Sydney Sharpstene

This professor has taught: CMLT270, ENGL101A, ENGL257

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Sydney Sharpstene CMLT270 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/14/2024	Super awesome teacher. The workload is decent and having to buy 6 different books is annoying (there are some online for free, others no luck). Essays aren't devious, 3-page midterm + 6-page final. Final Examination was kind of a pain due to how long the writing takes, but not too difficult. Overall, a great gen-ed and teacher combo if you don't mind Lit classes.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A Anonymous 12/09/2024	While there is a decent amount of work for this course, Professor Sharpstene is a very fair and lenient professor. She allows you to get extensions for pretty much everything, without having to come up with an excuse. She is also a very easy grader, and even if you screw something up, she allows retakes up to 100% for every major assignment except the last two. There is a decent amount of work in this class but other than that, she is a very good professor and I highly recommend taking this class with her.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL257 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/05/2024	I took her class during fall semester, and honestly her classes are very engaging and pretty enjoyable. Theres a lot of class participation, and the homework is very simple to do as she barely gives any. She's also very understanding, as she gives extensions for almost anything and the big projects she gives she supplies more than enough time for completion. Overall 10/10 teacher, love her.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A Anonymous 12/04/2024	One of the best professors I've had. As a computer engineering major, I didn't really prioritize this class too much. She is super lenient with late work, especially the final papers. Great person to work with.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A Anonymous 12/02/2024	Hands down she is the best english professor i have ever seen. Gives extensions on everything. So helpful if you are confused. So passionate about english. makes it impossible to fail her class. If you get her, you are seriously lucky. Only reccomendation for a profesor
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A+ blueterp310 11/28/2024	I took this class Spring semester and I loved Sharpstene. She was always helpful when it came to due dates and extensions, and was so helpful with all position paper and everything that we did throughout the semester that led to the final position paper. She was constantly on the ball for staying on schedule to the point where I heard that other ENGL101 classes were so far behind us that I'm glad I switched out of a different class to hers. Responds to emails fairly quick, always willing to help out if you ask for it or show that you need it. Would definitely take her again if I could!
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A Anonymous 11/13/2024	One of the best english profs out there. She is so incredibly nice and so lenient with due dates and extensions. It is so easy to earn points and increase your grade. As someone who isn't great at English I would totally recommend her.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A Anonymous 05/19/2024	She's incredibly easy to work with and very fair, as a stem major who made english my lowest priority she worked with me constantly for due dates, feedback, and drafts so i could still succeed in her class while also having a very difficult course load. She also didn't have any mandatory participation points in order to boost attendance, just short and straightforward reading quizzes at the beginning of class that were usually about whatever reading was assigned the night before, if you ave to miss class for whatever reason, the 3 lowest reading quizzes get dropped so you can miss 3 times, overall she's the best!!!
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL257 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/15/2024	She is such a nice professor. She is extremely understanding, encouraging, and friendly. She really appreciates input about the class from the people actually taking the class. She creates a welcoming atmosphere to freely discuss the books we have read. The class was structured around a set of readings we had to read before class. Then, we would generally do a class activity, learn the history of the reading/ time period, and then discuss the readings. There weren't many out-of-class assignments, but there was a paper, a research project, a midterm, and a final about the readings. It is a great class for people who are interested in working with children in the future or loved reading when they were kids.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL257 Expecting an A+ Terpgrader_ 05/10/2024	Professor Sharpstene is like a ball of sunshine, she is down to earth and super chill, and she made sure the class felt like that too! Her methods are slightly geared to those who plan on going into teaching or education, but regardless she made the class super engaging and fun. Amazing teacher!!
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/23/2023	I ABSOLUTELY loved having her as a professor. She is so sweet and understanding, and is not a harsh grader whatsoever. The way her class was set up was you would have a reading quiz in the beginning of class, which was just asking "what was the main ideas from the reading?" and you can just skim the textbook readings in order to get the answers and to actually learn the material. She would teach a lesson on whatever paper we were working on, or were soon going to be working on, and then we would have a class activity or worktime to work on whatever paper we were working on. The papers don't take a lot of time to write unless you've saved it all until the last minute, and you have a week to get each draft in, and with the first draft of longer papers such as the position paper, you wouldn't have to get all the pages in. Professor Sharpstene would also be very willing to provide thoughtful feedback to papers, and would respond promptly to emails written at reasonable times of day, sometimes even in the middle of the night. Additionally, she was energetic and enthusiastic about what she was teaching, which was great during a 7:30-8:45 PM class when all the students were tired.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A+ Teachmeplz 12/22/2023	Professor Sharpstene is an absolute G. She is super flexible and always try’s to help her students out. I would take her over any other professor no cap. 10/10!
Sydney Sharpstene Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/22/2023	Professor Sharpstene is the Ultimate G. She could very well be the best English professor UMD has ever seen. No cap she just cares about her students and understands how college actually works. She is totally on your team/side and would HIGHLY recommend choosing her over another English professor if you can.
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101A Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/07/2023	Professor Sharpstene is one of the best English professors I've had as this is my first year in the fall semester. She always shows up with a bright and open attitude and actually shows that she cares about students' performance in class. Her assignments are straightforward, so nothing should be shocking or confusing to you, and she is organized with the instructions she gives out which are really useful by the way. She makes sure that she provides enough resources to her students and it is a lot, and she is always available to answer questions. Her grading isn't harsh, so it is really easy to get an A in her class (I have a A+ right now). She also posts lectures on the canvas page to refer back to which is nice and she gives constructive feedback on assignments. This course won't be difficult for you if you show up, do the assignments, pay attention, and ask for help from this professor, so I highly suggest choosing her when considering in registering for this course! I forgot to add that she usually assigns what readings to read for homework and she gives out reading quizzes based on them before the start of class. Other than that, she is a really sweet and carefree teacher!!
Sydney Sharpstene ENGL101 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 04/27/2023	Professor Sharpstene is by far one, if not the best, professor and English instructor I have ever had. She is a very open and honest professor but she also takes the time to get to know her students. If you have the opportunity to take her as your professor DO IT. You will not regret it. She allows her students to make their own rules for the class, within reason of course. This model works because then students understand exactly what is expected of them and are more likely to follow the rules. Professor Sharpstene makes this class fun and she provides NUMEROUS resources to allow her students to succeed. Every paper we have written, she has allowed us to distribute the percentage of points allowing us to focus on what is most important per paper. I could honestly rave about her for hours. If you have any issues at all, just let her know and she will take care of you. If you show up, do the assignments, and always ask her questions, you are guaranteed to pass this class. I have a 99.6% in this class. Those who fail are ones who actually don't care. If you try, you will absolutely pass. She grades lightly but gives great constructive feedback. She helps you early on fix major problems with your paper so you can make sure your final draft is the best and you are guaranteed to get a good grade. I love Professor Sharpstene's quirkiness and her attitude to teaching overall. You can just tell that she thoroughly enjoys teaching and that this is her passion. Take her as a professor and I promise you that you will NOT regret it. I am beyond grateful for having taken this class with her. As a STEM major (CompE) it can be hard to balance technical classes with a class such as this but she will WORK with you! As long as you openly communicate, she will go the extra mile to help you and come up with a plan so you can actively succeed. She allows for extensions and everything. I just - ugh SHE IS AMAZING!!!!