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Pope, Megan

Cumulative GPA: 2.74/4.00 with 19 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 3.00
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.37

Communication Studies Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 6:05 pm, Apr 3, 2013 Report Evaluation		I thought I would dread going to this class, but it ended up being my favorite this quarter. 1 narrative speech, 1 informative speech, 1 persuasive speech, and a group project. Pope has a very open dialogue with her students and allows room for inputs. She was open-minded and super flexible about office hours. I can definitely say my public speaking AND writing skills improved. I really enjoyed this class and would recommend taking her!

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 6:38 pm, Mar 26, 2013 Report Evaluation		I am so lucky I got into her class because I crashed it. But it was really competitive to get in. She is a really cool teacher and makes Coms more interesting. Some advise I'd give would be to not procrastinate on your speeches. There are 3 individual and one group at the end of the quarter. Also the final was take home and pretty easy. Go to her office hours if you have any questions. And lastly study and read anything she asks you for the quizzes.

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 3:36 pm, Feb 16, 2013 Report Evaluation		She grades speeches in the most nit picky fashion, along with her quizzes. She is probably the worst coms teacher at Cal Poly. Not a good choice for your GPA or your sanity.

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:27 am, Feb 15, 2013 Report Evaluation		Honestly, I loved Megan. Sure, she wasn't the most conventional professor, but come on guys, this is college. Nothing is conventional anymore. She legitimately cares about her students. At one point, I got full credit on my quiz, but she wrote "See me" on it. So as I went to talk to her, she told me that I was the kind of student that she saw going to grad school, and talked to me about how to go about that and what I wanted to do with my career. She took an honest interest in me and my education. She's both a great person and a great professor. You just have to actually put effort in to a GE class (shocking, I know), and you'll be absolutely fine.

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 9:38 am, Feb 13, 2013 Report Evaluation		She needs to understand that this is a GE that everyone needs to take and it is a COMS class. There are few speeches and many quizzes, which are open ended and she grades them harshly. She has poor time management and ends up making lot of things take home, but then makes the assignment have to be three to four pages of writing. Every speech requires extensive research and media, and she doesn't let you have notecards when giving your speech. Overall, I don't recommend Pope for COMS-101. You're better off which a different instructor.

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 8:16 pm, Jan 21, 2013 Report Evaluation		Pope thinks that her 101 class is of vital importance. That said, it's a tolerable class. Her quizzes and tests are rather unconventional. She'll give you a blank piece of paper and tell you write down important information. That's all the direction you'll get. She gives a group project that requires a lot of preparation. For all of your speeches, get the audience engaged! If you give an average speech, but get people leaning forward, you'll get an A. Fun fact, if you're gay or she thinks you're gay, she loves to talk about queer politics while not looking you in the eye. Seriously, she'll talk about audience empathy and gay people's perception about every other lecture, but she will NEVER look at you while doing it.

COMS 250 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 2:37 pm, Sep 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		She is a very insensitive teacher. Doesn't really care what situation you are in. Hates sorority girls. Has a lisp.



COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:47 pm, Sep 10, 2012 Report Evaluation		She changes every quarter! It's ridiculous. When I had her class she made the class buy 2 books. One book we actually had a group project on (I only opened it about 2 times) and the other... it just sat in my dorm as a paper weight. I literally learned nothing new. The work she assigned was crazy. I felt like we had something due every couple of days. But who knows she might actually be easier next quarter... Don't forget she likes tacos...

COMS 101 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:48 pm, Aug 28, 2012 Report Evaluation		Not gonna lie, I was dreading COMS 101. Luckily, I got Pope as my professor and I am SO happy I did. She is wonderful and actually made speech somewhat enjoyable for me. She is funny and super nice. I think she is the best COMS teacher to take. As long as you do your best on the speeches, do all the work, and your guaranteed an A. Go to her office hours, she helps a lot, and do the extra credit!!

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 9:48 pm, Jul 11, 2012 Report Evaluation		Pope's class was actuallly pretty painless for a coms class. We had very few solo speeches and quite a few group presentations. There was a intro speech that everyone got full credit on, and then a persuasive and informative speech. As long as you follow the rubric to the letter, you will be fine. We did some projects that were a pain in the ass but good for the grade. Overall, I didn't really like Pope as a person but I recommend her class.

