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Simon, Lisa

Cumulative GPA: 2.32/4.00 with 67 evaluations
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Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.32

Business Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Elective 12:11 pm, Jun 10, 2013 Report Evaluation		Simon has so much potential to be an average professor, but throws it all away by treating her classes like fifth graders. We played telephone among other childish games in class, and consequently her exams were difficult clearly from a lack of instruction and intelligent insight. Her grading process is outright subjective and indicative not of the level of knowledge you portray, but of how many commas you forgot to put in a sentence. I tried hard to take this class seriously, but ultimately I am enraged that I paid over $8000 to be under the leadership of a bigot. I care about my education, but Simon could give two shits about your well-being.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:29 pm, Jun 6, 2013 Report Evaluation		Ms. Simon is a decent teacher with a terrible attitude. Her classes were enjoyable, including interesting information, group activities, and guest speakers. However, that did not nearly make up for how terrible to the class she was. She treated students like children, using sing songy voices and presenting information as if she were speaking to an elementary school class. Her grading, although relatively based on the content, was also partially based on how much she liked you as a person. The group grading system allowed her to mark up or down specific students in groups that she didn't like. Her expectations were never clear and instructions for projects were confusing. It took my group over half of the quarter to truly understand what she wanted out of our group project. In general, DO NOT TAKE SIMON. She will give you attitude and destroy your hopes and dreams, all while smiling at you.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 10:31 pm, May 15, 2013 Report Evaluation		Lisa Simon is an absolutely belittling human being. Do not take her as a teacher if you are trying to just glide through the quarter. She intentionally takes information that is very basic and makes it into something that is not only cheesy but far more complicated. Overall, the class isn't THAT bad.... but BOY is she a piece of work. I do not suggest taking her as a teacher.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 8:45 am, Apr 23, 2013 Report Evaluation		I would not recommend taking Simon's class. She babies her students and treats us like children, but her tests are difficult. Some questions are easy, but others are unfairly hard.

BUS 446 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Elective 4:15 pm, Apr 15, 2013 Report Evaluation		So condescending and rude. I wish I actually took into consideration these polyratings. Too bad I had a bad rotation and I needed the class. She makes most people feel uncomfortable in the class and every time she says a sassy remark, you can almost see that everyone in the room is rolling their eyes at her. Ridiculous. Try to stay away from it. Class is so-so but professor is no-no.

BUS 342 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:27 am, Feb 19, 2013 Report Evaluation		Simon was alright as a professor. One thing that kinda irked me in the beginning is that she treats you like you're in elementary school. At first i hated it, but she actually takes time to get to know names and whatnot. We also had a discussion in the class one day about Polyratings and evals, and she knows that kids think she treats them like little kids and she claims she tries not to. After that i sorta had a different outlook. The class is not bad. However, on the midterms, for a lot of questions i just found myself thinking "i really don't think we ever covered even anything like this in class". But one thing about introduction to marketing is that a lot of it is common sense, so i still did alright. Make sure you pick a good group because you have to do 2 projects with them over the quarter. 1 is just a case study she gives you and is pretty easy, while the other one is a research paper that can be a pain. She grades fairly easy on them though. You also have to individually interview a manager of some store to learn about the supply chain near the end of the quarter. There's weekly online quizzes as well which can be a pain, but all the answers are out on the internet if you can search for the right stuff. At the end i was .02% away from the next letter grade and she bumped me up, so i was glad for that. An alright class overall.

BUS 446 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 3:00 pm, Oct 12, 2012 Report Evaluation		Lisa is pretty annoying. Whenever I am in her class I feel like I am back in high school. She is confrontational, loud, and childish. She treats her students like they are children. He grading policies are strange but she has rubrics for all assignments so make sure you follow them and if you see that her grading isn't consistent with her rubric, confront here and bring it to her attention. Overall the class is interesting it teaches you how marketers evaluate whether introducing a product into a certain market feasible or not. If you have any ambitions as an entrepreneur, make sure you pay attention.



BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:58 am, Jun 7, 2012 Report Evaluation		Horrible policies, gives out grades on no real scale and lecture is very boring. Very little reason to show up to class--she doesn't teach much. Just review as many quiz questions as possible because, in her own lazyness, she reuses the auto-generated-quiz-questions for her exams.

BUS 346 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:34 am, May 30, 2012 Report Evaluation		YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STAND THIS CLASS. This woman is soo annoying and an unfair grader. I dont know why she has good polyratings because none of these speak the truth. She bases her grades on how much she likes you, and will mark you down on points if she doesnt..and she cannot give you evidence on why she marked you down...This woman is horrible and her midterm questions for the case studies dont even match the presentations. ALL IN ALL DO NOT TAKE SIMON SHE IS ABSOLUTELY DISRESPECTFUL AND A HORRIBLE PERSON.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:40 am, May 7, 2012 Report Evaluation		RIIIIIIIIOOOGHHHTTTTTTTTTTTTT?

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:47 pm, Jan 6, 2012 Report Evaluation		Horrible teacher. Condescending and talked to her students like they were in 2nd grade. Her case presentations are completely irrelevant to the material that we were supposed to learn. Also liked to take up time during class with stupid videos and games. Not a hard class, but an awful professor. Definitely an easy B.

BUS 446 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 4:26 pm, Nov 1, 2010 Report Evaluation		I took Professor Simon\'s online course Fall 2010, thinking it would be nice to be able to handle a class on my own time. Her class ends up being a lot of busy work, and almost zero clarification as to what to do on the assignments. Maybe with a different professor there wouldn\'t be such a disconnect, but unfortunately there is going to be a serious gap between her expectations and your performance unless you go into her physical office hours, which pretty much misses the point of taking an online class in the first place. Hindsight is 20/20, and I would have much rather taken a different class with a physical meeting place if I had known that this would be the outcome.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:45 pm, Mar 23, 2010 Report Evaluation		This class was ridiculous. She treats you like a 3rd grader and makes incredibly inappropriate comments during class discussions. For the class you get into groups and remain with that group for the rest of the quarter so pick a good group. There are quizzes and learning activities that are completed through blackboard before every class. Throughout the quarter you and your group create a marketing plan for a company of your choice. It is completed in two parts. The final is multiple choice and I wouldn\'t recommend a lot of studying. It is almost impossible (pointless) to study for and the best thing to do is just pay attention throughout the quarter. The class is easy but has lots of busy work. Pick a good group.



BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:52 pm, May 23, 2009 Report Evaluation		I thought she was a great teacher, I actually looked forward to her class. She is a funny person, and if you do the assigned online work you will get an A. I don't know what is wrong with some of these other people, it was a blessing to have her as a teacher.

BUS 346 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 6:26 pm, Mar 25, 2009 Report Evaluation		She knows her stuff, but she treats the class like they're in high school. Shushing all the time and having everyone get up, move around and do stuff. She acts weird too, as if it's funny. But it just reminds me of my mom and gets old. She loves being master of her domain, so she doesn't really like to be challenged. Correcting her is fine if it's blatantly obvious, but challenging her knowledge is another thing. She requires quite a bit of busy work, but it's all organized well and turned in online. This makes managing the busy work very easy. Before the final, the class average was a B+. In other words, the class is easy. The final isn't hard either--just review the topics on the study guide once and know your marketing plan. Take this class when you are in your early years of college. As a Junior or Senior, you will find her teaching style very immature. Class attendance is required because she has graded in class group questions/ activities.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:24 pm, Mar 18, 2009 Report Evaluation		I'll admit, Lisa Simon enjoys teaching...however, that doesnt mean shes good at it. Dont get my wrong, I learned a lot this quarter and am happy with my grade, but theres a ton of busy work and lectures are pointless but I always went because there were in class assignments that made up a big part of our grade. She also treats everyone like they are 5...kind of intelligence insulting but also kind of good for your grade...If you take her, just work hard in the beginning and things wont stressful at the end of the quarter. Also, suck up to get on her good side because she grades by how much she likes you on your a case study presentation and your marketing plan.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 8:25 am, Mar 18, 2009 Report Evaluation		Not many teachers can keep students involved in class for a full two hours. Lisa Simon is one of the few. She presents the world of marketing in an innovative fashion along with guest lecturers and group activities that makes the class anything but a typical lecture course. Bravo Lisa!

