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Grishchenko, Svetlana

Cumulative GPA: 2.52/4.00 with 100 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.52
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 2.39

Mathematics Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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MATH 161 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 4:56 pm, Apr 15, 2013 Report Evaluation		Lana is great!! I cant even believe these other reviews because well... she gave our class an extension on both midterms, put all kinds of opportunity for help and extra credit, and she curves. If you actually do the bare minimum of doing the homework I guarantee you will succeed. She is extremely easy to be around just take her class seriously or give the illusion that you do and she will jump through hoops to help you. I LOVE this teacher. Calculus is hard, but she is a good teacher to introduce it.

MATH 141 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Elective 7:37 pm, Mar 3, 2013 Report Evaluation		Lana seems to be a very enthusiastic professor, however, that and her fascinating Russian accent aside, she is a pretty awful teacher. She has difficulty in understanding your questions and answering them. She is very inconsistent in her teaching methods. She does not provide enough examples in lecture or in her workbook to give you a stronger idea of how to answer questions on the homework and tests. Her assigned homework is often not helpful in understanding the material. Also, her grading is really extreme, I goalmost all of the probles on the tests right, but I lost roughly 9 points on each problem for not putting the exact notation. Overal I would say find a different professor

MATH 119 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 3:04 am, Oct 30, 2012 Report Evaluation		On the first day, Lana seemed nice and funny. I was hopeful and thought I would enjoy the class. But after a few lectures, I couldn't stand that class. Lana doesn't know how to explain her work, she just writes the notes for you to copy down, but I didn't understand a bit of it. Everything I learned about this course, I learned from the book, or from other people. She didn't teach me a thing. I tried to go to her office hours twice, and both times she wasn't there. She may try to make you laugh occasionally, but she can also be really cruel. She told us one class that she didn't care if you didn't turn in the work in time and she would get enjoyment out of giving us F's. Most teachers want you to do well in the class, and are willing to help you. But not Lana. She only cares about you if you're getting an A in the class and already have prior knowledge of what the class is about. If you're actually coming to the class to learn this subject for the first time, don't expect any help from her and get a tutor.

MATH 141 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 4:44 pm, Apr 9, 2012 Report Evaluation		The problem with lana is that she doesn't teach math, she just lectures it. she does have an accent but it brushes off in like a week, but she is so into her own teaching strategy that she doesnt know how to answer many of the questions one might ask. She is very black and white about her style. and her grading...HORRIBLE, i honestly do not recomend. but its an ok class

MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:55 pm, Mar 20, 2012 Report Evaluation		Nice lady. Pretty Funny. Its calculus; suck it up. Class moves fairly quickly and can become hard to grasp immediately, but study for a few hours on multiple days and you should at least get a C. Do not slip on quizes and homework.

MATH 141 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:02 pm, Jan 27, 2012 Report Evaluation		This is a fairly easy teacher. there are weekly quizzes that are straight forward. the first midterm was pretty challenging and covered a lot of information but the 2nd midterm was way easier. for the final she gives you a review packet and the final is identical she just changed the numbers in the problem. every day or so she hands out a lecture packet which are your notes and you just have to fill out how to do the problems which she does on the overhead. the packets were very helpful for studying. She doesn't make it interesting except for her funny Russian accent which just takes a week to get used to. i would recommend her.

MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 3:47 pm, Sep 25, 2011 Report Evaluation		Great teacher and person. Her accent took some time to get used to but after week 2 it's not problem. She presents the material clearly and gives good examples. Had only 5 quizzes the entire year and divides you into homework groups. Her exams are pretty easy and she gives you a practice final two weeks in advance which is really similar to the real one. Great teacher and no reason to fail this class. Take it.



MATH 101 Freshman Grade Earned: A Elective 3:22 pm, Jun 6, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lana is a Really great teacher i really recemond her.... She really likes to help the Srugling students... i love her so much... she is really great she helps me after hours.... Her russian accent is so adorable... its hard to understand but i love her n she does a good job of explaining the material.... so take her class if you like......

MATH 223 Freshman Grade Earned: No Credit General Ed 7:34 pm, Jun 5, 2011 Report Evaluation		ddgdgd

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 3:10 pm, Mar 30, 2011 Report Evaluation		She has a Russian accent, which is cool - but sometimes that can be a roadblock when (if you're like me) you have a hard enough time understanding math in the first place and then you have a difficulty understanding the teacher. Overall it wasn't bad though, she speaks English very well. She teaches the content very well, she goes over everything and you can ask her questions pretty easily. Her quizzes aren't too difficult and neither are her test, but you have to STUDY EVERYTHING. There are lectures that you print online and fill out during class with practice problems on them, and you have to go over ALL of those practice problems and understand every single one of them. That way there won't be any curveballs when you're taking the class. That was my problem and why I didn't do better in the class. Overall a good teacher, very willing to help during office hours!

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:18 pm, Mar 16, 2011 Report Evaluation		LOVE her! shes so cute with her little russian accent. and is a really good professor. she always keeps class interesting with her funny little anecdotes. the only thing about lana is you HAVE to go to her class (which is good and bad) she takes attendance almost everyday and at the end of the quarter will give those who missed three days or less an extra credit opportunity. her quizzes and tests are fair. overall great teacher. i really recommend her

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:52 pm, Mar 13, 2011 Report Evaluation		She isn't as bad as some people say, she prints out the notes everyday and you HAVE to come to class both to get the notes and because she lowers your grade if you miss more than 2 classes. The quizzes, midterms, and final are fair but she grades homework for accuracy so it's a good idea to do it with someone else to double check. She is also a stickler for notation on tests so be sure to over-clarify things. Lastly, I wouldn't suggest asking questions in class because most of the time she won't understand the question and you'll be more confused by the 20 minute rambling in half russian and half english

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 2:32 am, Feb 27, 2011 Report Evaluation		Lana is awesome. She has a Russian accent, but she's still really easy to understand. Plus her grammar and accent is funny and makes the whole class laugh all the time. She pokes fun at her self and sometimes students in class and its funny. She's really knows her stuff too. Her tests can be hard but they are very straight forward and very similar to hw and quizzes. No surprises. She makes math a little more entertaining. Always comes in smiling and happy which makes math better too. If you pay attention, study, and go to a few office hours you'll do fine.



MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 6:18 pm, Dec 15, 2010 Report Evaluation		Lana often has trouble with grammar, spelling, and pronouncing things correctly but it\'s amusing at worst. She goes through concepts REALLY slowly so I never felt behind even though I\'d never taken calc before, and a lot of my class had. A lot of people say it sucks to take her if you haven\'t taken calc before, but everything is pretty much written out for you even if you don\'t listen to her. Her exams are pretty easy and straightforward and if you aren\'t sure if you did something right, she\'ll pretty much tell you whether you did it wrong or right if you ask her.

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:19 pm, Dec 9, 2010 Report Evaluation		Lana is awesome! Although she has an accent, there isn\'t really much of a language barrier, she presents material very well with thorough handouts. If you haven\'t taken calculus in high school, I recommend her because there is no trig and she gives well thought out steps on how to solve problems. She\'s really funny and she is extremely nice, she has been my favorite teacher for my first quarter at CP.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:45 am, Nov 2, 2010 Report Evaluation		If you can get over the fact that her grammar is sketchy, Lana\'s a great teacher. As long as you try and keep talking with her, she\'s going to be more than willing to help you pass this class.

MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:44 am, Aug 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		Svetlana is pretty entertaining. Her notes are pretty good and if you study them you should be ok. She let my class pick when we wanted to take the final (which day and time because she has multiple classes) and the top 3 students didn\'t even have to take it. She has a coversheet format for the hw which is kinda strange. She has a good sense of humor but her accent is kind of thick sometimes so shes hard to understand every once in a while. Quizzes are really easy and the tests weren\'t too bad either. She walks around during the tests sometimes and almost gives you the answer if your struggling.

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 12:36 am, May 13, 2010 Report Evaluation		I would definitely recommend her. She is very knowledgeable. Her accent is very cool - i could hardly help but laugh on the first day, but you get used to hearing \"dis-con-TIN-your-ity\" pretty fast. She is not a hard grader by any means, and i felt like i was able to grasp the concepts very well. Take her class.

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:41 pm, May 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		Lana gives you handouts on a daily basis so its important to stay organized. Her tests are specifically based on everything in the handouts. Its really not that tricky. If you study for her class you will do well. I also went to her office hours and she\'s pretty funny and always helpful. Im not sure why people give her bad ratings. Probably because they don\'t study ? I would take her again!



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:48 am, Apr 2, 2010 Report Evaluation		lana was a fun and interesting teacher but she didn\'t really help me learn the material. yes i did get an A- but thats cuz i took precalc in high school. i had to fall back on my high school course a lot because her style was a little confusing. don\'t get me wrong i would take her again because it was fun and made me wanna go to class but she definitely wasn\'t the best at presenting the materail

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:16 pm, Mar 12, 2010 Report Evaluation		Highly recommend teacher. Very funny and helpful. Very nice. Definitely on students side

MATH 227 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 6:12 pm, Jan 31, 2010 Report Evaluation		Professor Grishchenko was a terrible teacher due to the fact that this class is for Liberal Studies Students only. It is meant to help us learn how to teach the simple concepts of mathematics. She was very unhelpful and unprofessional during class and wasted quite a bit of time. When we had to do a teaching project she gave us no rubric and no material to work off of. In all of my upper division EDUC classes this has NEVER happened. Professor Grishchenko made fun of us as we were teaching and acted like a kindergardener, this does not help one become a better teacher, in fact it makes students sway away from teaching. Although she claims to know so much about teaching students I do not believe that she could last more than a day in an elementary school classroom.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C Elective 11:31 am, Aug 6, 2009 Report Evaluation		cunt

MATH 221 Junior Grade Earned: D Required (Support) 7:04 pm, Jul 15, 2009 Report Evaluation		"Lana" sucks balls. she is quite possibly the WORST teacher i have taken. no joke. did i say she sucks? she should purchase rosetta stone because her english is ridiculously shitty. she provides an immense amount of handouts and lecture notes, which are helpful in learning concepts, but the exams are twice as difficult. last quarter she curved only one of her classes because she based it on class average. the whole class had trouble following her, expletives were flying, and she didnt take a hint to slow down and explain further. oh, and dont bother with her office hours. get a new job slutlana

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Elective 2:52 pm, Mar 24, 2009 Report Evaluation		She does a very bad job of explaining the material. She expects everyone to automatically know what she is talking about. You go into her office hours to try and understand the material and all she does is give you a 2 second lecture on how to do it, she appears to care about you but only if you do well in the class. She favors her students so if you want to pass, get on her good side. Shes not horrible, but shes not great, she could improve by actully going over the homework before the test, but then again thats just me. She takes tons of partial credit off from quizzes and doesnt write the right answer. Make sure to write everything in the CORRECT NOTATION!!!!!!



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 6:55 pm, Mar 10, 2009 Report Evaluation		A relatively easy class if you've taken Pre-Calculus in high school and are looking to cover your GE. Her accent is not overly dificult to understand, although her pronunciation of "coefficient" sounds like "coifish." Anyway, the class consists of her lecturing in front of the class and doing problems. There's a quiz with only about 3 or 4 problems every week and the homework is lightweight. Then there are two tests which consist of 50% of the grade and a final for 30% of the grade. I'd take this class again as it is pretty easy, but she does take roll every day.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 5:55 pm, Jan 12, 2009 Report Evaluation		shes not bad but sure as hell not good. she cares more about attendence than actually learning the course material.

MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 8:25 pm, Jan 6, 2009 Report Evaluation		She is possibly the worst teacher I've EVER had. The class itself was hard, but not terrible. She clearly tailored the class towards the students who had already taken calc in high school and sort of left the rest of us to deal and survive off of the workshop (which you should take if you haven't already had calc). I don't understand why she emphasized what she emphasized either. On one test I got 100% on all of the business application problems, but couldnt graph an equation by hand. I ended up with a 63 on the test. Explain that to me; I need to know business calc, not graphing by hand (we have calculators and computers to graph for us. In fact, we spent the entire 10 week course on differentiation. That's right, we never GOT to integrals. I'm an econ major and now I'm pretty much stuck between a rock and a hard place. I'm finally in a class which I've been waiting two quarters for and unlocks every other class I'll ever have to take at Cal Poly, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle it. The "calculus review", I've never done. So now I might have to drop the class, take math 221 again, and have to wait another quarter or two to advance in my major (my concentration requires calc as well). Yes she is nice, yes she'd be an acceptable (at best) professor if you've already learned the material, but if you're at college to learn, you won't do it in her class.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 3:53 pm, Jan 4, 2009 Report Evaluation		Lana is a really good teacher. She is very willing to help any student who needs help. Her accent can be distracting at first but she speaks English well. She is a cute lady, always looks very wake and ready to teach. She really wants her students to do well. She gives out extra-credit as well. She writes and prints out all of the notes for you. I highly suggest her, very nice lady. She is a hard grader and I saw her get mad once. Overall very good.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:53 pm, Nov 16, 2008 Report Evaluation		i came into this class really scared that she was going to be a horrible bitch of a professor, but lana is great! she is funny and always walks into the class smiling. here is some advice: sit in the front of the class. i sat in the back the first week and got a d on the first quiz. but then i started sitting in the front and have gotten A's or B's on all the rest of the quizzes. it really helps because then you can hear/understand her better. her notes are soooo easy to follow and really help for hw. her tests and quizzes are only off of the lecture notes which is nice because it makes studying a breeze. I have never taken precalculus before and now i feel really prepared to move on to higher math classes because of the way lana teaches. She grades tough but if you understand her lectures you will do fine. also, most kids in that class have taken precalc before and they are doing worse than i am which shows that she can actually teach if you want to learn. take her if you want to. she has an accent but it isnt bad at all. i really enjoy her class and she gives a lot of extra credit. good luck!

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:40 pm, Nov 15, 2008 Report Evaluation		Lana is definitely an interesting woman. She always has something interestingly funny to say in class. She is well organized and provides all the notes for you, which makes studying and homework a breeze. She does have an accent, but it definitely does not get in the way of her instruction. If you must be absent for something and you give her prior notice, she will work with you. If you are planning on skipping class a lot, I wouldn't reccomend this class because you will miss a lot. All in all not a bad teacher. I think a lot of people have something nasty to say about her because the transition to college is not easy, but this class is definitely manageable if you stay on top of it.



MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 3:57 pm, Aug 26, 2008 Report Evaluation		it seems like every math teacher i take has some insane accent, but ive gotten A's in all of them so i continue to take them. she scared me at the start because she said if she got mad she would turn into a volcano and kill you! this class is a breeze to stay organized in. she gives you notes everyday and all you have to do is follow along with the notes. the material itself is not that hard, but if youre gonna ditch then dont even bother taking the class cuz you'll miss too much. i had an 87 by the end of the quarter but it was the second highest in the class so i automatically got an A and i didnt have to take the final. take her, its not that hard.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:53 pm, Jun 3, 2008 Report Evaluation		Although many people seem to have bad things to say about Lana, I think that she is a pretty good teacher. Like many other math teachers, she isn't the best, but she is very fair. I think that many people do bad in her classes because they either 1) Dont actually try to learn the information or 2) They actually don't understand it. If you have either of these problems you always have the option of getting help at her office hours. I personally would recommend Lana because her learning style suited me.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: F Required (Support) 11:06 am, Mar 29, 2008 Report Evaluation		slutlana may be the worst professor at Cal Poly, wait let me retract that statement. she may be the worst professor in the entire california state university system. besides the fact that she barely speaks english, she has no soul. the woman could no more teach pre-calculus than hellen keller could read and write. she simply writes problems on the board, and expects you to teach yourself, so unless you feel as though teaching calculus is your nitch dont take the class. besides the fact that her class is a complete waist of 10 weeks, youll actually believe passing the class is a possibility, and youll try and try and try. only to realize all that hard work was never recognized because slutlana does not apprieciate anything but the correct answer. showing work means nothing unless ever number, sign, and notation is correct. you're etiher a 10 or a 0 to that lady. this woman actually publicly ridiculed me twice in front of then entire class when i would ask questions. hints the no soul part i explained earlier. besides the fact this lady is one mispronunciation away from deportation she is also the spawn of the late, great Joseph Stalin.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 1:54 pm, Feb 26, 2008 Report Evaluation		Overall I feel like she is kinda a hit or miss teacher. I couldnt really understand her most of the time because of her accent. Sometimes she fails to completley explain things but i think she is over all a moderate teacher. She does give extra credit at the end if you go to class everyday, so go because the extra credit will probably help your grade. The tests seem pretty easy, but she takes off a lot of little points that add up in the end so if your carefull in math than you should take her.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 2:52 pm, Feb 4, 2008 Report Evaluation		No offense to her at all, but her accent made it hard for me to ever tell what she was talking about. Potentially a good professor, but not the best.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 9:55 pm, Jan 27, 2008 Report Evaluation		This was my first quarter in college and i would like to say that she is a very good teacher. She grades extremely fair giving you extra credit opportunities for the midterms and for a neat binder at the end. She presents the material very well if you pay attention and listen closely. The only problem might be her accent which some students found a little difficult but I didnt think it was tough at all to understand. I would recommend her for any math 118 class.



