Very hard to understand and uncaring individual.

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why does the history and sociology departments at Edinboro keep hiring people no one can understand? We aren't learning anything!

horribleeeee....that about sums it up! (Can't understand her either.)

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The only difficult thing about this class is understanding her and going to class.

you cant understand a thing she says, and she def doesnt understand her students, but she is an easy "a" or "b" as long as you show up to class. you dont even need to study.

gahhh i hate this woman.

if you dont like understanding what a teacher is saying.. and like to fall asleep a lot. Take a class with Chen.

...why...why dr.chen?

Class is very easy, but it is extreamly boring. You can not understand her to well and she can definatly not understand you. I will never take a class with her again if i can help it.

hmmm.. Well he is a cute little guy and nice, and really loves american government, but he is boring,and hard to understand. His test are ridiculous and you'll only do good if you already know things about the government. But if you go everyday you get extra 10 points. And the presentation is cake.

Her classes are ridiculous. She takes exact phrases from the book and puts them on her tests and your grade consists of 10 ten point quizzes. Is she joking?

Don't take her class! She had in her syllabus that she gives credit for attendance and class participation and she doesn't. The reading assignments can't be read by anyone, & her test questions are horribly written. Only 1/10 of the class got above a D.

Terrible teacher, easy class. She speaks broken english, and treats you like your in third grade. She makes you do a group project very easy. Her quizzes are easy you can miss two without having it deducted from your grade. Says attendence matters and she'll deduct points from your grade, it doesn't. I missed like 10 classes got a B. EASY QUIZZES!

This class is REALLY EASY if you can get past her accent. She's really hard to understand. The class consists of quizzes and open book test too. You have a group project and you have 5 hw assignments. People tend to get mislead by the point value of the assignments, but I wouldn't recommend not doing them because of that.

If you want to find out about how students feel about her, check the back row.

She doesn't give easy A's.

She doesnt speak very well English at all so the class is really boring and after a while you want to poke your eyes out. Easy projects and easy group work. Tests are true false from the reading

WARNING! This is NO LONGER an easy course! Midterm and final have been switched over to essay questions only, in which if you forget 1 piece of info out of the 20 that she wants, you get a heavy point deduction (half off in a lot of cases). And she keeps saying that you can discuss your tests w/her, but how can you when she can't understand English

She says she has extra credit for attendance, and does not give it. The quizzes are open book,but not in the book...you can't understand a word she is saying. Not as easy, as some people say it is.

Trying to understand Dr. Chen is pretty much like trying to find a needle in a haystack. She is easy...perhaps too easy, but incomprehensible. If you want your education to advance dont take her. Better yet, if you want to understand something, dont take her.

easy a or b, but don't expect to learn a thing- and expect to put up with the most annoying students you will ever see in Edinboro. As said by a previous poster..

she cant speak english, she treats everyone like we are in 2nd grade with assigned seating for example. her test are relatively easy but you have to read beacuase you cant understand her lectures.

Japan, Past and Present. Class feels like a slide show of her summer vacation half the time, which at 7 at night is a pretty good bedtime story. Half the class is taught in extraordinarily boring group projects. One project was half about France and the class is on Japan, I don't actually think she read that book. Extremely anal on essay questions.

Very tough grader. Tests are mostly short answer and T&F. You'll never know what she'll throw at you. She is also very hard to understand. I ended up with a 51%.

very hard to understand and a harsh grader. I missed two questions on a quiz which were worth 30 points each (mind you there were only 10 questions) so I got a 40%, and I'm usually a straight A student. Read the textbook and quiz questions CAREFULLY, because sometimes little things that seem like typos are actually tricks.

Awful teacher. If you want a GenEd class that you're really going to have to work to pass, and try desperately to understand the professor, I would definitely not take Chen. She gave me a D in her class, but I got an A in all 4 of my other classes. Word to the wise. Stay away.

Worst prof. I have ever had..impossible to understand, never answers students questions and it seems like she has no idea what she's talking about. I think she makes most of up. Grades completely unfairly as well...

I think this professor needs to get some better english, and realize she is teaching a freshman level course not a senior level.

Horriable teacher, you can't understand a thing she says. And i don't think she can understand you half the time either. Don't take her.