BUS 346 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:12 am, Feb 3, 2009 Report Evaluation		Probably the worst teacher on campus She assigns you readings out of the book then you go to class and she goes over the exact same thing. I ditch class all the time bc her classes are you useless. You will probably loose intelligence just listening to her. If you value your education, don't take this class

BUS 418 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:37 am, Jan 26, 2009 Report Evaluation		I felt like I was in elementary school the whole time. Even with her clear grading rubrics, there were some assignments (i.e. MACS analysis) where she gave NO direction, and even after consulting her for ideas+9 hours of work, still gave average grades. I feel that marketing was definitely secondary to her other degrees.



BUS 418 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:30 am, Jul 18, 2008 Report Evaluation		Simon is a frustrating teacher to take, however getting a good grade is not that difficult. Although she treats her students like pre schoolers you actually do end up learning a lot.

BUS 418 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:35 pm, Jun 23, 2008 Report Evaluation		Simon's class was my favorite class this quarter. I really enjoyed it because she only lectured for about half the class time then let us work on our projects in class. There is no midterm or final but there is a lot of projects which are all combined into a huge project at the end of the class. Simon sometimes talked to us like we were kids but I got over it because she actually let us "learn by doing" instead of just lecturing the whole time. She grades on a rubric scale which is useful because it is easy to know what she expects. If you want to be challenged and learn to research (which is what this class teaches) Simon is a great educator of this course.

BUS 418 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:42 pm, Jun 16, 2008 Report Evaluation		Simon's was a terrible teacher. She taught the class like we were 3rd graders and spoke so condescending and disrespectful to the class that it insulted me as a person. So cannot take any criticism at all and responds by attacking your work or you and brushing off any comment. The class is filled with pointless busy work that she does not explain but demands very specific results. Her whole grading scale is based on a 4 point rubric, 3.8-4=A, 3.0-3.7 etc. an it is the worst rubric ever. She lays out what is needed for a 4, 3, 2, and 1 but most of the time they say the exact same thing. For one rubric all 6 of the explanations for the 4, 3, and 2 were word for word exactly the same. And then she asks you to grade yourself and yells at you later for giving yourself a 4 when all of the points on the rubric are the same, why would she expect you to give yourself anything less than a 4 for the same quality of work. Overall, unless you like a ton of busy work and enjoy kissing her fat butt, you will not enjoy this class.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:23 am, Mar 22, 2008 Report Evaluation		This was one of my favorite classes this quarter. She has a lot of class discussion and keeps her lectures to a minimum. This made class time go by fast. She has quizzes every two chapters and the way she works it is she quizzes before she lectures. Her philosophy is that because we read the material before class, we should be ready to be quizzed. The chapters were ridiculously long and we were expected to read one chapter before each class. I finished up purchasing the premium content on the textbook website for $10 where it had a short, easy-to-follow, lecture on each chapter. Keep in mind, her final is the EXACT same questions from the quizzes. Though don’t count on studying off them as she only gives back the scantron part of the quiz. After the first week she has us separate into groups of different academic concentrations (she also did race, age, and a few other categories, but that’s another story). This was the group she suggested our marketing group be though it didn’t have to be. With this group we had to do a presentation on a product she chose and a final paper on something we chose. It was not too hard to write. Though beware, like all of her assignments, she grades very hard. A small grammatical error will cost you HUGE. All in all, if I were to do it over I would definitely still take her. While there is a tremendous amount of busy work (stuff that only takes ten minutes to do), she is a very easy B and if you work a little harder, an A is definitely attainable.

