DON'T EVER TAKE THIS TEACHER!!! whether you have CIS AG like me or not. Her grading system is the worst. She knock off points from my lab for not following HER style, it was running fine. Her grading system is the worst. TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!

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this is very bad teacher, never make students understand the stuff in the class. give very hard on the test and low score, the test is nothing about what she talked in the class.....**** teacher////

She doesn't have experience in the field to offer students practical knowledge. She knows how to read the slides and you get the book and learn on your own. So you can buy a book and save money buyin book; time and gas driving to her class and fall sleep.

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She gave me a B while I had scored 100% on all the quiz and 92% on mid-term and did lab very well. This teacher is a mess. She does not keep track of her exams and her answers are wrong (not unclear, just wrong). I am going to talk to the dean of Business about her fi she does not change my grade. I suggest others do the same.

Only good thing about her class is... you just go to class just one day in a week (if MW or TTH class), the other day is web day, so just do through the internet. Super flexible class and not much to do. One Mid-term and final is super strange test. just do over and over practice mid-term and final and same Qs will be the real tests.

Never available. This beginner's class was tought as if students already knew the material. Try another teacher for this beginner's class. You are here to learn, and not to get bogged down with grading technicalities.

I hate to say this about anybody who is in the teaching profession, this is the worst teacher I have ever had. She is under-qualified not very "bright", and teaches off the book's pre-made powerpoint slides and expects you to know just about all the material (90% not even covered in class). DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED!

This was on line class. The book chosen by the teacher did not cover any material that was required to learn for the exams. The class will be easy if you master internet search for the topics the exams cover or if you buy any book used in this class by other teachers (you might have to jump all over the chapters but you will find the answers).

I hate speaking ill of people, but Spera should not be teaching. She isn't clear in her instructions, her quizzes have errors that keep the code examples she gives from compiling, she misspells on tests VERY often, etc. How can you teach properly if you can't write simple codes without error or test whether they will compile? Beginners don't debug.

This is the worst teacher i have ever had! She doesnt explain homework, labs any of the reading. I have to spell check her assignments in order to actually comprehend what they say. She uses 2 websites which is completely confusing, not to mention, changes the assignment due date at the last minute but wont accept late assignments. WORStteacherEVER

take her for an easy A. The subject is interesting but the instructor sucks. Very lazy. Try another one if you don't like wasting your money.

Highly not recommended!!! Took this class online...should've have been an easy A however the prof was unorganized, useless, and lazy. Our group visited her during office hours for some advice/help, regardless she gave us a C after we double checked w/her if we were on the right track. Lame! Learn nothing but how to BS...which won't help you later

Basically she just stands there and read the powerpoint, and the class only last 40 minutes. You can get a A, but you will learn nothing from her. Totally waste of time.

The worst teacher ever!!! Don't waste your time or your money or an easy A. Her final was the worst!!! it had nothing to do with anything you learned over the course. Oh wait...you don't learn anything!!! Skip it and take it when you transfer. You only learn to copy and paste and turn in BS labs/projects. WARNING: DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!

I really don't like those reviews that just trash a teacher. I like challenging classes and I want to learn. This is not that teacher. I am frankly confounded that someone pays her to do what she does. I want to ask for my tax dollars back for her salary, she is that bad. Only take it if you absolutely have to, and then grin and bear it. It's awful

i do not know how can she get the degree. I can not understand the lecture and her requirement. Do not wast your time with this lady because she is unreasonable and bad teacher that i never saw before.

OMG!! she is the worst teacher anyone can possibly have . shes like a living nightmare!! she does not know wht shes teaching and she really never cares abt her students . im eventually gonna fail this class but i wonder how did even deanza hire a teacher like her SHES PATHETIC..

Simply, worst instructor I have ever had. You will not learn anything, but you will be frustrated. There are no clear expectations as to what to study for the tests. She will ask you to study the booksite quizzes, but they don't correlate one bit. If you can avoid taking her, do it. This is the first time i have had to write a formal complaint

omg... dont take her, thats all i can say.

I looked up the word terrible in the dictionary and I found a picture of her.

She dresses like a painting from the renaissance period and that is probably the most interesting part of the class. If youre trying to learn, you might as well stay home and read the book. The class is easy if you have a general understanding of computers, I was high every day in class and still got an A. Your brain will melt if you pay attention

Apparently expects students to read minds. Handouts, worksheets and resources do not reflect what teacher expects. Any complaints will be ignored. She addresses maybe one concern out of five. SO MANY SPELLING AND GRAMMAR ERRORS! I've never written a complaint about a teacher until her.

Really bad teacher. Don't ask any questions because she will make you feel stupid and not give clear answers.

If there is a "super duper" poor quality, i'l pick one for her !!! She's "the badest thing around town" ever seen!!! I have never ever hated or pissed off any of my teachers but HER!!! Appearance looks just like a MESS, if you wanna see how messy it is then take the class, otherwise, DO NOT!! Willing to trash your idea all the time grrrrr

Took her online CIS03 course. Directions to the assignments were extremely unclear, took ages to grade your papers, Completely unhelpful in terms of answering your questions via email. By far the worst teacher I've ever had. Take it with someone else if you can. Anyone. Else.

I took this class online to just get back into programming. I took this class before and am very commitment in my programming, but I am not getting an A. She knocks off points from assignments for reasons she never clarified before hand. When you argue with her she response by saying you should have known. Not recommended.

she is really bad..... she is super ambiguous on her quiz, lab whatever, she knocks off points because of some ridiculous reasons.

