she sucks take math with someone else shes hard to understand and doesnt explain examples

Very boring and hard to understand. lectures are unclear and you never know what she's talking about. lab is easy, the answers are always written on the board although you don't always do the same material that's covered in class. the large lecture isn't bad but my roommate was in the small class and said it was a lot harder.

I do not like her at all! She doesn't speak English really well. When I missed a lab because the TA didn't show up, she wouldn't let me make it up. She's not flexible at all and the class is so easy it's boring!

Can't understand what she says.

It is literally painful to make it through her class. It is so boring and she is hard to understand and so is the TA for the class. If I wasn't decent at math I would probably struggle in the class because theyre hard to follow.

Ugh...I'm not good with math to begin with, but this woman didn't help at ALL. Not only is the class we had Finite in GIGANTIC and I was stuck in the back, I could hardly understand what she said and I found it extremely hard to concentrate.

treats students as though they are 10 years old. Can't help anyone, talks too much and doesn't say anything. Flies thru material. Overall biggest pain in my ass!

She is a bad teacher. She does not teach anything. Her tests have nothing to do with what she has taught or the homework she assigns. She gives no reviews for her tests or quizzes. She talks 30 minutes about the easiest thing then 5 minutes on how to actually work the problem out. Switch out if u can!

Well you pretty much have to teach yourself and the tests are nothing like the homework

Only a complete idiot would purposfully sign up for her class. I fear for the young souls that grace her presence.

very bad, and annoying

Probably the worst teacher I have had all year.

if you aren't good at math find another teacher. she has no clue what is going on and is her english is hard to understand

Cant understand what shes trying to explain. Not very understanding about things and very repetitive, tests are sshort which is a bad thing.

Do not get this teacher!

She is very hard to understand. She doesn't explain things well at all. She doesn't like you to ask questions because there is not enough time. I would not have her as a teacher. She's awful. Everyone in my class does not like her.

She is a horrible teacher. Her accent is indistinguishable so you can't really understand anything she's saying in the lecture. Which is extremely frustrating since going to class EVERY day is mandatory and attendance is taken. The notes are helpful and the material is super easy so passing is not an issue. However if you can get ANYONE else DO IT.

Worst math teacher I have ever had. Do not take this lady for math 120. She is foreign, takes attendance, and is a terrible teacher. The homework and problems in class are nothing like the ones on the tests. I am a good student and struggled terrible in this course because of Hassani's horrid teaching

Definitely not the best teacher

Look, if you're a math geek, can decipher heavily accented jibberish, and have no important activities at school that may force you to miss a class or two, then you'll probably do well with this less than helpful "professor". If you're an average student who needs some help with math theory, do yourself a favor and avoid Sarah Hassani.

She is a horrible teacher!! She makes things so confusing. Avoid her class at all cost.

Worst teacher I have ever had. Hard to understand. Is not willing to give much help either. Grade is based on quizzes and tests

she is the WORST teacher i have ever had. she is absolutely horrible! she makes no sense. i dont even think she knows the material herself. she will not help you. she cant answer your questions. shes hard to understand. the tests dont match what she teaches. she is so bad! do not take a class with her

Bad all the way around, could not understand a word she said and does not explain concepts well at all

Worst teacher in the entire world. Doesn't know how to use the classroom technology, she doesn't speak clear english, wastes class time taking attendance and calling out texters in a lecture hall.

Worst teacher ever. Seriously, don't take her class. You can't understand anything she says, and she doesn't even know the material, because she can't answer questions.

I have taken this math in high school. I took it here thinking an easy A, becuase i knew the stuff. Her tests are stupid, get two wrong your barely getting an A. I missed two points on all the labs, and my worst test was three wrong and I got a B.. She is rude, doesnt answer questions, and cannot speak. Stay away from her at all costs.