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 7:23 pm, Jun 10, 2012 Report Evaluation		Probably the best COMS teacher there is at Poly. She is fun, exciting, and young - she understands our situation as students and knows not to assign loads of garbage like other professors might. "Hello Scholars!"

COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:09 pm, Mar 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		If you want a GPA booster, take Pope for COMS 101. Her class is crazy easy, but you won't learn ANYTHING. I have below average public speaking skills, didn't learn anything, and earned an A in her class. One thing you should know about her class is that even though it is easy, there is a huge amount of pointless busy-work you have to do on polylearn. It's not that bad because she pretty much grades on completion, but it is a time-waster. Someone on here mentioned that she stifles creativity, and I definitely agree with that. You have to give speeches her way (which is kind of a stupid way) to get a good grade. Overall, however, I would recommend Pope, especially because she doesn't give minuses. For instance 80% is a B in her class, not a B-. You won't learn anything useful in her class, though.

COMS 101 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 2:22 pm, Mar 15, 2012 Report Evaluation		I had Pope for a 4 hour lecture once a week and she always made the time go by fast with her energy and interactive lectures. She was also very helpful whenever I had questions about my speeches. As long as you do the work you should get an A. Pope is a good professor!



COMS 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:06 am, Feb 21, 2012 Report Evaluation		MS. Pope teaches an easy class assuming you have no will to think for yourself. She presents clear guidelines for an A that are easy to fulfill, but at the same time completely contrary to what makes a good speech. She grades based off a checklist, just listening for you to use specific phrases introducing the next part of your speech. She is fully willing to entertain stupidity in her class, and will regularly punish creativity with a bad grade. Take this class if you give 0 fucks about your education.

SPC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 9:40 am, Jan 5, 2012 Report Evaluation		Megan Pope is really awesome. I took her 4 hour block every Monday and it really isn't that bad. Yeah she was unorganized but she replaced the teacher we were supposed to have a week before it happened so it really wasn't her fault. She's super nice and she basically gave everybody 10 -15 points extra on our group speeches because she felt bad for everybody that was under the time limit and got marked down. She's funny and excited to teach. She is someone you can talk and joke around with. Most people hated their coms class but mine was not bad at all. Oh and she raises A- to A so its an easy A.

SPC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:41 pm, Jan 4, 2012 Report Evaluation		First off, this class seems to be relatively easier than other coms 101 classes. Pope's guidelines for speeches are very straightforward but if you do not strictly adhere to her format , you will not get a good grade on speech ( no matter how good your speech is or how good you think your speech is.) This leaves not a whole lot of room for creativity for writing a real speech, but she gets the basics across. Take this for an easy B ( A is definitely attainable if you just do the work) but don't expect to learn anything different from your AP high school english course.

SPC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 9:37 pm, Dec 26, 2011 Report Evaluation		I will admit that Miss Pope was a little unorganized, but give her a break, this is her first year. However, she does not fail in her attempts to capture our attention. She is enthusiastic about teaching and is very approachable. She is super nice and allows two REALLY EASY extra credit opportunities, as well as an optional final, which was easy as well. Although we have more speeches than the other coms 101 classes, we have no final or quizzes. She focuses on the "public speaking" aspect of the class. We do have to write 2 journal entries every week that are a bit time consuming, but this class should be an easy A if you do the work.

SPC 101 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 1:45 pm, Dec 14, 2011 Report Evaluation		Now, I got an A in her class, but that does not mean she is a good teacher. She was opinionated, chose favorites, and very immature in class. Our classes were 4 hours long and I hardly learned anything I didn't learn in high school AP english. If you like being told exactly what to do and having no creative freedom, by all means take this opinionated Texan for COMS 101.

SPC 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:33 am, Dec 5, 2011 Report Evaluation		Professor Pope is new to CP and young but she in AMAZING! I just had her for COMS 101/PUBLIC SPEAKING and she was a fantastic teacher. The two hours went by really quickly. She always had and activity, youtube clips, or other relevant addition to help us stay tuned in and interested. TAKE HER. She makes things super clear and the only homework is a weekly handwritten 2-4 page journal assignment that takes all of 15 minutes max. The speeches were interesting and as long as you follow her rubric guidelines, you will get a good grade. You don;t have to be a great speaker, she understands that some of us and math or engineering majors and only take this because we have to but I would take it even if I didn't.

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