Taking her class on STDV B6 was very easy to do and to work with during the summer. She doesn't put out too much homework, but many quizzes you can retry repeatedly to get the perfect score toward your grade. She also regrades any assignment you do if you're not pleased with its grade. Overall, she is a great professor that I would take again. A.C.

Professor Furman is awesome. She would get back to me in a timely matter when I had any questions or concerns. She gave us brief explanations of what to expect from the lecture each week. She gave good feedback on all my assignments. I would definitely take another class with Professor Furman. M.Z.

My teacher she did a good job on letting me know what I needed to fix and made sure to give feedback on the assignment I enjoyed her being my teacher online and in person when we had the bridge to BC she made me feel comfortable having to email back and forth and talking to her in person was easy and she was very helpful.

This Professor makes herself available if you need assistance. She is very nice and her class is awesome. There's alot of good information to help you be successful. I really enjoyed her class and would love to have her be my Professor in other classes. I recommend her very much!

The course itself wasn't very hard and the professor definitely made it easy to navigate and work with. As long as you stayed on top of your work and always stayed alert for announcements and feedback from the professor, you will do good in the class.

She is awesome! Very helpful and connects with the class a lot even though it was a fully online class! Would definitely take a class with her again! A.M

Grades assignments quick and is nice to students.

Instructions are very clear, step by step. Would definitely do it again. A.M

She is a very good professor. If you have any questions she is always ready with an answer.

The professor was excellent in many ways. Her teaching style was clear and easy to follow, making it simple for me to understand the lessons. She gave us great advice on how to be good students in college like how to manage are time and how to set our goals. Overall, the class was simple but really helpful.

I like the dinamic that use the professor and the consideration with students, recomended

She is very thorough with the assignments, and her grading is as simple as it gets. She gives good feedback on any assignments that you turn in and gives you the opportunity to fix or make better of the assignment to receive more or full points. She is very generous and a great teacher because of how easy and simple she makes her class. G.B

Very informative and with clear expectations. Timely grading with helpful feedback. Assigned reading promotes self-awareness, discipline and encouraging ways that can improve your success not only as a college student but builds a life long foundation. I wish I had taken this course much sooner; I highly recommend it! ka

Professor T. Furman was quick to respond to email and willing to help me navigate this class. I had a hard time taking an online class. She worked with me to get the things I need to succeed. I am very grateful for the time she has taken with me to do complete this course.

Professor Furman was very understanding and communicative when there were technical issues that didn't allow me to do an assignment. She is very fair and accommodating if there are issues and responds quick to emails outside of class. All quizzes were open textbook and the textbook required is provided by her for free online. KL

Flexible schedule, honestly hard to fail unless you just don't do the work. Can be very helpful for incoming freshman.

Great professor you just have to communicate to her Overall a good class

The order of what we learned seemed pretty silly, but overall was great and understanding, especially when me and my brother needed help with our degree planner.

She was great, very understanding, and great at helping you understand certain things. The order of what we learned seemed pretty silly but overall it was a really good experience.

Professor Furman gave clear and thorough instructions on how she wanted assignments completed. She left no room for confusion and gave us the material necessary to excel in her class.

Professor Furman gave clear and thorough instructions on how she wanted assignments completed. She left no room for confusion and gave us the material necessary to excel in her class. K.S - forgot to initial my first review

The professor was clear, concise and easy to understand with assignment expectations. Criteria was readily available on every assignment. Was not difficult to understand, I would take another class with this professor. JO

My professor was very helpful and a excellent instructor.

The professor is awesome she responds very quickly and gives awesome feedback and

She's really great as a counselor and as a professor, she explains things really well and gives a lot of recourses explain like videos she records and extra articles to read if your are stuck on the material. DB

She is a good professor, and if I experience any problems with the homework, she will respond to my email right away. My first and last initials are "E.G."

I've learned so much from this course! Not only academically but also personally. Professors Tori is amazing I'd definitely recommend taking this class. A.R

My professor was very thorough of her videos explaining the course, the agendas and the assignments. Reading her interaction and expressed her interest and care in some of the discussions we had to write about and respond too. The homework assignments were due once a week, quick to respond back. Reminding us of recent due assignments coming up.

Professor Furman is a good professor, explain briefly on each assignment. If you don't fully understand you can always ask for help and she will respond quickly. She a great professor would recommend taking her course!!

