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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

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