She is hard to understand, doesn't teach anything. Everything is straight out of the book. If you take her you will get to know the tutors quite well! I would advise you to look for a different section.

she is literally the worst teacher. ive never struggled with math in my life and she just makes it impossible. i would study for hours, do homework, and get tutor help and still get Ds on the test. she sucks

Probably the worst teacher I have ever had. I suck at math but I am a good student..and have learned nothing. She has absolutely no idea what she is talking about. Shes too foreign and tests are not even what we learn in class. DO NOT TAKE HER

She means well, but her teaching style is difficult to understand. She has a heavy accent, and tries to explain using examples with letters rather than numbers. So you never really see the solution. A lot of times, she talks herself in circles. I would say go to class to understand the idea, but sign up for tutoring right away and do the webassign.

Truthfully one of the worst teachers i have ever had. You have to teach yourself the information. Stupid to even go to class cause you learn nothing.

The absolute worst teacher I have ever had in my life. She has no understandable train of thought, she has a thick accent, and u will fail her class. She has a 80%fail rate. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Worst Math teacher. She doesn't know what is going on and rambles on in her own language that you can't even understand. She is awful

I've never met a teacher who's so uninterested in helping students. She NEVER responds to emails, speaks in circles, posts homework assignments AFTER test is taken.. which is useless at that point. I'm a very hard working student, but I don't have time to teach myself an ENTIRE course. By far, worst teacher I have ever encountered, sorry.

Avoid her at all costs. I took calculus in high school and I easily got a B without trying. I struggled to get a B with her. She is horrible. She puts stuff on the test that we do not go over in class, and she is very difficult and stubborn. I would highly suggest getting ANYONE else as a teacher.

Terrible. Has an attitude towards any student who asks questions during class. More interested in micro-managing students than trying to help explain issues. Has pre-made notes which she uses on an overhead, but shuffles around constantly and covers with sticky notes to limit what you can write down. Class was just a cluttered, unorganized mess.

Professor Hassani is not clear at all. She is terrible at responding to emails and questions, and she is not an easy grader. She gets offended if you ask questions and is very confusing sometimes she confuses herself to the point where she doesn't even know what she's talking about anymore. Lectures are very boring I would not recommend her.

My least favorite teacher I have ever had here at Illinois State. She overcomplicates everything that she teaches so you're better off taking notes and teaching yourself. Would not recommend this professor to anyone that struggles in math or gets lost easily.

Professor Hassani makes it damn near impossible to take notes in her class. She constantly goes out of her way to cover up information on the document camera before students have enough time to write it down. And if you think you can just snap a photo and get around that, guess again. No phones allowed.

She is very unorganized, and does not explain material very well. I have never struggled with math, however, Hassani has made it very difficult. Her notes are all over the place, and when she makes a mistake and someone points it out, she claims she did it on purpose so she doesn't look bad. Not horrible if you are good at teaching yourself.

Very disrespectful to students all around. Will consistently stop class and try and make a joke at a students expense. Does not explain the material well at all, and will waste whole lectures explaining how to do it one way only to show the shortcut the last five minutes before the test. Makes mistakes in the notes and says she was "Quizzing" us.

Horrible Math Professor. Disorganized and easily distracted. Probably shouldn't be teaching in all honesty.

She is one of the worst teachers I have ever had. Do not take her. She answers emails a week later, and do not bother going to class because you cant understand a word she says. She does super easy examples in class and the labs are so easy, but the tests are literally impossible. She is not a good teacher. DO NOT TAKE

Horrible professor. Get ready to be put through a tough course and suffer. Her grading is super tough and she loves trig so be prepared to add trig to anything you learn. I would only recommend her if you have prior calc experience and have done successfully in math your entire school career. Regret taking this course with this professor.

She is so difficult and does not care about your question. If you are late to lecture, she demands an explanation. If you have your phone out, it will be confiscated. She treats the class like its high school. She will put you on blast during class and she hates cheat sheets. She says you either memorize it or fail.

This class is very difficult. She will show 1-2 easy examples per section but when it comes to the tests you are almost blind sided. She shows her notes on a projector, but covers up most of it. The group work she gives us in class is really you teaching yourself. If you don't show every step on a test, points get taken away. Also she loves trig.

WORST ISU PROFESSOR EVER. terrible to students and doesnt care about helping. her examples in class are super easy plus she does not explain how to do anything. usually she picks on one student and makes their life miserable in her class. overall not a good professor, do not recommend.

