RIT SG Professor Evaluations ca. 2005

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Ratings for Karen Renner

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5320023This teacher at first pretneds to be friendly, but be prepared. she is very very fussy about the littlest things on your paper. If you have a choice of instructors avoid her or wait until the following quratet to take it with someone else. She knows her English well but she is a very hard grader and will mark off every possible point. She loves to assign lots of papers with lots of reading. She forces manditory class discussions were everyone reluctanly gives their opinion. I highly recommend you take the course with someone else
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8820012Very friendly and a good teacher, but also very demanding. Don't expect an easy A. However, if you want to improve your writing, she makes many useful comments on graded papers, and you will learn a lot. Overall, I think she expects too much perfection from students whose forte is not literature, but I still enjoyed her classes and teaching style.
7120012While being friendly and presentable, she is VERY picky about the littlest things imanginable. Plus some times she refuses to admit that she is wrong when she is! If you have a choice of teachers, get a different one, for while she tries to be fiendly, she is not fair in grading in being WAY to strict in your papers have to be written EXACTLY her way.
7520012Extremely hard grader, esp on reports. She demands a lot and doesn't always meet it. She's decent, but I would prefer someone who is more willing to match the effort I put in.
7520012she gives WAY TOO MUCH WORK. Too hard on grading.
8820012She expects a lot. Simply put. You will be writing until your hands fall off. She has only the best intentions though, and she is a very accomidating and understanding professor. Her syllabus is flexible if you speak up, and she always accomidates suggestions about how the class should be run.

If you're a crappy writer and want to expend minimal effort, choose another teacher. If you want to become a better writer and challenge yourself, she's your professor.
9920012I agree that this teacher does expect alot, but she is not unreasonable. She is so helpful and understanding. She has spent many hours going over difficulties I have in my writing and takes my effort into account when grading. She will improve your writing skills, but prepared to work hard.