Debra Stevens - Las Positas College, Livermore, CA

Professor: Debra Stevens

Department: English

College: Las Positas College, Livermore, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG1A
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's not the best professor. Requires you to rent a book then posts access of it online. Class is easier than my high school English class but teacher frequently goes off topic and mumbles. This is the first in person class she has taught in 10 years and still has a hard time using the online system to update us. Easy A but super frustrating.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG1A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is very into getting us into universities and pushed us. I noticed that she takes time with all of us, doesn't play preferences. I wish she could get everybody to talk more.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher. Even if you hate English she does not have a lot of work for you to do. And she is very helpful and wants you to succeed!!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGL1A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

So many lessons and long discussions but great feedback for me. Syllabus and modules and announcements then emailstoo much

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: 1A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a very tough grader but she lets you revise and give good feedbacjk.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG4DE
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

My daughter took her summer English 4 class. She seemed to have some trouble managing a couple of students that complained and did not take care of it. I read the complaints and thought, wow. Doesn't somebody stop this stuff on their discussions? She got a B. I am thinking of taking her class. Good idea?

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I like her feedback. She is also willing to take time to meet us off hours.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG7DE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Mandatory purchase of a $55 'textbook' she wrote herself, most of it consisting of diary-like entries poorly meandering around the topic she wishes to describe. It feels like it was written by a freshman in high school despite her 25 years of teaching English. I personally find all the positive reviews of her quite suspect given what I have seen.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG4DE
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I made it through a summer class and it was difficult. She communicated with me on the discussion board but took a couple of days before she got back to me on email. Her instructions were really not that difficult. I was irritated by one student on the discussion board. She should make those students stop the whole fight the power thing.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I found her very clear, but some might disagree. Online classes are hard for some people. She lays it all out on her syllabus and the modules relate. The quizzes and essays are clear. If something is unclear, maybe you don't read instructions?

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

When I met her in person, on campus, she was nothing like I had thought she would be. Her book and her exercises and all that. She might think she is nice but she comes off as really hardass sometimes. In person, she is really nice and wants us to think critically and yeah, so thats it. I got w/the bd reviews. So, tell her what your stuggling with

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG21435
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ms. Stevens is an amazing instructor she really takes her time to give feedback. Test questions really make you think. Overall, there's 2 essays, 4 assignments, discussions, 2-5 quizzes and the final. Three books to read, including a book she wrote herself which will cost you about 50 bucks. Hit me, I'll sell you her book.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This was an excellent class. What I learned was so valuable for my future classes. I did not have confidence in writing before. I really had no clue why people wrote essays and she explained. Her class makes us think how we think of writing and it makes us want to write. I strongly suggest anyone who needs a supportive, clear teacher to take her

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor has taught me how to think outside the box. Yeah, shed say that is not right, but that is how I feel. Her class changed my life in so many ways. Take her class and go to her office chats. She is also very responsive to email.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I think this teacher is awesome she worked around my schedule and gave great feedback. You should take her and go to her office chats that are so great they help you learn in real time

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG4DE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I am so happy i took this class. It made me think and i ke how her book helps us in our everyday lives Ms. Stevens is not a personal person. I don;t like teachers that are so all about what they are about. She really cares about her students learning and communicates well. I also like her book. I am going to keep it and share it.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENG4DE
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I am about to finish my degree at UCLA and my friend and I were talking. We both discovered we had her for our online lit course and loved her. Seriously. How can that happen? Take her. You will think and think again.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGL4
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor stevens does get back to you when you email her. her grading criterias are very clear. I wish she would have office hours later at night. The work she assigns is very interesting. I love to read her replies and the stories were interesting. Assignments and discussions are mandatory but they help prepare for quizzes. Discussions? meh

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG7
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

GOOD

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG4DE
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The professor made this class very easy to follow and I am really happy I took this class. As a mother of two, I don't have a lot of time to figure things out. Her instructions are clear and she will email you back promptly. I wish I could take this class in person. She is so great. I really liked the books she assigned and the way it was organized