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ENGL 350 Junior Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:21 am, May 16, 2013 Report Evaluation |
This is the second time I have taken Curiel and am taking another class with her next quarter. She is GREAT! You spend a lot of time in class in small group discussions and she really wants you to understand the work. Honestly, I have had her for 252 and 350 and I have never bought a book for either class, SparkNotes gets you through. As for her essays, she expects you to have learned something in ENGL 134 and 145, but if you bring in a rough draft she is happy to go over it and then you just have to make corrections. TAKE HER CLASS!!! If you're not a lazy bum about it its easy to get at least B in this class!! | |
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ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:11 am, Mar 22, 2013 Report Evaluation |
So i didn't listen to all of the reviews under me, but please listen to them! Don't take Curiel!!!! She gives ALOT of work, which I'm okay with since this is college, but she grades extremely hard. I would work hours on papers and turn them in and either get a D or a low C. The only reason I was able to pull off a B is because I had to redo three of six of them, and it wasn't just me, almost everyone would be upset with their grades. She is very unfair and expects you to be a perfect writer! She's very nice in class and acts like you have nothing to worry about on you're assignments, but don't be fooled the assignments are difficult and very unclear. YOU WILL REGRET TAKING HER. | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 2:56 pm, Dec 12, 2012 Report Evaluation |
She's a nice person. Be prepared, this is a lot of work for a GE. Get over it though! This is college! She does grade pretty tough, but oh well. I'm done with my A3! | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 8:04 pm, Dec 5, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Mrs. Curiel is a nice lady but the polyratings speak for themselves, she assigns too much busy work, grades very hard, and her directions are not clear. | |
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ENGL 350 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 1:45 pm, May 6, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Despite what all the Polyratings say, I have really enjoyed Curiel's class. I have Curiel for two english courses this quarter, and I have found that she is extremely knowledgable and provides interesting insight into all of the novels that are assigned. Her lectures are interesting if you like literature. It is a lot of reading, but definitely worth it. Actually do the reading and listen in class, and you will do well. You may even learn a thing or two. | |
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ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 9:35 pm, Apr 24, 2012 Report Evaluation |
I'm usually good at English, but Curiel assigns way too much reading, then expects you to know every detail about what you read. You have a group quiz or individual quiz every single day and the questions are extremely confusing and badly worded. Our first essay was worth 10 points and was 10% of our grade. That is ridiculous! She does not explain her essays or assignments well and I leave the classroom feeling confused and stressed. Not everyone likes or is good at English, so give us a break. I thought I should just take this class even though she has bad ratings, but trust me and please wait to take it with a different professor. | |
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ENGL 252 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 4:35 pm, Mar 2, 2012 Report Evaluation |
Carol is a very nice woman, but a very boring professor. She assigns reading like there is no tomorrow. I read sparknotes and did better on quizzes than students who actually read the material. The class consisted of her talking the whole two hours every lecture. If you don't have coffee, don't bother coming to class. I have to take a C4 next quarter and class was the only one open, so I'm going to wait for the quarter after the next. Learned my lesson! Never taking her again! | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:06 pm, Nov 13, 2011 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is a very nice lady. However, her class is solely through her perspective. For the first 5 weeks of class, we essentially talked of nothing else but feminism and women's rights. I'm not against that, but it seemed like if you disagree with her your grade will reflect it. She also gives reading quizzes at least once a week, usually more, which are a joke, even if you do read. I tried to read every night, but sometimes I would forget. My grades on the reading quizzes would never really show the difference. Basically, if you suck up to her and show an interest in class you will do OK. I've never been that type of person though, so I guess I'll have to take the grade I got. Bottom line, don't take her if there are other professors available. | |
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ENGL 251 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 10:44 pm, Aug 23, 2011 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is a good teacher. It is amazing how thoroughly she knows the material and helps students to explore the analytical aspect of reading literature. I wouldn't take this class unless you are an English major or find yourself to be particular good at English because you have to read A LOT and although she is fair in her grading, she is not very forgiving; it seemed very difficult to get an A. | |
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ENGL 252 Senior Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 10:50 pm, Mar 29, 2011 Report Evaluation |
