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Forster, Sophia

Cumulative GPA: 3.22/4.00 with 9 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.56
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.00

English Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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ENGL 240 Senior Grade Earned: C General Ed 11:02 pm, Mar 14, 2012 Report Evaluation		If you like to read pointless stories about peoples weird ass dreams and stories that they make up in there head take this class. Forster is extremely annoying and boring to listen to. She doesn't give clear concise notes and expects you to copy a paragraph on a slide in 10 seconds. If you can get the notes from someone else and are good at memorizing, you don't need to go to class.

ENGL 240 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:57 pm, Jun 13, 2011 Report Evaluation		I'm not an english major, so I dreaded signing up for it, but I found this class to be just fine. Forster is really good at analyzing the material, so if you take notes in class, the tests should be straightfoward. We had a relatively large class, so no essays were written. There were 4 exams worth 15, 25, 30, and 30 percent of your grade, and they consisted of MC questions and matching (identify the passage by author and title). I'd recommend this class to anyone

ENGL 305 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:38 pm, Apr 27, 2011 Report Evaluation		Some students are put-off, at first, by her seemingly strict/uptight attitude, but she is really fairly friendly. She is excellent at explaining the material in a logical, orderly manner. She outlines basic interpretations and context without bias, then gives the class room to interpret further. She always graded me down on my essays--she has high expectations for logical argument, but she is a fair grader overall. People shouldn't get put-off just because she doesn't immediately seem super-friendly-social. I think she is one of the best teachers.

ENGL 341 Senior Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:19 pm, Mar 28, 2011 Report Evaluation		As an engineer I was scared to take this upper division english class to fulfill my GWR but it didnt end up being that bad. She gives 5 easy reading quizzes over the quarter and drops your lowest score. I barely did any of the readings and still got an A (its all about sparknotes). There are 2 long essays (3-5 pages) throughout the quarter, a midterm and a final. The midterm and final are the same with passage identification (author and title but not speaker) a short essay and a long essay for GWR credit. Overall lots of writing, class participation and group work but I got through it fine.

ENGL 304 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:59 pm, Mar 23, 2011 Report Evaluation		At first I thought Dr. Forster was going to be really boring, but don't worry! As the quarter progressed she opened up more and I really got to like her. She is very willing to help during office hours - which is valuable when you are getting started on your research paper. Aside from that, I liked that her class was very structured and organized - you always know what to expect. She also picked some really great texts so I enjoyed a lot of the reading (unlike some previous core classes). All you have to do to succeed in this class is attend lecture, read, and put some time into your essay. Overall, I enjoyed the class and would recommend Dr. Forster.

ENGL 305 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:08 pm, Mar 16, 2011 Report Evaluation		To all the other English majors who have to take this class: it's not that bad. She can be a little dry at times, but the reading is pretty fun (compared to core III). Two midterms and a semi-cummulative final (the objective questions aren't cumulative, but the essay question is), along with a 6-8 page research paper. Only a few quizzes. And yes, she's from Canada.

ENGL 240 Junior Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 1:14 pm, Aug 9, 2010 Report Evaluation		This class was not that bad. Yes attendance was important to get the notes but the material was not tough. Forster presented the material that made it easy to take notes and participate in the class discussions. Although the class did get a bit repetitive in the activities the material was not difficult. I am not a very strong writer in the use of my language in essays but I still managed to do well on the papers. There is quite a bit of reading and it is necessary to read every story in order to fully understand the discussions. Overall the class had a lot of reading but not too many assignments and was an interesting course



ENGL 240 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 8:39 pm, Jun 11, 2010 Report Evaluation		My first impressions of Professor Forster were less than positive--she seemed strict, uptight, and humorless; I thought I was going to be in for a long quarter. But now that I\'ve gone through her class, I have to say she is definitely one of the best professors I\'ve had yet at Cal Poly. She is not, in fact, uptight or humorless at all, she is very eloquent and engaging in lecture, and she is clear, organized, and accommodating. Every class was fascinating. I\'ll warn you, her exams are challenging... sometimes she even takes quotes out of the stories/poems you read but leaves some words blank for you to fill them in (so you really need to know what you read inside and out). The readings were interesting for the most part, and if you do read and attend every lecture, it should be easy to get a good grade. I only got a B because I slacked a little in the beginning and my first test score wasn\'t so great. But overall I really recommend her. I hope to take another literature class from her in the future just because I enjoyed this one so much.

ENGL 240 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 7:27 pm, Jun 7, 2009 Report Evaluation		Professor Forster gives a very clear syllabus on the first day of class and does her best to stick with it. The course consists of reading short passages and discussing/ analyzing them the next day during lecture. Her course consisted of pop quizzes (usually on Fridays), one midterm, one term paper and one final. Putting all that aside, Forster took her class WAAAYYY too seriously. I took the course in order to fullfill a GE and she expected the students to treat the class as if it were one of their own major courses. Her exact words "I expect to to approach the pursuit of literary knowledge with as much inquisitiveness, seriousness, and effort as you approach the subjects you study in your various majors." And believe me she completely expects you to adhere to this. Furthermore, after the 3rd time you miss class she docks off 3% from your final grade for each absence. This may sound reasonable but if you were to miss an average of 1 class every other week your already down over a half a letter grade. Keep in mind this class was on a Friday. If your prepared to attend every lecture and treat the class like its a course in your own fucking major take her. I would not recommend her if you plan on slacking off in the course even a bit because you will hate your life.

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