I remember one time at the beginning of the semester i thought taking this class with a teacher that had a low rating on this site would still be okay. I do pretty well in school, that all changed when i got to Hassani's class. She expects you to do 2 hours of homework every day. We all laughed that off... now we realize how serious she is. Awful

This teacher as a person is nice. Does not teach Very organized. Just puts equations on the board and lets you try and figure it out in your own for almost the whole hour. Then rushes through it in the last 5 minutes. I have asked for help on specific problems she tells me to figure it out on my own or ask other classmates for help. Hardest grader

I advise anyone who has to take mat120 to go in search of a new professor. taking this class was extremely challenging. Also, hearing from some of my friends in other mat120 classes, they had a very easy time taking this class. The professor is a nice lady, just difficult to pay attention during lecture and unclear notes did not help either.

If you take the class, your best bet is to study the material before class, go to class and pay attention to her (which is a hit or miss because sometimes she makes me MORE confused about the lesson) then go to the math lab and work one on one with a tutor. The lecture hall is too big for her to teach a subject as diffifcult as 120 and help every1

One of the worst teachers I have ever had. I attended every class, attempted outside tutoring, went to office hours, met with her GA, all of which was no help. I tried, several times, meeting with Professor Hassani and she did not offer any help, but just suggested other outlets of help. She does not care for her students and has no extra credit.

Impossible to communicate with and she is not willing to help her students at all. She has her students rely solely on their work groups instead of providing explanations. If you have a question, she tells you to ask your group first. If your group does not have the answers, then she says its our fault for not knowing. Impossible human being.

Here lectures are awful and boring. You can barely hear her. She always asks am I right? After finishing an example problem as is were supposed to know when shes teaching us something new. Just take it with someone else.

Her assistant taught us more than she did. She is a horrible lecturer and doesn't seem to care about her students. After every test she would give out extra credit because she knows nobody passed. The only way to get the extra credit is to show up to every single class. If you are forced to take her get ready to teach yourself everything.

I would not recommend this class with Dr. Hassani to anyone. The class is very lecture heavy and the lectures are extremely boring and do not help at all. No feedback is given and you are forced to learn the material by yourself. A lot of extra credit is given if you come to every class. I would never take another class with her.

One of the worst teachers I've ever had. (2nd time taking finite, didn't pass due to my own lack in effort with another prof). If I didn't have a general idea of the material I would've failed. Teaching style is super sloppy & she does not welcome questions. Tests had tricky questions that were never taught. Points off for just having phone on desk

Nice lady, horrible teacher. Lectures were already horrible but when online lectures started due to COVID-19, they, along with tests became harder. Never able to get all of the notes down b/c she scrolled through so fast & refused to post them on reggie. Tests were no longer multiple choice & had questions never covered. Never replies to emails.

Do NOT take this class. Worst professor I've ever had. Her notes are all over the place and it's very difficult to learn anything from her. Our TA is the only reason most of us passed, he taught us more then she did. She's terrible at responding to emails and overall just not helpful. Don't take this class if you can't teach yourself the material.

She has to be the worst professor at ISU. I have no clue how she even has a job still. You teach yourself everything and she is not helpful at all. Rarely ever responds to emails and does not care about any of her students. Do not take her, wait for another professor!

She is not flexible at all with grades. I had a 89.4% in the class and she would not round up. Before the pandemic, it was hard to follow her lectures and when you asked questions after class she was so rude about it. She told you to email her and she wouldnt respond until a week later. It was even worse when we went online. Worst professor ever.

DO NOT take Sarah Hassani if you don't have to. She doesn't care about her students or teaching. Most definitely the worst professor I have ever had in my life.

