough drafts due constantly which is stupid. She also said grades dont matter. Tell that to kids who are trying to get into med school.
Avoid taking her class at all costs. She is a GPA annihilator. She gives homework every day in addition to the essays that you have no time to work on . Her quizzes are so poorly made, when we went over the answers less than half the class got right answers. She would mark things wrong even though its right, but its not the answer she wanted. harsh
She is a tough grader. She don't like anything a person write. I got in my essays only C because she don't accept other person opinions and creativity. Its difficult to understand her. And she give a lot of homework and assignments and its difficult to concentrate on anything else. So, Its not a good choice to take her class
Grades so harshly she tells the class we can still drop out. Horrible professor.
Took forever to do homework and essay everyday. Is very unorganized. And professor can mark you wrong so easier that did not performed well. Quite possibly the worst instructor I've had.
Its been three years since I took an English 111 that we tried hard, but unfortunately my professor does not learn to us
Professor Gray is so awful
Professor Gray made a basic English class interesting to take. Getting a good grade in this class isn't hard with normal effort. Would take again!
very caring professor, homework is very manageable. She's always happy to help and is always in a good mood. I would recommend taking her.
Professor Gray is the best teacher I've ever had. She gives easy work and step by step instructions to help with the papers, so you are not alone in the paper process. She gives a lot of assignments to do at home but with a lot of instruction for the assignments. She gives a few pop quizzes every once in a while, but she gives you 5 minutes before.
This pro is strict but super kind. She has some interesting classwork. I hated writing the papers but I am sure it will help me in college. Take this prof. You will leave the class a better writer.
I took her last semester for summer and her ratings don't do justice on how good of a teacher she is. Yes there is work such as long essays but its manageable and isn't hard if you actually try. She grades fairly and gave extra credit. Would recommend her to everyone.
She's very caring and understanding, but the homework amount varies sometimes because we wouldn't have enough time to finish the homework sometimes. She also does class group ups to help each other realize small mistakes another individual made. She does go in depth in a lot of the assignments I think it helps is most cases.
Big workload however everything is made clear and explained throughly and easy to follow. If you show up to class and complete the assignments on time you will have no problem.
She is an amazing professor! Professor Gray's class was very good,clear and understandable,helped a lot to improve my English.I personally recommend her.If you really want to learn to read and write in English and also like it, she is the one. Don't believe the nonsense of the other bad comments. Don't hesitate if you want to take a class with her.
Prof. Gray is very caring she always encourages you to come after class for assistance. Prof. Gray is constantly asking if you have questions&answers them. We are here to learn&she will correct you multiple times in order to make you succeed.The teaching skills are easy to follow&motivated me to go for ENG 112. Overall, she is an ace in your life.
I took Mrs.Gray this past spring semester. she was very respectful and understanding of your life situations. She is not a harsh grader at all. I would say there is a lot of homework but its super easy. i would take her class if your looking for a teacher laid back!
Overall great Professor! She is caring and understanding. If you try you'll do good and pass the class. Works through problems with you and makes sure you learn what she teaches. Goes over homework and has engaging group-work activities.Great at explaining the material she teaches, very understanding. You won't be disappointed if you take her class
I LOVE PROFESSOR GRAY! although she gives out a lot of homework it is very manageable, she cares about her students and will give out really good feedback, she knows what she's talking about when teaching, overall I recommend taking her she's the best
Don't get on her bad side because she will make your life a horrible. I had to miss the first class because of a health problem the whole year I am on her bad side. I had to miss class because of my health and she always had a mean comment about it on the email she sent to ask why I did not show up. Then she acts like she cares with that fake smile
She's pretty friendly and caring. Unfortunately she does way too much, expect constant 5 page essays with only a week to complete them. You'll also be expected to meet with her after lecture hours in order to get full credit on your work. Final exam had 4 different tasks (6page essay, video, 4 short answers, reflection) Find another teacher.
I had late assignments that I could not attend to because of struggling financial issues after being met with homelessness at the age of 18, right after graduating early from highschool, luckily. As I told her, she did not see the help me out, as I was struggling.
So many bad things. Expensive mandatory textbook, massive essays due every week (she usually had to delay them because of the amount of complaints), extremely harsh grading (idk anyone who got above 90 on any of the papers), you're also forced to meet her after class on essays if you don't want a 10% reduction on said assignments.
Not sure why she is rated so low. She's honestly an amazing professor and cares about her students. She does assign some work, but it's very manageable and she gives lots of helpful feedback when you go to her about an assignment. She's one of the best professors I've had!
Such an awesome teacher, the ratings scared me a little bit before taking her. However, she was became one of my favorite teachers, such a sweet soul and great for socializing. Always doing partner or group work, however, effort is needed for a good grade.
Does not make exceptions, don't expect leniency. Waste of money, terrible experience.
Class material is normal for ENG, but she is an awful professor. You will have to work extra hard just for an A. For example, you will not receive an A on an essay unless you meet with her or a tutor service, which means you must be finished with work days before its actually due. While her methods come from a good place, it is terribly executed.
She did not make english easy at all. She gave sooo many assignment and she has a strict late policy. The major papers are most of your grade and shes tough with grading so most likely will constantly hurt your grade. She has unrealistic expectations id suggested not to take her class.
Prof. Gray does give a decent workload; however, if you stay proactive and complete the necessary tasks, then it's truly a walk in the park. I recommend taking her class only in-person, though, as I've seen her approach to Online classes is a bit more amped up on the workload. She's a very kind person though and will help you get through the course
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
96%
Textbook Required
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Grade Predictor
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ENGENG
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