Rika Ito - St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Professor: Rika Ito

Department: Languages

College: St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: JAP111
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I took Japanese 111 with Ito Sensei and I can honestly say that she was an amazing teacher! Even if you feel uncomfortable with the language she pushes you to participate, and this made me much better at Japanese. I would definitely recommend this class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ASIAN126
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Despite the comments, Ito-sensei is a real gem. She's SUPER friendly, and is very willing to talk to you about your grade, especially if you drop by her office. She's usually in her office, so really, you could just drop in for a chat. I've taken several of her courses, and I've loved all of them.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: JAPANESE112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Ito has good intentions, but she is kind of derpy. She speaks decent English but not great and every once in a while things will get lost in translation. Also she has given the WLC a test late which sucked for some people that needed to do it earlier in their schedule. Will also upload assignments to moodle late so be ready to cram those.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH250
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor was one of the worst professors I have had here. She is a very great person, but she cannot teach this course. Besides her disorganization, she never seemed to answer my questions in a clear way, and I never received any straight answers from her. I highly suggest staying away.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ASIAN126
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is extremely inconsistent. She assigns a lot of busy work. There is a LOT of reading every night. She assigns projects and is not willing to meet or give very much feed back.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: JAPAN232
• 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:

Ito Sensei was not helpful as a professor. She was hyper critical of everything I did, while simultaneously being very generous with points to other students. I really felt like she had a vendetta against me. Upon asking for advice about not being able to get my 89% up to a A- in the class, she just told me I wasn't good enough at Japanese.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: JPN232
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Ito is a lot of fun in her classes. She is very helpful and will guide you through problems. She demands a lot of work at times, but the difficulty isn't always high. If you take her for a linguistics course, work on the final project. Totally recommended, plus you get to read Manga for class. (Doraemon)

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: BEGINNERJAPN
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: JPN252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Unorganized, esp. with remembering to give us our homework. Homework, while only a page, could take up to 2 hrs -- lots of paragraphs to write in Japanese and specific questions to answer. But always desiring feedback from students. Uses Moodle like nobody's business.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: JPN252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

People seem to have good experiences in Beginning Japanese, but don't take Advanced with Ito unless you have lots of time on your hands and masochistic tendencies. She gave preferential treatment to some students and was extremely unwilling to deviate from the (TERRIBLE) curriculum.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: JAP111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

SOOO into teaching. Very upbeat and helpful. Better than all the profs in the German, French, Spanish, Latin, and Norwiegan depts put together.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: JPN111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The most amazing language teacher I have ever had (and that's saying a lot). Ito Sensee's classes are full of so much energy! You will not be bored.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: JAP101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very energetic and talented teacher. Gives alot of homework, which is good. You learn better.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: JPN112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She's a great teacher, and I second what others have said. St. Olaf is lucky to have her.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: JAP111112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

has A LOT of energy (really); lots of practice, repetition, quizzes, work with partners...gets to your sanity after awhile, but she's pretty good at teaching a language that appears to be impossible. open to questions and available for help. =)

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: JPN252
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is really nice, but sometimes it was hard to learn from her. Second semester got better though and we did some fun things. It is a pretty hard class though.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: JPN111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She is completely insane and makes Japanese really fun...I'd recommend her

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: JAPN111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very good teacher. Makes Japanese much easier to learn.

Rating # 19

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Great prof, very nice. Also an academic advisor, she does everything she can to help students. Fun classes.