Mary Sheaffer - Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Professor: Mary Sheaffer

Department: English

College: Millersville University, Millersville, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not an engaging class. There's no point to the lectures given because she rambles on about unrelated topics several different times a class period. No technology whatsoever. Had to write all 9 themes in pen. Gave us several different homework assignments a class period but doesn't go over them until the very end of the semester when thy're needed.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

No electronics allowed for any work aside from research outside of class, indecipherable grading system, rambles so frequently you cannot tell what your actual homework assignments are because she's rambling about some unrelated event she was reminded of, and has made multiple racist statements in class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Boring teacher. She can rant in monotone for hours about the most off-topic subjects. She grades everything very harshly, although she will give you good feedback and reasoning. She assigns homework often that she rarely checks, and assigns pointless large assignments outside of class that require you to travel off campus.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• 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:

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS WOMAN. She will give you loads of homework and never look at them to see if you actually did it. You have "themes" to do every other class, which are basically essays, and when she grades them she never gives you higher than a B. I have personally only gotten Cs and Ds on everything!! GPA REDUCER

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG233
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I struggled with this class a lot! I had a hard time following along and focusing, she jumps from different topics and always calls on people based on their body language.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sheaffer is a very intellectual person, however not fit to be a teacher in my opinion. You have to write an essay every other class, and she is an extremely tough grader. She gives you a homework assignment every class, but never checks that you did them. There is so much reading! All I have to say is, you will learn quick. Good luck!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL233
• Grade Received: C-
• 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 PROF! It's a 200-level course and she treats it like a 400-level. There are over 100 different readings on the syllabus. She only talks about maybe 10% of them in class, yet you're expected to know them all for the tests, which are impossible with no direction whatsoever. I wish I had more characters to talk about how awful she is.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG233
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I've taken 2 classes with Dr. Sheaffer. Her expectations are unreasonable. For example, the last class I took with her, I got an 81 and a 90 on two tests. Excluding her class, I got a 4.0. I still don't know my final grade, because she left campus without turning in grades. The university hasn't been able to contact her. If you value you GPA, avoid

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGL233
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Don't take 233 with Sheaffer. She treats the course like it's 400 level. The issue really is she expects you to know everything about some 30 different readings for the exams, yet only talks about maybe 6 during class. Exams were 10 word association and an essay. The essay was 90 points out of 100, so try your best! She just expects way too much.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 223EEL
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher I've ever had! No exaggeration! She basically expects you to be able to write a doctoral dissertation for your essays. Even If you're a straight A student and put in all the work, expect to get a C- or lower on everything. Your GPA will DROP! She's from an outdated era of teaching, that is fortunately dying out with the teachers.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sheaffer is one of the worst teachers I have ever had. She basically does not teach English. Every day for most of the class we went over sentences that she would find in the newspaper or from people on the public bus. These sentences had minimal errors and did not teach us anything. After our "warm up" she would discuss her vast knowledge about everything that had nothing to do with the class. We also had daily foreign languages lessons like Yiddish, German, and Italian. She also forces you to do reviews on all your themes aka essays until it is up to her standard. So, that means 8-9 themes with 4-7 reviews attached. If this folder is not handed in perfectly you will not pass. My advice TAKE ANOTHER TEACHER IF POSSIBLE!!!!! Your life will be hell if you take her!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG405
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolute horror. Do not take a class with her or you will regret it and randomly burst into tears. She never stays on topic but expects you to know everything even if she doesn't go over it. If you can take this class with ANYONE else, do it. I literally haven't learned anything and the final is today.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGL405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you can, take Shakespeare with another professor. She doesn't go over the readings so you'll never be able to take notes that will help you, and she doesn't give enough time for tests. Expect a lot of reading and pop quizzes on the readings. Likes to rant for 1/3 of the class about things that aren't related to Shakespeare.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

To Pass: listen ask questions/for clarification do the work respect attend class grind through the homework dont question her methods participate as much as possible even if youre wrong, still try. visit her office when you need help do every assignment no matter how pointless it seems review all your work speak properly

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL110
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor Ive had or ever will have. Doesn't teach any material, just talks about random things for the whole class. Everything is specific and must be her way. Things she calls mistakes and errors are actually just things she doesn't like. You write in class essays in 15-25 Minutes. Correct your errors on those, and then the corrections too.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• 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:

Dr. Sheaffer is extremely tedious when she has a student redo essay corrections. She will make her students rewrite an entire essay corrections page when the corrections have one minor mistake.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG110
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you want to do well in this class, you better be an English whiz. Or if you want to be treated like you are in elementary school, take her class. She always have something to say about everything. And they aren't always nice things. Essays in class by handwriting them and making corrections by handwriting also. Prepare for some sore hands.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG233
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Sheaffer expects a LOT out of her students, and she will NOT spoon-feed you answers. If you do the readings (stick with the syllabus, not with the pace of the class), and if you go to her for extra guidance, you'll do fine. Don't expect an "A" on anything - she reserves those for the absolute best work.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG405
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She failed to focus on the plays we studied and injected her own political and religious views into her lectures. I have seen her humiliate and verbally assault students for minor offenses. She carries a superiority complex that truly prevents her from being a decent educator. I'm sadden at her disrespect of other critical viewpoints.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this class. She is very unclear and very hard to please. I stopped going to this class with a month and a half left because no matter how many times I saw her for help I got an F. Everything was on time, I was going through family problems and was sick. I spent hours on my work and she didn't believe I tried and was rude to the class.