Melanie Faith

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Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 08/22/2019	Melanie was super nice and an easy teacher. Take a little time the first few classes to establish a relationship with her and you'll have a great class
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Anonymous 02/03/2015	I just started taking this class after having to drop another ENGL391 class. I switched into the class a week into the semester (not normally a big deal) but the second I emailed Dr. Faith about making up missed work in a timely fashion, she replied with a very rude and blunt email. I then showed up to class the second week and introduced myself before the class started and asked what I could do to get myself back up to speed and she, for lack of better words, "embarrassed me" in front of my peers by saying that I should have contacted her even before switching into her class and got caught up on a plethora of assignments before I came to the second class meeting when I was not even positive I was switching classes nor did she email me back useful information regarding makeup work. Then, she instructed me to talk to the TA about catching up after I apparently made her too frustrated (although I may have said about 10 words) to continue our conversation. The TA, did not have the ability to explain the work to me because he couldn't find all of the work to make up since the ELMS page is a mess and very hard to navigate. Although her grade distribution may be favorable, I already would not recommend taking this class with her unless you plan on getting shredded to pieces every time you miss a class or do not understand how to complete an assignment.
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/26/2014	WORST PROFESSOR EVER Thought I'd leave a review since there aren't any recent ones for her. She was my junior English professor this past semester (Fall 2014). Worst professor I have had in my 3 years at the University of Maryland. I have honestly not had a professor or TA who came close to being as terrible as she was. Didn't know how to use ELMs at all, or any technology for that matter. She forced us to use online technology that she didn't have a clue how to use, such as Microsoft OneDrive and an online web site creator. In regards to ELMs, She set up her ELMs in the most confusing, nonsensical way possible. We couldn't even view our grades, which didn't make a difference anyway as she graded about 80% of our assignments on Christmas Eve, including assignments from September and October... DID NOT HAVE A SYLLABUS! She had one at first, did not stick to it at all, and then ended up deleting it from ELMs because as she said, "some students were going ahead and doing assignments before they were due" or in other words, they were being good students.... As other reviewers have said, she was also very rude and sometimes would yell at us when we were confused with her directions. She made the most random due dates, with an assignment due almost every Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Also made a research assignment to be due the day after Thanksgiving, saying that we have to talk to our relatives at Thanksgiving dinner to learn about their careers or something...after a few students complained she moved the due date ahead two days to the day before Thanksgiving. I failed to mention that she would not release assignments until a day or a few days before they were due, for no reason at all. While I received an A in the class, her grading was extremely strange, and seemed to be subjectively given. For example, she would write a decent number of criticisms on assignments and then give an A on the paper, while another paper would have one or two grammar errors and receive a C... Definitely agree with the person below who said she pries into students' personal lives. Completely unprofessional, and would also make rude comments on students who weren't in class, especially on their personal lives. She would also be very rude to her TA. One class the TA got the attendance wrong and after she left Faith spent 5 minutes talking trash about her and how the University doesn't offer good TAs for English. While I feel bad giving her 1 star while receiving an A in the class, she is without a doubt the worst professor I have ever had or even heard of at the University of Maryland. There would be times when she would give ridiculous explanations or when she would yell at us, and the class would be shaking their heads and looking at each other incredulously. Seriously do not take a class with this professor.
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2014	Dr. Faith is one of the worst professors I have ever had. Do not take a class with her. Even though I am expecting an A, I don't think she should be teaching. She didn't post due dates until the day before, and was extremely disorganized. Her personality is very blunt and sarcastic. She actually screamed at our class one day because none of us understood what she expected of an assignment. Stay away! I promise that you will thank me later.
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A hshapiro 07/14/2014	I absolutely loved Dr. Faith. It breaks my heart to read these bad reviews because I honestly believe she cares about her students. She is a GREAT teacher. I learned so much from her that I actually needed to learn for the professional world. The class is also easy. Luckily I am pretty decent at writing, but if you are not then she will help you along the way. If you ask her for anything she will help you. She cares less about grading than she does about her students learning. She was also bullied by several students in my class for some really weird reason. I guess they did not like her but she handled it well and professionally. I LOVE Dr. Faith. Take this class with her! Easy A if you simply do the work or ask her how you can improve AND you learn really useful information.
