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Reviews (123)
nice, sometimes a little hare-brained... easy class though
She's really nice but she can be a little boring.
very spacey... stupid assignments that should be given in junior high.
Very sweet teacher! Class a little boring but not her fault.
Great teacher. Says stuff to make you think like a writer. Really into it!!
She's very encouraging and really works with you, fun class
she's a sweetheart. always willing to work with her students and assigns interesting essays to read and papers to write. wish she taught more!
comes off as a feminist _____ at first but then if you go and talk to her and bs with her during the research conferences shell help you out
Whatley was great for both English courses I took with her. Helpful and understanding. Made a C and an A. Highly suggested.
k...she is so scaterbrained! She is easy but she grades your papers based on her beliefs. If you don't agree with her on a topic she will say that it is not true...shes weird I think..got an A
Great teacher, shes definatley one of the best for this level of english. Easy grading system, and very helpfull with your papers. The course is not objective so there are no tests, you just write a couple of papers. Very smart teacher
If you go to her, she loves to help her students. Very sweet lady. She makes you think and gives interesting assignments. Easy to make a good grade if you do your work and go to class!
She is very unorganized, she will lose your papers........
pretty easy...VERY UNORGANIZED...portfolios are kind of a lot of work but grades really easy...be prepared for a huge research paper...very nice and does offer extensions...works with her students.
NEVER NEVER NEVER IN OFFICE HOURS. NEEDS TO MEET WITH STUDENTS WHEN NECESSARY> MISSED THREE SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS> WHAT's UP WITHG HER>
Dr.Whatley is a great professor, she does get you to challange your writing skills,be prepared to write several portfolios and a research paper. She will help you if you talk to her very nice lady. You will improve your writing skills in this class.
She is a great teacher and even tho she does warn about losing papers she really doesn't do it. And she is always willing to help out other students
great teacher. knows her stuff and is very willing to do whatever to help her students. classes are fun and she's very informative.
She is very hard to understand. She doesn't teach well.
Always late to class. Always late to office hours. Never returned my email. Picked on me in class just because I didnt share her same views. Not very clear what was asked in classes. Who hires these people. I want my money back.
She is the best english teacher that i have had in a while. Whoever says that she is a bad teacher is an idiot!!! She is so sweet and if you need help then ASK!! She is an awesome prof. TAKE HER... YOU WONT REGRET IT!!!!!
never exactly tells you what to do, slow grading
Very nice, understanding and supportive. If you have promise she will provide ways for you to expand it outside of class--e.g. having people read your work that, typically, would not. However, she is a little too easy.
Although she is not always real clear on her assignments, and occasionally, ok always, late to class, Dr. Whatley is a great teacher. If you get stuck writing or reading an essay, she will help you understand it. She is very sweet and very helpful!
Takes over a month to grade each paper. Easy teacher, but she rambles on and on and the class got very frustrated. I have no idea what I made in the class, b/c we have 3 out of 5 papers back...and we got the last one back the day of the final.
She is the worst English teacher I've ever in my life had. She never give papers back on time, you dont know were you stand in class because she is always late on grading, always late to class, and never makes her assignment clear, no clarity at all.
By far, my favorite prof. I've had since I've been here. She's late to class and late getting papers/tests back, but she's always willing to take time from her schedule to help. Super easy class to pass if you just put a little effort into the papers.
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Shes late to class, late on grading, doesnt show up for office hours, 'forgets' to read papers. She cancelled many meetings with me. I cannot think of a worse teacher to take- I am going to the Dean of the Eng Dept. to complain.
I am complaining about her today. She wont help and is ALWAYS LATE. Never grades my paper on time for me to see shats wrong. DO NOT TAKE>
A little unclear sometimes, but not hard to figure out if you'll just use your brain. Very nice and helpful.
Shows FAVORITISM;AND IS VERY PARTIAL. Always late,NEVER willing to help.NEVER in her office.Very unclear,always postponing her dates.Vague and very DISORGANIZED.Don't take her if you really need help in English. Good person but really bad teacher.
Okay heres the deal... the writing assignments can be somewhat vague but if you are able to catch her (it is rare when she is in here office and NOT busy) she will explain what she wants in the paper. Read the book little by little and you'll be okay.
