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She is horrible she is not consistant and she is very arogant. If you do take her class keep syllabus the whole time because she likes to chjange grading criteria at the last minute. She is very confusing. She is the worst teacher I ever had. The work isn't hard but there is no way to garuntee a good grade.
She is a horrible teacher. She CANNOT teach and SHOULD NOT be teaching. She's the kind of teacher who will answer your questions with questions and will never give you an answer.
Do not take her class! She is a ****, one-sided teacher who involves 90%politics and 10%english. Very unstrucutred class!
Do not take this class! She is one of the worst professors on campus. It is almost impossible to get an A in her class. She grades essays very harshly without any real critiques. She is terrible at explaining what she wants, she's unorganized, and she often goes off topic.
I found Wanda to be a VERY unorganized instructor; Her grading system is very strict at the first of the semester and eases up a bit after the middle of the semester. She assigns nearly doulble the amount of writing that the state requires
This teacher is the worst english teacher! her grading policy is very harsh and does not give back any constructive feed-back. The class is simply about her political opinions. she is very rude and arogant. I have not learned anything, I do not know why she is even teaching! if you want to learn plaese do not take her! also she does not give A's.
If you take Wanda Sabir for any kind of english class you are setting yourself up for failure. She's more unorganized than anyone i ever seen in my life. She will give you tons of useless assignments, and she's always late for class, she's an activist and comments on unnessary things then will try to fail you. tAKE HER OF YOU WANR A HEADACHE !!!!!
This teacher is really unorganized and doesnt really know what she's doing, But she doesnt base ur grade on what u turned in, its how well she knows u. I got a B in her class just by showing up to class everyday. The assignments she gives dont make sense, you rarely turn anything in. she just assigns something then she forgets about it.
Im saying this just to help students save time, energy, and especially headaches. Wanda Sabir is the worst english teacher that i think ANYONE IN THE WORLD could have. Unorganized, doesnt remember things that she assigns or collects. You should never ask her about your grade bc she will never know. It all depends on how well she knows or likes you.
Contrary to the beliefs of others, Professor Sabir is a wonderful instructor. She challenges you to think outside the box. She certainly won't hold your hand along the way, but she will provide clarity where needed, and gives both positive and critical feedback. I received an A in her class, and intend to take her class again!
she should teach history, not english
omg this was the worst teacher i have took! she is really unorganized and is rude to students and forgets what she hands out to you and really i wouldnt recommend her to anyone!! i regret ever taking her class because she will bore you to death and give you a headache and have you walking out her class very irrating from what she says.
hella unorganized. throws hella papers at u and eexpects u to do them all. but she will teach u somethin.. and thats how to wrate an essay. a long essay
Unorganized, inconsiderate, unreliable, extremely lax, and rather forgetful. Jus sum of da traits dat dis Prof. has. IMO, 1 of da many Prof.'s I had dat lost mai interest in da class. If she needs criticism, I sai b' mo' strict w/ deadlines. An unorganized Prof. results in an unorganized class.
Some teacher are born to shine,and to HELP students on HOW to think, Others want to teach theirs students WHAT to think- Wanda is on the second part. You might Regret taking her class.
Professor Sabir cares about her students as well as her reputation.If you're looking for a professor that will allow you to simply float through,look elsewhere.Her standards are high but she provides you with the tools. I enjoyed her class and learned so much.She works you to the very end.I highly recommend her class if you're serious. Lisa R.
She is the most unorganized,& inconsistent teachers ever! There's no point going to her lecture. She likes make us sit and listen to her talks about her weekend for almost 1 hr(which I dont want to hear about), and overwhelm you with loads of writing and reading. She is kinda rude when u ask her questions, unless she has an interest in you.
WORST PROFESSOR EVER!
This class was the worst ive ever taken. shes really un organized and doesnt know what she is doing. the only reason i think im going to get a passing grade is because i joke with her a lot. your grade wont reflect your work, its how much she likes you.
She is the worst teacher, I have ever had. No syllabus, very unorganized. You have to understand nothing but hip hop. Videos she shows are offensive. She will only like you if you understand the African American culture if not too bad.
She is a very unorganized teacher, that jumps around from subject to subject. She does not teach, she expects you to learn on your own and just reiterate the information to you. She is rude to students, and provides little help, when asked a question. It is impossible for even the most hardworking student to not feel overwhelmed by her class.
DON'T TAKE THIS TEACHER IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN. She's very unorganized and unable to explain. She expects you to know everything but doesn't teach you. She always comes to class late and leaves early. She's lazy; she doesn't even give you a syllabus. She doesn't give you comments on your essays and probably doesn't even read them.
