taking her class was the worst thing i could have done.she didnt seem to care much about you not understanding the work she rushed through the hardest units somethime doing 2 in one day! she talked about her personal life too much and was always sick and tired if you are struggling with math dont take her class!!!unless you go straight to t

Powers has a reputation for being a harsh. Her poor teaching was so bad that multiple students made a huge stink about it in class. She also had a bit of a mean-spirited demeanor much of the time. Most of the students seemed to outright hate her, but I just was disappointed with my bad grade. Would not spend my money for her instruction ever again.

She was extremely ruuuuuuuuude! Bad attitude towards everyone. Will take off points for minor things on tests. Even if you had the correct answer. I went to the LAC and I still had failed cause she would mark off points for not doing it exactly how she showed us even though the answers were correct. Wouldn't recommend her to anyone.

Does not qualify to be an instructor. Lots of HW. Moody with some people, has FAVORITE PETS who can do no wrong. Rude, mean and insulting. Not helpful at all. Would not recommend to take her class unless you wanna fail. Tests are heavy and confusing. Tough grader, thinks everything should be her way or the highway. Does not hand tests back on time.

I took this class, because I took pre calc in high school, so what could go wrong, I did the homework, I studied a whole lot, and got a D, took it again in the spring with Mrs Hampshire, and got a B, if you can try and get Mrs hampshire, prof powers just puts notes on the elmo and has you copy them at an extremely fast pace....

Does not explain well. Harsh grader even if you got the answer right, you will lose points. Goes through lectures so fast and the way she teaches is so confusing but sometimes It can be understandable but half of the things that's on the test she doesn't explain in lectures and her homework is hard to do which is online

She is a very tough grader, and she really cuts off points even if you got the answer right. She is not very good at teaching, and goes through lectures too fast, and that's because she is trying to cover the topics but unfortunately she can't cover everything. She sometimes talks about her family too much, which wastes a lot of time.

Assigns HW and take home quizzes with material that we never went over in class, and are expected to know it. Tests are difficult because there are also problems that we never review in class.

I took this class online and was very dissapointed. As a class we were told the first day that in the homework assignments some of the questions would not accept the correct answer and that we had to message her and she would change our grade. This happened 4-5 times every homework assignment. You cannot learn math this way.

I hated this class. I took a hybrid, and for this we had to write a portfolio and hand steps in along the semester, I didnt get ANY of the steps back until a week before the portfolio was due. We had to fend for ourselves and figure out the online homework. Instead of teaching us stuff, she brought in childrens book to read to us.

I took her online class. Barely posts any lecture videos, just relies on the online lumen algebra text with sparse videos. Links videos to homework questions. gives snotty responses when you e-mail with questions. Probably needs to boost her self esteem by making her class impossible. Makes me want to quit school.

Everything is through lumen which is terrible. "Lecture" videos are few and don't really help. With her class there are 3 different types of problems. Lumen, Teacher, hw. Lumen doesn't explain things clearly, her videos are set up to look easy and hw/test questions are insane compared to what you're taught. 0/10 wish I could write more. She sucks

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Professor Powers takes forever to grade things. She graded probably 10-15 assignments the whole Fall Semester so I had no idea what my final grade would be. The class itself is kind of hard but the textbook does help.

I hated the class because of her. too much homeworks like we I have no classes to work on excepts hers, to a point where u have to cheat just to get through it expect to spend 10hours straight for the homeworks. The due dates are confusing, she gave for each assignment a different due date. JUST DON'T

As someone who has always been average in my math career, this was the first course I ever found unnecessarily complicated. From incredibly long readings with each new lesson to her bizarre test. I do not recommend it.

Professor Powers is nice but she does NOT know how to teach! She shows up to class, talks about her kids for the first 15+ minutes and goes over HW questions without teaching ANYTHING!!! She clearly takes on too many classes at once. I almost failed the class because of her. I am walking away from the class with nothing. Sorry.

Professor Powers was okay and all, however she starts her classes talking all about her personal life, she didn't teach well at all, she made us watch videos, take quizzes, and take tests all online using blackboard and my math lab. She made you feel very unwelcome when you went to her office during her office hours, etc.

The syllabus for the online class is very poor. When I asked about something I needed to know but that wasn't in it, she got very short with me and said "I should have read the syllabus" even though I said I did in the email. When I needed help understanding a math problem, she essentially told me to f off with no help. Avoid this teacher.

This remote asynchronous course takes more time to complete than my other three classes combined. She has no consideration for other studies, family life, or extracurricular. Be prepared for English type assignments in addition to math work and weekly discussions. Find an alternative to this class.

If you are looking for someone who might be an easy grader, she is not the professor for you.

absolutely miserable taking this course, cry most weeks. She does not teach. You are given access to an online textbook, told to seek tutor with any issues. The homework, quizzes, tests do not match up with examples given in class. Never grades. Been trying to speak with her for THREE weeks, she keeps giving me the run around. Avoid this teacher.

super tough grader, if you do one thing different than how she would in your work shown, but still have the right answer she would still take off points. Takes very long to grade. No late work and no exceptions. Isn't very understanding.

I had a mental breakdown every weekend because of her, and it's very dificult to learn online because she has these 20 minute lecture videos, tells you to read parts of the textbook, then gives us an intense exam every other week. Homework is okay, but when asked about office hours she just says there's tutoring available in the library. Avoid!!!

You have to download a lockdown browser for exams which isn't compatible with chromebooks. Wants work done the way she teaches it only. Work must be submitted at 11:59 am -- stay away if you work full time. Expect 12-16 hours or more to be dedicated to the work she assigns. No late work submitted, no exceptions. Office hours between 8am-11am.