Lost one of my papers, late, never in her office, AND she gave me an F in the class because she didn't want to accept my paper though e-mail (which she stated was in the sylabus but was not). If she would've accepted my essay, would have made an A. Cruel!
she is a good teacher and a good person, not very quick to get ur papers back...she is very untolerant of latenes and doesnt work with u much....but all in all her class is easy and she is very helpful, if u can catch her in her office, which is rare....
YOU HAVE TO LISTE N TO MANY STUPID STORIES OF HER LIFE AND SHE IS REALLY BORING, GOOD LUCK IF YOU GET HER AND START STUDING FOR THE MID TERM AND FINAL NOW!!!!!!!!
She is generally late to class and it is very hard to catch her in her office. She is a nice person not a great teacher but if you try you can easily pull off a B.
She makes no damn sense all she talks about is how great a teacher she is Yuck
Complete lack of organization. Class always holds over a few minutes. Obvious bias towards feminist opinions and writing; most readings insult males. Random assignments. Will count off if you do not put enough "emotion/feeling" into your writings. Very unclear assignments. Always way behind schedule
Takes forever to get her papers graded.
So shes not the easiest or clearist when it comes to your assignment but all you have to do is ask her and she will tell you what she wants and expects.Yeah shes a little slow getting your papers back but the next paper due then gets pushed back too.The exams are easy-made an A without studying
Class is not good at all. She is very slow in everything that she do. She will return work 3 weeks late. Always late too class everyday. She is not worth taking at all. She IS TOO HARD. You will fall asleep in class. Save yourself sometime and do not take this class. You get a F if you take her.
She isn't always clear about the assignments, but all you have to do is ask. She is difficult to reach during her office hours, but is willing to help if you can catch her. Her midterm and final are killers...if you have an difficulty with grammar good luck. Papers take a while to get returned...
She is extremely unclear on every assignment! Don't expect her to show up on time OR give back your papers on time. I would never take her again. Her grading isn't too harsh, but the tests are killers. She is very double standard.
wanting to take a class that you are lost and confused most of them time? THIS IS IT! She rarely shows up on time or prepared and is the queen of procrastination apparently due to her obvious problem with grading on time! She grades way hard and her tests are ridiculous, grammar is over rated to her
To sum up Dr. Whatley w/o cursing her name is going to be hard, but here we go: she's late to every class, never returns things promptly, has a HUGE grading issue, and doens't seem to %#$%^ care(told you!). Would never take again even if Satan was gnawing at my balls and demanding me to take the cla
Good luck on finding out what you made in the class until the semester is over! She is a nice lady, but unorganized and that gets annoying!
Orginaztion is lacking, but its not a real problem. She always helps with her own notes if everything isnt covered. GREAT to talk with outside class and really looking to help her students do well. She has an attendance policy. Would take again.
She was horrible I would not take her. She is unclear, unorganized, and likes to talk about her life problems. Is late to class everyday and does not return papers intil weeks later if at all. Dont expect to know your grade till end of semester.
too much crap from her life never thjere when she says do notttttt take
yuck. unorganized and never makes conferences when appointments are made.
I love American Lit, but Whatley has made me hate it. She analyzes things to death. Never organized, always returns things 3-4 weeks after you complete them. Needs to work on keeping her explanations to a minimum!
if you want to see your grades before the last day of class, find another prof
This is the absolute worst teacher I have ever had,and I'm sure I ever will have. On the day of the final I finally got to see grades for my first paper and the midterm. I left class not knowing the grades for my last 2 papers. She is never available in her office and always has some excuse as to why things aren't done or why she can't talk w/you
Do not take! She is very unorganized she returns papers late. She doesnt let you know your grade until the last day. Her grading is horrible. Do not take her if you like organization
I liked her, I took her for a summer class and she was very easy. Alls u have to do is read, I would def. take her again!!
She is very bias if you do not agree with her opinion. She is very quick to insult your intellegance. Do not reccomend her. Takes forver to grade. Never on task with what she says.
She is not a very good "teacher" but she is a nice lady to talk to. She is biased in her commentary and she takes forever to grade your papers. I had no clue how I was doing in that class until the very end. I made an A, but that's just b/c I'm good like that. However, a few English majors were struggling in that class...
Dr. Whatley is an awesome professor. She seems dull at first, but she is a treasure trove of information and stories that make her classes fun.
