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Anthony Batts ENGL234 Expecting an A jaylxn310 05/01/2024	Batts was a great professor. I took ENGL234 in Fall 23 which was cross-listed with AASP298. He was thoroughly enamored with the topic at hand and wanted all of our opinions and thoughts on the readings, topics, and made sure we all got to hear each other out and work together. Some of the readings (specifically WEB Dubois) were hella long and were hard to comprehend, but other than that, he was super accommodating and was always willing to help you out wherever you were stuck; if you needed more time, needed help starting out your paper or your homework, or just an ear to listen, he was there. He's compassionate and overall a really nice guy involved with his students. I'd love to have him again if the opportunity presented itself.
Tyra Griffin ENGL234 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/22/2023	I really liked how much freedom there was with writing assignments, but the class wasn't very well organized. I think this was just because it was one of her first classes, but grading took actually so long that I didn't have 3/6 of my grades in by the time finals were over. A lot of the time it was kind of unclear what she actually wanted from assignments, but she was very responsive to emails and stuff so its not hard to get clarification. She's also very engaging with her students and clearly cares about the subject a lot. Would definitely recommend, she's only going to get better as a professor.
Tyra Griffin ENGL234 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/04/2023	Tyra is an AMAZING professor and even more just a great person! I took her course as a gen-ed and loved it. She tells us that she teaches her students in a way that she would've liked to be taught as an undergrad. Almost all of the ENGL234/AASP298L classes were discussions based upon a reading that was for homework. With our readings there was also a digital journal that she had us keep where we took one/two quotes from the reading and deeply analyzed it (in 0.5-1 page) offering what we INDIVIDUALLY thought of it - it wasn't a review or a thesis-based thing; we had a lot of freedom as students in our writing. This was similar in our final paper/essay - we had freedom to write about any reading/text of our choice and deeply analyze it similar to the digital journal. I think this freedom that she gives us throughout the class allows us to explore some really deep and dense concepts. I was able to truly indulge with the text and grappled with some very amazing topics - I learned so much about African American history, literature, and culture in her course. I'm sure students will be able to take away a lot from any course that they take with her. She also completely understands that we procrastinate sometimes and life occasionally gets in the way...she's open to give extensions or offer academic support when students need it. There is a decent amount of reading in this course that I took with her (on average 40 pages twice a week so 80 pages) but that is expected with any english based course. Please take a class with Tyra if you can!! She is the best!
Fredrick Cherry Jr ENGL234 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/02/2022	great professor take him, would recommend him.
Mary Washington ENGL234 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/06/2011	Professor Washington is a great professor! but absolutely DO NOT take this class if you dont want to read. We covered about 8 books in one semester! that was the most draining part. Her quizzes are very exquisite in detail, which makes it rather hard. but I learned a lot. Definitely recommend this class
Zita Nunes ENGL234 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/14/2011	She is a tough cookie. This class was very interesting but it was a ton of work. Lots of readings that were essential to passing the quizzes (twice a week) and papers that were graded so unfairly it was ridiculous. However, she is a very nice woman who made every effort to allow her students the chance to get an A. It just took a ton of work, which I didn't expect.
Mary Washington ENGL234 Anonymous 05/14/2011	dont ever take this class unless you want to read a lot, listen to lectures about nothing, and fail the final regardless of the amount of reading or work you did for the class
Mary Washington ENGL234 Expecting a C Anonymous 04/27/2011	Absolutely the worst class I've ever taken in my life. It is so unorganized and the material taught is normally random or far-fetched. Washington acts surprised by her own powerpoints and just rants for 45 minutes about god knows what. It is impossible to tell what is important and what's not. Please don't listen to the positive reviews on here as these were probably reviews by her own TA's. The grading is terrible as well and the quizzes are composed of multiple choice questions with about 10 different choices making them extremely hard. The reading is often boring and uninteresting. And if Morillo is your TA don't expect to know your grade on an assignment til about a month after its collected. And certainly do not expect to get a good grade.
Mary Washington ENGL234 Anonymous 12/05/2010	I have to say I really enjoyed Professor Washington's class. It was very intersting and she was very knowledgable and passionate about her class and managed to make me so too. The books we had to read were short and interesting and for the most part are the only 'homework' you get apart from the 3 papers mentioned below. She is funny and makes the class interact with her along the lectures and is always open to new ideas. She is very nice and sometimes is even lenient on postponing quizzes. There are MANY quizzes in lecture and discussion which require the stories to be read. I would recommend this class to anyone. It isn't loaded with work and you learn a lot of interesting things. I personally am very happy I took the class. There are 3 papers and a final apart from the quizzes. The last 2 papers are a little difficult but you get plenty of time and plenty of help! To succeed in this class just go to lecture and listen. Hope this helps!
Mary Washington ENGL234 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/15/2010	I don't know what experience the other reviewer had on here - Professor Washington is one of the all time best teachers I've ever encountered, and most of the people in my ENGL234 class agree. She really knows her stuff, and she's clearly passionate about what she's teaching. Lectures are interesting, and often times don't just focus on the readings; the class isn't just about literature, but culture and history as well. I found the course to be extremely enlightening and interesting. The class includes three papers (the first is pretty easy, not really an essay), a fair amount of quizzes, and one final exam. Show up to lecture and read the stories (most of which are short and interesting) and you should get around a B range. Going into talk to TAs helps a huge amount with the papers.
Mary Washington ENGL234 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/27/2010	Do not take this class for core or for personal enjoyment. Take it with the other professor. Worst class I have ever taken. Also, if your TA is Bridgette Todd for this course run!
Zita Nunes ENGL234 Expecting a b 2012md 11/14/2008	Very interesting lectures. 2 quizzes a week, one in lecture and one in discussion. A LOT of reading and you must read to do well on quizzes. Papers are graded toughly but tests are just old quiz questions. overall good class