She acts as if her class is your only class. Assigns a huge amount of work. Lecture is basically her sitting in front of the class talking about the readings and making things up about them. I don't know where she came up with half the stuff she talked about. She makes you read like 15 different stories and expects you to know specific unimportant details about each one. She gave 12 in-class quizes and droped the two lowest, because everyone needed it. There was one midterm and a final both of which were rediculously specific and she graded extreamly hard. She curved the midterm like 45 points out of 150. You also have to write 3 essays of which you have to basically write what she says in lecture about the stories or you will get a very low grade. Don't take her if you at all have a choice! | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 3:08 pm, Mar 11, 2011 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is the epitome of a GE teacher who thinks the school revolves around her class. There are reading quizzes every day on a textbook thats very bland and dull. The quizzes are hard, the questions are very analytical, just doing the reading is not enough. There are 5 papers you have to do and her grading is way off. The fourth paper i turned in i spent 20+ hours on it and got a 72 based on grammar errors(which was understandable). But i went to her office hours and she was of no help. I spent 30 + hours on the last research paper (around 10 pages), went to her hours consistently working on my structure and fixing my grammar. By the end she said i had a great work in progress and that I should touch it up/revise it a few more times, which i did. Turned it in and got a 62 (D-) in which her reasoning was that my argument structure and purpose was off. She wrote that it was a large improvement over my previous essay which i got a 72 on. I dont get her grading system or what goes on in her head, DONT take her for 145, take coms 145 with Nolan and get it over with. | |
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ENGL 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 7:46 pm, Feb 22, 2011 Report Evaluation |
Excellent professor. I don't know what all these people are talking about, but the reading to me seemed light and can be finished in an hour or so. The lecture isn't as boring as they say it is and I actually find it entertaining maybe because I sit at the back of the class and rests my head on the board. Her grading seemed fair to me and so are the quizzes. I mean you guys realize you are in Cal Poly don't you? If you want easy A and workload you can finish in 15 minutes just go to a community college or something. | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:17 pm, Feb 2, 2011 Report Evaluation |
Carol Curiel is a very smart lady who knows a lot about English. However, I would STRONGLY discourage anyone from taking this class. There's a reading quiz every single class, and you'll spend four hours a week listening to legitimate garbage. She's one of those teachers who says something you could say in 2 minutes in 60. Not to mention there's no grade difference based on how much time/effort you put into an essay. Sure, you can try going in for help, and she'll tell you your paper is good/what you need to work on. And then you get a C- on it...? I guess math isn't her strong subject. Lastly, her lectures are painfully and excruciatingly dull. If you like to listen to a bat shit crazy lady with a high pitched voice talk about premises and conclusions, this is the class for you!! | |
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ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 12:27 pm, Jun 16, 2010 Report Evaluation |
Professor Curiel is a very difficult grader. I got a D on two of my essays but some how managed to get a B- in the class. Our class consisted of basically 3 essays, a final test and in class essay, and a bunch of quizzes (almost one every day). It was important to read the material she assigned for homework because her quizzes covered the little details that are easily forgotten in the reading. The quizzes were often done in groups though which made it a little easier. She is pretty vague in her essay assignments so it is difficult to understand exactly what she wants in the paper. She is very intelligent though and I enjoyed listening to what she had to teach. I have never been a fan of english class, but she was probably one of the better english teachers I have had. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 10:31 am, Apr 2, 2010 Report Evaluation |
curiel is one of those teachers that thinks her class is the only class on your schedule for that quarter. its a common problem for english teachers cuz they know their field is useless to most after they graduate. she gives 3 big essays totaling about 22 pgs and worth 40% of your grade. and in between the big essays she has 5 \"short writing assignments\" that are not even close to being short. and when you aren\'t busy doing those two assignments she gives bookwork/busywork just about every night. i got a 6.5 out of 15 on a paper worth 15% which is the only reason i didn\'t get a B so be careful | |
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ENGL 145 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 6:46 pm, Dec 23, 2009 Report Evaluation |
Curiel was an overall good teacher. For the students that made an effort to go to class, and office hours, she was more than willing to help you. However, she graded rather difficult. She only wanted to see her opinions in your writing and took points away if your opinion differed from hers. | |