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 11:57 am, Jan 8, 2008 Report Evaluation		At first it was hard to understand her. She was pretty nice though. If you have a bad grade going into the final and do better than your grade in your class you get the grade on the final. I had a C going into it and I came out with an A- The homework gets really tedious though. She gives you the notes most of the time which is nice, all you have to do is fill them in

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:30 am, Oct 30, 2007 Report Evaluation		This woman is kind of crazy. She was an ok professor and made you laugh sometimes. I went to her office hours a lot and she told me that I was only had B in the class becasue I was a good guesser...OK! She is crazy but take her if there is no one else to take, becasue you'll be entertained by her russian accent

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 12:10 pm, Apr 26, 2007 Report Evaluation		After reading the ratings I thought she would some evil demon, but she isn't that bad. She always gives a few pts back on the Mid-terms and the quizzes aren't that bad if you review your notes. She gives extra credit for doing problems on the board which helps, and at the end of the quarter she gives extra credit if you kept you binder with the lectrue notes, hw, and quizzes. I think you could like 18pts ont the final just for having your binder is in order! Also the top 3 or 4 students in the class don't have to take the final.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 2:03 pm, Apr 6, 2007 Report Evaluation		The first day I was pumped about the class... I thought her accent was funny and she seemed to care about her students and the subject. A few weeks into the class I realized she didn't care about her students except the few who knew the material before coming into the class. I've always been good in math but she just managed to confuse everything I knew, and anytime someone asked questions she seemed to just dismiss them. If you volunteer to do anything on the board your work will better be perfect or she will explain to the class how you wasted her and everyones time! If she's running short on time she'll just say " youuuu kno' from high school classs" and skip the material. If you already know the material top to bottom you will do fine, but don't expect to learn anything in this class.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 11:47 pm, Mar 31, 2007 Report Evaluation		I thought she was hilarious, she would rip on students...the information was a little boring, but what can you expect, its math. As long as you know the study guides you will do fine on the tests. If you took this course in high school you should be fine.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 2:17 am, Mar 15, 2007 Report Evaluation		Lana is really funny to listen to because sometimes she randomly yells out russian words and says math words with a heavy accent. Once you get used to it, it's not that hard to understand. She is not a fair grader, if you mess one thing up it seems like she hates you. You must go to class everyday, like you can't miss one. Her lectures aren't boring but sometimes its like wait, what did she say???? I wouldnt take her again.



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:28 pm, Mar 6, 2007 Report Evaluation		Grischenko was a good math teacher. She gave handouts each class period so you werent busy copying down all the notes during class. She explained everything thoroughly. There were 3 midterms each worth 20% of your grade, a final worth 25%, 25 homework assignments worth 5%, and 5 quizzes worth 10%. The workload was not hard even though she stresses that you constantly study for math. Overall, if you pay attention in class you should be fine. I recommend taking Grischenko.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:13 am, Feb 15, 2007 Report Evaluation		What a horrible teacher! She's more anal about people showing up for class than understanding the material. She just a big joke. You're better off teaching yourself. I couldn't even understand a thing she said. If you want something to laugh at for 10 weeks, by all means take this professor.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: No Credit General Ed 11:59 am, Nov 30, 2006 Report Evaluation		her tests reviews dont help at all. her lectures are boring and she spends too much time on the easy material and often rushes thru the hard problems. half the class got Ds or lower on a midterm and instead of helping us with our problems she blamied it on us and said we had a "poor math background". horrible teacher, avoid at all costs

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: D Required (Major) 1:36 pm, Nov 13, 2006 Report Evaluation		She can be a hit and miss sometimes...really hard to judge. The material she presents on the board is very slow moving (which I liked) but then following along with her handouts and then taking the exams had no correlation. If you are one of those obnoxious kids that freaks out whenever you have a teacher with an accent that is from a foreign country, dont take Svetlana because you'll just make fun of her and annoy the rest of the kids in class anyways. She makes full effort if you go to her office hours but it is just frusterating when you need a C- or higher to pass on to Math 117 and you're a few points shy. No budging on this one...goodluck

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:17 pm, Oct 20, 2006 Report Evaluation		I already had knowledge of the subject being taken, but often ended up confused in the way she taught the concepts. Missed class here and there, didn't always do so great on the exams, but managed a B. I recommend this professor if you're just trying to get the Gen Ed requirement done with and already understand the subject a bit.

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:50 am, Aug 3, 2006 Report Evaluation		After reading all of these ratings on Lana I was deathly afraid of taking Calc 221 with her. After getting over her strong accent though I realized that she was very helpuful, kind, and understanding and I never really knew what all of these people were talking about. She curves tests, drops the lowest quiz, and gives extra credit. What else could you ask for?!



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 10:34 pm, Apr 6, 2006 Report Evaluation		This teacher is ridiculously bad!! She does not know how to teach math!! I honestly don't think she knew what she was talking about half the time. If you ask her a question then most likely she will make you feel really dumb so be aware!! Her test are ridiculous.. there is only an hour to take a test that could take up to 2 hours. It is bad. Her homework is graded really easy, but most of the time what is on the homework is nothing like what she taught in class! I am sooo sorry if you can not get another teacher because she is really really bad! Seriously take another teacher for this course!!

MATH 118 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:33 am, Mar 22, 2006 Report Evaluation		don't take lana if you are taking this class a joke, only to fufill a GE. if you have any intention of continuing in math, then she might be worth it. but overall too much work for a class that isn't important.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 2:53 pm, Mar 3, 2006 Report Evaluation		Lana is super nice. She respects you when you show her respect. There's lots of opportunity for extra credit. Stay on top of homework because that's a good chunck of the grade. If you start struggling see her in office hours she'll work with you if she sees you're trying. The accent wasn't a problem for me but some people can't take it.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 7:51 pm, Dec 20, 2005 Report Evaluation		She's not a difficult teacher, it's easy enough to get an a in her class. Do all or your homework because she only collects some of them and never tells you which ones until that day. Homework helps your grade a lot, just make sure you attempt every problem or at least make it look like you did. Keep up with when it's assigned, that way you can do problems on the board and get extra credit, you get extra credit for having your binder organized at the end of the quarter and for attendance. I think i missed 2-3 classes so i missed one point for that. you get full credit if you miss less than 2. If you can't understand her accent within the 1st week, GET OUT. She has a tendency to get herself lost while doing a long, difficult problem and just never finishes it. Be sure to study for her tests, the one that i didnt study for i got a 68 on. i got a 95 and 86 on the others...so study.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 4:03 pm, Nov 14, 2005 Report Evaluation		She overall is a horrible teacher. Im serious, if you can help it, take a different math section that doesn't have her teaching it. The hw is easy enough but nothing she ever teaches in class is on the tests. The test is made up of questions you can only answer if you read the book entirely on your own. The test questions have a lot of tricks in them and you make one little mistake and you lose all credit. DONT TAKE THIS TEACHER. oh yeah.. her accent sucks too.. "you know like math is easy to understand, but in russia, math understands you.. you know?"