I took creative writing with her. Definetly a woman who sees things from a writer's perspective. Often gets off-topic but always interesting to listen to and often has a unique perspective on things. I really enjoy her class as the highlight of my semester.
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Very good professor. Wish she'd teach more creative writing classes.
horrible class, even more boing teacher. class made no sense and was a complete waste of time. i dont recommend this class or teacher to anybody. oh yah, shes real strict on attendance
Whatley, SUCKS! Totally boring. Very Disorganized, gets distracted too easily, but at least she grades fairly (only good aspect). Everyone I have talked too about her say pretty much the same thing. Don't take her unless you have no choice!
I like Dr. Whatley personally, but as a teacher for an intro to lit class i feel she was quite harsh on the homework. Really overwhelming..grades ok..just takes forever to get work back to you! we took our test before spring break and didn't get them back until like four weeks later! upper level english classes would be better to take from her.
She knows ALOT about literature and is NOT afraid to share it. She is really interesting to listen to, but some of what you hear...has NOTHING to do with the subject-at-hand. She takes a really long time to get back with grades, and in our class...we were cramming in an Oedipus and Hamlet paper during DEAD week AND FINALS week. Talk about STRESS!
I hated this class and I made an A. She tries way too hard to shove all of the material into one semester. I would never take her again, and I wish I never had.
I had her for summer school and she was hard. She asked the class to read a book a week! Not only that, but she made us write papers and if they weren't to her standard, you do horrible. She was also late in giving out the prompts, so we had a few days to write a paper. I don't recommend her at all!
I didn't believe it was possible for a professor to make more excuses about late work than students. NEVER got work back to us in time for the comments to make any difference.
This teacher was the abosolute worse! She assigned 4 papers for the whole summer term, which is like 1 paper a week! In the last week of school we had to cram 3 papers, a final, and had just gotten the grade back from our midterm, which was pushed back a week because she hadn't finished grading our first paper! DO not take her! t
She can't spell and forgets what she is saying midsentence! The tests were worded so I couldn't figure out what the questions meant. I participated every day, read the book daily, rewrote my 2nd & 3rd papers, had conferences with her about improving my writing and made a B! Just a B, and I studied hard. I wouldn't waste your effort.
She was 10-15 minutes late on avg every day of class. She never returned papers in a reasonable time. 5-6 weeks for most papers. This class was extremely uninteresting and boring. She will work with you if are having a hard time. I would definitely take someone else if possible.
too hard, never explains, grades horrible, very boring, DO NOT TAKE HER!! bad idea!!!!!!
If you pay attention in class, read at home and write the papers they way she tells you too you will be fine. She makes you read a bunch of liberal, left-wing non-sense and pushes her political views on everyone. The majority of people in my class got low C's. I would avoid her class.
Dr. Whatley was a great professor to take and very motivating. I can definitely tell that she would probably be more suited to teach upper-level courses though.
VERY HARD CLASS!!! Expectations too high...not enough class time for assigned work or tests!
I think she is okay. She seems to be a bit opiniated, and slightly snotty sometimes, but other than that....??? And to sum up her choices of reading assignments: Sex, Religioun, and Ethnicity
I put Eng 300 because I forgot the number of the class. I took her for digital literature, and can honestly say that she is the sweetest most heart-felt teacher. However she takes her class and her assignments seriously and can recognize BS easily. If you work hard, participate, and do your part, she will reward you.
She is fun sometimes, but she talks WAY too much!! she kind of goes off subject too. She needs a time management sheet!! Pretty cool though
Awful. Do not take. Unfair; never around. Talks about family doesn't teachDO NOT TAKE
THis teacher was jsut ok. SHe does talk wayyyyyyyyyyy too much..often goes on tangents about one topic. SHe never gets to the point nad never has time to finish the entire lesson. It takes her 3 weeks to grade one paper. But, she will help you if you ever need the help..gives extra credit at the end of the year and holds tutoring classes forgrammar
I put 256 but its creative writing. She is horrible. do not take if you would actually like to learn something. always late to class and then complains about attendance. She is insane to boot. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!
ok she is nice but that is about it. took forever to get papers back and when you finally get them back you still dont understand why you got that grade. i have taken better teachers then her by far. would not recommend. we did a 7 page paper due during dead week. and she always changed the class schedule b/c she couldn't get papers graded.