Okay so I am not the person to complain about professors. Sarah is the WORST professor I have ever taken! She constantly messes up examples during class, expects you to learn it on your own, read the textbook and still she won't even help you if you have questions. She doesn't respond to emails and you get graded for correctness on labs. NEVER TAKE

Do not take this class! Everyone I know including myself struggled and received no help from professor Hassani. She was rude, rushed lectures, and criticized students for using calculators at appropriate times, asking questions, and not knowing how to answer a problem. Sitting through her class was like hell.

hands down, the worst professor i have ever had. never take a class with her she does not know how to teach and is super rude and condescending. if you have any questions, she will make you feel awful for not knowing something. 0/10 she ruined my semester

Terrible

Absolutely terrible teacher. I am a straight-A student and I hardly got a C. I tried to meet with her, she didn't help and told me she didn't think she could help me. She yelled at students during a large lecture hall. She was the worst professor I have ever had, I would never recommend anyone to go through the stress of taking her class.

She is condescending and makes you feel bad for not know specific information. Is extremely strict on grading.

I am shocked that this woman even still has this job. I am in a lecture with 150+ kids and none of use know what is going on. Her work is sloppy, she goes way too fast to the point you can't even write the notes down. She is rude and gets mad if you don't know the answer. Tests are hard and she talks during them on the zoom call so I can't focus.

I sent her 8 emails throughout this semester and she responded to one. Tests are hard. Zoom lectures are unorganized and confusing.

Seriously the worst teacher i have ever had. I dont know how she is a professor let alone still has a JOB. Avoid this class at all costs it is not worth it. She is so rude and makes you feel awful for asking a question. I dont understand how a professor could be so insensitive and rude towards her students.

This was the worst class I have ever taken. I never understood anything she was saying. Im and straight A student and this class was impossible. Lectures are so messy and she doesn't give any papers to follow along with. Tests are even related to the homework. Most people in this class either ended with a C or withdrew.

Dr. Hassani was by far the worst Math professor I have had. She didn't seem like she cared about her students at all. When asking Dr. Hassani a question about anything her go to answer was "put it in forum". She was not helpful at all and I felt I was on my own for the entirety of the semester. I would strongly recommend not taking her class.

Id rather light myself on fire than take any class of hers again. She has been the worst teacher Ive had and that just made math 100x harder. Shes rude and doesnt answer questions and yells at you for getting stuff wrong but wants people to participate, make it make sense. She shouldnt even have this job. Got all As this semester except this.

Test are hard and dont relate to things you learned. Final worth 200 points and more than half of stuff we didnt learn how to work the problem out. She doesnt care if everyone did bad on a test. One test we took 98% of class failed it because she didnt show us how to do those problems and she didnt do anything about it or care.

I showed up to every lecture and still have to retake this class. She calls on you randomly during class and doesn't try to rephrase things to help you understand better. She didn't respond to emails and got mad when you would ask a question that might be answered on her announcements or syllabus.

hassani is honestly the worst educator I have ever worked with. she cares very little about her students and is rarely if ever helpful when asking questions. i do not recommend at all.

By far the worst teacher/professor I have ever had in my entire life. She simply just doesn't care about her students. She doesn't want to help you. You can't ask questions in class without feeling like you're doing something wrong and lesser than her. Takes 4 days to answer an email (sometimes not at all). Do NOT sign up for Hassani.

I'm going to put this in simplest terms, DO NOT take her class because she is quite literally dog water at teaching. Find somebody to replace her asap.

You really need to be FOUL as a professor for me to go on rate my professor and leave a rating, bc thats time out of my life. I should've dropped this course the first day of class when she said its not her job to teach us. tf?unfortunately, she was the only professor left when registering & rate my professor told me why. Please quit teaching.

This is a VERY hard class. Her accent makes it even harder. It switched from in-person to online mid semester due to COVID.

By far the worst educator I've had thus far at ISU. she teaches, I mean READS from her old power points IN A MATH COURSE. don't do examples. don't like answering her emails, answering our questions. don't even know what she talking about! can't accommodate students during a pandemic. if she don't like teaching she just needs to say that already.

Was told the professor for this class was "to be announced" until every other class was full and it was the only time that fit my schedule. I also had to take the class this semester. There is a reason they do not announce her because not a single person would enroll. Your seriously better off not going to class. My grade dropped 11 from the final.