Professor Tori Furman was one of my first professors going back to college in over 14 years. She made this process smooth as she explained her course assignments thoroughly and clearly to ensure we understood what was expected of us. She also was helpful if we had questions and seemed to care for us to pass her class by reminding us of due dates.

The professor is incredibly supportive, provides clear instructions, and genuinely cares about student success. Assignments were well structured, and grading was always prompt with helpful feedback. Communication was great, and extra credit opportunities were available.

The professor is nice. The teaching style is helpful. She responds to messages very quick great at communicating with students.

Teaching style very helpful and it great communicating. Provides clear instructions on assignments. Professor Furman is a great professor recommended taking class.

she a great teacher and the assignments she gave us through out the course where explain well and easy but the questions on some of the assignments I feel like they were a bit personal to me but nothing somebody cant share

She was very helpful towards me, when it came to conveying the materials, she was very clear and gave good detailed instructions.

The professor makes it as easy as possible to pass this class and get your credits. She will email you to remind you of assignment due dates which not many others do, so major respect for that. The text is provided in the syllabus and the course itself is easy to navigate. She also takes the time to provide insightful feedback on most assignments.

Professor Furman is the sweetest! She is extremely kind and understanding and you can tell she just wants you to pass. Her assignments are super easy and the reading is not heavy, I recommend this class! Easiest I've taken, the online book is free, and the whole course is only 8 weeks long!

She is pretty chill

Professor Furman was very helpful throughout the entire course. The textbook is provided by the professor. It is an easy 8 week course.

I loved taking this class the teacher was soo sweet.

I liked the way the professor made videos explaining what to expect in each module, I feel like that was something kind to do for her students. I personally did not like that if the assignments were late they were not taken in,

This class was not overwhelming at all, and she was very helpful.

Professor Furman is very kind and seems to really care about her students! This course is really easy, not a heavy workload at all. She leaves great feedback and offers extra credit as well!

This class teaches a lot of valuable skills that can be applied throughout the semester. Professor Furman gives good feedback and explains practical skills through video lectures. It can be time consuming but I can retain the information a lot better this way and ask more knowledgeable questions to my future advisors. Highly recommend!

Professor "Tori Furman" is an effective and engaging educator who explains complex topics clearly and uses real-world examples to enhance understanding. They encourage student participation, offer timely feedback, and maintain an organized approach. Their openness and skills foster a positive learning environment that supports student success.

This professor was good overall. She was very expressive and a great communicator when leaving comments on assignments. If you do something wrong, she gives you good feedback and allows reattempts. The only thing is that she could be a tough grader on activities but other than that she's a great professor.

Professor Furman was awesome! Very kind and extremely helpful. I would recommend taking this course during your first semester at Bakersfield College. It helps you understand time management and how to be organized in order to succeed in college. The course was very easy and counts as credit towards your associates degree.

Professor Furman is very professional and thorough in the material she presents, I would highly recommend and even take a class of hers again. Professor is great with communication comments and assistance with assignments.

Professor Furman is great. Her teaching style is easy to understand, with clear & concise direction & advise to responding to questions or any concerns you have, promptly. She's caring, & I have learned alot. This was my first online course. I recommend the course to anyone, no matter where you are in your college journey!

Professor Furman offers a diverse course on how to be a better student, I feel like I learned a lot of things that will help me here and at a University.

Professor Mrs. Furman is incredibly sweet and seems very approachable even though this was an online class! One thing I really appreciated was their promptness in responding to emails and returning graded assignments, feedback was always timely and constructive. Overall, it was a positive learning experience.

Great professor and makes things super straightforward and easy to understand.

Tori Furman was a great online teacher! She communicated everything on time, and even gave reminders for when the work was due. Gave great feedback and homework was easy to understand. She posted video tutorials for how each assignment is done, and also gave examples. Best online teacher I've had, Definitely recommend her to everyone !

I took this course purely for credits, but I was a bit amazed at how she wanted us to really try to think about ourselves and our time in college - both academically and for fun. The assignments are easy to understand and turn in, highly recommended!

I appreciate the clear modules assigned each week and the feedback given on the assignments is extremely beneficial.

Class is very easy and extremely helpful for both old and new students. As long as you read the instructions and turn things in on time, you should have an easy time. Quizzes are open book, and the textbook is free online. I highly recommend taking this class, especially if you're finding navigating college life a bit confusing.

