Holly Shi - Winona State University, Winona, MN

Professor: Holly Shi

Department: English

College: Winona State University, Winona, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She didn't even be prepared for the lecture, always let students do the assigned group work in class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Actually, I'm from Asain. I came here to study English, how come it's Chinese teacher. It's really a bad professor that always tells us to do some group assignment and wasting time. Useless class .

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• 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:

Dr. Shi means well, but she forgets just how much she assigns to her students for an entry-level class. There have been points in the semester where I turned in a paper, started drafting a new one, read two chapters from two different books, prepped for a quiz on those readings, and did an online assessment. That was in one day.. high expectations!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Difficult to understand with her accent but the class was decent overall

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG107
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very high expectation to students. A lot of course details are higher than neccessary for just being student. Be ready to read two textbooks before come to class. Online Quiz everyday with writing assignment. Prof is not Native English Speaker, and prof has few idea to teach English as second language. No holiday for homework and email from prof.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She sometimes words things funny because English is not her first language. The class itself wasn't very tough, you write 3 papers and there is not a midterm or a final. There were occasional quizzes on the reading that were due but they were not hard if you did the reading or simply just used spark notes right before class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH112
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not the best teacher for this class. Was very hard to understand due to her accent and her worksheets were not always clear. Was very unorganized and really had no idea what was going on the whole time. Class was only a quarter long though and only had one 8 page research paper due at the end of the quarter which was a plus.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof Shi, while a nice person, is a rather unpleasant teacher. I have her for College Reading and Writing and the material she gives us to read is very difficult to comprehend. Making the papers you have to write all the more difficult. She can be helpful, but you have to push more than what's necessary when asking for clarification from a teacher.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENG112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I honestly didn't learn much at all in this class besides the fact that I do not excel at APA format. This was a writing course, and we didn't practice writing once; the only thing we actually wrote was the "Final Paper."

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG112
• 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:

She is rather disorganized most of the time and expects to much of her students in a 50 minute class. Have to write a large paper, read two books, and do a video presentation for a 1 credit/half semester class. I recommend getting a different teacher if you need to take a English course.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENG420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

years ago, i took her linguistics class. this stuff was way over my head. half way through, it finally made sense, and i got it through with an A. She was good, i mean she expected you to understand linguistics--syntax, but most students were not interested. they gave up and complained. My advice: take it from a prof who gives everyone As.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I took her 111 course and I dont think she understood that the lower the class the easier it should be. She graded me and others from class like we were Ph.D. level. She is not well prepared for class ever and hardly pronounces words correctly for a full sentence. Not very approachable or helpful via email or office visits either.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

By far the worst professor in the WSU system. Extremely unclear in every aspect of teaching the english language. She teaches the english language and cannot pronounce half of the concepts she tries to teach. She openly admitted that she read the first paragraph of a paper by a student and disagreed with its standpoint and gave them a D. RUN!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGL210
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She's a nice lady, but so unorganized that it is a nuisance. Her directions are shoddy as well as her grading of papers. There is no way to know if you'll get a good grade on a paper, and it seemed like she never really read any of my work, but just skimmed over it. I would avoid taking her classes.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible teacher. Openly admitted to not ready one of my papers and tried to give me a "d" on it until I asked her about it. Get out of her class if you still can because it will be a long semester with her.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Shi is possibly the worst teacher I have ever had. She is very unclear on what she wants in your paper, and when you ask her to be more detailed she makes you feel like a complete idiot. Her grammar is horrible. She openly admitted to not reading one of my papers and just gave me a "D" on it. She then read it. Get out of her class if you can!

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

She has no idea what she's talking about, and gives grammatically incorrect sentences to diagram. English Syntax was HELL. She's a nice lady, but a poor teacher.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Shi is very disorganized but doesn't like to admit she was wrong, so she'll try to pacify you with unclear answers. She snaps at students who have too many questions. The lectures, exercises, and study guides have too many mistakes and inconsistencies in them to be helpful. Take Dr. Krase if you can.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENG328
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had her for Syntax and she was terrible. She means well, but the fact that she's not a native speaker of English makes it difficult for her to explain things to students who grew up with the language. She couldn't understand complex questions and in general was rather clueless.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENG111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is a tough teacher, but if you work hard it'll pay off. Hard to understand because she is an Asian teacher teaching an english course, so her grammar is very poor but you eventually catch on to what she's actually trying to say. Grades papers tough too.