Very bad teacher I think shes dyslexic so a lot of the math problems are backwards and not explained right. No leniency at all and she talks down to you. She teaches like a 1st grade teacher.

she's crazy. also a bad teacher. she can take the the simplest concept in the world and confuse the smartest person in the class. if you have to take her, your best bet is to buy the textbook and skip as much as possible & show up for test days, you might actually understand something.

I have a 3.6 GPA, and let me tell you, this teacher is HORRIBLE. She has a very rude personality. She says she "doesn't teach the test", but in reality she doesn't even teach what is on the tests. If you do not read every word in every chapter, you will be suprised come test time. She teaches like an elementary school teacher. YUCK to La France.

I'll be short with this. She CAN teach but doesn't like to go over anything if you don't understand it. she hates anyone late, stricted with attendance, work has to be on the deadline or your on your own. she will deduct from your grade. i don't recommend her at all! unless your really good with math. other then that, don't bother!

LaFrance is not friendly from my experience. I would stay after class to ask questions and she basically shoo-ed me away. But if you asked questions during class, she wouldn't spend much time with you. I will never take her class again as a student who struggles with math to begin with. I need a teacher that will actually care if I pass.

DO NOT TAKE HER!! she is the worst math teacher. if you ask a question she will yell at you saying "you're confusing the class" her notes and homework are easy, but when it comes to the test they are impossible. I got 100% on all my homework but 40%-50% on all the test. She does not help her students and just is awful at explaining anything.

NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. You ask a question and all she does it tell you to look through th e textbook to find an answer that doesn't exist. She basically refuses to help and doesn't care at all, just wants a smaller work load.

Terrible teacher. She's very condescending when you try to ask for clarification or a question. This professor made me lose all interest in going into a business major and because I cannot stand Statistics. She assigns a bunch of unreasonable projects that have vague instructions and grades them harshly ABSOLUTELY DO NOT RECOMMEND TAKING THIS CLASS

WORST TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD! Withdrawing today. Doesn't care if we fail or succeed. Makes us feel stupid when asking questions, failing me because i missed 3 days of class. Scared to ask questions so i don't understand any of the material. Doesn't post grades till end so you can't keep track of your progress. Worst mistake i made was taking her.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. She is very unhelpful, rude, and demeaning. She assigned six projects throughout the term, each of which had hardly anything to do with statistics and had very poor instructions that NOBODY understood. She gets frustrated when someone asks a question and makes you feel stupid. DO NOT TAKE HER!

Other than the fact that she was rude and inconsistent, over the course of the semester we had to do an absurd amount of papers that didn't even pertain to statistics. Pointless class.

This teacher was without a doubt the worst teacher I have ever had at PHCC. She is rude, inconsistent, and very illogical. There was so many points in this class every single student was left in the class asking themselves "what???" because her assignments are unclear and confusing. I completely understood the material but not the questions.

ABSOLUTE WORST PROFESSOR EVER!!! NOT CLEAR WITH ANY OF HER ASSIGNMENTS. I looked forward to taking this class but this professor is by far the worst I have ever had. DO NOT TAKE ANY OF HER CLASSES

Instead of having tests, she gives out tons of projects. More writing in a math class than any other class I've ever taken, including English. The class is more like an elementary school class than a college class. No cellphones, no talking, no eating, and she watches your every movement to make sure you are following her lectures and not doodling.

Avoid this teacher at all costs! Huge projects, tons of writing. Afraid to ask questions because she gets mad or answers in a more confusing way. Very rude and irrational. Most of the students in my class dropped it by the end of the semester.

Talks down to students, absolutely no late work is accepted, and is the worst teacher I've ever had.

No tests, just extremely long projects that require extensive amounts or writing. The textbook is useless, but the online access code is mandatory. No late work is accepted. Very dissatisfied overall.

She should teach a kindergarden class. She spends more time with pointless "funny" banter then explaining a problem. She will stop an entire class to tell a student to get off there phone which is much more of a distraction. She REFUSES to show her work steps I've never seen a math teacher teach around a calculator so much. WORST TEACHER EVER!

This class was a living Hell for me. The professor wasn't helpful at all. When I emailed asking for help, I was told to read the directions. Then I was never given any answers to my questions.

She was the worst professor I think I've ever had. I had more assignments in her class throughout the year than ALL of my FIVE other classes COMBINED. Need help? Don't bother asking. Every email I send requesting help the response is in a rude manner and always relates to "Check the syllabus/read the material" She even made us WRITE papers(MATH??).

Attend every class or she will dock you points. Don't touch your cell phone. Don't speak unless spoken to. No jokes or laughing, at all, ever, about anything. She makes fun of you in a really subtle sort of way when you don't understand something. And I'm not saying she's racist, but, she's racist. Very subtle about it, but yeah. Bad person. Yikes.

She doesn't answer questions clearly. Rude, always seems bothered by questions.

DO not take this class unless you want to struggle through the whole semester. 5 tests go into the grade book, with little to no extra credit. More than half the class had to withdraw. Lectures only make the material harder to understand, so you're better off reading off the book.

I HIGHLY recommend that no one takes this class ever. I had to suffer nearly impossible tests, rude remarks and more. You are not to ask questions will be talked down to, in a very subtly yet obnoxious way. There are a total of 5 tests and that is it for the whole class. No way to get anymore points. The math lab and textbook is your on only hope.

