Reviews of professor Tara Menon

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She seems nice in the beginning, but overtime, she gets mean. If you do not have the same opinion as her she will shame you in front of the class. She also pins students against each other. The readings are ridiculously long and don't have much to do with the course. The essays are easy, but the class is not enjoyable.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This is not a tough class. She is very flexible and understanding when it comes to deadlines and there is a pretty lenient grading rubric. Participation really matters but it's just discussion-based, and the texts we read were all very interesting. If you're looking for a more chill course that'll still make you think then this is the one for you.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Menon always offers extensions on papers. There is a lot of reading, and you should do them as she tends to cold call if no one participates. She is a hard grader, but she provides a lot of feedback and is always accessible out of class. If you put in the effort it is not a hard class at all. 3 papers + random writing assignments. Very sweet!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Passive aggressive. Pretends to be nice but is intense and tries to catch students. Also never responds to emails. Very hot and cold kind of person.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I really enjoyed Professor Menon's course. She made sure that she met with every student throughout the semester and was very helpful with questions regarding papers. The course was heavily discussion and reading based but I would definitely recommend it for the Texts and Contexts requirement.