BUS 418 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:19 pm, Feb 20, 2008 Report Evaluation		Don't take Simon if at all possible! She treats her students like children and is absolutely unbearable in lectures. Her grading is rubric based, which basically guarantees that everyone will get about the same grade (very few A's, lots of B's, some C's and no one will fail) which drives me nuts. Not that no one fails, but that you basically get carried up or dragged down by the group you are in. The subject is very interesting, but she takes it away with her ridiculous attitude and trivial subjectivity. If you have to take her, butter her up like a biscuit, and do all the reading because she has pop quizzes. No tests, just a big project.

ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 9:06 pm, Jan 29, 2008 Report Evaluation		Simon was a nice lady. Her class was straight forward with homework that was more time consuming then anything, quizzes that weren't too difficult, and midterms that she gave you a study sheet for. I studied what was on the study sheet and got an A on the midterms. The final was similar to the midterms are was a reasonable test. If you put effort in, you'll get an A.



BUS 418 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:24 am, Aug 10, 2007 Report Evaluation		I love Lisa Simon for her passion to help you learn. She is a somewhat difficult grader- but it keeps you on your toes and you actually learn the material. She is a little wierd, but it keeps the class interesting. If you put in a reasonable amount of effort you should do fine. There are homework assigments almost every class period and a few "pop" quizzes, but sometimes she gives you hints when a quiz might be.

ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 4:29 pm, Jun 16, 2007 Report Evaluation		The level of diffuclty of the class wasnt too hard, however, she is SOOO BORING!! She definately should not be teaching b/c her lectures are entirely useless to go to. I taught the entire course to myself. If it weren't for her homework collections (she collects 6 randomly, drops score) and random quizzes (6, drops lowest score), i would NEVER have gone to the class. Try and get someone else for this class, otherwise bring a gun, because after 15 minutes of hearing her talk (she has a HUGE LISP) without really saying anything, you'll want to put a bullet in your head.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 12:23 pm, Apr 5, 2007 Report Evaluation		Simon is a really great professor. Her tests are a challenge, but definitely doable. The hardest part of this class is the marketing project. Reading the book wasn't really necessary, but definitely do her study guides and you should do fine.

ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 9:02 am, Mar 28, 2007 Report Evaluation		hw due every class session. takes a lil over an hour to do. tests are scantron and some calculations at the end. but here is the good part. the calculations at the end are exactly like the quiz she will give you the class before the test. so study that and you will get 100% on that section of the test. you only turn in 6 hw papers, take 6 quizzes, and throw out your lowest score of both. final was pretty easy, it was half cumulative, half new material. 40% of the final was exactly like the quiz we took before it, so your guaranteed a perfect score on that. take simon. shes nice, passionate, and easy. you just have to study a lil bit and youll get a good grade

ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 9:55 pm, Jan 7, 2007 Report Evaluation		Seriously you are an idiot if you don't take Lisa. If you do your homework you get 50 out of the total 300 points in the class (which is based on just turning it in). Another 50 points are 5 quizzes, which are either multiple choice or a pretty easy graph (and I'm not that smart). The graph quizzes, which you can keep, are the EXACT same as the ones on the two midterms and the final, so you literally get a free 20% on each of those. She doesn't curve, but it's not that tough to get a good grade. The extra study guide does help.

ECON 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 2:40 pm, Nov 20, 2006 Report Evaluation		The Bad: Simon is very annoying... I'll say this because 99% of human beings who speak to her would agree. That aside, she doesn't really teach you material... at all. She just re-states what is in the book, only she does it with a lisp to piss you off. As far as teaching goes, she can't be graded, because she simply doesn't teach. The Good: She is nice, and likes students. Her classes are not hard. Homework is free points, as long as you do it, and the tests come from the reading material. I would read all the chapters the night before the tests, and get A's and B's. I didn't like to go to this class ever, but it's a safe bet on your GPA.