Worst professor I've ever had. Dont bother asking questions because she will respond with werent you paying attention? Read the syllabus. She updated grades twice the whole semester, so you dont really know how youre doing. She reads off old power points rather than actually working out problems. Takes her at least a week to email you back

Terrible at explaining things.

Ive never had a worst math teacher. As a student that has been a year ahead in math all throughout highschool, and taken college level statistics and calculus this class was supposed to be a breeze, but it was the most difficult class. She genuinely does not care about her students, and have told us multiple times in class to use your logic

Honestly, the worst teacher I have ever had. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HER AT ALL COSTS! She is terrible at everything.

Honestly if I could give her a negative 10 I would. I have never had an educator in my life that has been so rude, inconsiderate, and absolutely disrespectful to her students. I asked a question in one class and had a mass email sent out to my class about my "disrespect and disruption." I was hoping these ratings were exaggerated but they were not

If you are bad with math this is not the professor you should go with. She does not teach, she just tells you. Expect to be your own teacher at home at the end of the day. I have had middle school math teachers that have taught students better than her. The TA/lab prof she had was just as bad at explaining stuff.

This is the worst teacher I've ever had in my life. Do not take this class if you don't want to fail. She does not explain thoroughly and overcomplicates everything. 0/10 do not recommend.

In lecture she wouldnt answer questions, tests were so hard, graded assignments really slow, doesnt help if you have COVID, countless hours of studying just to retake the class.

She sucks at lectures

She expects you to be an expert at math on Day 1 and apparently needs a entire class session to explain a single problem and when you still dont understand and ask a question she will yell at you for not paying attention. Also she doesnt do the work she reads off PowerPoints that were premade years ago!! Dont take in general she needs to be fired

Hassani is legitimately the worst prof I've ever had. Not only is she a terrible person, but a terrible teacher. She has no empathy for her students and couldn't care less if they don't understand her confusing lectures.

Extremely rude professor. Asks if you have questions then is confused as to why you have them. Class was extremely difficult and would not have passed without tutors. Do not take with this professor.

Quite literally finds the most unnecessary and complicated way to explain things.I am literally not exaggerating. Not the content that's hard its her. She will also be like "Okay ill let you guys try this problem on your own" "jk I'm gonna start talking immediately about the answer and how to get it 0.2 seconds after I said try it on your own".

Didn't get to choose my professor...ended up with the worst one. Dr. Hassani was a horrible teacher. I definitely don't recommend taking her class unless you excel in math.

This lady is the worst professor at Illinois State.She is your worst nightmare and that is being generous. Her voice is nails on a chalkboard. Oh and if you ask a question DO NOT expect an answer and ABSOLUTELY do not expect a respectful answer. Ask her a math question and she will tell you to read the syllabus. She ruins Illinois States reputation

if one student was distracted she would stop the entire class and throw everyone else off track. she would explain things in the most complicated way possible on top of spending the majority of a chapter attempting to teach by hand when we have to use the calculator on the exam anyways. I now have to retake this course.

STRONG ACCENT. Old and acts like it, arrives at 9:30 on the dot. YOU HAVE TO TAKE NOTES . Her explanations: confusing b/c she doubles back; contradicts herself, also talks herself in circles . She will ask a question and you have no idea if it's rhetorical BUT if you ask a question she has an attitude answering. Don't take class with her!

In class she only goes through a one or two examples in class, I had to basically teach myself everything in the class, final exam was nothing like the other exams or homework, I had an A up until the final and then dropped my grade significantly, final was worth 28% of my total grade, her exams were also nothing like the homework/ exams, good luck

This is my second time taking this course because I failed it last year. I had an 89.23% the ENTIRE year and when the final came, it dropped my grade to a 73.48%. The final was NOTHING like anything we learned in class. She is disrespectful towards her students especially if you email her or need help. She doesn't teach so you have self teach. GL!

dont ever take this class if you are bad at math. the teacher does one or two problems per class and always asks us if its right. The final was nothing like the homework and like half of the stuff on the final review wasn't even on the test. DO NOTTTTTTTT take this class. Basically a self taught class. Homework usually is never like tests.

