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ESS W 2
Allison Slade
2.8
34 reviews

34
2.8
ESSW131 . 3 Years Ago

I'm someone who rarely gives reviews for things (be it for professors, restaurants, or bowling places). My experience with Dr. Slade's class was nothing but enjoyable. The class is so straightforward and the path to an easy A is laid out for you. If you're looking for an enjoyable class in an online format with a professor that cares- this is it !!

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ESS131 . 3 Years Ago

Very much did not like this class or professor. Professor Slades slides are so boring and she just reads off the slides. You could read the book and get a better understanding. A lot of unnecessary busy work. The small papers had dumb prompts that didn't test your knowledge and just added stress to the rest of the workload.

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ESS131 . 5 Years Ago

I actually had a lot of fun in this class. Some days we had in class assignments that were either active or got us thinking. You gotta read and show up to class, but she was really nice in class and in office hours. I gained a lot of skills to take with me outside of class too. I don't think she went fast, plus she posts the slides from lecture.

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ESS131 . 5 Years Ago

AWFUL. Terrible lecturer, tells you that she's going to go fast through slides and to just get it from textbook. She makes it mandatory attendance but lecture is pointless since she doesn't explain anything. TA does everything and she tells you to get help solely from the TA. She is the worst

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ESS3 . 6 Years Ago

lots of reading needed to finish even the first quizzes, time is so limited for the quizzes.

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ESS131 . 6 Years Ago

Reads off the slides. I honestly think I could teach this class better than her. Will randomly call on people if there are no participants, honestly feels like a high school atmosphere. Material could be interesting but she fails to make it so. Bummed Spaventa is retiring and even more bummed I couldn't take this class with him.

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ESS3 . 6 Years Ago

Personality: A. Lecturer: C- (goes SO fast & lots of text on screen). There are weekly assignments so it's easy to boost good grade through that, but tedious to complete. I thought I did poorly on test (so many questions & specific info), but actually did well. If you study it shouldn't be hard to get an A, but mandatory attendance via iClicker.

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ESS3 . 6 Years Ago

She flipped through slides so fast! Clickers were used and tests seemed more in depth than the professor made it out to be. Slides are from the textbook so if you read you should be good. Study guides help to prepare you for the test! Professor Slade seems very knowledgable and wants her students to succeed, but she moves very fast.

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ESS3 . 6 Years Ago

Professor Slade was funny and seemed like she cared about the health of her students. However she was really vague about what was going to be on the tests but her study guides help a little and went way too fast when lecturing- youll have to go back and read. Overall not a hard class if you do the reading.

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ESS3 . 7 Years Ago

She goes through her lectures so fast. My fingers feel like theyre moving at mach 5 speeds to keep up with her slides. She says its okay if we don't get the slides down because the info is in the book, but she could easily just slow down a tiny bit and it would make the class so much easier to handle. Not a difficult class but lots of material.

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