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Andes, Laura

Cumulative GPA: 2.06/4.00 with 16 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.31
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 1.69

Philosophy Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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PHIL 230 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 3:45 pm, Mar 24, 2010		She is loud so you can at least stay awake. I never even read the books because basically everything she said in lecture is what she wanted written on the essay exams. Also, if you are bad or even mediocre at writing essays I would NOT take this class. If you can right essays then it is a really easy class.

PHIL 230 Sophomore Grade Earned: Credit General Ed 11:17 pm, Apr 21, 2009		She's loud (warns you the first day) and kinda crazy but LOOOVED her! Take it pass/fail and you'll like it a lot more :) She easily grows on you though and if you can adapt to her sense of humor you'll like her faster. Her overall rating is completely underrated...I've told other people to take her and they've loved her too. yay

PHIL 230 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:42 pm, Mar 30, 2009		Laura Andes is a very excited, loud, and sometimes crazy, but that makes the class interesting. She is very knowledgeable about the material she teaches. I do not agree with the people who think she is just into screwing you over, but I'll hand it to her, she is a HARD grader. Basically it comes down to this: If you're good at essays, take it. If you aren't good at essays, it's a tossup. Both midterms are essay exams, where you choose two of four prompts to write on. There is also a persuasive paper which is worth a lot of points. The only other points in this class come from attendance and an optional final. I did great in this class, but only because essays are my strong point. If that's not yours, you'll still survive, but it may be a bit more difficult.

PHIL 230 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 9:53 pm, Mar 13, 2009		Laura really is a pretty good professor. The ratings on here really don't do her justice. The class was really manageable as long as you showed up. I wouldn't believe what you read on here about her being really hot though either. I mean shes definitely not ugly, and wasn't a bad lady to look at for two hours, but don't take her just cause you think shes gonna be hot. As someone else said yes there is a midterm during dead week, but as long as you have above a 77 half-way through the class the final is OPTIONAL. Thats right, get a C+ or above and you can choose whether or not you take the final. All in all shes a good instructor who makes the class as interesting as possible and really tries to keep the students engaged.

PHIL 230 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 7:53 pm, Mar 6, 2009		She was very nice, very clear, and made everything straight forward. Too clear and too straight forward for philosophy though...I wish my teacher would have been a an old lady who looked like a wish and made us do profound mental exercises about Socrates or something. I wish I would have actually had to think deeply or face a challenge once in a while. Instead I showed up for lectures, took notes, didn't do much outside of class, and got an A or a B

PHIL 230 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:24 pm, Feb 25, 2009		She grows on you!! At first you hate the class especially after seeing everything on this site but then you read the material and follow along with her and she is hilarious!! loved it

PHIL 126 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 1:27 am, Feb 20, 2009		This was the most frustrating class that I have ever taken at Cal Poly. I have not received a grade as low as a C+ since I can remember--not even in high school. In this class I failed the midterm because I did not finish the exam (the majority of the class could not finish as well). A few students who were exceptional finished, but not the majority of us. I studied for hours and hours before the final and managed to get an 84% on the final and save my grade in the class. Beware because the midterm is worth about 25% of your grade--so if you fail it your grade for the class is ruined. I got B's on the essays--that's the only reason I managed to get a C+ in the class after failing the midterm. Many other students got D's and C's on their essays. I took this class almost a year ago but it was SO bad that I'm putting in the effort to warn others.

PHIL 230 Junior Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 3:05 pm, Dec 8, 2008		Horrible teacher, and is rude to students. She acts totally bothered when you email her to ask her a basic question, and is not helpful at all. She also scheduled a midterm during dead week, and only gave her students 4 days to study for the final exam. HORRIBLE. take another philosophy professor. The class could have been interesting if the material was presented in a better way, and the professor actually cared about helping her students.

