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Sarah Dowman
SPAN370 Anonymous 12/08/2020 |
Pretty unimpressed with Dowman, unfortunately. She is generally pretty nice and friendly but is a harsh grader, doesn't grade things fairly, and appears to have favorite students. She generally grades stuff hard - takes off lots of points for grammar issues, minor points, that type of thing. Homework is definitely overgraded - it's already long (13+ multipart questions) and she grades them pretty closely. Also doesn't grade stuff fairly sometimes. Takes off points randomly (she "justifies" it but they're not really legitimate) and won't accept requests for regrades. Contesting any grade is generally not worth your time at all. Likely has favorite students (mostly those that keep their cameras on). Unclear about directions sometimes - a lot of people messed up on a certain project and she gave everyone 60s instead of letting them redo it or accepting it, since so many people messed up. |
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Sarah Dowman
SPAN301 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/18/2019 |
I was really anxious to take this class because I hadn’t taken Spanish for a couple years, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Dr. Dowman was really enthusiastic about Spanish, and it showed through her interactions with my class. The coursework isn’t bad—you have usually 5-8ish online HW to complete by each class, which is manageable. But occasionally we’ll have 12+ assignments due in one day, so it’s important to schedule it out. Overall, Dr. Dowman is good at communicating her expectations to us, and it’s really easy to ask her questions about our essays (which compose most of the total grade). If you take SPAN301, you won’t regret it! |