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:03 am, Nov 10, 2005 Report Evaluation		She has been a great teacher. She is always there when students need her. She makes things easy to understand and helps out indviduals as much as possible. She is fun, all be it a little crazy some mornings. I have realy enjoyed her class a hope this helps someone choose the right class.



MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: D Required (Support) 9:45 pm, Nov 2, 2005 Report Evaluation		The heavy Russian accent did not help my math 221 experience one bit. It took me a week to figure out she was saying secant and not second. Nine times out of ten she wouldn't even teach. She just put the example problems or notes on the board without ever explaining them. The funniest parts of class would come when someone would ask her how to do a homework problem and she either couldn't do it or would get it wrong and say screw it. If your not good at math don't take this lady. Personally my mind leans more towards english, so if your like me and don't do well with numbers don't take her. My friend also took the class and we both got D's. More than half the class never knew what was going on. It seemed like the only people who knew what to do took the class in high school.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 4:39 pm, Oct 12, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is probably the worst professor at Cal Poly. She's not a bad lady or anything, but she is just an overall bad teacher. The horrible thing is, she just can't help it. She just doesn't understand how to teach and she never grasps the students attention. When she lectures, it is like she is talking and teaching herself. She never involves that class at all. She makes a lot of mistakes and you never know if you can trust her when she's attemting to solve a problem. All through high school I got an A in all my math classes. The only reason I pulled off a C in her class is because I sat down every night and tought myself the material. It took up a lot of time, and I think I could have got a better grade if I had a different math 118 teacher.

MATH 118 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 10:34 am, Sep 20, 2005 Report Evaluation		I'm going to put this short and sweet. I took her Winter 2005. I went to class and listened to her lectures. I put MAYBE 4 hours a week on homework. I got a B. Fantastic teacher; presents the material in a way that it clings to your brain. I really won't forget what I learned in 118.

MATH 221 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 2:12 pm, Aug 16, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is a kind lady, but her accent is an adjustment. I think her grading system is more than fair. She gives you many opportunites to improve your test scores and the quizzes are an easy way to pad your grade. Also, the top three students did not have to take the final. I found that I learned more from looking at the examples in the book, but Lana's method of structuring the class made performing the concepts not hard at all.

MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 8:22 pm, Aug 3, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is a nice, funny, but kind of crazy lady. She makes a lot of spontaneous, random jokes and random stuff and her heavy accent adds a comical effect. However, she isn't the greatest at explaining certain concepts. She gives about 2-3 quizzes a week on average, sometimes more though. Those are extremely easy-they're just problems taken out of the homework, which is optional and not turned in. She gives 3 midterms and a final, and has this grading system where you can drop a midterm, and then if you get a better grade on the final(which isn't very hard) than you did on one of the midterms, that grade counts double, for both your final and for that particular midterm. I got a C and a D on the first 2 tests cuz I didn't do anything for the first half of the quarter, got a B+ on the 3rd midterm, studied my ass off for the final and ended up with a solid A in the class. Go figure. Take this class, but don't slack off at the beginning like I did.

MATH 116 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 11:29 pm, Jun 22, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is a very funny teacher who loves math. She is very helpful at office hours and is nice as long as you put in the effort. Class requirements are laid out. All homework, quizes, and tests are known and dated in the class schedule given out the first week. no tricks. extra credit helps. I'm taking another math class with her.



MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: F Required (Support) 11:52 am, Jun 15, 2005 Report Evaluation		I went into this class thinking that Lana would be a solid Calc teacher. I realized about 3 weeks into the class that I was mistaken. I took AP Calc my senior year of high school, and so I figured that this class would be all review. She gave quizzes at least 2 days a week, and we had 3 midterms, one of which was dropped. Nightly homework was assigned but not graded; the point of doing the homework was to prepare you for the quizzes. I spent at least 2 hours a night doing the homework, studied for all the quizzes, midterms, and the final, and somehow ended up with an F in this class. Avoid Lana at all costs....she rushes through lecture and fails to make concepts clear while also making many mistakes during lecture and confusing the class. I'd try a different Calc teacher if you can.

MATH 221 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 7:10 pm, Jun 1, 2005 Report Evaluation		DO NOT TAKE LANA FOR MATH 221. I was unfortunate enough to be apart of her first quarter teaching math 221. I had already taken Lana for math 116& 117 and i thought i would do just as good of a job. It turns out that i did really well in math before because the material was easy and not because she was a good teacher. Her tests are ridiculous and way harder than any homework problem you will ever see. She is a very nice lady but the class was horrible. We took a quiz every class period, which means for the hour time we had to learn, we were taking a quiz instead of being taught. She taught maybe 10 minutes out of each day, and that was mostly answering our confused classes questions. She is a super nice woman so i hate saying this about her.. but dont take her.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: D General Ed 11:40 pm, Apr 5, 2005 Report Evaluation		This is the hands down worst teacher at Cal Poly. You'd think she is a sweet little russian lady with a crazy accent until you ask her a question about your test or anything relating to your grade and all of a sudden, "BLAHHH i am Russian!!!" She writes notes you will understand and then you think its easy, then she writes all these trick question on the tests you woudld only know if you memorized the book front to back..Knowing the concepts isn't enough cause you have to have everything word for word. If you accidentally skip a step in your problem she gets confused and thinks you cheated to get your answer because she is incompetent to follow your work, and even if you have all your steps she goes off one assumption on how you did it and if its not the one she wants you get shafted. If you dont do everything straight to perfection you are gonna get eaten up. This teacher should go teach elementary school instead.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:09 pm, Apr 2, 2005 Report Evaluation		At first her accent was hard to understand but the more you hear it, the more you get used to it. She is a fair teacher and tries to explain everything clearly. Do the practice tests she gives up right before the real test because that is basically exactly the same type of questions that will be on the real test. Overall she is a good teacher and a fair grader.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 10:52 pm, Mar 27, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is an awesome math teacher. She presented the information very clearly. The only hard part were her tests and some quizzes so you gotta make sure and study. People say her accent is not understandable but those people are ignorant and impatient. At first it may seem a little thick but then you realize that it's only when she tries to pronounce certain words! I very much enjoyed her class and would take her again if she taugth higher level courses. Oh...and her grading policy is very fair, in the end!

