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Mariko Carson ENGL101 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/10/2025	Dr. Carson was an awful professor. She never gave any directions on major assignments and pretty much expected us to know how to do them. She also didn't grade anything until the end of the semester, so I never really knew how I was doing in the class. We would spend every class watching some useless TED talk and then answer questions about it that didn't even make sense. Then she would quickly go through her slides which she expected us to take pictures of because she was too lazy to post them on canvas. She also expected us to remember everything on those slides even though she would spend like 30 seconds total on them. She was always so surprised when nobody raised their hand after she asked a question! Like of course we don't know you don't even teach us anything! There were many times when the syllabus didn't match what she would say in class and the due dates were always changing. You know she's the problem when the entire class was always confused about what was going on. There were many times where we would have little notice on major assignments, and everything was so rushed because she never communicated properly with her students. Sometimes I would look at the syllabus and see that something was due soon but she would never bring it up in class. Her class was so much extra work for no reason so save your time and avoid this professor.
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/10/2025	Do not take her class she's an awful professor and it's not worth it!!! She never gave clear instructions on major assignments and gave us little notice on them and sometimes didn't even mention them. She would never teach anything meaningful in class that would help us with major assignments, she just expected us to know how to do it. Every class we would watch a TED talk and then answer some questions that never made any sense. Then she would very quickly go through her slides and expect take pictures of them because she was too lazy to post them on canvas and expected us to remember everything from those slides. Her class was so much extra work for no reason and the worst part was we never knew how to do it because she would never really explain anything. She was always changing her due dates and the syllabus never matched what she said in class. There were many times where she didn't even mention major assignments and I would see it in the syllabus that it was due soon and nobody ever knew about them! Everything was so rushed in that class and because of her lack of communication with her students. She also took forever to grade assignments so I never really knew how I was doing in the class. You know she's the problem when the whole class has no idea what's going on. Save yourself and take literally any other professor.
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 01/04/2025	Dr. Carson is very nice and grades easily, but the class itself was incredibly disorganized. It was hard to keep track of when assignments were due or where to submit them. Every class, she would tell us to check the syllabus, but the due dates there often didn’t match the ones on Canvas. The lectures were also so useless—you don’t really learn anything. Most of the time, you just watch a TED Talk and answer a few questions. Additionally, the major assignments were very time-consuming. You’re required to write a 15-page paper, and there’s another assignment where you have to visit a location in the DMV area, provide proof, and write about the experience. I felt like I wasted a lot of time in this class. While her grading is lenient, she takes forever to return assignments—she didn’t grade anything until after the semester ended. If you take this class with Dr. Carson, be sure to follow the due dates in the syllabus rather than the ones on Canvas to avoid confusion. Good luck!
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Anonymous 12/06/2024	Absolute terrible professor. She doesn't utilise canvas at all, meaning you're left in the dark in terms of what assignments are due when and what are the expectations for them. She also hasn't graded any assignments including first drafts where you know, you're supposed to get feedback from your teacher on that for the final draft... Overall, I don't know why she teaches, she doesn't really seem to enjoy it, and more often than not she is just showing you TED talks for the majority of class and then you just leave without knowing what assignments are due.
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Anonymous 12/05/2024	Do not take her class pick any other professor save yourself. The class itself isn't hard shes just a bad professor. It's currently the last 2 weeks of the semester and I still don't have any of my major assignments graded so I have no idea what kind of grade I'm going to get. She NEVER grades anything on time ever. It's so frustrating. She is also never clear on due dates and deadlines. The syllabus and canvas rarely match. And then sometimes in class shell pull up a slide with due dates on them and those dates won't match either. She's very nice but a bad professor. Also when classmates would ask her questions she would often respond with "google it" which is not helpful when shes the professor and should have answers to our questions. Overall this was the only class I took this semester that made me dread going to it so please take another professor.
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/13/2023	This professor did not grade assignments on time ever. Directions were never fully clear for assignments and since previous assignments were never graded, you never knew what to change or fix for the next assignment. She also does not post lecture notes or slides and expects you to take a picture of her slides as she briefly speaks on it during class so if you miss a class you'll be lost. The class itself isn't difficult but choose another professor.
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/09/2022	Do not listen to the three star review on this professor. Dr. Carson is a great professor for ENGL101! She is very straightforward with course content and assignments and does not overcomplicate academic writing. As long as you put a reasonable amount of effort into this class you will get an A. The assignments take a fair amount of time to complete but are not impossible. The assignments also build on one another so after you complete the first few it really does not get much harder. She is also very understanding of students and flexible with deadlines as long as you put the effort into the class.
Mariko Carson ENGL101 Anonymous 12/22/2021	Dr. Carson is overall a nice professor, but can be frustrating at times. She is very kind to her students and tries her best to keep her class both engaging and relevant to our generation. Compared to other professors, Dr. Carson had 6 major assignments (as well as warm ups and minor assignments in between) and boy will it take up your time. Each week, it felt like there was always something to do and it felt really rushed. Other professors (from what I heard) only had to do half of what we did. The mini assignments and warm-ups are easy points but some of them were an overwhelming amount of work for a mere four points or less. Carson goes over some techniques of “effective writing” for assignments, but when it boils down to what she expects of you to do, the lines can be blurred and it is really up to your interpretation. I think the most frustrating part of Carson’s class was how late she puts in the grades. Even after the first semester is officially done, she still only has half of our grades in so it is hard to gauge how well we are doing in the class. Very frustrating. One of Carson’s strong suits, however, is her effective communication with the class. There were times where she allowed extensions and due dated became flexible (sometimes for the whole class, most times for individuals) but I would not rely on that too much. Overall, Carson is an ok professor. Definitely not the worst, but has room for improvement in her class and teaching skill