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 06/19/2013	STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROFESSOR! I agree wholeheartedly with the other reviews of Dr. Faith even though they are from years ago. I took this professor my last semester at UMD and it was horrific. Unlike all other professors, Dr. Faith does not have a completed syllabus ready at the beginning of the semester to predict future assignments and due dates. She literally makes it up as the semester proceeds. After the first maybe 2 weeks of her class, for all other assignments she expects not a single error in any writing assignment and trust me you WILL be writing the ENTIRE SEMESTER; if a holiday is around the corner, rest assure, YOU WILL NOT BE RELAXING, YOU WILL BE WRITING OR RESEARCHING! Another issues is that Dr. Faith, not once has looked presentable as a professor. She will constantly wear velour suits and ragged sneakers. She is repeated prying through her students' personal lives when they do not feel the need to share information. If you are signed up for her class, word of advice, FIND A NEW PROFESSOR!
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Anonymous 12/10/2010	Great teacher once you really get to know her. Just do your work and do whatever she asks of you and the class will be fun!
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/07/2010	DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR! I will be very honest. I recieved an A in this class. However, I would have gladly gotten a C in this course if I could have had another professor. Prof. Faith is a horrible teacher. She is not organized and often blames the students for her bad days. For example, she still had not changed her clock for daylights savings time even though it had been 3 days since daylights savings. Because of this, she missed one of the classes and so all the students, after waiting for almost 30 minutes for her to show up, went home. Next thing we know, we all get this scathing email from her in which she calls US irresponsible for not reminding her about daylights savings!!! Sorry...didn't realize it was the students' responsibility to make sure the teacher was aware of when to show up to teach. She is also a very biased teacher/ grader. She picks on some students unnecessarily while ignoring others. She is never clear in her expectations for her assignments and often changes her mind about what she wants. And then she gets angry at the students for not doing the assignment like she had wanted it. I have never met such an irresponsible, unprofessional, and frankly, inept professor such as her. Like I said, I got an A in her class and I would still never take her class if I could do it over again.
Melanie Faith ENGL391 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/23/2009	Professor Faith was rarely appropriate or helpful as an instructor. On the first day of class she told us that we were all probably in her Junior Engilsh class because we were too stupid to pass freshman english with an A. Those of us who were there because our English major required it were, needless to say, fairly offended. Later on the first day when she was calling roll, she mispronounced one of the girls names, the girl corrected her every day for the first two weeks. Faith proceeded to mispronounce her name every day for the rest of the semester. Everytime we were supposed to turn in a project,we would ask her what order things needed to be in, and every day for a week she would change her mind about how she wanted things. Despite the fact that I was there all but one day of class, and was a leader in our group project, she gave me a B as my participation grade. She took forever to grade everything we turned in, and was even a day late for turning in our final grades to Testudo. Dr. Faith had her funny moments, but mostly, she was a huge dissapointment as a teacher.
Melanie Faith ENGL301 Anonymous 12/30/2008	I had a horrible experience with Dr. Faith. First day, she started class early and she assigned work based on books that weren't in any of the three stores near College Park for the start of term. I wrote her a polite email asking about the class time and the assignments, and she was extremely rude in response. She told me I had a faulty watch and that I would just have to deal with what happened if I didn't do the work because it wasn't her fault the bookstores in the area didn't have her books. I was appalled and dropped her class immediately after receiving her entirely obnoxious and unsympathetic response. I went out of my way to research and find a 301 teacher with a more reasonable attitude for this coming term.
Melanie Faith ENGL310 blackshellbowser 12/23/2008	Not a bad professor. The problem in general with her is she rarely sticks to the syllabus. She will change reading assignments and deadlines constantly. She also can give an unfair amount of reading during a week when an essay is due. I had two essays to write and three 1-2 papers to write. She does expect you to write with few/none grammatical mistakes so use the Writing Center! She gives you leeway in what to write about and can help you choose a topic. You also might do a group project where each member of your group writes about a topic pertaining to the group topic. Then those papers are condensed into five minute presentations. It's a nice change of pace but she takes it a little too seriously (for example, you have to dress nice on the day you present!) You will be expected to talk. Every class is a circle where people just talk about the previous night's readings. BE PREPARED TO TALK! She takes the participation seriously. Btw...you do have a final in the class but it's easy! It's on plot material and she curves it. I got a 64 on the final which was a B+ (I did not even try to be honest). In her defense she is required to give a final (dunno why).