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:16 pm, Mar 11, 2005 Report Evaluation		Awesome professor, presented the material very clearly and was always organized. Pretty tough grader, but she's very fair. Go to her office hours because she is extremely helpful. This is not an easy class - it requires a lot of studying. If you can keep up with your homework, take good notes and really take advantage of her office hours, you will do great. I would definitely recommend Lana for a professor.



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 9:17 pm, Jan 30, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is a nice woman, but she did not always present information clearly, and it had nothing to do with her accent. I think I would have really struggled in this class if I had not taken almost the exact same class my senior year in high school. It is an intensive math course so it is pretty easy to get behind. Be sure and study for the first test--its a placement test on really easy algebra--because you can replace the score you receive with a midterm later on. I found her tests to be pretty hard--alot of the questions were more difficult than the homework problems. She give's quizes almost every week and they are easy points as long as you do the homework. She takes role everyday and gives participation points if you do homework problems on the board. At the end of the quarter the three people with the highest grades get to skip the final. I did the homework and got A's and B's on quizes and tests and was able to get out of taking the final.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:26 am, Jan 7, 2005 Report Evaluation		she is really a fair teacher it may seem like she grades really hard and marks you off for every mistake on tests and homework but in the end she makes sure you get the grade you deserve. I would definitly recomend this class to anyone.

MATH 118 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 4:58 pm, Jan 2, 2005 Report Evaluation		Lana is extremely fair and once you get a grip on her accent, the material is covered clearly. Don't be afraid to ask for help in that class! She's always willing to help you out if you show an interest and really cares about her students. I've never been all that outstanding in math during high school and I got a high A...what does that tell you!

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 6:35 pm, Dec 3, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana is an awesome professor! She is not only super sweet, she also has a really cute Russian accent. Lana explains everything really clearly and even hands out the notes so you barely have to write anything! If there's a problem you didn't get on the hw, no sweat; she sets aside time to answer anyone's hw questions before a test. There's only 4 tests, all of which are pretty easy. This is in comparrison to pre-calc in highschool when I barely got a B. So right there, that says something! I also must say she has the best incentive: if you're one of the top 3 students in the class, then you don't have to take the final. I would take her again anytime without a doubt!

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:54 pm, Nov 22, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana is sooo incredibly cute!!! She is so sweet and always has some of the funniest things to say. I really enjoy the way she teaches and is always enthusiastic and smiling. She even jokes about how back in Russia she was called smiley because she would always smile, yet there, that was an odd thing to do, so she moved out here. She is probably the most happy and excited teacher I have ever had or seen on any campus. Her lessons are well planned with hand out notes and extra time to go over homework. I wish more teachers were like her. I would even like to start a petition to get her to teach Calculus 1 + , so then I can have her again. Math 118 with her, has homework which is collected at the time of the tests, and is easy to follow since she went over it already in class. If you ever have a question stop by her office she is always happy to help especially before a test, it really helps. I will always recommend her as a precalculus teacher, SHE IS AWESOME!!!!

MATH 117 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:49 am, Jun 14, 2004 Report Evaluation		lana is a great teacher. She is very understanding. If you have any trouble go to her office hours, she like to get to know her students. Do the problems on the board, it will help your grade more than you think!



MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:54 am, Jun 14, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana is such a great teacher. She has a cute accent, and always making jokes. She teaches really well, and gives lots of examples similar to quizes. Her tests are pretty challenging, but if you do the homewrok assigned and go through your notes, you'll do fine. The class was very easy for me. Office hours helped a lot too. She is always willing to help you and give you sample problems to practice. Her accent is pretty thick and sometimes hard to understand, but she is willing to repeat everything and talk slower. There is homework assigned for every section and the TA goes through every problem so don't just write anything down. She is a fair grader and gives points for at least trying a problem. She is a great math teacher and would recommend her for 116.

MATH 117 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:13 am, Jun 8, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana was an awesome teacher. I had her for 116&117. She goes over the material in great details and makes the information seem more managable. Shes a goofy fun teacher and an extremly happy person. Her accent becomes easy to understand. You will have homework every class , a few quizzes, and 3 midterms and an optional final. I highly recommend Lana for Math 116 or 117.

MATH 117 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:56 am, Jun 5, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana's pretty crazy, yet a really cool and good teacher. The acent is hard to understand at the begining but it gets better! Best Math teacher i have had at CPSU. I would reccommend her.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 2:20 pm, Mar 16, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana was a good teacher, the class was mostly touch up for me. He accent is a little hard to understand sometimes but she is pretty funny every day. Homework can be done the night before, you get the whole quarters work the first day so up to you when to do it. Class before a quiz or midterm is a combo day where you go over your homework for that week. (Get extra credit if you go up to the board and try to anwser questions, even if you get it wrong.) There are 5 quizzes which are 2 questions each, pretty easy as long as you did the homework.(easy 10 points every week). There are 3 midterms plus the final, if you study for them should be alright. She offered our class whatever grade we had at the time before the final, if we took it we did not have to take the final, but she does knock it down a 1/3 of a grade, so if you had a B she would offer you a B-. Also if you do take the final she will give you extra credit for your binder if it is in order and all there. Her grading is very fair she gives partial credit for homework and tests even if you get wrong. You get to pick time of your final out of all her class times so if you are not liking when you have a final or want to spread them out a little bit this was good. She does take attendence EVERY CLASS at the end so you can't miss casue it affects your grade some, but also if you come to class get easy points for attendence. I would take her again just make sure you keep up in class.