HORRIBLE! took 4 EVER to return papers..during the final began giving back papers and grades from the beginning of the semester...and tried to tell you what she didn't have...or had LOST! she is unorganized.sweet lady..bad teacher.don't take. even if you work hard. she is still horrible.i have always gotten a's i have a 3.7 gpa and she gave me a B!
Where do I start? I didn't really like her lectures. They were long and boring. Took a long time to get papers back. I actually don't have mine from last semester, never got them back. Overall, I would not recommend her. I think she grades pretty harshly on papers.
She grades really hard. She talks a lot and shes BIG on Grammar! thats all you need to know.
She didn't even know the format for a haiku...takes forever and a day to return papers and limits what you types of things you can write in a CREATIVE writing class.
She is a great teacher. I am taking an online course so I dont know how she is in the classroom but she seems nice. She works with me around my schedule if I cant make it to the mandatory. I dont think she is boring, we have had some very interesting topics in class chat.
She is awesome! I had difficulties with my life and missed a lot of papers and the final. Had horrible grammar but she always made sure she gave me the chance I deserved. To all that rated her bad don't listen to them she has her hands full so expect late returns, she gives you the chance you need will work with you. Got a d, but taking her again.
SHE IS HORRIBLE!! Do not take her. The lectures are boring, you have to do discussions twice a week online, and she has horrible writing topics. Tests have no reviews and she takes years to return papers. If you want a hard class to go blindly through, take her. I would look elsewhere.
Her lectures are extremely boring and drawn out. She takes forever to get to the point of what she's talking about. If you take her make sure you have superb sentence structure because if you don't that will affect your grades on the essays.
She never teaches a face to face class and it clearly shows. She puts everything on D2L and if you try to do the assignment based on what she says online and get it done, she changes the assignment the day before it is due. She has a ton of random nonsense do all at once and she is an awful prof. Do not take her. I wish I would have dropped already
This is the most disorganized online class I have ever taken. She makes the dropboxes & posts close at odd times (2:14pm). SO MANY ASSIGNMENTS! She will changeextend the deadline and not tell anyone. The discussion posts and assignments are randomly put in the content tab. Also requires weekly live chats, which defeats the purpose of online class.
Do not put yourself through the trouble! Incredibly disorganized, you have to search 15 minutes to find out when a discussion is due. There's also chats each week, random quizzes, and is takes forever for her to grade. The "lecture".. i do not even want to describe it as a lecture because it was confusing as all get out. Don't do it!
Spare yourself and find someone else to take.
Seriously the best English professor I've had. I am horrible when it comes to grammar, but I met with her in person and she had helped me A LOT!!! She was always willing to help with any questions that you may have. She does require weekly chats, but it is an easy grade and it helps a lot if you put forth the effort.
I don't know what the other reviews are talking about. Sure, the online assignments are confusing, but I think that has more to do with D2L being crappy software than her organizational skills. Grading took a little while longer than I would have preferred but it was still very reasonable. Overall she's very nice, and gives very good feedback.
I would not recommend taking her unless this is your only class for the semester. She gives way too many assignments that are due back to back each week.
I took Whatley for English 131 during a Maymester period, and I rearranged my whole schedule to take her again for English 132. If you take her online classes, it is important to stay on top of things. Overall, I loved her and the class. She is very helpful.
I took her class online and if you procrastinate then it is not for you! You have to stay on top of each assignment & the due dates. Most of the times she was helpful but other times she was not clear on what she wanted. Towards the end of the semester she does give out extra credit which helped boost my grade. I recommend just DO THE WORK!!!
I'm currently in her class, ENG 200. I'm a senior and thought I was finished with English so I was pissed when I learned I had to take it. It's a MWF class and this is the first Friday class I've ever had so again, pissed. I have prof Whatley for an "in person" class and she's the best English prof I've had. Great insight on things, very helpful.
This teacher is awful. The class was not so difficult but she was an awful grader. I came to her for help but she made it difficult and she took forever to answer her emails. I failed her class and did not deserve it. I would not recommend her to anyone, you will fail.
Ms. Whatley was a complete and utter sweetheart! I took her online English 132 class and she tries so hard to make sure everyone has a good grade! She sets clear assignments and gives you everything you need to pass. I will say that she is a semi-tough grader on essays but she corrects your rough draft so that you do the best on the final draft.
Dr Whatley pushes you out of your comfort zone to do effective writing. She is always just and email way.
