This review is a few years late, but maybe that in itself says enough about this class. Idk if things have changed, but it's toughness certainly lived up to it's notoriety. She definitely can be a hardass teacher.

Don't go into that class thinking you can bullshit your way through it, she will know even if she doesn't call you on it. For example, she's the type of teacher who can tell when you scrambled that morning to put together some half-assed, font-size-large-and-margins-extra-wide "essay" as you were fighting off your hangover with a few hits from your water pipe. (and no, putting an earlier date on the paper isn't fooling anybody either.)

I'll admit she does play favorites in a sense, but she doesn't pick her favorites by chance- it's really more than an honest appreciation for the students who are really putting their all into it, and those who are really good at it. She does have a sense a humor, yes, but playing the token dumbass in hopes that each laugh will add up to an extra point on your grade will not go over well.



When deciding if this is the english class is for you, you might have to suck it up and take the blow to your ego. Admit it if you're truly not the brightest light on the christmas tree, and just find a different teacher. For example, if you started college right out of highschool but were still initially put in an english class with a CRSE that began with the number '0', you probably hit the crack pipe a little too frequently to be able to make it through this course past midterms. However, if you really plan on buckling down, working hard, and switching up your smokeables for a good old fashioned nose candy and adderall cocktail, you might stand a chance.



As a final example, I'm serious when I say the the class was full at the start of the semester, but at the final class I could count on one hand the number of people remaining (that includes myself.)

I also was ready to throw in the towel too. I very nearly failed that class over the god forsaken research paper. However, she new I busted my ass. She knew I was really trying, and she knew a bit about my personal stresses going on at the time, too and i dont know if it was pity or belief in me, but she really worked with me to get me through the assignment.



It wasn't easy, but I really did walk away with more than I've ever gotten out of class, anywhere.



I actually learned something in a JCC course. I do believe in faeries!