Want my opinion? Drop it and take it in fall instead...

Some people should not be allowed to teach... she expect too much in a second year course!!!

She's awful! If I see another diagram I am going to explode!

Absolutely wretched! All over the place; not helpful at all; can't pronounce "a-MEE-no" acid. Just plain bad...

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no good, unorganized, too muddled, maybe she knows her stuff, but she didn't help us to know it.

Unclear, unorganized, terrible notes. Lectures were confusing and non-sequential. There was no way of knowing what she was discussing because of the way she flipped from one topic to another.

Very unorganized in notes and speaking style. She knows the material but seems to have trouble conveying it to us! Bring a tape recorder to class and MAYBE you'll catch all the stuff she says to fix your notes later.

lectures were hard to follow. all points in random order. notes unhelpful.

Time to Change my Major

her slides are unhelpful and hard to read. she never remembers to put them up on BOTH sides, so it makes it even harder to read that tiny font. plus, she spends too much time giving us, indeedly interesting, information that we _DONT NEED TO KNOW_. Overly annoyed at her

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OMG she is SO BORING... And she is SO GRUMPY... Every time you ask her to slow down she's like OH YOU SHOULD JUST COPY DOWN THE IMPORTANT STUFF...But nothing on her slides seem all that important..

this class frustrated me more than anything! It bothered me how she treated us like little children and sat on her desk because a few people in the back were talking, i'd rather her just leave the classroom and get someone else to teach us.

Ms. Monotone. It’s a tragedy that she gets to teach/screw-up two sections. One is bad enough. "You don't need to know what I've just spent 20 minutes on, just the one sentence I muttered quickly and refuse to repeat." ****y to students too. Cross her part off your exam and try for the rest. Ugh.

Really poor testing plan. Very difficult to study for, and tricky marker. Plus, bloody boring.

terrrrrible!

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Spends a lot of time on stuff we explicitly don't need to know, and then more time telling us we don't have to know it. I would have preferred to have just been responsible for it all and actually learned something. Started the 4th module "I was asked to teach this section, so I read a book on it"

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I felt like asking her in her question period: "Where the hell did you learn to pronounce amino?" She's playing the professor evaluation system, wih her buzz sessions, and question periods, because that's what she's evaluated on. Bad prof.

Hands down the craziest prof. She likes to preach about metacognition for like 40 minutes of class and spends 10 minutes on the actual MICROBIOLOGY CONTENT! She does not believe in teaching basically and makes you do hours assignments and readings. Every time i'm in the lab and think of her i want to eat pathogenic bacteria.. good luck

Only cares about teaching learning methods and psychology, almost seems like teaching us microbiology is something she hates and has to get through until she can talk more about metacognition. She actually made 2 out of 14 midterm questions about psychology not microbiology. She wants you to learn everything on your own at home.

By far the worst professor I have ever had the experience of knowing. She is so lazy and goes on tangents that have nothing to do with the course. I did not get into microbiology to learn about freaking metacognition. If you take this class get ready to have a panic attack at least once a week!

She puts in a lot of effort - which just makes the fact that she's an incredibly inefficient teacher very frustrating. She uses 5 or so different tech platforms - none of which work smoothly. Questions are incredibly unclear and vague, and she's unable to explain her reasoning. Very stubborn and unwilling to accommodate different learning styles.

She tries, but she's inefficient. Seems to think that we have no other classes to study for apart from MICR. Most content is in the modules, which are dense and take hours to get through (even though they're like 20 mins). Very unclear about what she's going to test you in the REEF polls, and tests are brutal.

She loves learning strategies to the detriment of the material - her tests are probably some of the hardest I've ever done, simply because she insists on making the questions as vague and unclear as possible, with intentional trip ups in the wording. "choose the most correct answer".

A lot of work for one course. Tests are difficult, as are lab quizzes. Questions are vague, always "pick the most correct" answer.

