Lydia Cosentino - Ventura College

Professor: Lydia Cosentino

Department: English

College: Ventura College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG1A
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had the pleasure of taking Lydia for my first summer semester for English 1A. Now summer is no joke, its a full semester crammed into 6ish weeks but i loved her class. As long as you keep up with the writing its not hard to manage a good grade. She was amazing! I would take another one of her classes

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ENG21B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I really enjoyed being in her class. She knows so much about all the authors and it is very interesting. I don't really like the group discussions much and would rather she just lecture but it's ok. She does't really give a lot of guidelines or rules. Just show up, do the homework and participate and you should get an A.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ENGLV01B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lydia is a super sweet lady, she does portfolios in this class. She assigns a bunch of things and around a month or so she collects them all, easy to fall behind and procrastinate so if that's you don't join her class. She assigns a lot, but is not what so ever a tough grader. Super easy class if you put In the work. Take her!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

take her ! she's better than most English teachers ! just show up type your paper and turn in your portfolio an you'll be fine . im taking her for my last English class!! these harsh comments are from people who didn't attend class ! TAKE HER !!! ENGL V01A & V01B ..

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG1A
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I LOVED HER , SHE WAS SO SWEET ! I TOOK HER OVER THE SUMMER JUST SHOW UP AND WATCH THE VIDEOS! LOTS OF PAPER BUT ONCE YOU START DOING THEM AND TURING THEM IN YOUR GOOD ! TAKE HER ! IM TAKING MY LAST ENGL CLASS WITH HER !!! ENGL V01B HERE I COME AND IM EXCITED

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is very sweet but VERY disorganized. She assigns many writing responses but doesn't collect them the following class, she has you save them and turn them in every 6 weeks or so, the class can be very stressful if you procrastinate on writing assignments, they add up quickly. If you keep organized and read the assignments you'll be fine

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ENGLV03
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very caring, intelligent woman. I enjoyed her class. Yes, the homework was sometimes confusing which could be frustrating at first, but it's a critical thinking class and she didn't grade you badly for interpreting things differently, as long as you got the gist of it and used your brain. Few lectures but very insightful ones when she gave them.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGLV01B
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Lydia is a great professor. She gives good prompt's for papers and there is no final! Homework is easy, we only did 3 portfolios the whole semester, so it's easy to fall behind if you don't keep up with assigned work. Her assistant does most of the reading and grading, but it's an easy A with minimal effort.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGLV03
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very nice teacher. A lot of homework, group work and reading out loud in the class during circle time. She doesn't explain classwork or homework very clear, so make sure to snap a picture of the broad with assignments written ( her writing is very hard to understand). Book is mandatory, she will drop you if you don't have it.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG1B
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lydia is a great professor! She gives out homework during every class, but as long as you keep up you will pass the class! She is open to other peoples interpretations of assignments. If you don't go to class, it is easy to fall behind! There are no tests which is awesome. If I was still at VC I would take her again! It was an easy A for me.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISHV01A
• 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:

Lydia is a wonderful English teacher. She shows films and documentaries which peak your creativeness. She presents interesting and informative information. I would recommend her for all students. Lydia has the goals of helping students to learn and think. I dropped out of 3 other classes before I found this amazing teacher. I am now doing great.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGV01B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Lydia is a nice lady and she has good intentions with her teaching. I enjoyed her class and we watched some interesting films. She is easy if you attend class and keep up to date on the work, but if you skip class you will quickly fall behind. Highly recommend!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGV01B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She is a very nice lady. I really enjoyed her class. Didn`t feel stressed before going to her class. 3 portfolios. 3 different topics. Real life related topics that really make you think. I learned a lot. Not only writing, but also about things that matter in life. Thank you Lydia!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGV01B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Lydia is a different teacher to say the least. There are no test in this class. Just portfolios with a lot of writing assignments. This class is an easy A. The only thing negative is that she isn't exactly clear what is due. Very confusing but you can navigate through it. She is a great teacher though.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGVO1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

This class was really easy but yet confusing at the same time, the easy was that the assignments were not hard and that she grades you on if you meet her criteria rather than the work itself and also attendance is 50% of your grade. But the bad is that she is not exactly clear on what is due and when it should be done.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENG21A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I had serious misgivings at the format of the class, as it was frenetic to say the least. However, as time went on, I began to appreciate her teaching style as it took a dense subject (Brit Lit Survey = booooring) and made it accessible. Lively class discussions and interesting projects. If you're confused, ask. I was happy I stuck it out.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGLV01A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This teacher is VERY unorganized. It's up to the students to come up with the amount of assignments we turn in for our portfolios(which took like 2 months to turn in the 1st one) & none of us agreed. However, she doesn't care about grammar as long as you try your best she will give you an A. & i loved the films we watched in class, too.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGLV01B
• 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:

Her class was exasperating 'cause she can't remember from one week to the next what she assigned for homework. Disorganized, unclear, disoriented. If you take ANY pride in your writing skills this is not the class for you! If you're not a good writer, want an easy A and don't mind confusion and no feedback then look no further than Ms Cosentino!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGVO1B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I took V01A and V01B with her and as long as you do all the work, go to class, and pay attention, you will do well.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGV01B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's a fine teacher if you like easy coursework and are prepared to read short stories only. We watched a lot of videos, more then necessary. I just wasn't challenged by her. She has some interesting topics for the class but I learned basically nothing since previous classes that I took covered mostly everything she covers.