I was excited to work with her at the beginning of the semester, but she bgan to get on my nerves. She is not clear in her description of assignments at all, i barely learned anything. Everything is check the blog this, and that. not helpful AT ALL.
she is very unorganized, she tends to say insulting things when you ask her a question, plus she gives out work after work and never grades them. i would not recommend her to anyone and it is hard to talk her about your work
she is THE worst teacher you can possibly have at any school. I've had many professors that could not teach well, but she is the worst. i have not learned ANYTHING and i am always there. she makes us do assignments that she is interested in, mainly women empowerment. completely unorganized, FIRE THIS WOMAN SHE CAN'T TEACH TO SAVE HER LIFE.
Please do not take her class. I took her class last semester and ended up dropping the class. She doesn't teach and expects you to learn everything. If you ask her a question, she would answer it in a very rude and sarcastic way. Please do not take her.
I enjoyed my semester with her. I thought that her choice in books was rather interesting and the class discussions were great. You need an open mind and a little patience. Just show her respect and she treats you very well. She also worked with me on my papers so that I got a good grade. She is one of my favorite teachers.
I took her class a couple semesters ago for English 1A and HIGHLY recommend NOT taking her class! This was the WORST teacher and class I have had to date! You won't learn much. She once told the class that Superman was all about white supremacy... The choice of literature in her class is poor.
DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!! She is not clear on assignments and doesn't answer questions. she talks about random subjects during class and emphasizes that she is tenor.
There is currently a rebellion going on in her class. Everyone hates her choice of textbook, her unorthodox and unorganized teaching style as well as her lackadaisical attitude towards education and learning. I should have read these reviews before signing up for her class. Completely awful professor.
She gives really easy and helpful assignments, but she makes everything seem so pointless by the way she presents herself and her class. Doing all the work would not have been a problem if she was structured in terms of standards and grading; and if she wasn't fickle minded about requirements and deadlines and work in general. She grades the essays
This teacher is not a teacher at all. She doesn't teach students ANYTHING! She is a waste of time. She always tells you to look at her blog instead of actually explaining things. Her choice of textbook is dreadful and not too helpful. Unorganized, rude, has favorites. take this class if you want to dread waking up in the morning.
She is a horrible teacher. I would not ever take her class again. She marks you down on grammar. A lot of grammar. Unless, your confident in your writing do not take her class.
Good things about her, she's a really nice person, and she is always in a good mood. The bad... well it's pretty bad. She's unorganized, does not clearly explain what we need to do and she gives way too much work for a summer course... She's nice and at all but I don't think she is a great professor. I'm glad I'm done with this class.
She is horrible at teaching. She is very unorganized, unclear in explaining what we need to do, and when it comes to papers, BE PREPARE!She will discourage you from writing, She marks you down - a lot - on grammatical errors even when your content is very "good". I'm glad to be done with that class.
Every day she decides to come to class late, at least 5 minutes late every single day. She is very difficult to understand and always rambles about irrelevant subjects. She gives a ton of "homework" that she ends up not even grading. She makes us buy books we hardly even touch except for the tedious and boring workbook.
she doesn't teach at all. she is waste of time and she doesn't understand our questions. she doesn't tell you what you have to do exactly.
Cant teach and doesnt understand clearly of what the students are telling her. She finally realize later of what the students telling her. her teaching method is horrible and she makes random due dates a lot. She expects the students to do excellent work in a short period of time. NEVER take her as an english teacher!!!!
the main problem about her is that she does not make clarity. when it comes to due dates she doesnt clarify the assigments that we are writing about. NOT HELPFULL AT ALL. she has teacher pets in her class and she doesnt like some people as well. she doesnt know what she is doing with the assignments because she doesnt explain it fully.
This LADY does not know how to teach.She makes STUFF so confusing and thinks her students don't know how to do it when really its her who is confusing. DON'T TAKE HER CLASS.PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO FAIL....
Alot of people on here are attacking Mrs Sabir and might say, i can see why. Her isnt a mean person, shes a very sweet person. She just doesnt know how to explain her assignment and it makes the students stess because we dont know what were doing. I like her as a person, but as a teacher, shes not that good. I hope I pass this class
Don't take her as a teacher! Save your self from all the stress
the class sucked hella work,(that is scattered all over the place too, dose not give work back tell end of class and expects you to steel rewrite and turn it in. my class tried to get her fired she was so bad DO NOT TAKE!!
In the three days I spent in her class, we spent a lot of time waiting for her to arrive to class, deciphering Tupac lyrics, and fixing computers. If you really want to challenge your patience, then by all means, take her class.
She is the worst teacher in the world!!! .