BUS 418 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 10:56 pm, Oct 31, 2006 Report Evaluation		Lisa Simon seems like she would be a very nice person to have as an aunt or crazy neighbor, but she has no business teaching. At least not this class. Granted, it was her first time teaching it, but she copied and pasted everything from its previous professors Metcalf and Tietje, and it showed. She couldn't answer one question directly, instead providing us with answers such as "What would a marketing professional do in this situation?" I don't know, Lisa. Perhaps that's why I am taking this class and asking you this question. And for not being able to come up with one single straight answer to a question, she grades unfairly hard (although it's mostly on comma usage and "their" vs. "it" when referring to a business--not actual content). I'm convinced she's such a stickler for grammar because she doesn't actually know one thing about the subject. She also has an incredible incapability to deviate from Tietje's and Metcalf's instructions, rejecting synonyms for words because they weren't listed in the instructions. If you have to take her for this class, don't be too worried. Sometimes the workload can be kind of intense (lots of group work), but it's not really the class that's hard. It's having to listen to her ramble on about nothing for 4 hours a week. Good luck.

BUS 418 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 11:27 pm, Oct 22, 2006 Report Evaluation		simon is a rude teacher. she loves having the power of a teacher and loves to use it to belittle her students and patronize them. She is very rude to her students for asking questions that have obviously not been addressed by her. She teaches without assiting students who have questions. i would not recommed her for her condencending ways. She is also a very hard grader and assigns daily group projects which is ridiculous to expect 4 students to be able to get together and finish a project.

ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:13 pm, Jun 19, 2006 Report Evaluation		Lisa is a great teacher. I hate econ cause its so damn boring, but she made class pretty interesting. There is a lot of class discussion (go over the homework everyday) and she calls on students alllll the time (you have to have nametages). Sounds shitty, but its actually pretty fun. She is a funny lady and her homework, quizes and tests are easy. She assigns homework twice a week and you go over it every day (so you could basically just do it in class while you are reviewing it) and she randomly collects 6 of them. There are also 6 quizzes which are a cake walk, she tells you exactly what are on them. These are "pop quizzes" kinda but she tells you what you need to know before hand. She drops the lowest homework and the lowest quiz. most people got 100s on all quizes and homeworks. Tests are cake, she tells you whats on them, they are basically the quizes compiled. She also writes an agenda at the beginning of every class and it will say if homework will be collected or not and whether there is a quiz, so if there is no quiz and no homework, you can leave since you arent missing much. i would reccomend her for sure.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:42 pm, May 26, 2006 Report Evaluation		Lisa Simon was just an ok professor. I found her to lack the ability to engage the student in the material and she really just didn't do much teaching. If you like to understand whats going on and don't want your marketing experience to be ruined, I highly advise you to not take Lisa Simon. The class was a joke by the way, I never opened the book and barely studied and got a B+.

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:12 pm, Mar 19, 2006 Report Evaluation		I didnt read the book let alone buy it and it really wasn't necessary. Lisa told the class the first day that it was going to be a LOT of work and require a LOT of time, but that wasnt true at all. There are 5 assignments in class that are just busy work but they do help your grade so it is worth sitting through two hours of meaningless nonsense coming from a lady that does not seem like she knows anything due to her inability to answer anything not directly from the book (and even those answers were just jarbled up sentences). Marketing could have been a LOT more meaningful and useful if the material was presented differently. EASY B a little more work to get an A and it is fun to put her on the spot by asking questions that a person with an average marketing backround would know just to watch her pull an answer out of her butt which makes no sense at all. I hope i never have a teacher as full of as much s#$% as she is again.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 7:45 pm, Feb 21, 2006 Report Evaluation		This professor is really annoying, she has a lipse, and a weird sense of humor. The only reason I go to class is because I like my group and other students in the class. Simon takes all of her information straight from the book. She gives you a study guide a week before the exam (2, all multiple choice). There is a project in the beginning of the quarter that is mostly just busy work but the groups that get to present near the end of the quarter are more interesting. The first group only has about a week to prepare for their presentation so pick a subject that you really know about. There is a marketing plan and the final is comprehensive.



BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:56 pm, Jan 4, 2006 Report Evaluation		I really enjoyed this class. Mrs. Simon made everything very clear, always using examples we could really relate to. She also gave you a very detailed study guide before all the midterms so you know exactly what to study for so by just studying those, the tests were always a breeze. The project was a lot of work, but if you make friends with your group it isn't that bad. Plus, every class has to do the project anyways. The class was always enjoyable to be in. And a little advice, don't be late to the first day of class!

BUS 346 Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:25 pm, Jan 2, 2006 Report Evaluation		If you're looking to get an easy A, then this is the professor you want. Lisa's tests were very easy; the questions come directly from her study guide and all her lectures are on blackboard. Besides the group project and presentation there isn't any outside work. I have a hard time listening to boring lectures, I don't think I listened to Lisa talk at all. Everything she said came directly from the book. I do think she's a very nice, helpful professor. Make sure she learns your name; either visit her once in office hours or ask questions. She loves it when students ask questions and she makes a big effort to learn everyone's name.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 12:05 am, Nov 4, 2005 Report Evaluation		Something about this teacher just bothers me a lot. The whole reason why we go to college is to learn mainly from a teacher, not read the book and try to understand it ourselves. I could do that in my own home without paying tuition. Lisa Simon says that you

BUS 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 2:41 pm, Aug 19, 2005 Report Evaluation		simon was a decent professor for econ. she sort of teaches us as if we were preschool kids but i guess it breaks down the material easier. she has an insane amount of hw for a basic econ class...and collects it too! definitely did not love the hw in that class..but her quizes and tests are fair. as long as you read the chapters and put some effort into the hw, you should be able to handle this class no problem.

EDES 221 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 4:19 pm, Jun 10, 2005 Report Evaluation		Miss Simon is the biggest B***H ever! She was such a bad teacher and made the stupidist jokes. Her "ya baby" comment is so f'ing disgusting. Do not take her unless you absolutely have too and in that case just bring some ear plugs to class because you learn more from the book than her.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 5:40 pm, Mar 28, 2005 Report Evaluation		she is weird, and she wears weird clothes that are pretty unprofessional. several times she wore what I'm pretty sure was just a purple bed sheet. she's pretty annoying and likes talking about sex. her lectures are uninformative, but her tests aren't that bad I got through the class without a book.



BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:30 am, Feb 10, 2005 Report Evaluation		Great teacher, a little over the top and maybe too energetic, but she taught well and I would highly reccomend!

BUS 346 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:53 am, Dec 23, 2004 Report Evaluation		She definately does have a lot of energy, but I feel that her big projects were just busy work. Some groups presented this oral presentation worth 20% or so of our grade during the second week of the quarter. Obviously, nothing about the class had prepared them, it was just busy work. Her midterms were fair, but somehow, no matter how much I studied, I seemed to have done a lot worse than I hoped. I would not recommend purchasing the book at all. However, if you don't get the book, just copy or borrow someone's CD that comes with it. It has hypertext and a full glossary that can help you study for every term on the tests. That's all you need, not the entire book. I would recommend Lisa... but also recommend you check the other polyratings of other professors.

BUS 349 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 9:37 am, Mar 24, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lisa is awesome. I've had her for 346, 349 and 448. She's got plenty of energy and isn't afraid to show it in class. She knows the material well, and I feel that she explained it clearly. I had a great time in 349 and learned a lot. You have to know your stuff and come prepared to class, but you will enjoy yourself. Every professor has little quirks that may be a little annoying - Lisa often gets very very loud - so don't sit in the front, but I would definitely recommend her for any class she teaches.