Highly recommend if you need an extra class or are burly starting your college career. She is pretty straight forward on the assignment she even makes videos explains what she's expecting for the week. I took her late start class and it was very easy and manageable. She is easy to get s hold of outside of class and responds fast.

Highly recommend in you need an extra class or are just starting college. She is very easy to get a hold of and responds fairly fast. She made this class easy to understand and makes videos to help understand what she wants for the week.

The course isn't a challenging course to begin with and Professor Tori makes it nigh impossible to fail the class if you put in the work and submit your assignments. She's a very fair grader; as long as you submit your assignment and actually put in effort then be sure to get a decent grade.

I took this online course and it was a great class to take. The instructor is very clear in her instructions, gives feedback, and is quick to grade assignments. I would definetly recommend taking this if you need tools in navigating college.

Such a caring and sweet Professor. The class is pretty easy as long as you turn in your assignments on time. Her grading is pretty clear and gives great feedback. She also offers a lot of extra credit. I highly recommend this professor when taking it your first semester or if you need an extra easy class.

This professor is extremely understanding. She would give us extra time on things as long as we reached out and kept her in the loop. She gave great instructions on what she wanted from an assignment and graded pretty fairly.

The class was pretty easy most of the work was literally in the book. She gives good feedback. I would definitely recommend her class. The professor does give extra credit work.

I had her online for Student Development and she was a great professor, the course was fast paced but she gave clear instructions to assignments and provided feedback when necessary. She is also very quick to grade assignments and highly recommend this class with this professor coming into college.

This class was very enjoyable to take.

The professor had a great deal of information. You have to research answers for the quizzes, but they are open-book. Very friendly and motivating in emails. Feel free to ask her questions because she is willing to help.

Professor Tori explains everything clearly and makes the material easy to understand. Her teaching style is organized, supportive, and respectful. She encourages questions and creates a comfortable learning environment. I learned a lot and enjoyed her class.

Really good professor. Answered all my questions and did so quickly. Class is outstanding for students coming out of high school. Take this class in your first semester as there is lots of really great info on how to succeed in college.

She is a fair teacher and is very helpful and explains the course how she expects your work to be turned in and give you positive feedback.

Very good professor and very easy class!

Where to start? Professor Furman was a phenomenal instructor ! Her STDV B6 online summer course was one of the easiest, yet most informative classes I have taken so far. She read through everything submitted and provided relatable feedback, that I really enjoyed reading. She made it really easy to feel comfortable.100% recommend. Take her class !

She is an amazing professor. Mrs. Furman grades online assignments relatively quickly. Anytime I was confused about an assignment and emailed her, I got a response within a day. Her assignments had short and easy-to-understand rubrics. To her future students: Make sure you ask her for help when you need it!

Very kind and interested in what you share about yourself, so feedback is received. Work is easy and not too time-consuming. The textbook is free online. There's nothing negative about this course; on the contrary, it has helpful tips for your success.

She is amazing and very helpful!

Ms. Furman is a great professor, definitely one of the best I've had. She grades all assignments quickly and is very clear with what is expected from you. Her assignments are short and easy! Overall, it's a great class.

The professor made learning easy by providing clear, helpful videos for every module that explained what we needed to do. The course was fairly easy, and grading was straightforward and fair. Attendance was required, but the online format made it flexible. Communication was quick, and I would definitely take another course with this instructor.

Professor Tori Furman is an amazing teacher. She is very thorough with each assignment. She makes videos explaining where we are doing something wrong. She is very encouraging and helpful. I'd definitely attend one of her classes again.

Professor Furman is very knowledgeable and caring. The work for this wasn't challenging, and the instructions were clear and easy to follow. I would highly recommend taking this professor to anyone who needs to take this class.

I highly recommend this course and professor! What really stood out was her teaching style, which was engaging and accessible. She was able to explain complex concepts in a way that was easy to understand. Communication was excellent; the professor provided helpful clarification on assignments. The feedback provided on assignments was incredibly.

Mrs.Furman is a great professor, she's ready to help out when help is needed. I love how she replies back to us when we need help. I would love to have her in my future courses. Thank you so much Mrs.Furman

Great teacher, very understanding, workload is reasonable and educational. Definitely work ahead in case, the deadlines creep up faster than you'd think and she doesn't accept late work(unless there was an emergency).

I learned a lot from this class. It is all online along with the textbook. Emails were answered fairly quickly with detailed explanations. Assignments were graded promptly.

