MEAN and hagged!

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horrible teaching style, treats you as if you belong in elementary school, mean

BAHHHH!!! I am so glad the year is over. What a horrible prof.

She is a terrible prof. She is not clear and refuses to help students. She does not have office hours on the week of the midterm. If you are lost and confused, she refers you to the textbook instead of taking 30 seconds to explain. Take this course if you are a biology pro. If you are not transfer immediately.

She isn't clear; there's no posting of answers and midterm averages were very low. She takes marks off for the slightest grammatical errors...I think she made a potentially interesting class into a bad one. I seriously dont recommend her. =(

This professor didn't seem to be very prepared for class and often had her prs questions wrong (on top of the ambiguous questions). She also tends to ignore questions and leaves it for students to post on forums. The 'answers' she gives are often not an answer. Simply not an effective teacher.

It's pretty hard to answer questions properly when half the questions are ambiguous, and the other half are random. When she is notified of the ambiguous problems, she will likely give you a "tough luck, just move on". Practice midterms with no answers is not a good preparation tool for students. Do yourself a favour and avoid her at all costs.

she impatient and disorganize. She always tell students to post on webct and not clearify in class.

Teaching materials that are out of topics. Midterm and final are extremely hard.

She's not a hard prof but she's a bad prof. Yes, she does focus on concepts, but often I left class feeling as though I'd learned nothing. She is rude, and does nothing to help you better your understanding. She won't answer questions and when she does she uses sarcasm. Granted she is teaching a first year class but that does not merit arrogance.

I cant find it in me to say anyting positive about Dr. redfield. I am an Arts student and decided to take this course as i enjoyed biology in high school. Not only is she unaccomidating, this class is nearly impossible as an Arts student who is not looking to move on to medical school. Her final was the hardest exam ive ever written. Be warned.

Although i got a relatively good mark in this class, I found the prof to be unhelpful. She is rude and insensitive towards students, doesn't answer questions (attitude even discourages questions), very sarcastic, speaks quitely and refuses to use a microphone, lectures are boring and irrelevant...go with another prof if u r interested in bio 121.

if i were to say things i want to say about her, people would be offended beyond reason. exams are hard, notes are either non-existant or not helpful, lectures are irrelevant and disorganized. The marking scheme for exams is "all or nothing." avoid at all costs.

Horrible useless teacher but I still did well in this class (after scaling- from 67 to 84). Get over the average (which was around 50) and you'll be fine. I was an arts student who hated bio in high school and still did better than science students in the class because they were more used to straight memorization (especially first years).

Her class was interesting but she's not helpful at all when you ask her questions. Her midterm was decent although keep in mind the class average was only 55%. Her final exam had absolutely "NOTHING" to do with her notes, practice exams, or the textbook. Studying or not wouldn't make a difference unless u have a strong bio bgr from b4. Stay away!

She is absolutely the worst prof I've ever had! I studied everything - the text, lecture notes and all handouts she gave us- and I still failed miserably! My mark wasn't even scaled! I tried asking her questions and she discourages us asking her questions, which is unheard of for a 1st year course! I'm not taking another bio course ever!

she actually gives really good lectures; however, her lectures will never cover the contents in the exam. I learned well of this course but I got a miserable score.

it's like she's a first time teacher with no lesson plan at all who's trying to learn the material as she's teaching it and not doing a very good job of it at that.

not very helpful, avoid her class at all costs!!!!!!!

Worst prof I have ever had. PRS questions are ridiculously hard. Lectures have NOTHING to do with the readings. She goes on and on about what ppl have researched on and statistics about diseases, that she doesn't teach the class so you have no idea what to study for the midterm.

i saw her rating here and wanted to drop this class but it was a good time slot so i sticked with it. now i realized i shud've definitely dropped it. possibly the worst prof i've had so far. very biased, insulted college professors, insulted students, yelled at a student and called them stupid when the student asked to have his midterm remarked,

worst prof EVER!!!!!!!! dont ever take her class because: (1) hard tests, lectures and textbooks doesnt help at all (2) mean personality, she is so rude and makes u look like a fool (3) super UNhelpful, dont ask her anything coz u wil never get an answer (not kidding!!!)

terrible. i learned three things in redfields class: 1)she studied at stanford 2)she didn't really want to be teaching and 3)...she studied at stanford. lectures were painful, midterm was impossible and based on luck which i don't have... i've never had such a bad experience. SWITCH OUT if you know what's good for you. she's a disgrace to ubc

absolutely useless prof,useless notes (lots of pretty pictures,gives no info)refused to answer questions,not helpful,rude and disrespectful to students. reading quiz questions often had wrong answers and misleading wording (students had to point things out to her on Webct)..looks like the same comments from last year..can't UBC fire her already?