Anthony Batts
ENGL234

Expecting an A
jaylxn310
05/01/2024

Batts was a great professor. I took ENGL234 in Fall 23 which was cross-listed with AASP298. He was thoroughly enamored with the topic at hand and wanted all of our opinions and thoughts on the readings, topics, and made sure we all got to hear each other out and work together. Some of the readings (specifically WEB Dubois) were hella long and were hard to comprehend, but other than that, he was super accommodating and was always willing to help you out wherever you were stuck; if you needed more time, needed help starting out your paper or your homework, or just an ear to listen, he was there. He's compassionate and overall a really nice guy involved with his students. I'd love to have him again if the opportunity presented itself.

Tyra Griffin
ENGL234

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/22/2023

I really liked how much freedom there was with writing assignments, but the class wasn't very well organized. I think this was just because it was one of her first classes, but grading took actually so long that I didn't have 3/6 of my grades in by the time finals were over. A lot of the time it was kind of unclear what she actually wanted from assignments, but she was very responsive to emails and stuff so its not hard to get clarification. She's also very engaging with her students and clearly cares about the subject a lot. Would definitely recommend, she's only going to get better as a professor.

Tyra Griffin
ENGL234

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
05/04/2023

Tyra is an AMAZING professor and even more just a great person! I took her course as a gen-ed and loved it. She tells us that she teaches her students in a way that she would've liked to be taught as an undergrad. Almost all of the ENGL234/AASP298L classes were discussions based upon a reading that was for homework. With our readings there was also a digital journal that she had us keep where we took one/two quotes from the reading and deeply analyzed it (in 0.5-1 page) offering what we INDIVIDUALLY thought of it - it wasn't a review or a thesis-based thing; we had a lot of freedom as students in our writing. This was similar in our final paper/essay - we had freedom to write about any reading/text of our choice and deeply analyze it similar to the digital journal. I think this freedom that she gives us throughout the class allows us to explore some really deep and dense concepts. I was able to truly indulge with the text and grappled with some very amazing topics - I learned so much about African American history, literature, and culture in her course. I'm sure students will be able to take away a lot from any course that they take with her. She also completely understands that we procrastinate sometimes and life occasionally gets in the way...she's open to give extensions or offer academic support when students need it. There is a decent amount of reading in this course that I took with her (on average 40 pages twice a week so 80 pages) but that is expected with any english based course. Please take a class with Tyra if you can!! She is the best!