She is very clear as to what work to do and complete. You have to try really hard to fail. As long as your on time with work its very easy.

phenomenal teaching very simple when it comes to class work.

This was a really good online class. The professor was nice and easy to understand. The work wasn't too hard, and they gave helpful feedback on assignments. Communication was quick, and grading was fair. I liked that the class was well-organized. I would definitely take a class with this instructor again!

The professor presented her knowledge to the fullest with helping incoming college students have a successful college life.

Professor Furman is a well respected professor, who cares for her students and wish the best for them.

This professor was very accessible outside of class, which made the class easier for me. Overall, I recommend this professor because her reading load is not too heavy, and she is very accessible. In the end, I appreciate having her as my professor for STDV B6, and I hope whoever's reading this can experience having her as a professor as well.

Professor Furman is a very respectable person. She offers clear and easy instructions for each assignment. The grading is good, and she provides great feedback on assignments.

Really informative class. I believe this should be the first class you take when starting you BC journey.

Professor Tori Furman, always makes sure her students are doing well and is quick to remind us about upcoming assignments, she makes everything easy to understand.

Very knowledgeable and professional.

Knowledgeable and professional.

This was a super easy course, and even when I was confused about something, she always helped and worked with my schedule.

Professor Furman is a great professor. The course work was not hard at all but it does still require you to participate in group discussions and lots of reading. She gives feedback on all assignments and you can tell the responses are personal to every student and their submissions. Overall a great experience!

After taking prof Tori's class I feel like I learned a lot and now I have a better mindset of how to access Inside BC better and using Starfish. Prof Tori is really nice and she wants everyone to pass her class. I didn't do very well on the Starfish assignment the first time but I was able to redo the assignment because she gave me another chance.

Professor Furman is a very kind and attentive Professor. I was having trouble accessing the canvas class and she was very kind in allowing me to submit the late work for full credit. She gives clear grading criteria and good feedback, definitely take her if you're thinking about it!

Professor Furman is a good professor. She responds to emails very fast and gives a lot of good feedbacks. Overall, it's an easy class if you do your work.

very chill, light work! gives you everything you need to succeed (even comments/reminds about due dates frequently)

I really enjoy her lessons she's very clear.

Teaching style is good and professional she's very specific and really covers everything that's needed to be done and give feedback as soon as possible I really enjoy this class.

I took an online class. It was fairly easy just know that there is a lot of reading required, but it was worth learning. She explained the objective of the week very well and I found that even the most important assignment wasn't very difficult especially with the grading criteria being available.

I want other students to know that this professor is nice and lets you know when you have questions she will answer them as soon as she can her work is not hard at all and she just overall is a good professor.

Tori Furman was a great professor. She would personally email reminders about upcoming assignments and even provided a free e-book to help complete the coursework. Her grading rubric was clear and easy to follow. Overall, she was an excellent instructor.

Assignments were easy as long as you paid attention to what you read. Her comments on assignments and announcements were informative and sweet. Get ahead if you can, because sometimes the deadlines creep up faster than you think. Everything taught was very informative and helpful in finding the info needed for BC and is useful for later on in life.

Very easy class to take, provides a clear guide to the Bakersfield College website and encourages new students to stay on track for graduating. Professor was a very fair grader, and quick. Answers emails promptly and is overall very friendly. 10/10 would recommend.

Really straightforward class. Everything is laid out really well, just keep dates in mind.

I loved this class, the professor commented on my improvement during class and that was a really big help. She does like well thought answers and will let you know when you are not giving enough information, but it's helpful, not annoying.

Professor Furman was very helpful when I had trouble understanding the assignments. Online textbook, really good to use.

I took Professor Forman's class during a summer semester and she is a really involved professor in such a short time. This course itself is to prepare you for the college experience and she made it really simple for us to understand. She was always an email away with the answers to any questions we may have had, such an amazing professor!

Taking her class during a summer semester was not challenging at all, she was a really involved professor and made sure nobody fell behind in her class. She encouraged us to ask her questions and she prepared us for what's to come in the upcoming semester(s). Absolute loved her as a professor!

This was a very easy class, I had her for summer school which was only 4 weeks long and she always gave back good feedback.

Amazing teacher

Gives help when asked, straightforward and firm, and makes the work simple, an easygoing, respectable-and-full teach. 10/10 for me.