Impossible to understand. She barely understands the English language so any question that you ask will not be answered. Extremely strict and can't be reasoned with. Avoid at all costs!

Avoid at all cost! This is the worst professor I've ever taken, hands down. Tests were incomprehensible, and even when she admitted she screwed up she wouldn't change anything. Expects you to memorize parts of the book and plagiarize for tests (doesn't say which parts though)! I'm a 3.9 gpa student, and barely passed this because of her.

Avoid this professor at all cost!! She is so hard to understand. She only teaches about the Japans view side on the 20th century. I am lucky if I get a D in her class. One question in her exams are worth 30 points. No one has ever gotten an A on her text.

She was incredibly hard to understand and I would never wish this teacher upon anyone.

Academic probation because of this class might be something I am well on my way to. Usually a 3.0 student and this class alone will drop me bad. She is inconcsistent and very strict. The tests are very oddly graded, you can miss 2 questions and fail a test if you miss the essay questions at the end. Be very careful with this class.

She is very hard to understand, and doesn't seem to have any direction with her teaching. She doesn't stick to the syllabus, and goes off on tangents about other subjects almost every class. My 4.0 isn't going down because she can't teach. I dropped the class, and it's a good thing because half the class failed her midterm.

I don't like to speak poorly of professors, and I'm sure Dr. Chen is a nice person... but she is a horrible teacher. I took her class freshman year and I was terrified. Now, as a senior, I'm sure it would be equally as bad. Her class was impossible and I could barely understand anything she said. Avoid at all costs.

The only nice thing: Will make the time to meet with you and discuss problems you may be having. But her accent makes her difficult to understand. Most of the class is taken up by "group" presentations so she only lectures 1 out of the 2 classes she taught during the week. She spends a good deal of time pointing at maps, less on chapter content

I think I was the only person who got an A. If I hadn't already had a decent understanding of the subject, I don't think I would have done nearly as well. Aside from being difficult to understand, her lectures are bogged down by her persistently trying to engage students who just don't care, so we never finish the lecture. Memorize the text - srsly

Her accent is very difficult to understand. Her lectures are very long, loaded with info, and very confusing. The course only has 100pts in it so you have to pass every assignment. If you take the class i recommend printing out her powerpoint, its impossible to copy her notes.

Her heavy accent makes it hard to understand her. I've noticed that going to her class is a complete waste of time as everything is in the textbook, but attendance is mandatory. She takes weeks to grade each exam, doesn't let us see what we missed, and then when I go to her office she isn't even there.

Very intelligent and knows her subject but she is very lecture heavy and hard to understand

Heavy accent. Wants things worded HER WAY, spends WAY too much tome focusing on things that arent test material. Insulting to stindebts who are obviously giving the correct answer. Does not start lecture on time. Criteria is not clear at all. She cannot remember the chapters the weekly quizzes are on.

Very hard to understand what she wants even though online class. Does not explain anything and just gets frustrated and doesn't want to deal with e-mails from students. I had multiple problems with her. Don't do it to yourself.

Just don't! If you don't HAVE to take this class, then don't! Gives no direction or expectations. She just assumes that you should know what to do. Oral and written presentations were a nightmare, again, doesn't give proper explanation. Final was 40 questions worth 20 points on material from 10 chapters! No study guide. JUST DON'T!!!

Just don't. If you don't have to, don't take her. She gives no clear instructions for her Powerpoint project, the tests are easy unless they are fill-ins, answers are open to interpretation, and her feedback (when she does get back to you) is not helpful. She is not good with technology and refers you to IT, even though it's on her end. Just don't

She did not teach at all. Gave us crappy power point outlines that were of no help. The worst book I have ever had to read for a class. Very difficult to follow because the writer was all over the place with his timeline. Had a random presentation due at the end of semester that had nothing to do with the class and graded it extremely harsh

The worst professor I have ever had.

This class was very odd. The weekly quizzes are fairly easy, but the readings are extremely long and written poorly. The final project makes absolutely no sense. There are no directions at all and she grades it harshly. We received very little communication from her as well.

Gives very poor instructions. The final assignment made no sense. I feel like I learned nothing from this class.