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ENGL 145 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 8:44 pm, May 15, 2009 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is a very good teacher. She cares about her students and she is really knowledgeable. I also took Curiel's English 134 class which was also a really great class. I recommend her to all my friends. | |
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ENGL 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 10:24 pm, Mar 16, 2009 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel expects a lot from her students. Some might say too much from students taking ENGL 252 for a GE. The class is not easy, and of course there is a heavy reading load. The reading schedule isn't impossible and the essay topics are interesting. If you want to get a good grade on the essays--be as thorough as possible in your analysis and revise, revise, revise. Don't expect Curiel to recognize your self-described brilliance in a paper you crammed out the day before. Be clear, concise and extremely picky/critical. If you want a class where you aren't expected contribute, work hard or learn anything... don't take Curiel. | |
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ENGL 251 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 2:59 pm, Apr 19, 2008 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is wack. We had two essays for the quarter, a "short" one (4 pages) and a "long" one (6 pages). For both of these essays, I took my rough drafts into her office to get her input on how to improve them; the first essay, she said was solid and told me things to do to get an A. I got the paper back, with a ton of different things marked wrong - things she had not even told me she had a problem with! The second paper, she said was "in the A territory", and again told me how to improve. I did exactly as she asked, and once again, it came back full of comments that she hadn't even asked me to fix. I ended up getting a B- on both essays, and a B- in the class. Incredibly hard grader, not helpful to students whatsoever. Curiel is full of shit. | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 11:12 am, Apr 9, 2008 Report Evaluation |
If you like constant busy work and essays then this is the class for you. She talks constantly and is very boring. Way too much work for a GE class | |
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ENGL 251 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 3:59 pm, Mar 5, 2008 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is literally one of the smartest people I've ever met. She knows more about literature than any professor I've taken, and brings you to new levels of understanding with your reading. The only downside to this is that she can talk forrreeevvveeerrr. She has tons to say on every line of poetry or prose and will always keep you in class til the last minute. The first half of the quarter is an insane workload - you get through The Odyssey in a matter of two weeks, and absolutely must do the reading because she quizzes you on it, in detail. Two essays, one midterm and a final (short answer/essay), and she is a VERY hard grader. She's more than willing to help if you make it to her office hours, and is willing and available to meet and work around your schedule. Still, she's crazy smart, and it's virtually impossible to bullshit your way through her class. Be prepared to learn a lot, and work for your grade. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:29 am, Feb 13, 2008 Report Evaluation |
If you take this class, make sure to have your essays reflect the ideas and motifs (she uses that word repeatedly and gets annoying quickly) that she presents when talking about the books/plays/poetry. You could probably figure out the meanings of the books and plays by yourself, but the poetry that she makes you read is brutal and sounds like its in a different language. She gives you random quizzes about very specific stuff from the reading from the night before. If you're not a very good at English you'll probably get a B or C, it is very hard to get an A in this class. She lectures most of the days but does group discussions sometimes, which are useless because everyone doesn't do the reading. I would recommend any other teacher than Curiel. | |
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ENGL 145 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 8:18 pm, Aug 11, 2007 Report Evaluation |
seriously-- english 145 is suppose to be easy, all my friends sailed through english 145, had no homework and got A's... if you want that then i HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER!!!! we had a quiz basically every day on the reading, plus a paper every week and a 10page paper at the end of the quarter.... too much work for such a simple class!!! i hated this class, nice lady-- but a shit load of homework!!!!! | |
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ENGL 253 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 3:28 pm, Mar 21, 2007 Report Evaluation |