Redfield ruined biology for me. Her PRS/test questions are often ambiguous and not very relevant to the lecture notes. She refused to answer my questions and told me to post on webct instead. After that, I completely lost respect for her.

the worst prof ever possible!!! if u get her drop the course! i mean it srsly doesnt not teach and disrespectful HATE HER!!!

Ya don't go to the lectures unless you don't want to learn anything. You might expect teachers to be of high quality but she doesn't teach at all. just learn from the text.

great lecturer on ABSOLUTELY USELESS GARBAGE...so dont even bother to go to the class...god bless u all for failing...

Failure is your destiny.

Poorly designed tests. Ill-mannered and Disrespectful. Terrible methods used to assess learning. Careless lectures (Shows inability to answer questions). Useless at best.

I have never rated a teacher before and have come to this site to do so just because I feel that I must WARN STUDENTS TO AVOID THIS PROF AT ALL COSTS. I've never had a teacher with such unfair testing strategies. If you've read this too late... take the W because it's better than an F...

To be honest, don't take her class unless you really LOVE biology. She required pre-reading (quizzes based on this in every week) of the textbook; but her lectures never followed the pre-reading materials. She would be angry if you did not address her Dr. Redfield. Also, homework for each week usually based on recent biological journals (be ready t

Never take her class unless you really love and understand biology. Her lectures may sound super easy, her exam might be okay, but the marks end up really bad. If you don't get the homework, you're screwed for the exam. Can't seem to find clear rationality in how she marks.

Marks on grammar and spelling. Lectures are useless, in-class PRS questions were redundant and also useless. Don't ask her 'stupid' questions, she will openly mock you. Avoid her.

Worst professor I have ever had! Extremely condescending, treats students with no respect. Cannot convey material at all to students. Whoever said if you like her the first day is absolutely lying. I thought she seemed like a nice and interesting professor my first day, however, it became evident she was incompetent and rude. AVOID!!!

TERRIBLE! She thinks so highly of herself, and tries to belittle students' questions in her annoying condescending tone. Avoid her like the plague!

She is a horrible professor. She can't explain things, she ridicules students. She doesn't have office hours. You ask her a question and she tells you to put it on the discussion board - you post it there, then she never replies. THE WORST PROF EVER IN UBC HISTORY. AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

Ridiculous. Lectures are not very useful, while tests are very difficult in comparison. She doesn't treat students with enough respect, despite saying "there are no stupid questions."

The absolute worst. Stay away from her at all costs. Tests are unfair and absolutely destroyed my interest in genetics.

Horrible. The most ambiguous questions, and when approached about them, she acts as if it is ridiculous that you did not approach them with the same set of assumptions she had. She is incredibly rude to students, has no time for questions, and expects you to chase information (rather than presenting it clearly and organized).

Super confusing lectures online with all her mistakes. She will not take the time to email you back FYI. She adds very challenging multiple choice questions that are difficult to answer because she has confused you with miss-information that is poorly corrected. The questions are more "you need to figure out on your own"

Useless during office hours - asked her for help and ended up leaving more confused after a hour of her rambling about nothing. No textbook and not really any lectures either. First half of class spent listening to other students' presentations and giving feedback, second half was group work. I learned nothing from her. Pointless and boring class

Her short lecture videos seem more like FYI videos and tutorials are a mess. She told our class that she doesn't tell us how to do problems in detail because she "doesn't want us to gain the system"..? So if you want to learn genetics on your own while balancing 4 other courses, go ahead and take it. Also if you like 23andme, you should take it.

Respectfully the most condescending and worst professor ever, her exams are complete gibberish and do NOT make sense. She rambles on for hours and in the end, nothing is learned at the end of the lecture and once she realized she was the problem, she introduced a new teaching method, which was somehow even worse than the original.