Fredrick Cherry Jr
ENGL234

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/02/2022

great professor take him, would recommend him.

Mary Washington
ENGL234

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/06/2011

Professor Washington is a great professor! but absolutely DO NOT take this class if you dont want to read. We covered about 8 books in one semester! that was the most draining part. Her quizzes are very exquisite in detail, which makes it rather hard. but I learned a lot. Definitely recommend this class

Zita Nunes
ENGL234

Expecting an A
Anonymous
06/14/2011

She is a tough cookie. This class was very interesting but it was a ton of work. Lots of readings that were essential to passing the quizzes (twice a week) and papers that were graded so unfairly it was ridiculous. However, she is a very nice woman who made every effort to allow her students the chance to get an A. It just took a ton of work, which I didn't expect.

Mary Washington
ENGL234

Anonymous
05/14/2011

dont ever take this class unless you want to read a lot, listen to lectures about nothing, and fail the final regardless of the amount of reading or work you did for the class

Mary Washington
ENGL234

Expecting a C
Anonymous
04/27/2011

Absolutely the worst class I've ever taken in my life. It is so unorganized and the material taught is normally random or far-fetched. Washington acts surprised by her own powerpoints and just rants for 45 minutes about god knows what. It is impossible to tell what is important and what's not. Please don't listen to the positive reviews on here as these were probably reviews by her own TA's. The grading is terrible as well and the quizzes are composed of multiple choice questions with about 10 different choices making them extremely hard. The reading is often boring and uninteresting. And if Morillo is your TA don't expect to know your grade on an assignment til about a month after its collected. And certainly do not expect to get a good grade.

Mary Washington
ENGL234

Anonymous
12/05/2010

I have to say I really enjoyed Professor Washington's class. It was very intersting and she was very knowledgable and passionate about her class and managed to make me so too. The books we had to read were short and interesting and for the most part are the only 'homework' you get apart from the 3 papers mentioned below. She is funny and makes the class interact with her along the lectures and is always open to new ideas. She is very nice and sometimes is even lenient on postponing quizzes. There are MANY quizzes in lecture and discussion which require the stories to be read. I would recommend this class to anyone. It isn't loaded with work and you learn a lot of interesting things. I personally am very happy I took the class. There are 3 papers and a final apart from the quizzes. The last 2 papers are a little difficult but you get plenty of time and plenty of help! To succeed in this class just go to lecture and listen. Hope this helps!

Mary Washington
ENGL234

Expecting an A
Anonymous
11/15/2010

I don't know what experience the other reviewer had on here - Professor Washington is one of the all time best teachers I've ever encountered, and most of the people in my ENGL234 class agree. She really knows her stuff, and she's clearly passionate about what she's teaching. Lectures are interesting, and often times don't just focus on the readings; the class isn't just about literature, but culture and history as well. I found the course to be extremely enlightening and interesting. The class includes three papers (the first is pretty easy, not really an essay), a fair amount of quizzes, and one final exam. Show up to lecture and read the stories (most of which are short and interesting) and you should get around a B range. Going into talk to TAs helps a huge amount with the papers.

Mary Washington
ENGL234

Expecting a B
Anonymous
05/27/2010

Do not take this class for core or for personal enjoyment. Take it with the other professor. Worst class I have ever taken. Also, if your TA is Bridgette Todd for this course run!

Zita Nunes
ENGL234

Expecting a b
2012md
11/14/2008

Very interesting lectures. 2 quizzes a week, one in lecture and one in discussion. A LOT of reading and you must read to do well on quizzes. Papers are graded toughly but tests are just old quiz questions. overall good class

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