Leira Manso - SUNY Broome, Binghamton, NY

Professor: Leira Manso

Department: Languages

College: SUNY Broome, Binghamton, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Worst class I've ever taken. Avoid this professor at all costs. She is very demanding and acts like her class is the only class you take. 3 papers that are insanely long with no guidelines given and is so nit picky on format. Very tough grader and assigns insane amounts of work. Overall, just an awful professor that has no idea what she's doing.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Never wore a seat belt on the way to this class in hopes that I would crash and not have to experience the agony that is this professors lectures. AVOID AT ALL COSTS

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Absolutely horrible professor and person. She talks down to people and half the time doesn't know what she's talking about during her lectures.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Hands down worst professor ive ever had. She can be hard to understand at times because of her accent and repeats words and phrases incredibly often. Assigns an insane amount of repetitive work (like 3-4 hour long documentaries that cover the exact same material as the reading) and requires INHUMANELY TINY HAND WRITTEN notes for a final. Avoid!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Somewhat unclear guidelines on graded assignments. Very easy to fail the class over small things at times (ex: if your final exam notes aren't perfect in every single way, she'll fail both your final exam and class grade). Overall, I'd avoid her if another Humanities professor is available.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

No organization/structure. Tons of work, but you never know what or when she'll go over homework. Participate in class; she does discussions most days. You HAVE to read the textbook. Gives specific guidelines for papers; ask questions and follow the guidelines and you should do well. She can be funny if your class participates and does the work.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SPA101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Leira Manso is one of the best professors I've ever had. There were things I didn't understand, and she patiently assisted me during office hours. If you like to learn, she will teach you. If you're looking for a free credit, then try ITT. She is also very attractive. Binghamton is diverse. People have accents. Don't be racist.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Don't take this class, or any class, with her. Simple as that.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Do NOT take her class. She treats a 3 credit course like it's a 6 credit course. She has you read 20 pages of the textbook, watch a 60 minute documentary, answer questions for analysis, and answer 10-15 other questions related for the meeting in only a 2 day span. She acts like her class is the only one in the world. Just AWFUL

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Professor Manso expects her students to understand the materials from the textbook in order to have a discussion about the topic in class. She doesn't accept late work and late is always better than absent. She gives out a lot of unnecessary work (in my opinion) that are not too hard to handle if you commit the time.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She's the reason why I go home every night and cry. She was very insensitive and was not helpful when asked questions during class. I have a gpa of 3.9 and I couldn't get an A in her class.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She will ask students of questions that is not in the reading, and she wants the exact answer or it won't help the discussion. Expect to participate. She posts work the day before it is due, leaving students little time to do so. And, she has a heavy accent that many students could not understand. Don't take her class, save yourself the trouble.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Terrible, hard to understand. Never pleased. Rude with unrealistic expectations. I would highly recommend to avoid taking her if possible.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I had DrManso for HIS 103 Western Civ. There was a lot of work for the course, but nothing that made the course impossible. I had a lot of questions on assignments we had and she had a lot of answers, pointin me in the right direction. DrManso helped me analyze reading material and defend my arguments ultimately helping me become a stronger writer.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HIS116
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not a good professor!! Avoid her but if you like long assignments and lot of reading go ahead. She runs her class as if you are only taking her class and no other classes. Just STAY AWAY!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HIS116
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

JUST DON'T!!!!!!!! She's not even a history teacher, she's a Spanish teacher and she's HORRIBLE at that too! Had her for SPA and hated her. Went to take this history course and they changed the professor on me to her! Terrible human being and yells at and belittles students who have a hard time understanding the material. Save your sanity and run!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SPA101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Avoid this teacher at all costs. I took her online class and it was through a Vista Learning website. This program grades work incorrectly and doesn't let you go back and fix mistakes. On top of that when I reached out for help and to notify her about the inefficient website, I only received a nasty email back resulting with her not helping me.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: HIS116
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is the worst professor ive ever had while in college. She kicked me out of class because my phone was ringing which was a emergency. She has an accent which is hard to understand... Also she cannot teach very well and puts students on the spot to answers questions. She gets mad when you don't know the answer and speaks bad on you. Horrible prof

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Could not understand a single word she said the entire semester. Must use the textbook to even slightly follow what's going on in class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: HUM101
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I really enjoy the class I have with this professor!! The only thing I would say I didn't like is how much reading there is to do outside of class. It is very informative but can take a lot of time! So choose your time wisely and you will do fine! Also, participation means a lot in this class, so the more you read the more prepared you are.