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Jessica Gatlin ARTT341 Expecting a C+ Anonymous 12/22/2025	I want to start with the fact that this professor's grading is VERY strict and absolutely DISREGARDS the fact that 99% of people in this class have never done this kind of printing (or any printing for that matter) ever in their lives. She expects perfect and professional execution from the first project, which is absolutely unreasonable. In addition to that, the structure of the class was very poor, the time constraints are VERY stressful and people in the class couldn't finish projects on time and had to work outside of class (which was always problematic because the studio hours were limited and inconsistent, and doing linocut printing is really hard to replicate at home). Because of the inconsistent schedule, I once missed the studio hours (the only day I was available to make it there) and couldn't finish the project on time, receiving a 60% instead of an 88% for turning it in late. To add to that, sometimes she would let people go if they finished the exercise early, and once she did a quiz at the very end of the class, when some people already left, and although the weight of it wasn't that high, it brought my final grade one letter down (because she refused to acknowledge that when I emailed her). Additionally, this professor clearly had a problem with me just because I was a CS major. I dedicated the equal amount of time to both cs and art projects, but the way she treated me makes me think she believed otherwise. I didn't feel like she ever supported my ideas as much, and i always felt the bias towards myself (for the record, I have taken a lot of other art upper levels for my UL and the lowest grade I ever got for art was a single A- in my transcript) What I think was the most absurd thing is the fact that I (along with other people) received a C for the 3rd project (which I believe was unfair; both the execution and the idea deserved higher than that, while in the email, the instructor refused to acknowledge that). Getting a C+ in art is just ridiculous, especially if you're trying to do all the work not only during but also after hours. I know some people in the class got lower grades than they usually do or than they expect, which again brings me to my point that Prof. Gatlin evaluates the projects as if it wasn't our first printing class. Finally, I took the class in the Fall 2024 and I hope that something is changed in this class. The class had a huge potential to be very interesting, but you can't really enjoy it when you're treated differently and constantly stressed about deadlines and perfect accuracy.