She was very unkind to her students, and I felt like she just did not care. She made super easy concepts super hard. She doesn't even teach what is on the tests. She, also doesn't give out any homework grades. I don't recommend this professor to anybody.

Worst teacher ever! she would make fun of you in an indirect way if you didnt get a questions and we would have to write papers in a MATH CLASS!!!! we also had ridiculous projects of growing a mung bean and measuring it! we also had to have our IDs out when taking a test to make sure we were the right people. Never take her class ever again

Doesn't teach much math and is very unorganized.

Worst online class I've ever taken. Lots of work is confusing due to bad explanations. Writing assignments all have to be about a page long, even though everyone could simply answer the question completely in one paragraph. The only math I enjoyed doing in this class was adding up assignment points to see which pointless homework I could skip.

I took this class online and probably was the worst thing I have ever done. She wasn't a completely terrible teacher, it was just the amount of assignments due every week was insane. There was easily over a hundred assignments that were very time consuming. It was a lot of busy work that was pointless since they were only 5 -10 points. Don't do it

For everyone who is planning to take this class, just be ready to study lot and make sure to come to the exam. Her grading policies are also unfair to those of us trying to learn the subject. Good luck passing Statistics with Valerie Lafrance

Bad teacher. Makes simple things much harder the way that she tries to explain them. She gives a lot of work, some of it isnt even relevant to math. One assignment was actually on art and I think the only reason we had to do it was because she was on a stage with the guy in a video we HAD to watch. Would not recommend.

This professor is the worst I've ever had in my entire education. She doesn't care what your circumstances are at home, she'll watch you suffer.. She also demeans students to try to get them to work harder. She has called me stupid and told me she doesn't understand how my mind works. steer clear. DO NOT take her class. It's not worth it. AT ALL.

The absolute worst online teacher you could imagine. Made it more inconvenient that going into the class. Gives no leverage with her assigned dates. Absolutely absurd. DO NOT TAKE

Terrible. Absolutely terrible. She is kinda sarcastic. To many tests. I would never take her again basically, and when you do something wrong she just makes you seem more dumb

Horrible math teacher. Have to learn Egyptian and Chinese numbers in a math class. She gets very annoyed if you don't understand something she teaches. She'll call you out and say that you "weren't paying attention and that's why you don't get it".

La France was my first college math class professor. I had to teach myself more than she taught the class. If you don't know an answer, she rolls her eyes and is too sarcastic. Only the 5 tests are put in the grade book, nothing else. More than half the class had to withdraw the class. If you can choose another professor DO IT.

Worst educator ever. More of as proctor than educator. Very difficult to connect with. No lectures. No guidance, No helpful communication. Exams are all on a Tuesday, so if you work be prepared to take time off. No excuses allowed. Apparently, she has never had a life outside of the classroom. God help you if you have kids.

Our only grades in the grade book were 5 tests. No chance for extra points and makes everything way more harder than they need to be. Also extremely rude and impatient when it came to just about anyone. Never ever taking her nor would I wish her on my worst enemy.

DO NOT TAKE!!! She assigns A LOT of homework, like 7 sections of 20 something q's each for EACH unit and you have to learn it all on your own!! She gave out like four tests which were like 55 questions EACH but kept decreasing # of questions bc students were doing so poorly!! I pretty much gave up by the end hence the grade. Very strict!No ext cred

I am in the middle of taking this class right now and this is by far the worst class I have ever taken in my entire educational career. She gives a ridiculous amount of homework. At least 100 questions per module. Keep in mind that there at least 2 modules before an exam. She makes the entire class way harder than it needs to be. DO NOT TAKE!!!

She doesn't care about your personal life! There is no extra credit! She won't help you to pass!

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS! Unforgiving, does not care about your personal life, and is not willing to work with you.

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE TEACHER! I have not once disliked a teacher at PHSC, and this class changed that. She has no flexibility, even in spite of the corona virus pandemic. E-Mails are not clear and concise. I would not wish my worst enemy to have taken this class with her.

Does not care whether or not you understand what is being taught. Is not flexible or understanding during a pandemic. I honestly thought the score on rate my professor was a lie, and now I wish I would have believe it.

She is very disrespectful toward students I was talked down to when I asked questions and would not recommend to rake her class.

All she graded were the exams. /:

Dont take her, she doesnt teach anything you have to learn on your own. She doesnt care about your personal issues. Too much work, no homework extension. She doesnt care about your pace you have to follow her pace the syllabus. She just get paid while my stat lab does most of the work GOOD LUCK Please dont take her. I promise you wont regret

Her class is not structured for any student to show their potential as her approach is to stick to fixed, inaccurate material that barely apply in tests or quizzes. She believes that her class truly helps students understand statistics in a sense where it is applicable in real life--not with a class as poorly organized as hers. Uselessly difficult

She's the worst professor I've ever had. You don't even need the learning guide. She uses BIg blue button, you can't ever talk on this application, only use the chat off to the side, no video like zoom, and she never looks at the chats for people who ask questions. She mistakenly kicked me out of an exam bc she thought I was a different student.

She doesnt care if you pass or fail, shell read from a PowerPoint and not actually teach. Worst course Ive ever taken.

In personal experience she had no enthusiasm to see her students succeed or enjoy learning math. I wouldn't recommend her.