MATH 118 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 6:20 pm, Feb 13, 2004 Report Evaluation		Accent can be hard to understand, the homework takes forever, but you can get away with doing about half of it. She sometimes lets you decide to take final or walk away with grade if your grade is good enough. Trust me, walk away with grade if possible...final takes forever and is tough.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 3:08 pm, Jan 25, 2004 Report Evaluation		Lana is a good instructor overall and definitley presented course material in a clear way. Every once in while her accent will catch you off guard but it is generally not a problem. She is supportive of her students and will encourage them to go for the higher grade if she thinks that they can get it. This is the first time I've gotten an "A" in a math class since 9th grade and she had a big part in it. If accents don't throw you off, I would recommend her as an instructor.



MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 8:50 pm, Dec 18, 2003 Report Evaluation		Lana's a really nice person. She offers some extra credit durring the quarter, and it you study the review she gives you the tests are easy. If you have a good enough grade at the end of the quarter she sometimes offers you the choice to take the final or walk with your grade. She does have a strong accent, I found it easy to understand after a few days, id say if you still have trouble with it by drop deadlind...find another teacher. Get on her goodside and you will be fine.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:10 pm, Dec 16, 2003 Report Evaluation		Lana is a great math professor and I would highly reccomend that if you can get her, take her for any of your math courses. Even though her accent is hard to understand for some, I sat in the front and heard her perfectly the whole time. She really goes through every topic with great detail and gives all of her students well made packets on tougher subjects which helped for the exam and sometimes she would let you use one of them. Lana also really cares about her students be taking time out of her own weekends to have little review sessions in her office which there, she would give sample problems right from the midterms, so go to those if you can. Just remember to do your homework, as she does grade them, and all the A's do not have to take the final exam but I have been hearing that she will barter with you if you do not want to take the final. Oh, keep your binder nice and organzied becuase its worth 10 extra credit points at the end and when you go up on the board during the combos, that is 3 more added points!!

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:15 pm, Dec 1, 2003 Report Evaluation		I really liked her. Yes, her accent is a little crazy, but I thought it made her lectures more interesting, plus you get funny stories of her days in russia. This class was a VERY easy B... she clearly presents the information. The first day of class says she says the class will be hard and move really quickly. Dont let that scare you, I found it easy. She goes over everything over and over again and goes over the homework before you turn it in. She really cares. I would totally suggest taking her for math 118.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:27 pm, Nov 4, 2003 Report Evaluation		Lana is a great teacher, her russian acsent scared me at first but i totally got used to it. she's super nice and will review anything you need help with! i think most of the other people are being way to harsh because if they think lana is a hard teacher, then they're pretty much screwed the rest of their college years.

MATH 118 Senior Grade Earned: C General Ed 1:57 am, Oct 7, 2003 Report Evaluation		Alright, I'm going to lay out the situation for ya'll: I was a 4th year English Major, hadnt taken math since her senior year in high school, put off math for 4 years and finally signed up for Lana's class. Was I scared? Yes. Did I remember even the basic concepts of Pre-Calc? NO! Did Lana save the day?? Yes she did, my friends. She went slowly, was always eager to answer questions, made lots of time for her students in office hours, and was an all around great lady. She made handouts for each concept we learned, which was also a bonus. Plus, she had study reviews for anyone who wanted extra help before the tests, and she even held some on the weekends (if our test was on a monday, for example), sacrificing her personal time for her students. And the best part of all: she played lets make a deal at the end of the quarter, by offering us the option of not taking the final, and accepting the grade we had earned thus far plus a minor penalty for missing the final. When she offered this girl a C+, I took it and run. I hope you all take from this little spiel the knowledge that if this math-deficient english major could pass this class, then you have nothing to fear!

MATH 116 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:56 am, Aug 7, 2003 Report Evaluation		This class was a major review for me- I just took it for GE, not to actually learn anything, and it worked out very well for me. Lana is a decent teacher- she is kind of hard to understand sometimes because of her accent, but you get used to it after a while. She does take attendance, which sucks, but the class is only an hour, and i just did that nights homework or reading for another class and it was fine. If you already know the concepts of the class, go ahead and take her, but if you need some brush up i would go with someone a little easier to understand.



MATH 116 Sophomore Grade Earned: F General Ed 8:29 am, Apr 4, 2003 Report Evaluation		this lady is the worst teacher at poly. She is half the time confused when she is teaching the material. How can a student possibly understand her with her russian accent.Claims that she tries to help students but she really doesn't. STAY AWAY FROM LANA! Avoid this lady at all costs!

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 1:54 pm, Apr 1, 2003 Report Evaluation		lana is a bomb math teacher and i would recommend her for any course. you don't have to be super smart to pass her class, just study with a partner for midterms and do the homework(its not that bad at all). She grades very nice and loves to listen to the students. And all the people that clowned on her accent don't realize that it makes her go slower and you can understand the material ALOT better.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 6:56 pm, Mar 10, 2003 Report Evaluation		Lana is a horrible teacher. She only teaches with the book example problems and does not answer any questions on the homework she assigns. Her lectures are unorganized and boring and if you want to pass the class you have to put in all the work yourself. Basically, I got an A because I had already taken Pre-calc in high school. I would not advise anyone to take this teacher. If you don't want a lot of work though, she does not assign much homework and stay on the last day of class because she tells you exactly what is on the final.

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: F General Ed 2:04 am, Jan 11, 2003 Report Evaluation		This teacher should not be teaching. She gets angry at times when you ask questions and does not present ideas well at all. She makes you do the homework with no explanation. Then she has students do a few homework problems. She attempts to explain those problems, then she moves on. If you try to ask questions or tell her you don't understand a concept she becomes angry with you and tends to not answer the questions. She has an inability to teach and a lack of compassion for students who struggle. At all costs try to get a different teacher, any other math teacher then her would have been better and a better use of my time. She wasted a quarter of my time and I wish these evaluations by other students would be more truthful.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 2:28 pm, Jan 7, 2003 Report Evaluation		I would not recommend this teacher because I did not like her methods of teaching. I pretty much had to teach everything to my self. Her style of teaching was to pass out a bunch of worksheets and then go over them. She didnt take time to explain the steps, she just assumed that the students knew what they were doing. She took attendance every day so you had to go to class. She also collected most of the homework and had each problem graded.