1st day of class & only stayed in for five minutes!! because of how she came off i already knew that this was going to be a teacher i would not get along with! OMG how oh so rude is she!! Come to find out!! i come on this site to see how much she is rated & know one likes her! no surprise.. LOL DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!
Doesn't matter. Got an A. Everything you see on here is accurate though.
Absolute worst teacher I've ever had in my life. Isn't clear at all about the assignments she gives. Extremely rude and condescending when talking to students..she talks down to you like you are dumb if you ask a question about the assignment. Over all the class is just a really boring waste of time, take this if you want to regret waking up.
May have been the worst English teacher have ever had. not clear about assignments, condescending, rude and over all not pleasant to be around. the curriculum was more like her own book club instead of an actual piece of literature. had to drop it. BEWARE OF HER.
Essays and online assignments galore that she tries to clarify the details on how to do them and when they're due, but somehow seems to fail. NO CLARITY AT ALL. She tries, but just doesn't seem to help. Escape while you still can...
Took English 5 during summer. Class started out with 60 students and only 8 remained at the end of the course. Not pointing any fingers but out of the 8 students the black kid got a A while everyone else got a C. And all of our papers were written the same way she wanted us to??
Worst teacher I've ever had. No communication. Very rude toward clarifying questions. I wouldn't take another class from her even if it meant I had to stay at COA for an extra semester. Be ready to fight til the end for your grade because I sure had to. We read a self help book as the focus of the semester. It was a joke.
You need lots of, tons of patience to get through her class. Believe me I think I only get B because of my attendance. she only talk and connect who she likes rest of us is just no one
Very confusing and doesn't explain all material. Poor teacher, I'd stay away.
Nice lady, but you will be reading multiple books for her at any given time. We often have very tight deadlines to turn in assignments. She will often give out more assignments on a whim, which is pretty ridiculous. If you don't keep up, you will fall behind, and it will be hard to catch up. Do not take this class if you value your time and sanity!
When I first started her class it was packed, at the end I was like "WOW", because only 8 or 9 students remained. This is a four unit class so she does give alot of work and about five text books are mandatory for her class, so be prepared to work . A student will have alot of homework assignments, essays and books to read. SHE IS A NICE TEACHER!!
Beware this teacher. I wouldn't recommend her at all. Teaches horribly. Crude comments if ask for help. Haves you buy like 3 books and barely uses them at all.
seriously taking her thinking online would be easier with my schedule and definitely NOT! Every day there is something new!
I would not recommend taking Sabir. Her grades are based off her opinions and she is often unclear in what she wants. Posting on her blog is useless; she rarely comments on it. Outside the education system, she is a wonderful person with a nice personality.
I unfortunately had to drop this course due to the inability to keep up and understand what she wanted exactly. Wanda is a very nice woman, I feel bad for giving her such a low rating, I would like to see more organization.
I would not recommend this teacher. She is very difficult, she gives ALOT of work and very unorganized. You have to have 3 or more books for the class that is mandatory.
Took this class in 2012. Difficult to follow and very confusing. At the end of the term, very few people were left. I should have left with them.
Worst teacher ever. I have never had such a bad teacher. Do not take her class, I repeat do not take her class. If anyone has her, and is reading this,drop the class now.
She is a sweet teacher, but very demanding! a lot of work(in good way), which makes you a very fine writer. in this class you will learn the importance of rewriting. you write like crazy to be a good writer :)if you aren't lazy, take her class. you will learn a lot!!
Professor Sabir's class was really hard; however, I used the skills I learned in her class to excel at the University of Georgia and receive some awards. In your life as college students you will encounter demanding professors, but those are the ones you will be most grateful you have met.
Apparent lack of interest with students. Does not provide timely feedback. Fails many.
For all of the international students, if you plan to go back to your country to renew your visa, you should not take her class. She is unclear, not organized. you learn very little from her. She also takes a WEEK off a lot which make you do ton of assignments in moodle and what she says in class and in moodle are very different and unclear
She is extremely unclear about when assignments are due and does not help you at all, she's a nice woman but school isn't about being nice to the students its about helping us succeed and she does not do that. Do not take her class or else you'll have to see for yourself what im talking about.
I took her class for a week in the beginning of the semester, and I immediately knew this wouldn't be a good class. She's taking a doctorate class and said she was going to miss a good amount of classes. I dropped that first week. Sweet person, but super unorganized. Syllabus and Moodle was all over the place. I don't know how the class functions.
She is completely unclear on what she wants. She had us working on a "project" she made up along the way and we still had no idea what to do. We did nothing on the syllabus she gave us. What should've been an English class turned into Social Justice Warrior class. I should be coming out as a stronger writer, not a "activist".
