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Constance Ford JOUR455 Expecting a D- Anonymous 05/14/2023	Avoid this instructor at all costs!! If I could give less than a 1 I would. I had hopes for this class to give me ideas beyond working for a large corporate media conglomerate. The instructor is what ruined this class for me. While she has 30 years at a large corporation writing for business she has not started or helped to start a business. She had slides to show but skipped some or couldn’t answer questions asked about them because they weren’t her slides and she told us so. I don’t know why a college professor wouldn’t not read them first or cut out what isn’t important? She couldn’t figure out how to have her guests zoom in for the conference style classroom that is set up for it and had us login our own laptops while she was in her office. She couldn’t help a student with no laptop log into the desktops in the room so she had to look at someone else’s computer. She’s got one or two very obvious favorites who she oooh and aahs over and everyone else gets attitude and dismissive, demeaning remarks if you get anything at all. My final business plans had 10 pages and 2 pages of sources and I got a 70 bc she didn’t believe one of the numbers I sites from a very credible source. I think she’s kept at the college bc she has connections but she’s not cut out to teach. I learning nothing from her and a little from the guests but that was due to the interactions and questions they answered and not from the instructor. The assignment I got a decent grade on was my final pitch and that was due to another professor being brought in and giving his input. The class also voted and ranked final pitches and that may have helped out. All in all, if she doesn’t like you on day one don’t expect to get a good grade or get any help. I’ve never wanted to get out of class so fast or felt so frustrated with an instructor. Criticism is never constructive or informative. I learned nothing from this class and think she should be banned from teaching. If she was my boss in the news industry I would ask for a new beat or find a new job.
Constance Ford JOUR455 Expecting an A Anonymous 10/20/2022	Constance is one of the most cruel, nasty, malicious humans let alone professor I have ever dealt with. Her method of teaching is barating her students with hurtful and unconstructive criticism. Never in my LIFE have I had a professor make me cry and constance has done it twice in my first 6 weeks. I STRONGLY recommend you do not take her course, and I think that she should be removed from the university as a whole. Regarding the class, it is not hard at all and I should finish with an A, but that is not worth the profound emotional trauma she puts her students trough. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.
Constance Ford JOUR455 Anonymous 10/18/2021	The class: minimal work, mostly lectures and guest speakers. The grading process: expect to receive average grades with very little comment on how to improve or where you went wrong, weeks after submitting. Also, she seems to give her favorite students better grades. The professor: Constance is condescending, almost mean and rude. She doesn't come prepared for class but will heavily scrutinize when your work isn't perfect. She is egotistical and talks down to her students. I often left this class irritated; many students complain about her class structure and demeanor.

Constance Ford
JOUR455

Expecting a D-
Anonymous
05/14/2023

Avoid this instructor at all costs!! If I could give less than a 1 I would. I had hopes for this class to give me ideas beyond working for a large corporate media conglomerate. The instructor is what ruined this class for me. While she has 30 years at a large corporation writing for business she has not started or helped to start a business. She had slides to show but skipped some or couldn’t answer questions asked about them because they weren’t her slides and she told us so. I don’t know why a college professor wouldn’t not read them first or cut out what isn’t important? She couldn’t figure out how to have her guests zoom in for the conference style classroom that is set up for it and had us login our own laptops while she was in her office. She couldn’t help a student with no laptop log into the desktops in the room so she had to look at someone else’s computer. She’s got one or two very obvious favorites who she oooh and aahs over and everyone else gets attitude and dismissive, demeaning remarks if you get anything at all. My final business plans had 10 pages and 2 pages of sources and I got a 70 bc she didn’t believe one of the numbers I sites from a very credible source. I think she’s kept at the college bc she has connections but she’s not cut out to teach. I learning nothing from her and a little from the guests but that was due to the interactions and questions they answered and not from the instructor. The assignment I got a decent grade on was my final pitch and that was due to another professor being brought in and giving his input. The class also voted and ranked final pitches and that may have helped out. All in all, if she doesn’t like you on day one don’t expect to get a good grade or get any help. I’ve never wanted to get out of class so fast or felt so frustrated with an instructor. Criticism is never constructive or informative. I learned nothing from this class and think she should be banned from teaching. If she was my boss in the news industry I would ask for a new beat or find a new job.

Constance Ford
JOUR455

Expecting an A
Anonymous
10/20/2022

Constance is one of the most cruel, nasty, malicious humans let alone professor I have ever dealt with. Her method of teaching is barating her students with hurtful and unconstructive criticism. Never in my LIFE have I had a professor make me cry and constance has done it twice in my first 6 weeks. I STRONGLY recommend you do not take her course, and I think that she should be removed from the university as a whole. Regarding the class, it is not hard at all and I should finish with an A, but that is not worth the profound emotional trauma she puts her students trough. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS.

Constance Ford
JOUR455

Anonymous
10/18/2021

The class: minimal work, mostly lectures and guest speakers. The grading process: expect to receive average grades with very little comment on how to improve or where you went wrong, weeks after submitting. Also, she seems to give her favorite students better grades. The professor: Constance is condescending, almost mean and rude. She doesn't come prepared for class but will heavily scrutinize when your work isn't perfect. She is egotistical and talks down to her students. I often left this class irritated; many students complain about her class structure and demeanor.

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