I really didn't like class. you really don't need to show up to class, but she takes attendance and it's really annoying. Also, she will change the dates of papers way too often even though she states it in the syllabus. Get ready to be confused most of the time. Don't ever take this professor!
This has to be the worst class I have ever taken. If you have a life DO NOT take this class. You have to be practically glued to the computer to pass. She sends out daily emails that contradict to the time you have to take an exam. At midterms we still had no grades posted and already another paper due with no feedback from the first.
WORST PROFESSOR EVER! DO NOT TAKE!!!! She does not grade until the day before grades are do! Since she doesnt grade you think youre doing good In the class then during the summer she will return grades and fail you on it and shell expect you to have time to email her a corrected paper for little points. Too much work to learn nothing!
I wrote 6 papers for this class. 2 of which were 8-10 pages. And never got a grades back till right before the next paper. Do not take her if you want to actually learn how to write a research paper. I already knew how to write coming into the class so I was lucky.
Im an A student who always tries to learn from my mistakes; however, out of the three papers she only graded one. Her test are extremely long and specific so be ready to pull quotes from over twenty stories. Since she doesnt put grades in you dont know if your learning or not. I never had the chance to learn from my mistakes.
Professor Whatley is a kind professor but she is really unorganized. It's the day before finals are over and still haven't seen a grade for any of the papers I have turned in this semester. If she was organized and more up to date her class wouldn't be that bad, but her "flighty" mind set really messes the class completely up. Take another class.
She has a weekly chat that you have to be a part of (every Tue at 10 am) and then on top of that, there's a weekly discussion. Honestly, it's too much reading for a single class. Goodluck.
This professor is incredibly unorganized. Dr. Whatley requires a live chat every Wednesday for attendance and if you miss it adds an assignment to your course work. I do not recommend anyone take her course. Do not expect any grades to come back in a timely manner. I'm in my fourth week and still haven't received feedback for my first essay.
This professor is very disorganized. Any papers or assignments you do will not be graded for sometimes months. This makes improving by feedback difficult, as you are basically relying on peer reviews. In the modules you will need to review the assignments for due dates as they are scattered.
She's okay at best. Class is incredibly boring and she is very disorganized, personally a nice person and understanding about things so she isnt a one.
Not good with technology Took a very long time to give feedback on the papers Will mark you tarty for being in the restroom "too long" Very boring lectures She speaks very slowly
She's a nice lady and all but she was very slow, never taught anything on topic, was insensitive, and did not give back grades until after finals week ended. I had an issue where after asking for an extension on a portfolio she never graded it and nearly failed me for the semester. TW eating disorders are discussed in class
This professor was nice, but was very disorganized and did not grade on time. I submitted an assignment with the wrong file on accident, and she did not tell me about the issue until midterms. After she told me about the issue i submitted the correct file, and she never graded it, giving me an F for my final grade.
She is very kind and understanding. If you stay in contact with her it will benefit you. I won't disagree with the other reviews, she does take her time with grading which can be frustrating at times but as long as you are turning in good work there is nothing to worry about. Overall, I did learn a lot from her and I enjoyed her class.
This professor is that absolute professor I have ever had. She grades assignments late and never gives adequate feedback that relates to anything. Never in my college career would I ever think about considering taking her again because she genuinely is completely and honestly awful.
Dr. Whatley's class is a bit disorganized, but with the help of unstuck study's study tools, I was able to stay on top of things. While lectures can be dry, the textbook and peer reviews helped me learn the material well.
Dr. Sue Whatley is one of the worst professors I've taken from. She not only takes eternity to grade assignments, she gives each student the same feedback except with very different grades. She assigns lot's of work; which isn't a problem, but she gives minimal instruction.
Not only are her rubrics unclear, she also takes months to grade our assignments. As of right now I have 7 ungraded assignments dating back to September 7. She makes us sit in her classroom until class is over even if she isn't lecturing. HOWEVER, she was a very sweet lady when it came to deadlines and did extend a lot of her hard assignments.
I would not recommend her classes at all, especially online. She gives practically zero feedback or instructions and won't grade anything until the class is already over. I can confidently say i didn't learn anything in the class. Also should be noted that i made a lower grade than some people in my class who wrote their entire papers with AI.
Class Info
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Attendance Mandatory
88%
Textbook Required
57%
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