She's very nice but she gives out way to much work and is extremely unclear. Dropped her class before I could receive a W. Unless you are an English major or are not taking other classes, don't take her.
The 1st day of class felt as if we had been in class for a month and 3 essays are due next week. She is extremely confusing and wants to see u sweat, not succeed. If u are straight out of high school going to school part time. U might pass. If u work, have children, a single mother/father, taking more than 9 units , or all. It not worth the stress
I would strongly advise choosing another professor She is extremely unorganized and easily persuaded to deviate from her plan. She is not strict wither students so no one does the essays or homework. She also can be very rude and defensive. Her syllabus was not clear as to what books we needed so we always had to buy books last minute.
Should've seen this site first. I've got nothing to say what hasn't already been said. We had assignments all over the place out of nowhere, and I feel my writing skills have dropped since taking the class. Nice person, but bad teacher. Also, had some SocJus themes which were off putting to me.
I mean She's nice don't get me wrong, however just her teaching style was very out of order. If you get to know her it will be a little easier so she will know your pace but other than that good luck.
Wanda is the best teacher for English. Like Pappas, you will learn a lot if you do the work. Easy A if you try in class.
Wanda Sabir is the best English professor that I ever taken and pretty easy to get an A in her class.
One of the worst professors I've ever had at alameda. It takes her a long time to grade things. Gets offended when you ask a question in class about the work. Also, this professor doesn't go by the syllabus so it's hard.
Wanda is a nice person so I feel bad for having to leave her a bad review. She is very unclear, says one thing in class but says another on moodle. Due dates aren't posted. Mostly all we've done has just been clowning certain politicians, which is entertaining, but it doesn't have anything to do with the critical thinking curriculum.
Ms. Sabir's teachings include humanity issues concerning race, class, and gender, as well as grammar and punctuation. The later lessons brushed up skills I struggled with throughout school, getting reeducated on them in college was great. Most of the assignments were due at the end of the course which gave me flexibility in my work schedule.
Unclear and disorganized is how I would rate this professor. Doesn't follow syllabus which makes it hard to follow assignments. Relatively rude unless you have some thick skin.
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Can't say I've taken a worse class... find another professor asap!
It's the end of the class and we had to do a portfolio. It asks frequently what our grades are. She never graded a paper of mine with the exception of our first essay in September. I have no idea how I'm doing despite multiple attempts to get her to grade my work.
If you get her as your teacher drop the class or change professors. She won't grade your stuff no matter how much you ask her to. The amount of homework you will have to do will drive you mad(That she will refuse to grade). Her class is extremely unorganized and chaotic. Will constantly humble brag about stuff she has done.
worse professor to have. Don't give yourself the stress. i attend class everyday and I have no idea whats going on in this class and we're halfway in the semester. she doesn't even have a clue on what she doing in class, shes all over the place. i love english but now i hate it.
Horrible teacher Class is chaotic every time. Not organized at all. She is very rude and gets angry very easily.
I come here to warn everyone who reads this,do not take her class,most unorginized class I've ever been in,she's condesending,often answers you with sarcastic remarks rather than an answer to your question,NEVER updates grades,random assignments with unknown due dates popup constantly,beware she will fail you,better political activist then teacher
Im writing this so you don't have to dread a whole semester. She IS the worst teacher I've ever had. All the reviews are correct. I didn't listen and I suffered. She doesn't know how to spell for an english teacher!?!?? She doesn't even know the difference between yours and you're. She grades horribly, she doesnt even read and gives you C's anyways
I was dropped by her without even knowing. I was unable to turn in an essay because the prompt needed to be approved by her before it was made available to you. I emailed her multiple times and received no response and then was withdrawn from the class. Many assignments with no clear answer. Waste of time.
I have a degree in Communications and I have been a technical writer for 25 years. I have to take this class in order to get into nursing school. I wish I had checked Rate My Professor before I picked this class and Ms. Sabir as instructor. In the first two weeks she graded none of my papers. The assignments showed her activism more than anything.
Sabir Wanda is a very tough grader. She also doesn't very often check the work unless something is missing and immediately gives you a zero and no partial credit. She's also very distant from the class. Her work is kind of lazy and unorganized and only very few people are attending to it because of this.
Lots of reading, big assignments, can get overwhelming.
This Professor is the worst one can pick, if you need this class and she is the last one dont be like me AND IGNORE all the other comments thinking its just them. I literally got an F after doing so much work. At least deserved a C. I took another English class and passed with flying colors!
Absolutely the worst prof I have ever had, super unorganized and lazy. No idea why and how she grade comes. Terrible.
I don't recommend taking this class no matter what.
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