Sarah Hersh - SUNY Potsdam

Professor: Sarah Hersh

Department: Music

College: SUNY Potsdam

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STRINGSEM101
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hersh is trying her best. She does a lot and is thinking a lot. She gets flustered when working with a lot of people at once but is very helpful in a one on one setting.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MUCS420
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

An actual angel. A fantastic studio teacher

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MUCE140
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is an awful teacher. Insanely disfunctional and will fail you for her lack of ability to function as a human. She will never answer your emails but if you dont answer something she will flip out and fail you. AWFULLLLL TEACHER AVOID AT ALLLLL COSTS. SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING SHE TEACHES BECAUSE SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE IS TEACHING

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MUCE140
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hersh is a genius, however experiences issue explaining all the thoughts in her head. If you take the time to work with her then she can teach you incredible things. String seminar can be dry and painful but if you put in the effort to work with her you will gain helpful body mapping knowledge. It's basically body mapping 101.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MUCE140
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Would not recommend unless absolutely necessary.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MUCS420
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Hersh is the sweetest, most dedicated studio professor in the world. The relationships she builds with her students are life-long and truly meaningful. She has helped me grow tremendously as a musician and a student. I love her. Yay team!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: STRINGSEMINAR
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

This class is mandatory, so no avoiding taking it with her, but you will not enjoy this. She does not explain anything well enough and if you don't constantly check her moodle page you will never know what is due, if anything is ever due. The content of the class is good, but she is not good at teaching this course. Get out of her advising too.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MUCE140
• 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 can talk for hours on end without answering your question. She's a nice woman with good intentions but sometimes she should think before she speaks. String Seminar is manditory for ED majors so you don't have a choice but to have her. Do the work she assigns and you'll pass with no problems.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SUZ101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Yes her personality is like the mad professor but she's a very professional woman. But NSP and Suzuki Teaching Principles is a must for the string teachers. You'll learn a lot more from her classes than from the String Practi****classes. Learning the Suzuki method will help you be more qualified as a private teacher as well.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Dear God this woman can talk for hours and not say anything, it is amazing!!

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Make sure you read ever sheet she hands out .... she is a very sneeky teacher that likes to say things without u even knowing. Study very hard for her tests ... they are hard... question that you wouldn't even think would be on a test are the test. oh and when she tells you to listen something make sure you know it fowards and backwards. there is a lot of outside homework involved.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: STRINGTECH
• 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:

Worst Tech Class I've ever taken, but great woman and decent teacher. Hershey bar rocks!

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Dr. Hirsch is a very hard teacher to understand. Unless you are one of her favs in NSP, she doesn't care what you do. Whenever you have a question, be prepared to listen to her for 15 minutes without an answer.

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Hersh is a poor violinist, and poor teacher.

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Dr. Hirsch's National String Project is EXCELLENT for anyone pursuing string teaching - You get to teach classes of young kids and put on a concert - Take advantage of it now!