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This is the WORST instructor I've ever had at WKU. Dr. Minors may know her stuff but she comes into class and rambles about nothing for an hour and half and bores you to tears. I had to take this class for General Education, but it was a struggle to get through not because of the grading scale but because of the massive boredom that accompanied each and every class. I learn at least something in all of my classes at WKU, but in this one I didn't learn a single thing and that's just plain ridiculous.
Everything you do in this class has to be done on blackboard. You have a thick textbook to accompany the course, which will cost a pretty penny at the bookstore, and you use ALL of the chapters for tests. You have six tests total with the first one being a multiple choice test in class and the other five being on blackboard. Also, you have to do three activitity summaries (that she takes FOREVER to grade) and post those on blackboard. You also have to give a brief presentation in front of the class, but that's not a big deal just give it and you'll get an A+ if you have half a brain. Finally, you get 25 points extra credit to accompany each test except for the 6th test so all told you can amass 125 points extra credit.
While this grading scheme may make sense to some people, you'll never quite know what your grade is. You won't know your activity summary grades till the end of the semester and when you ask her she won't have a clue either. Attendance, contrary to what she writes in the syllabus, is mandatory and she'll deduct points from people who don't show up or offer extra credit on days when people aren't there. She cancels class quite a bit too which can make you celebrate if you like that sort of thing.
If your looking for instruction out of PH 100 then this IS NOT the professor for you. Dr. Minors is ALWAYS late, holds the class on somedays later than they need to be held, and rambles on and on and on without talking about the subject matter at all. For example, before the first test we didn't talk about ANY of the material and I had to make my own study guides to get an A on the exam. Instead of teaching she rambles about life, people in the health department, her own health problems, and how the bird flu is going to kill us all (no SERIOUSLY that's what she talked about). In fact, out of the six tests we had in the semester we didn't talk about material on the first, fourth, and sixth tests at all.
AVOID at all costs! Just please, for your own sanity, DROP THIS CLASS and find a new instructor because if you don't like wacky lectures and not getting any bang for your buck out of your education then this isn't the class for you.
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