BUS 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 7:54 pm, Mar 14, 2004 Report Evaluation		She is soo annoying! If you have to take her, it's not the end of the world, it's just painful listenting to her. And she goes crazy when people are late. Such a psycho.

BUS 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 8:14 pm, Jan 3, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lisa is a good professor but often tends to use her captive audience as a forum to express her personal political views, which at times is very unprofessional. She does know economics though and will do almost anything to help her students understand.

BUS 448 Senior Grade Earned: B Elective 8:19 pm, Dec 20, 2003 Report Evaluation		A good class, a lot of review from past marketing courses. The midterms are pretty staight forward they are part mc part short ans and she gives you a study guide. The final is from the whole quarter, but itsnt bad and again you get a study guide. She is very fare with grading and makes class fun.



ECON 222 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:12 pm, Dec 15, 2003 Report Evaluation		She is a great teacher, probably the best I've had so far at Cal Poly, and the class isn't all that hard. I would definitely recommend her.

BUS 349 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:29 pm, Dec 10, 2003 Report Evaluation		I would just like to say that Lisa Simon's joy, humor, and love for her students creates an amazing atmosphere in her class. this class consist of doing 4 role plays that are pretty easy but take up a lot of time preparing for them. She doesnt give very many A's because she grades things tough. There are occasionally pop quizzes, a sales ride along, and some homework. there's a lot of work but if you think you want to go into selling this is a great class to take.

ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:43 pm, Dec 4, 2003 Report Evaluation		Professor Simon is a decent professor. She has a system of lecturing on the homework, making you do the homework, then reviewing the homework, which kind of got old. Your homework isn't always turned in, but you basically have to do every one because she will randomly call on people in class to answer questions regarding the homework. She seems to home in on certain people and always call on them. I'm not sure what it is, but I was only called on once. Her study guide was pretty helpful. The first mid-term is really easy. For me it was just a review of High School Econ. The final was really difficult. Either she doesn't know how to do grades, or I really bombed the final. I went in there with a very solid A (98%+) and ended up with a low B. I suspect the final was just harder than I thought. I never went to see her in office hours, so I can't say anything about that experience. I don't know about the other Econ professors, so you might want to try another professor. Otherwise, she's pretty decent.

BUS 348 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 2:33 pm, Sep 9, 2003 Report Evaluation		I really liked Lisa. She has so much energy in her lectures that it makes the class really exciting. Plus she gets the class really involved. I loved and actually looked forward to this class. She uses some examples from the book in the tests so make sure you read. Overall I thought her tests were fair-they cover a lot of info so make sure you study the book and her notes, I could have studied a lot more. I really liked her though and am looking forward to taking any class she's teaching in the future.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:02 pm, Aug 22, 2003 Report Evaluation		It was a really interesting class in which students got to participate in discussion. She loved to talke about sex, partying, etc... which gets old at times having your teacher talk about what you do on the weekends. Overall she was okay. She grades a lot harder on the project at the end and I thought she was a lot more picky then she had to be.

BUS 349 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 1:32 pm, Aug 22, 2003 Report Evaluation		She is awesome, funny, warm, and inviting. Sales is scary... and she does a great job of preparing you for a real sales call! Hands down, one of the best in the Marketing Department.



BUS 348 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 5:42 pm, Jun 21, 2003 Report Evaluation		Her class is sooo fucking boring. She is an idiot she doesn't know the answers to her own study guide. Her tests are not that hard if you helllla study. Overall, the class is a LOT of work which sucks because you don't learn all that much.

ECON 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 9:51 pm, Mar 20, 2003 Report Evaluation		Lisa Simon is truly a good teacher. She trys to explain everything in real detail, but also simply enough for everyone to understand. She wants everyone in the class to get an A and makes the tests accordingly. It is not hard to get a good grade in this class. The one hard aspect of it is that in the beginning of every class, you discuss the homework. People are randomly choosen to answer the questions, making it very nerve racking. But this is good in a way...it actually gets you to DO the homework and actually LEARN the material in fear that you'll get called on. I COMPLETELY recommend taking Ms. Simon.