By far the worst math professor I have ever had, very hard to follow. Homework is nothing like in-class examples.

Professor Hassani has a poor style of teaching. She already had all of the problems completed when reviewing them in class, instead of the class working through them together. Homework is online which is nice, but tests are in person.

Professor Hassani has a pretty old school teaching style. She gives out a lot of homework and is pretty strict. I would suggest avoiding taking this professor if you can.

Just want to remind everyone how horrible Hassani is as a professor. These recent reviews could seriously be her making them herself. This WILL be the worst teacher you WILL ever come across in your entire academic career. Avoid AT ALL COSTS. Doesn't want you to succeed. Doesn't respond to emails. Can't understand her. Do not take her. DO NOT.

Take literally any other professor for MAT 120.

Take literally any other professor for MAT 120. Dr. Hassani can not explain anything. She explains things in the most difficult and noncomprehensive way possible. No offense, but her thick accent does not help when watching lecture videos or in class. She also does not care for your absences or problems you may have when taking tests.

She has a horrible teaching style, the only benefit to this class is that her tests and quizzes are online. I would avoid her at all costs.

She isn't easy to talk to over email, hard to understand her, she does not understand at ALL and excuses like wifi not working IS not an excuse, she is an awful teacher, not very friendly, and does not care if her students pass or fail.

I thought the class was supposed to be asynchronous, but we only met the first day of classes at the beginning of the semester and the rest of the semester was through zoom. All of the tests were online except the comprehensive in person final exam. Zooms were very hard to pay attention to. Would not recommend this teacher at any costs.

She's very rude and doesn't respect her students. A friend had a family member die and couldn't do the assignment and she said that was no excuse. she doesn't do a good job teaching the material I had to self learn everything. It's also really hard to understand her she's cold and not friendly. I did not feel comfortable gong to her for help.

I genuinely believe she enjoys making her students miserable. This professor is the absolute worst. I would rather stub my toe, sleep on a warm pillow, drink hot water, have my charger only work at a certain angle, and fall down a flight of stairs before ever taking a class with her again. Avoid this professor at all costs if you can!!!

Terrible teacher, doesn't make sense most of the time. Class was mainly online so wasn't very hard for most of the course, but the final was in person so that made it pretty bad. Wasn't to homework heavy but class was not taught well at all. Would not recommend

Taking Math 120 with Professor Hassani was terrible. She was rude, condescending, and dismissive of accommodations. After a family loss, she insisted I take an exam during the funeral, only relenting after I went to the Dean. Even then, she delayed the rescheduled exam. Her lack of empathy made the class a hostile experience. Avoid her.

Horrible at teaching super strict for no reason thinks the worst of people immediately

Apparently she records the lectures but I could never find them and was too scared to ask. The tests and quizzes are online. I had an A all semester but the final is worth two exams, so... She does not care about her students individually so if your lost you're on your own. Defiantly put yourself into tutoring. Lots of homework and labs don't help.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR. Actually the worst professor I have ever had. I have 18 missing assignments because this women only post assignments the day they're due. Exams are online and posted the day of, due by 12 pm.

Worst Professor I have had at ISU. Should not be teaching a hybrid class if you dont know how to use a computer, encourages students to ask question then ridicules them for asking, not understanding at all, horrible response time, and terrible lectures. All of your hard work leads up to a final exam that is nowhere similar to the material covered.

whole semester is online aside from lab days (not mandatory), then final is in person. Hassani is very harsh and strict. I wouldn't recommend. I've been good at math all my life and mat120 was just a pre-req, but she made the course more difficult with her "teaching style". If you aren't good at math, don't take her. She wont be any help to you.

Actually THE WORST PROFESSOR at isu!!!! If you want to fail this class then take it with her. She is horrible at explaining things to students and gets mad when you ask her questions. The final exam is worth 2 exams (200 points) and she does not care about her students AT ALL!! never responds back to emails and so rude. TAKE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

Super confusing and hard to understand, she doesn't explain things clearly. Also does not answer questions well so it was hard to get help with the course. I did the course online and it was just as bad maybe worse because the final was still in person. Be ready to study a lot and be very confused.