Sandy Bannikoff - Camosun College, Victoria, BC

Professor: Sandy Bannikoff

Department: Philosophy

College: Camosun College, Victoria, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PHIL102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Her lectures are totally all over the place (literally, both whiteboards are usually completely covered in arrows and squiggles), but if you engage with her, and with the subject, you'll get on fine. She can be childish, but generally only in response to other childishness; if you're cool, she's cool.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Overall, I found her lectures to be very dry, overly repetitive with little actual change in method, and there was not much opportunity for assistance. Not to mention the seminars, where if you have a different opinion than the one being presented, you are subject to scrutiny immediately with no room for discussion. Terrible experience.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Seminars are her ranting about Trump for 40min, and then the last 15min you get to do an assignment in class which is difficult because her lectures are the most scatterbrain, unorganized mess of a lesson. I don't know how she is still teaching here actually. She's also very, very rude. Also no laptops in her class basically.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Rude to students and acts like a child. Seminars are pointless but you have to attend if you want to get the homework assignment. Not very clear at explaining things. Try to stay on her good side.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

terrible.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is the least logical teacher I had and heard of in my life. Do not waste your time taking this class. Although it is very easy, she takes advantage on that to mistreat students.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PHIL100
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She means well but I found her attitudes and knowledge towards the class awful. A majority of the class was spent talking about Donald Trump and her lessons were unclear. The content of this class is great but the class was made to be unenjoyably because of the lack of care to the subject provided by the Prof.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great prof and very approachable, as long as she feels respected. Very knowledgable and pushes students to think during seminars. All in all great class and prof!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Sandy is a kind and patient instructor. Not what you would expect for a philosophy course. Weighted heavily on tests, first exam worth 40%, but she spends the extra time to make sure her students understand the content. Has a great sense of humour and makes the course enjoyable.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No take homework for this class, you do it all in seminars. Your grade is based off class homework and Tests. No half marks, read the questions I went from 98% to 85% because I didn't write a "letter" beside an answer (which was implied with my written answer), most teachers would have given the student the marks. Practice and read the text book.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Read your textbook. Go to class. Sandy is socially awkward, and may come off as insincere. Logic is like math, if you get it wrong, she will mark it wrong. Profs aren't meant to spoon feed you through school, and Sandy's class is an eye opener to this. Word your questions appropriately, or she probably won't understand what you are asking.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PHIL102
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures were unclear but this is philosophy so I expected to have to do some thinking for myself. we started with 30 ppl in the class and now we're lucky is 10 people show up. Not a great first impression of philosophy.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• 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:

Terrible teacher. Condescending and offensively rude to students, does not offer help, but puts students down for asking questions. She makes mistakes in class as if she doesn't know the material. Her lectures are unclear and I heavily rely on the textbook for clarification. I wouldn't recommend her and will not take another philosophy class.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PHIL212
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Incredibly rude when someone asks a question. Poor explanations in lecture leaving you dependent on the text for guidance.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Quite condescending at times .She will often put down a student for voicing an opinion that differs from hers.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: PHIL100
• 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 don't know why she is graded so hard from other students, I haven't found this to be the case in my class. the seminars are open for discussion, so be prepared to talk, pay attention to lectures as this is a guideline of what is needed on your essays

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PHIL100
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most disrespectful professor I have had by far, extremely rude. The only way to pass the course is to read the text, as following her lectures is very hard.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PHIL102
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Avoid this class. Sandy is condescending and rude. Will disagree with any original opinion that you have if it does not mirror hers. Very unhelpful and if you inquire about what you need to do to improve she will cut you down instead of answering. does not lead discussion in 100 level seminar where many have never taken phil/done a seminar before.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PHIL110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't bother asking any questions since they will simply be answered with a look and a degrading remark. However, if you decide to ask you better not take notes on that question or else you will be publicly shamed for "not paying attention". Would highly not reccomemd any of her classes to anyone.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PHIL 100
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I feel like I took Sandy Bannikoff 101 instead of a philosophy course... The whole syllabus was just her telling us HER own view of various topics and then shutting down any conversation that challenged her. I wish I'd picked a different teacher. If you want to learn all about Sandy's closeminded view of the world, take this class. Otherwise: AVOID