MATH 116 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:02 pm, Jan 6, 2003 Report Evaluation		Lana is a great teacher. she is really understanding with students who are having problems in her class. She takes late homeworks if you talk to her, not like other teachers. On her midterm she grades them really careful so she could give you points if you're in the right track in trying to get the right answer. She gives points on the question even if you try to answer them. Her midterms are based on the homework and some questions on the chapter review and she even tells you similar problems that you'll have in the midterm. DONT FORGET TO TAKE SI WORKSHOP IT's REALLY HELPFUL, which is the one unit class. Her final is all 3 midterms combined. It was a long final but it was a easy. Ah! her accent can be a problem. Because on her lecture she doesn't explain the subject really well. You can get confuse sometimes if you don't pay atention all the way. Do the homework its worth it. Participate on the board because she gives a lot of points. And the 3 highest grades don't take the final. GOOD LUCK!



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: A Elective 12:21 pm, Jan 5, 2003 Report Evaluation		lana is good teacher. she does try to keep your attention in class. she stays on schedule. her weakness is presenting the material in class. i often didn't understand everything in her lecture. however i saw her during office hours and shes willing and excited to help you. shes patient and spends time with you until you understand it. the best part about her class is the top 3 students dont have to take the final. thats a big plus! plus her russian accent adds another dimension to the class which makes it interesting.

MATH 116 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:51 pm, Jan 3, 2003 Report Evaluation		I can not say enough wonderful things about Lana. She really cares for her students and wants them to succeed. She offers extra credit by volunteering to do homework problems on the board and also at the end of the quarter by making a binder of all assignments covered in class. The binder is worth 5%! Their were 3 midterms, each having about 15 questions. She gives partial credit too. The final wasn't so bad either. It was only 25 questions and she gives you different times to take it, if you don't want to take it at the scheduled class time. Lana's only weakness is teaching material in class. I found her to go a little slow at times, even when math is extremely difficult for me!!! But doing all the extra credit will help your grade and so does the fact that in her classes a 65% is considered a C-.

MATH 118 Sophomore Grade Earned: D General Ed 11:13 am, Dec 18, 2002 Report Evaluation		Don

MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: F Required (Major) 1:52 pm, Nov 22, 2002 Report Evaluation		Going to class is a pretty large waste of time. She explains things very complicated and wastes two hours of your time when you go. You'll notice a lot of people just staring around and not listening when in her class. But you have to go because she does take attendance unfortunately. I would recommend trying to find a different teacher. It is a do able class, but you do it all on your own. I never learned from her, i had to do all the work outside of class and my grade sufferred due to her inablility to teach you concepts.

MATH 117 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 3:36 pm, Jul 19, 2002 Report Evaluation		Lana is a very nice lady and really wants to do a great job. I think people were too harsh on her about her accent, she is definitely not hard to understand and she is willing to help! You need to come to class every day, but hey, that's why we're here! She has the basic thing:hw, midterms, final. She always reviews the hw in class which is very helpful, I would recommend Lana.

MATH 117 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:24 pm, Apr 11, 2002 Report Evaluation		She gave good examples on the board, gave out handouts and came to class prepared. I sort of felt I had to teach myself the math, but her examples in class did help. She has a strong Russian accent, so the first day of class you think... should I stay in it? will i be able to understand her? you will with patience. She is very generous when she grades tests and also gives students extra credit if they need it.



MATH 118 Freshman Grade Earned: B Elective 4:16 pm, Apr 10, 2002 Report Evaluation		This professor did everything she said she was gonna do. Yes she does have a russian accent, but any person can understand her. Blaming her accent is just a lame excuse for doing bad in the class. She does an excellent job of presenting all the material you need to know. she is oddly enough very enthusiastic about math. This class is very easy if you have any pre-algebra or algebra experience. Her quizzes are extremely easy. She does take attendence every class and she does assign homework which she regularly collects, but it's no big deal and it's easy. I highly recommend this professor for math 118.

MATH 117 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 3:45 pm, Mar 16, 2002 Report Evaluation		First of all, this teacher does not follow through with what she says. For instance, on the first day of class she told us that she would drop our lowest quiz grade, but didn't include this on the syllabus. At the very end of the quarter she repeated the same thing and said we'd have our lowest quiz grade. However, two days after saying this she decided not to do it anymore saying, "It's not on the syllabus. I might have said what I said, but it's not on the syllabus." Another time she went back on her word was when she told the class that we could have a notecard on the test, and ended up crossing 3/4 of everything I had written on my notecard. All I did was write down the formulas and she ended up crossing everything out and handing it back to me. So basically, don't trust what she says. She has a thick accent that can get pretty annoying at times and she can make some pretty dumb off the topic comments. Make sure to attend class all the time cuz she takes attendance EVERYTIME.

MATH 117 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:19 am, Mar 15, 2002 Report Evaluation		First of all, this teacher does not follow through with what she says. For instance, on the first day of class she told us that she would drop our lowest quiz grade, but didn't include this on the syllabus. At the very end of the quarter she repeated the same thing and said we'd have our lowest quiz grade. However, two days after saying this she decided not to do it anymore saying, "It's not on the syllabus. I might have said what I said, but it's not on the syllabus." Another time she went back on her word was when she told the class that we could have a notecard on the test, and ended up crossing 3/4 of everything I had written on my notecard. All I did was write down the formulas and she ended up crossing everything out and handing it back to me. So basically, don't trust what she says. She has a thick accent that can get pretty annoying at times and she can make some pretty dumb off the topic comments. Make sure to attend class all the time cuz she takes attendance EVERYTIME.

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