BUS 346 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 4:35 pm, Feb 26, 2003 Report Evaluation		Professor Simon is a nice lady, but I'll have to agree with the person before me about her ridiculously hard tests. The lectures are so simple that they are boring, then the tests are impossible. Also, if speech impediments bother you, don't take her. enough said.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 7:01 pm, Jan 14, 2003 Report Evaluation		She has such potential to be a great instructor if not for her torturous exams. They are truly a joke in terms of difficulty and border on absurd. This is even more difficult with lectures that dont teach you what you should be learning in preparation for an exam. Group projects are cool though- that is where you actually learn something. All your hard work seems like a joke when you can pass er exams though- lets alone read the questions and make sense of them. I have heard DANES is a much easier instructor. Simon does have a good sense of humor though.

BUS 349 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:31 am, Jun 25, 2002 Report Evaluation		This was the best course that I have taken so far at Cal Poly. She is a really good lecturer and keeps the class interesting and lively. The role plays are a little stressful at first, but after the 5 min, it gets a lot easier. Just make sure that you get all of your work done on time, and pick a product that is interesting to you because you will be learning a lot about it.

BUS 448 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:19 pm, Jun 19, 2002 Report Evaluation		Mrs. Simon is awesome. Her tests are difficult, but if you study and work hard, then it's easy to get an A. She always gives out study guides too. She is a wonderful professor with a great sense of humor. Her lectures are never boring. This is one class I did not mind going too. Definately take her.



BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:39 am, May 22, 2002 Report Evaluation		She's big and bad, she loves talking about sex, and if you're good at scantron multiple choice tests, you're in luck. I busted my ass and only pulled off a B+. The Presentations of the case study and Marketing Plan take lots of time and effort and she's ruthless on grading. Watch out

BUS 349 Junior Grade Earned: B Elective 2:11 pm, Apr 8, 2002 Report Evaluation		The coursework for Simon's class is time consuming but it is not hard. You have to do improvisational role plays in class which aren't that bad. There is no final exam but there are quizzes after every chapter. Simon will definately keep you awake in class. She's pretty cool, I would recommend her to anyone.

BUS 346 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:42 pm, Aug 1, 2001 Report Evaluation		Class demands a lot of work but it's not to hard. Lots of group work. Tests are fairly easy.

BUS 348 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:35 am, Feb 28, 2001 Report Evaluation		Simon is an excellent instructor for this course. Her motivation livens up the class, making her lectures very interesting. Her class is not one of those that she just straight lectures for the whole two hours; she invites the students to participate with their thoughts and ideas. The workload is alot, however, the projects and exercises that she assigns are actually alot of fun. We work in teams throughout the quarter, in which we must complete two reports on consumer behavior. One of the two has to be presented to class using PowerPoint and in a professional manner. Overall, I realy enjoyed taking this class. Simon made everyone feel comfortable to speak up in class. I would definately recommend her to others.

BUS 348 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 2:21 pm, Jan 8, 2001 Report Evaluation		Dr. Simon was one of the best professor I have had here at Poly yet. She makes her class fun and even though the lectures can be pretty dry she does a good job tryting to throw a little humor in there to keep you interested. Projects are a big part of your grade and make sure you remember when your activites are due. Thumbs up!

BUS 348 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 5:29 pm, Jun 9, 2000 Report Evaluation		This is a great class and Dr. Simon is a great instructor. She cares greatly for the class and is always well prepared. It was the only class I looked forward to this quarter and the 2 hours flies by. The tests are fair and relatively easy if you know the study guide well. There are exercises which are pretty easy and a big project that takes a lot of time. But if you stay up with the work, there shouldn't be a problem. You will work hard but will learn a lot and have fun. I definitely recommend this teacher and class!

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