If you are willing to challenge yourself and don't want to simply skate through a GE, then I would recommend this course. I highly enjoyed the readings that were given to us this quarter because they were enjoyable to read AND thought provoking. There are a lot of quizzes (10+), 2 tests that are not too difficult, 2 essays, and a group presentation on a short story. She is very passionate for the works presented in this class and if you actually pay attention to what she is saying, most of her insight will help you to understand the readings a bit more. Also, she is helpful during office hours (recommended) and considerate when it comes to outside problems conflicting with school. The only criticism I have is: having a PhD, she already has her set knowledge of the works and it seemed like she was not open to brand new ideas that were presented in the essays. A lot of the time, in her grading analysis, she was speaking for the author; assuming how the specific writer would rebuttle to your arguments. But all & all this class broadened my horizon of literature, stimulated the writing thought processes, and was beneficial to my college education. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:22 pm, Mar 19, 2007 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is a very nice professor. The class is straightforward, reading quizzes are relatively easy, and the reading load is reasonable. It's a pretty basic class. The midterms are pretty easy and the final is not cumulative. The only issue is the amount she talks. There are days when you will be so bored you'll want to just slam your head into the desk. I'm serious, the woman can talk for days. She is really sweet and helpful in office hours. I would recommend her as a professor if you are decent at English on your own because it gets hard to pay attention in class. | |
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ENGL 253 Senior Grade Earned: Credit General Ed 2:23 am, Mar 2, 2007 Report Evaluation |
I took this class credit, no credit so I didn't particularly care about it that much. One thing i must point out is that there is an insane amount of reading to do. One month books in high school are done in less than one week in this class(gatsby). two tests, two papers, and about 10-15 pop quizes on the readings(some get very specific). she cares about what she lectures, and after the first test, you realize that about 50 percent of the notes you will take in the beginning really don't matter. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 4:48 pm, Feb 20, 2007 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is an amazing teacher. Her class has been one of my favorites at Cal Poly so far. You can tell she is passionate about her subject and her lectures are interesting. However, she is very difficult when it comes to grading exams/papers, so make sure you go to class and keep up with your readings. She has "pop" quizzes that she usually warns you about and they help a lot to buffer your grade. | |
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ENGL 254 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:17 am, Jan 29, 2007 Report Evaluation |
She's a very picky teacher, but no one goes to college without expecting a challenge. There is a lot of reading involved and quizzes to ensure that you read the material, but it's not too bad. However, it's a good idea to take advantage of her office hours when preparing for the essays. She looks highly upon people who ask for help and she is very thorough and clear in her explanations when talking one-on-one. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 9:50 pm, Aug 5, 2006 Report Evaluation |
she was a nice teacher but grades very difficultly. I went to her office several times to go over my essays and get assistance and still recieved a D on almost every paper. She acts like we all should write like we have PHDs like she does. I recommend someone else. | |
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ENGL 253 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: B General Ed 1:18 am, Jul 5, 2006 Report Evaluation |
"Reading is a must in this class." OF COURSE IT IS. It's a literature class. You need to read books to understand literature. If you don't like it, there are DeVry classes in your hometown. "She is very boring and unless she licks you won't get a good grade. She grades very hard. If you are a conservative don't take this class because you will get very irritated with her liberal mind. It's her way or nothing. A very bad teacher." Your grade is dependent upon her licking something? What must she lick for you to get a good grade? Maybe you got a bad grade in English composition because you can't write in American Standard English. How can politics possibly come into play in a composition class? Maybe if you'd stop raising your hand to bicker with professors, you could learn the difference between opinions and arguments. You people are the reason my degree is worthless to employers. | |
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ENGL 253 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 7:46 pm, Jun 12, 2006 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is really nice. She was very helpful if you didn't understand some of the material. Reading is a must in this class. She gives quizes almost everday on the reading, but if you do the reading and do well on the quizes they really help boost your grade. The tests are sorta hard but she curves the midterm by a lot so that also helps. She is really helpful during her office hours and will pretty much tell you what to write in your paper to get a good grade. Overall she is really nice and fair teacher. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 7:21 pm, Mar 18, 2006 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is a really nice person and you can tell she really likes teaching. If you go to her office hours with your essay she is more than willing to tell you exactly what you need to do for a good grade. You have to do all the readings, because she gives daily quizzes, and the tests are pretty hard, but she isnt at all intimidating and made the lecture go by pretty quickly. I would recommend her. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 10:14 am, Jan 10, 2006 Report Evaluation |
She is very boring and unless she licks you won't get a good grade. She grades very hard. If you are a conservative don't take this class because you will get very irritated with her liberal mind. It's her way or nothing. A very bad teacher. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 9:49 am, Dec 16, 2005 Report Evaluation |
