Valerie Legge - Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL

Professor: Valerie Legge

Department: English

College: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG2160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a very tough grader. I am in her online course so I don't know her to well but I know someone that was in her class that said she was rude. I find the assignments that we have to hand in somewhat unclear. We have to make weekly post and she hasn't given us any grades back on them yet to update us on how we are doing.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1193
• 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:

The course required a textbook and was mostly based off the textbook and notes given during class. It required a lot of reading. Sometimes the class would feel more like a history lesson then english. Make sure you attend class as she does not use D2L.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG1193
• 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:

Terrible professor. She is very rude. Does not use D2L and is very unclear about what she wants.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG4851
• 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:

first 4000 eng (my major) yet it felt like I was taking history instead. Teaching style is almost non-existent, the notes were up online at the being of the semester even tho it was an online course. Her assignments have no outlines with far to much expected for undergraduates. DO NOT TAKE. If i wanted a history course I would have taken one

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG1193
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She seems nice, but doesn't provide any insight on what she expects on essays, and does not provide review classes.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1193
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This is the worst class and worst professor I have ever had. She is very ryde, and doesnt use D2L.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGL3830
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Legge does the bare minimum as a prof. I have not received one evaluation yet and there are less than 3 weeks left of lectures. The course is online, she added 200 pages of notes during the first week, assigned 8 novels and we have not heard from her since, except to give evaluation dates. I would never take her class again.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGL2160
• 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:

Dr. Valerie Legge is the worst professor I have encountered throughout my University experience. She is extremely unclear about what she wants from students in assignments and discussion posts, takes days to respond to messages and emails, and provide little to no feedback throughout the course. When she does respond, she is brutally rude. Awful.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI2160
• 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:

AVOID. AVOID. AVOID. So rude and disrespectful. AVOID!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG2160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The course content is interesting, but the professor is rude and disrespectful. Will never take a course with her again. Very vague feedback and takes off marks because you never included something that was not asked of you to include. Overall worst professor I've ever had.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG2160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the worst profs I've had at MUN. She seems to be clear in what she wants on assignments, but on more than one occasion I gave exactly what she asked for, but it was far from good enough to her. She is rude. I had a serious family emergency while taking her class and she made me feel like a horrible person for asking for a one day extension.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4851
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

In my experience, Dr. Legge is a very good teacher and a kind individual. I would highly recommend her classes for people interested in history and Indigenous issues. I took English 2160 (Aboriginal Lit), 3152 (Early Can Lit), and 4851 (Canadian Exploration Literature) with her. Fair bit of reading but the texts were generally very interesting.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG3830
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I was sitting in class one day and a student was at her door, a student that was told off in no indirect manner by Dr Legge. Her classes are hard to follow. She will not help you outside of class, not even during office hours. She presents herself with an ego bigger than Mars, and, an attitude more sour than salt. Do not recommend.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH3830
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She gives vague instructions, feedback, and responses to questions. She was hands-off and there was little communication. We had a term paper but did not get a copy returned with comments, or even a rubric. Instead, she simply made a general comment and gave a grade. I have no idea what I did well or what I could have done better.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENG2160
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I took English 2160 with Dr. Legge through distance. The course material was good and I enjoyed it overall but she was impossible to contact and made things more confusing than they had to be. Discussions were organized poorly. She didn't update the course resources and many of the required videos/articles were expired and impossible to hunt down.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG2160
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

So hard to get in contact with and discussion schedule was not made clear at all and ended up bringing down my mark so much. So many of the videos and article were so hard to find. Course material was so interesting but due to the layout of the course I wish I had taken something different.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG4851
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Legge is a hard marker but she is also really sweet and knowledgeable. I've taken 3 courses with her to date and while they were difficult, the material made them all worth it. Also, she really wants students to meet with her in person. So if you are struggling, go visit her in her office and she will definitely help you. Great prof imo.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG4851
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible assessments, no feedback, no rubric. Based on comments I'd bet papers aren't actually read. Zero communication. As others have noted, there is absolutely no discussion with students. Teaching should be a discourse. Ridiculous reading assignments. One week had us reading 700 pages of text. She's quite nice. Wish the teaching was better.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH2160
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Gave very vague instructions for what she wanted from the assignments, then would get pissed off when nobody understood what she wanted and grade everyone badly instead of thinking that maybe she wasn't being clear enough. HUGE 30% weekly discussion portion that was just repeating yourself and brought my mark from an 80 to a 65. Would not recommend

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: 3830
• 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 prof if it is by distance. She was completely hands-off, no discussion element, no information about upcoming tests, the syllabus was not even written by her it was written by another prof and still contains her autobiography. Huge percentage of the class missed the midterm and she took no responsibility. Just. awful.