Bad- she regularly mixed up dates and homework assignments and blamed me for it, giving me a zero when it was obviously not my error. I wasn't able to take the review exam because of technical issues on her part (which she also gave me a zero for), and there were incorrect answers on the practice sheets she gave us. It's clear she doesn't care.

The worst thing in ur life gonna be if you be her students

I have to retake 150 because I didn't learn anything she grades you on but when you're in class she ONLY grades you on quizzes and test Their worth 55% of your grade She doesn't teach gives you 20 min lectures to watch at home tells you to do the fat packet doesn't check then when you ask questions in class she gives you attitude thendosent answer

Terrible professor I had to drop the class. I tried getting help from her and she had zero enthusiasm to help me be successful in her class. When I was clearly struggling and lots quizzes. She teaches at a high pace and has attitude. Marked questions wrong on tests even if the answer is right just because you didn't exactly do it the way she does.

Never graded anything on time

If there is one piece of advice I can give to new HVCC students, it would be to NOT take classes with Professor Powers. She never graded anything, was extremely rude over email, and turned me to the Learning Center when I asked her for help. The homework kept me up all weekend because of how time-consuming it was and she had no grace for late work.

Professor Powers will grad you on her application, asking persol information about gender,age, race, where you went to school, just More than ever and then grade you, mostly lose a half point off your grade in the beginning. Shes very mean and never is available to talk, has a office and is never there,do not take her course you will regret it.

her lecture videos were not only long but were SOO hard to hear and had a loud ringing sound in the back, and it was absolutely horrible to watch and learn from! went into the final with nothing graded and barely passed because of her. I'm taking a harder math right now online and I have an A and I am NOT a math person at all.

Being that Math is already a hard subject for me, Prof. Powers make it so much harder. I had to contact her multiple times to ask questions and concerns and she was always rude and condescending. Her grading was very strict and her assignments were extremely hard. She posts no reminders for assignments so be sure to know due dates.

Do not take it!

If you are a poor test taker, be prepared to fail. Tests are way harder than any homework given and graded as majority of the grade. You will not receive any grades back in a timely fashion so you will have no clue as to your current understanding of the topics leading up to the tests. She is also very rude when you ask for help.

RUN If you want to fail statistic just take her class the worst professor ever she always comes late doesn't have clear office hours, always spends half of the class talking about her family and then gets you a super difficult exam, never explains the lecture properly. At the beginning you would think its easy but trust me by the 4&5 exam it won't.

This has got to be the worst math course I have ever taken. She takes points off for the tiniest reasons, and the way she words the math problems is so strange. In a homework I am currently working on, she wrote "A 22 negative ft ladder....How high does the ladder reach on the building?" I typically enjoy math but this course was terrible.

Very bad teacher, shows up 5-10 minutes late to class, even on quiz and test days. Gives you a ton of videos to watch and a homework. Then you show up she goes over the homework, slightly touches on the notes,On quizzes and tests points were taken off for the smallest things. If you don't do work her way it's wrong even if you're right. DONT TAKE!

I'm a student athlete and need to maintain 2.0, this teacher graded the first few things and I sat at a 82% the entire semester until the end which I was then magically at a 68% she never grades anything on time. She shows up late, and marks points for the smallest things. Unless your life is math and you have no obligations beside it, STAY AWAY!

Had 90+% all year then after the W out period she changed the curriculum to paper and took off for every little thing. Only class I never got an A in, ruined my 4.0. Stay away! Most likely the teacher who brags about her kids failing. Plus male students and other female students like myself, would spend up to 10 minutes locked out b4 she showed.

She doesn't grade anything, she does not have clear office hours, she assigns two videos that range around 10-20 minutes each class, and the videos have an ear piercing ringing in the background so it isn't watchable. She doesn't understand your personal life at all, my car broke down She still gave a 0 on a quiz!!! DO NOT TAKE THERESA POWERS CLASS

If you are bad at tests, DO NOT TAKE ANY OF POWERS CLASSES! Bad communication, two videos and a 10-20 question hard worksheet for hw each class. She doesn't understand personal life, and she takes points off for the smallest things possible. Atrocious, joke of a teacher.

Horrible teacher, didn't grade anything till the last 2 weeks of class. All lectures are old, poor quality videos. Tests are much harder then the homework and she nitpicks taking points off tests. Barely any office hours. Wish we read her reviews before registering for her class. Avoid this teacher at all costs!

I feel compelled to share my experience with this instructor to help others make informed decisions. During my time as a student, starting in 2019, I consistently observed a lack of support and engagement from her as an educator.

By far the worst teacher ive come across while attending HVCC. If you can avoid taking her class, stay clear.

I took a Math150 Summer course with Professor Powers. She was terrible. I had to argue with her to get the barest of my accommodations, and at the time of my withdrawal from her course, she had still refused to provide me with any type of class recording, stating that recorded zoom sessions are controversial. Get outta here with that!

I had this professor for not even two weeks and had to drop her online class. Her online assignments, online textbook assignments along with poorly recorded lectures made the learning pace her set feel impossible.

She sounded very robotic and had no real feedback to give. It was hard not to fall asleep

Do NOT take this professor!! As someone who isn't great at math, she makes things more complicated than necessary, is a really tough grader, gives LOTS of homework every week, and is super behind on grading which makes it incredibly difficult to see how you're doing in the class (doesn't grade for weeks at a time). Not great at responding to emails

Don't even think about taking her class. the tests and homework are twice as hard as what she actually teaches. She also doesn't allow make-up work if you miss class, and there's no extra credit or anything to help your grade. She doesn't update grades.

She gave lots of homework, with a quiz attached, and textbook readings every week. Be prepared to spend lots of time working on just math assignments. If you plan your time accordingly, you could get some of the work done during the week and have some work to do over the weekend. Her explanations were also not the greatest; they never made sense.