She's very nice and very helpful. She is also very passionate about the material, although she wants everyone to understand she spends too much time on easy subjects and not enough on harder subjects. Her lectures often ran over 50 minutes and didn't make much sense. She is hard to take notes from because the presentation of the material isn't completely focused and organized. Overall she is a fair grader on exams (2 exams--100 pts each, 50 point essay and 50 point short answer & identification. each tests last about 2 hours--she gives you two days for the midterm and some people used nearly the full 3 hours for the final). She grades the exams on a curve if she sees fit--but she grades papers SO incredibly hard. Make sure you have her check her paper before you turn it in and make sure you go with enough time so that there isn't a long line at the office. Daily quizzes some weeks (at least 18 quizzes throughout the quarter--only 15 count). I would say she's a pretty good teacher but if you can try to get someone better; the lectures weren't enough to keep me focused, even with books I love. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 4:58 pm, Dec 19, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is different, but very friendly and easy to talk to. There was a lot of reading, but her she makes her tests so if you didn't read a story or two, you can get by. Sometimes her lectures are hard to follow, but if you read the material and come to class with questions, she is very good at answering them. | |
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ENGL 253 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 4:25 pm, Dec 18, 2004 Report Evaluation |
The amount of material for a 10 week GE course creates borderline insanity. She is definitely a weird woman, with a strange personality. Plus, she takes forrrreeevvvverrr to grade assignments. And for what reason? For our long papers, she just graded them during our final. Can we say last minute? | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 11:01 am, Dec 17, 2004 Report Evaluation |
I am not good at English at all and I struggled in this class. I enjoyed her class and she was good at keeping my interest. The majority of the points were from 3 out of class essays and 3 inclass essays, the rest of the points came from journal entries we did throughout the quarter. The highest grade on the first essay in our class was a C, she is not an easy grader but she gives opportunities to make up the points lost on the first essay. Use her office hours, she is very helpful and adds a lot of substance to essays that she is looking for. Have a few people who are good at English edit your essays before turning them in. I would recommend her for any class. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: B General Ed 12:28 pm, Dec 15, 2004 Report Evaluation |
I truly enjoyed Dr. Curiel's 134 Composition class. Take her if you have the opportunity. The class consisted of 3 in class essays, 3 out of class essays, 4 grammar tests and various notebook assignments. Her topics on the essays were very reasonable. She really understands how to make college level writing better. She takes time to make sure you understand what your writing about and is very helpfull in office hours. Plus, in the middle of the quarter, we had a week off class so she could confrence with us individually, which was perty damn cool! She does talk about her kids a lot but if you dont mind that, shes a great teacher. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 7:46 pm, Nov 27, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is a terrible teacher. She teachers you nothing about a the structure of document design. She only makes you read a bunch of worthless crap, and somehow expects you to magically pull a well organized essay out your but. | |
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ENGL 134 Sophomore Grade Earned: C General Ed 1:13 pm, Aug 1, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Curiel is a horrible composition teacher (she married a dirty mexican, C'mon!). To further elaborate, she did not ever explain how to write an essay, or give examples of essays. She also, forces idiodic reading quizes and grammar quizes on you, in addition to that she tries to make you tie in your reading as support for the essays you write in class, which makes it a hell of a lot harder. Take Steiner! Steiner is awsome! | |
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ENGL 350 Senior Grade Earned: B General Ed 8:03 pm, Jun 29, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Curiel was a savior! She taught a specially created class for graduating seniors when all other classes were filled. The class was awesome because she did not give homework or quizzes, just reading, two papers, and two exams. For those needing to satisfy the GWR she really accomodated those people by giving two practice tests, and then one real exam in addition to the two exams that the rest of the class takes. So, she actually gave three chances to pass the GWR. The books we read in this class were great, and the discussions in class were very interesting. It was like a book club--almost. I loved the class and I thought Curiel was a very good professor. | |