Out of all my professors at Guelph during my undergrad, she was the worst. Sloppy, unclear notes. Sloppy, unclear lecture style. She makes a "hit-list" but then tells you not to study from it and to follow "the learning pyramid" and her learning outcomes. Also has so many third party learning programs it just becomes a convoluted mess. Have fun!

She was very rude and generally does not treat others the way she expects to be treated. Avoid her if you can.

Not very informational, tests you very heavily.

Lecture notes are unorganized and hard to follow. Very difficult to study in this class, as you really have no idea what to expect on her tests. Testing is very hard, midterm had only 11 MC questions and a 3 mark short answer component. All MC questions are 'higher level' thinking questions. Overall, not an enjoyable experience, try to avoid!

She thinks her teaching style works. It does not. The assignments and lectures are incredibly convoluted, she condescends to the entire class, and she does little to no actual teaching. Someone should really tell her sending out a list of 50+ terms every week does not qualify as teaching. Can they take away PhDs?

The course layout is confusing and the questions asked makes you sit in the room thinking "why am i here". The textbook will always be there to answer your questions whereas she can sometimes disappear

Spend $130 on the textbook and keep up with the work if you want to have hopes of getting a good mark. The reviews listed here say it all. Going on vacation the weekend before the class writes an exam is also not the smartest idea. When going into this course, form a study group, read the textbook and make sure you know the lab manual inside-out.

Lecture slides were sparse and disorganized with little to no supplementation through her lecturing. We were told not to learn off of the textbook, yet she asked us questions that we could only know if we had memorized off of the readings. She was not supportive in our learning and her lack of clear teaching negatively affected grades.

This is by far the worst prof I have ever had. The midterm was based on extremely specific information that she talked about in class, but can't be found anywhere in her lecture slides. The first 30min of her 50min lecture is spent explaining a REEF polling question that has nothing to do with the actual material of the course. :(

DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE THAT SAYS SHE IS A GOOD PROFESSOR. I warn you not to take courses with her. She is extremely confusing during her lectures, and is terrible at explaining concepts. If you have any questions, I suggest you keep them to yourself as you will end up more confused than you already were. If you have a class with her, good luck.

She tries very hard and puts a lot of effort into her teaching style, it just doesn't work. There's usually at least 3 things due a week because there are so many little assignments and quizzes worth like 1%. She does little to know actual teaching and expects students to learn it all outside of class which just doesn't work.

She thinks she has a superior method of teaching but it's downright bad. She puts only "higher level thinking" questions on the midterm & final and tries to make you think in lecture but it leaves you confused. Her slides have little content making textbook readings a must. You can tell she's trying to teach but it doesn't work.

Her method of teaching just doesn't work. She makes you do a "case study" for probably a third of the semester that's strictly group work. She does little to no actual teaching and expects you to come to class having already taught yourself the material. Definitely the worst prof and class I've had. I like micro but she makes it hard to like.

Very messy lecture structure. Really all over the place. Material consists of a collection of random and seemingly unconnected facts. Hard to study for. Can't really say it lays a foundation for understanding rather than just makes you (try to) memorize a ton of information. Would try to avoid her as a teacher but it will definitely be difficult

I have tried to enjoy having her as a prof and follow all direction she gives (readings, articles, homework practice) and even though I do all those things, the answers to her questions can't be found in course resources. If you ask her for clarification to a question that can't be found anywhere, she acts like you're wasting her time.

The lectures are very hard to follow and are extremely unorganized. She is knowledgeable but is unable to present this in a way students can understand and when asked questions she contradicts herself.

Disorganized lectures, exam questions are super complicated and not based on anything in the lectures or textbook. Didnt allow me SAS accommodations for disability and accused me of using them to cheat. Rude in emails and condescending in class. Worst prof ever!!

She bases her teaching methods off of a video that suggests including active learning to supplement teaching with things like clicker questions helps understanding. But, she takes this to mean asking questions is a substitution for teaching. Even when proven by her students time and time again that this is ineffective, she is unwilling to change.