As several other commenters said, she is extremely unclear in her assignments. She wants you to adhere to coding "standards" that aren't explained anywhere, you're supposed to divine them solely from examples. She dings lots of points for things that were never clarified (main() MUST be first! never seen it in the real world before...)

Avoid if possible!! I found the subject matter to be easy but if you have questions your on your own. If she decides your worth responding to it usually takes days. On several assignments I caught her not actually reading the code and taking points off for missing things that were there. After several emails she would finally apologize and fix.

Literally just reading off powerpoints and explaining the obvious. Unclear assignments but if you do it youll get points - so you basically learn nothing. Also annoying is that she answers questions in fragments instead of sentences. Easy class but youll feel so unproductive and disinterested

This is the worst teacher i ever met at de anza. she taught nothing, but she is still tricky about the grade.

Avoid this teacher. terrible teacher. and very hard grader (tricky about grade). Try to take someone else.

She copies all the quizzes and midterms off questions from other professors. She doesn't teach anything in lab and her lectures are useless. Take another professor for a better experience.

Books can teach,internet surely does!slides talk and free course teach A LOT MORE!!! please remind me what is this teacher here for? any management person is good enough to post on the website!

I got no response to emails. Barely read the book myself and learning. Does not spend anytime in grading. Got full points on everything. Who hired her?

only reads off the slides and very unhelpful towards students. HW are easy but she takes off points for random small mistakes. DO NOT take her if you have no programming experience at all.

The material is old and outdated, she barely lectures. Tells you to study the quizzes for the midterm and final but almost none of them are on the actual midterm/final. Group project is a joke that includes 1 presentation, 1 paper and several small assignments. I don't recommend taking this professor for CIS 3. She is unclear and tricky abt grades.

Material is out dated. Instructions for the lab assignments are completely invalid due to changes on all Microsoft applications. Her lectures don't cover anything she runs mid terms and finals for. As long as you submit assignments, you'll get full credit as she doesn't even look to see if you have done any work.

I ended up dropping the class because of how disorganized she was. It was time-consuming to try to get relevance out of mud.

I would usually just deal with it and try to give them the benefit of the doubt when taking a professor that has a low score but this one is horrible and you should avoid at all costs. She is very vague in anything she does and she is horrible with dates and deadlines. I would never write reviews or rate a professor unless they're THIS bad. AVOID!

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!! I made a ratemyprofessor account JUST to warn others to stay away. Her online class is all over the place. English is not her first language so there are problems with understanding the material. Also, she has not updated her teaching material since 2005. If you take her, good luck. I suggest you wait for a better teacher.

This is the most unorganized class I've ever attended online! She provides no clear instruction or guidance on how to complete the assignments. There are weekly forum discussions that are opened at random! Reading material are old! Test have questions that are not even in the reading. Don't take this class if you need more structure in a class!

Tests do not reflect assigned reading and are swamped with critical errors. Assigned reading is also filled with typos and errors, and comes from provided links, not an actual textbook. Provides no feedback and is unavailable to answer questions. Assignments are beyond confusing and poorly written. Does not teach or instruct. Bogus class.

Emailed her in advance that I won't be able to finish the lab assignment and she wouldn't give me any extension and gave me a zero on the assignment.

This was the most unorganized class that I have ever taken. Her grading criteria is not clear. If you have a chance to take this elsewhere or with a different teacher, I would say do it. Would not recommend.

Honestly, she seems like a good person in the introduction post and icebreaker discussion but... Instructions are unclear, textbook doesn't help at ALL, doesn't give feedback, doesn't answer all discussion questions, no lecture, many assignments unrelated to the text, gives no additional relevant resources, a disaster. No learning or growth. AVOID.

If you value your sanity, do not take her. She is the worst professor I have had in college so far. She randomly adds discussions worth serious points without notifying you. The majority of your grade is on group work, and she doesn't do peer reviews. She said she teaches too many classes to pay attention to mine and overall sucks at teaching.

She never answers your questions in a timely manner, even though she set up a discussion post specifically for questions. She makes you do group work which is a huge part of your grade and doesn't care if your group does nothing. She grades harshly on papers and her tests are annoy. She says she doesn't answer because she teaches too many classes

She straight up told us she can't answer questions because she has too many classes which is a horrible excuse. We take other classes too, doesn't mean we can not do her work and still get a good grade. If I could, I would rate her a 0

She is unresponsive, incoherent, gives unclear instructions, and her own textbook hasn't been updated in 20+ years. Easy final group project. Test/Midterm questions are from textbook. NOTHING on the Final was in the textbook or slides. Also picks Favorites - a classmate got 100% on his unfinished Lab. This class was a NIGHTMARE, AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

Horrible teacher. Every single test had mistakes and when confronted she seemed to not care. Basically, if you get this professor be prepared to teach yourself and check her work because she sure doesn't.

Spera is top 3 worst professors I've ever taken at De Anza. She seems very nice and gave me an extension on a late lab, but she is so unorganized. I didn't know we had weekly discussions until week 5/6? Everything is just really unclear. There's also a million typos on exams, labs, and other instructions which makes things even more confusing.

Struggled more against the professor than the course material. Prof's instructions for many of her labs are insanely unclear and class requires full access to apps like word, excel, and access. Only take class if you have someone familiar w/ MS app suite and can interpret and translate the god awful instructions. easy class but paid with my sanity.

Please please please never take this professor unless you don't have any different choice. Her course is a mess, there is nothing clear, even her explanation. Everything is not in order, non-sense, and never useful for you.