PHIL 126 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:52 am, Apr 9, 2008		I don't know what everyone else is bitching about, Andes was a great teacher. I never fell asleep in her class because she was so into the course material and managed to rub some enthusiasm onto me. The essays were a bit tough, but the midterm and final were absolute cake, basically simple math-based logic problems. She kind of breezed over all the fallacies of logic, which I was really looking forward to, but everything else she covered in depth. Laura is funny and energy-instilling, and she's HOT! I'd lay her any day if it weren't illegal (what with student-teacher relationship laws and all).

PHIL 126 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 2:33 pm, Mar 25, 2008		Ms. Andes is an awesome teacher, and you will do well in her class if you put effort into it. The homework load is moderate and if you do all of it you will do well on her tests. Ms. Andes tests are really fair, she tells you exactly what will be on them (but you still have to study because they are demanding). Be prepared to do all the work assigned and work hard.

PHIL 131 Senior Grade Earned: F General Ed 6:35 pm, Mar 9, 2008		DO NOT FUCKING TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS WHORE! The bitch needs to get laid. She is the worst instructor I've ever had. I fucking hope this crazy bitch gets laid or fired, whatever comes first. BTW, you will not pass this class unless you devote your life to it.

PHIL 126 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:02 pm, Feb 20, 2008		she is a nice lady, unless you have a cellphone. but then she'll fuck you over on the test. her whole goal is to get the students to fail her test, or devote their life to her GE class. really a difficult class for a GE, maybe if you were a philosophy major it would be worth it. Also, take this class like a math class it will kill you if your not on top of it. The thing I don't get about her is that she seems to want to trick the students on the test and not see them excel...weird. she needs to get laid.

PHIL 126 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 4:49 pm, Feb 16, 2008		This class was confusing, pointless, boring, and involved way too much time. The mid term and final were ridiculously impossible and the whole class did pretty bad. She also doesn't allow you to take home any of your work or look at it while she's lecturing so you get absolutely no feedback, especially on essays. She is also very crazy and sometimes scary.

PHIL 126 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 7:31 pm, Feb 13, 2008		instead of presenting any of the information in a clear manner, she simply rambles through pages of information with no regard to any of the students understanding. Im not stupid, and this 100 level class is the hardest, most pointless class I have ever taken. Also, instead of being out to help and promote learning, she designs her test to be AS TRICKY as possible, and she includes no curve. The shame is she is a really nice, outgoing lady, but her understanding of the material is so vast, it is far too easy to become overwhelmed, especially with the fast pace. I would really say, from student to fellow student, do not, under any circumstances take this class unless it is your last viable alternative.

PHIL 126 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 7:42 pm, Jan 28, 2008		My God this class was hard. By FAR the hardest class I've ever had at Cal Poly. I spent more time for this class than any other, and was happy... no ESTATIC to come out with a C+. To be fair, the teacher's a cool chick, and never misses a chance to relate the class material to a sexual example (she can actually be pretty funny). But the material is hard to understand, and the tests are difficult even when you think you've got it down. Be wary of this teacher, this isn't your average philosophy class in any way.... even from someone who loves philosophy classes, this was a tough one to get through.

PHIL 126 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 4:34 pm, Oct 29, 2007		Laura Andes. Where to start? Laura often pretends to be chill during class, but she is actually constantly brewing ways to fuck you over. Trust me, the whole class bombed the first mid-term (25% of grade). Not until the night before the mid-term did we know how difficult the test would be. None finished the test before time was up and she even extended the time because it was so damn hard. She is really strict on attendence so you always have to be there for her confusing lectures. She was once a kindergarten teacher and she teaches the class like one. There are also essays which aren't too bad. Make sure to prepare for the inclass essay cuz she screws most kids over on it. Overall, never take this class. EVER! It's horrible. No way to earn an A unless you devote ur life to this pointless material. No way to earn a B unless you do realllyyyy well on the papers and somehow not bomb the tests. Goodluck you lucky bastards and NEVER TAKE THIS CLASS!

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