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ENGL 253 Junior Grade Earned: B Elective 11:17 am, Jun 15, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel is very straight forward. She presents the material with absolutely no surprises and gives a great deal of extra help. I have heard that many think she grades really hard, but if you are a troubled writer, she is willing to help you revise your papers before you turn them in. If you don't do well on her tests (two, not cumulative) then it is because you either didn't read or didn't listen to her, because she tells you exactly what will be on them and during the tests she will tell you if you are on the right track or not. 10% are quizzes, but if she thinks the class is participating in discussions, she will simply pass around an attendence sheet and give everyone present 100% for the quiz grade. I think we may have had one real quiz, and the rest were all attendence. There are two papers, one for 10% and the other for 20%, due during the fourth-fifth and eighth-tenth weeks (flexible due dates). She is more than willing to hold your hand all the way through these if you are willing to go to office hours. The last 60% are the two tests, and like I said, they aren't cumulative and she tells you what are on them beforehand and helps you during them. All in all, if you are willing to read and go to class, there is no reason to do poorly whatsoever. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: C General Ed 11:59 am, May 4, 2004 Report Evaluation |
really good teacher! I just got a C becuase as you we'll notice in this evaluation I can't spell and have no grammer. this is one great teacher grades a little hard but is real reasonable. I really like her class and actully learend a thing or two and the stories we have to read are really intersting. You'll actully want to do the reading! the papers topics aren't that bad its like tell a story about a daily ritual you take for granted or talk about a tv commercial how it makes you want to have want I did it on mentos. take this teacher she is good. | |
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ENGL 134 Freshman Grade Earned: A General Ed 1:58 pm, Mar 25, 2004 Report Evaluation |
This class was pretty good. She is usually a Lit teacher, and that showed. We read a lot, but the text was ok (lots of pictures). There were 3 in-class essay (which were graded difficultly) and 3 out-of-class essays. We had four editing quizes and five reading quizes, non of which were too difficult. She is a genuinely nice person, and i would take her again, but for a literature class. | |
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ENGL 253 Junior Grade Earned: B General Ed 4:26 pm, Jan 31, 2004 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel was a difficult professor. She demands a LOT of her students. Be prepared to actually read, SparkNotes do not cut it. The biggest pain in the butt is the quizzes, which are just at random times and before you've ever discussed anyhting in class. Do not be late and do not miss class. The midterm and final are hard and she knows everything about all the works (which there are many of to read), so you can't bullshit. It's also obvious that she likes some people more than others, especially girls. I'm not a girl, so that did not help me. There are also group presentations. Overall, way too much demanded for a 4-unit GE class. Take something else instead. | |
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ENGL 253 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 12:41 pm, Aug 13, 2003 Report Evaluation |
An extremely sincere woman who has a vast knowledge of all she teaches. I was quite intimidated by the number of books we were to read, ( i think our class had about 9...)and the first day Prof. Curiel tells you that in order to do well (even to pass) you will have to do all of the assigned readings on time. She means this...you will take a quiz almost every class with questions that aren't found on sparknotes. She is very detail oriented, but in a good way. At first read, many of the books seem boring and unimportant, but Curiel truly does make them thought provoking. She is totally fair, and if her lectures fall behind schedule she will take out a book from the list, which always comes as a great relief. The grading consisited of a midterm and final, both worth 30%, a short paper, 10%, long paper (only 5 pgs though) 20% and daily quizzes 10%. If you are willing to do a lot of reading, you will be greatly rewarded by taking from Prof Curiel. She's a nice mom-like lady, very understanding, and extremely smart. | |
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ENGL 253 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:49 pm, Mar 31, 2003 Report Evaluation |
Mrs. Curiel did an excellent job presenting the material she so clearly knows by heart. It is obvious she has a passion for her job and the books she teaches on. Although I wouldn't consider myself a big fan of early 20th century literature, she made the lectures interesting and selected a canon that was highly contiguous. It's true that her midterm/tests were fairly difficult, but the quizes during the quarter show you what she's looking for. I'd highly recommend her for english and non-english majors alike--it was an excellent course taught as well as possible. | |
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ENGL 253 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 4:49 pm, Jun 23, 2002 Report Evaluation |
Dr. Curiel was a very good professor. During the quarter the class had to do two essays, and had to read 8 books. Including 2 poems. The class was very tiring because almost everyday we went to class we had a quiz on the reading, so if you take her you have to come to class prepared and there's no bullshitting on the quizzes because she will more than likely know if you are. Her two midterms were tough and for the final she decided to give the option of taking the final or writing a paper. She is very picky about details and her midterms are long- 3 short answers, 1 essay and 5 identifications. Overall i learned a lot but she was very difficult. | |
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