Drags out lectures, no clear idea of what to study and makes exams very difficult. AVOID!!

Contradicts herself and lectures are all over the place. She doesnt let you see what you got wrong on quizzes and not to mention, higher level multiple choice the entire semester isnt going to teach much in the real world. Interesting content but the teaching style just isnt working.

I have been in post-secondary for 5 years across 2 schools and this is hands down the worst course and teacher I have ever had. Her flipped format of teaching is awful and she's terrible at explaining and answering questions. If you are someone who struggles with time management and stress, be prepared to cry because you will have a bad time here

If you have other classes that require a lot of time and attention in the semester, do NOT take this class with this professor. I have taken double credit courses that require less work, not to mention the very little payoff for the amount of work you do. Her entire course design feels like a psychological experiment.

Straight up terrible class format. Not everyone wants to do group work and it is not fair to force students to have to do group work even on the exam as well as a take home exam question to be done beforehand. We are busy enough. The seminars were not explained well, confusing and drawn out. The only good thing to come was the lab experience.

Problem-solving styled lectures. Need to watch multiple lectures in order to understand weekly lectures.

This professor was not helpful when answering questions and was very condescending when students tried to ask for help. Quiz questions are not a good reflection of content learned in lecture. The content of the course was interesting but the way it is presented is awful.

She puts very little effort into writing questions. She is not clear in answering questions. Her MCQs will often rely on small details that dictate the answer, but sometime those details will be included and she doesn't realize: meaning you can never be sure what the answer actually is.

She is very sadistic. She enjoys making tricky quiz Qs that only make sense to her. She recycles lecture videos from 5 years ago and gives us several quizzes, labs, group projects and assignments to do all worth such little marks. She makes it extremely hard to score well & this course takes SO much effort and time. She also favors some students.

It's almost as if you're expected to read her mind. Every single question is designed to mess you up. If you think you've solved a question, choose the opposite. Every questions is worded funny and you have to sit there and guess what it means. No matter how much work you do, your grade wont reflect it. Good luck for anyone heading this way lol.

Never take a class with her, she's not good at all. She expects you to do all of her assigned readings, this is not a DE course. She won't even teach you the material properly during class time. She is very judgemental too, will give you hell if you choose to ask for a assignment deadline. Horrible prof.

I feel horrible writing a bad review because she is such a sweet person, but she is a horrid professor. You can tell she is passionate about microbiology but she makes it so hard to understand. Tests feel like they are meant to trip you up and her lecture slides are impossible to follow. If this course is not mandatory for you, do not take it.

I actually don't know what her goal is with this class. Everyone is complaining about the same things, so you'd THINK that she'd alter her ass-backwards teaching style. But no. She slates us with quizzes designed to trick us, and assigns a multitude of assignments worth next to nothing. I feel like I know less having done this class.

The worst course I have taken so far. Chaotic course. You have to do a million readings, lectures, seminars, case studies and other miscellaneous stuff to maybe get a 70 on the quizzes because of the way minute details will mess you up. The bonus quiz on the course outline had people doing 30+ attempts, for a 50 tops. Don't take unless you have to.

It took forever to get grades back in this class and everything is marked really hard. We had a flipped classroom and our in person lectures reviewed material from our quizzes but she didn't cover everything in the lectures. Would try and avoid her if possible lol

All I can say is terrible. AVOID!!

Avoid at all costs. No one knows what's going on in her "lectures", might be the worst instructor I've ever had. Somehow she teaches 3420 worse than 2430.

idk what to say for difficulty cause while its not hard to get a decent grade in this class, i can honestly say i havent learned a thing. wendy tries to confuse and "outsmart" students with how she writes questions rather than test your knowledge. information is scattered btw videos/tutorials/textbook/random documents so u never know whats going on

Teaching style is less like teaching, more like DIY. The seminars test the basic content, but the tests are different comparitively. Would not recommend taking if you already have a heavy courseload.