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/10/2025

Dr. Carson was an awful professor. She never gave any directions on major assignments and pretty much expected us to know how to do them. She also didn't grade anything until the end of the semester, so I never really knew how I was doing in the class. We would spend every class watching some useless TED talk and then answer questions about it that didn't even make sense. Then she would quickly go through her slides which she expected us to take pictures of because she was too lazy to post them on canvas. She also expected us to remember everything on those slides even though she would spend like 30 seconds total on them. She was always so surprised when nobody raised their hand after she asked a question! Like of course we don't know you don't even teach us anything! There were many times when the syllabus didn't match what she would say in class and the due dates were always changing. You know she's the problem when the entire class was always confused about what was going on. There were many times where we would have little notice on major assignments, and everything was so rushed because she never communicated properly with her students. Sometimes I would look at the syllabus and see that something was due soon but she would never bring it up in class. Her class was so much extra work for no reason so save your time and avoid this professor.

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/10/2025

Do not take her class she's an awful professor and it's not worth it!!! She never gave clear instructions on major assignments and gave us little notice on them and sometimes didn't even mention them. She would never teach anything meaningful in class that would help us with major assignments, she just expected us to know how to do it. Every class we would watch a TED talk and then answer some questions that never made any sense. Then she would very quickly go through her slides and expect take pictures of them because she was too lazy to post them on canvas and expected us to remember everything from those slides. Her class was so much extra work for no reason and the worst part was we never knew how to do it because she would never really explain anything. She was always changing her due dates and the syllabus never matched what she said in class. There were many times where she didn't even mention major assignments and I would see it in the syllabus that it was due soon and nobody ever knew about them! Everything was so rushed in that class and because of her lack of communication with her students. She also took forever to grade assignments so I never really knew how I was doing in the class. You know she's the problem when the whole class has no idea what's going on. Save yourself and take literally any other professor.

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
01/04/2025

Dr. Carson is very nice and grades easily, but the class itself was incredibly disorganized. It was hard to keep track of when assignments were due or where to submit them. Every class, she would tell us to check the syllabus, but the due dates there often didn’t match the ones on Canvas. The lectures were also so useless—you don’t really learn anything. Most of the time, you just watch a TED Talk and answer a few questions. Additionally, the major assignments were very time-consuming. You’re required to write a 15-page paper, and there’s another assignment where you have to visit a location in the DMV area, provide proof, and write about the experience. I felt like I wasted a lot of time in this class. While her grading is lenient, she takes forever to return assignments—she didn’t grade anything until after the semester ended. If you take this class with Dr. Carson, be sure to follow the due dates in the syllabus rather than the ones on Canvas to avoid confusion. Good luck!

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Anonymous
12/06/2024

Absolute terrible professor. She doesn't utilise canvas at all, meaning you're left in the dark in terms of what assignments are due when and what are the expectations for them. She also hasn't graded any assignments including first drafts where you know, you're supposed to get feedback from your teacher on that for the final draft... Overall, I don't know why she teaches, she doesn't really seem to enjoy it, and more often than not she is just showing you TED talks for the majority of class and then you just leave without knowing what assignments are due.

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Anonymous
12/05/2024

Do not take her class pick any other professor save yourself. The class itself isn't hard shes just a bad professor. It's currently the last 2 weeks of the semester and I still don't have any of my major assignments graded so I have no idea what kind of grade I'm going to get. She NEVER grades anything on time ever. It's so frustrating. She is also never clear on due dates and deadlines. The syllabus and canvas rarely match. And then sometimes in class shell pull up a slide with due dates on them and those dates won't match either. She's very nice but a bad professor. Also when classmates would ask her questions she would often respond with "google it" which is not helpful when shes the professor and should have answers to our questions. Overall this was the only class I took this semester that made me dread going to it so please take another professor.

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/13/2023

This professor did not grade assignments on time ever. Directions were never fully clear for assignments and since previous assignments were never graded, you never knew what to change or fix for the next assignment. She also does not post lecture notes or slides and expects you to take a picture of her slides as she briefly speaks on it during class so if you miss a class you'll be lost. The class itself isn't difficult but choose another professor.

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
12/09/2022

Do not listen to the three star review on this professor. Dr. Carson is a great professor for ENGL101! She is very straightforward with course content and assignments and does not overcomplicate academic writing. As long as you put a reasonable amount of effort into this class you will get an A. The assignments take a fair amount of time to complete but are not impossible. The assignments also build on one another so after you complete the first few it really does not get much harder. She is also very understanding of students and flexible with deadlines as long as you put the effort into the class.

Mariko Carson
ENGL101

Anonymous
12/22/2021

Dr. Carson is overall a nice professor, but can be frustrating at times. She is very kind to her students and tries her best to keep her class both engaging and relevant to our generation. Compared to other professors, Dr. Carson had 6 major assignments (as well as warm ups and minor assignments in between) and boy will it take up your time. Each week, it felt like there was always something to do and it felt really rushed. Other professors (from what I heard) only had to do half of what we did. The mini assignments and warm-ups are easy points but some of them were an overwhelming amount of work for a mere four points or less. Carson goes over some techniques of “effective writing” for assignments, but when it boils down to what she expects of you to do, the lines can be blurred and it is really up to your interpretation. I think the most frustrating part of Carson’s class was how late she puts in the grades. Even after the first semester is officially done, she still only has half of our grades in so it is hard to gauge how well we are doing in the class. Very frustrating. One of Carson’s strong suits, however, is her effective communication with the class. There were times where she allowed extensions and due dated became flexible (sometimes for the whole class, most times for individuals) but I would not rely on that too much. Overall, Carson is an ok professor. Definitely not the worst, but has room for improvement in her class and teaching skill