Reviews of professor Marisela Barrera

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Barrera is a wonderful teacher! This is a good course to "force" yourself to read/watch films and literature you normally may not read on your own. Lots of time is spent watching movies in class which was lots of fun! You can tell she truly cares about her students and wants them to be successful. Would definitely take her again!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I've taken her two times because her system makes sense to me. She usually has 1-2 discussion boards per week, then assignments to help build up content for your major papers(of which there are usually 3). The finals are very easy but sometimes she takes a while to grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I had a lot of fun in this class, very high energy and actually cares about her students. Very easy grader, just follow the rubric and go to the writing lab a few times and you should get an easy A on all your major papers. If you hate English classes I highly recommend taking this course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Too easy-going, class is spent talking about unrelated nonsense. If you want to slide by and waste time, this class is it. If you want to learn, look elsewhere. Emphasis on participation & attendance. Material is self-taught and you are left to learn alone. No feedback and marks you down without explaining why and how to improve. Waste of time.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
she never helps and there's way too many essays. bad grading, grades late, and always talks about useless stuff in class. would never take again also had very bad personal experience with her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
It's an English class, so there will be essays and lectures, but I found Professor Barrera to be engaging and fair in grading assignments. I appreciate that she is not lecture-heavy straight out of the textbook and can work in other parts of life experience to make things more fun.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
too many essays. lectures too long leaving no class time left for work. doesn't let you work on other classes work in her class. bad grading, grades late,  would never take again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Awesome professor, I would take her again. So much extra credit and the assignments aren't hard. She has a lot of homework based around san antonio. always available after class if there are any questions and is super clear with what she wants from you. if you turn in your assignment late you have to wait longer for a grade but it's understandable.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
she does a weird essay towards the end of the semester that is not timed very well. essays are to frequent and never enough time in class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The course was easy. Prof. Barrera was always very clear about assignment criteria and due dates. My class was very heavy on sharing discussion posts/ essays out loud so be prepared for that (ENGL 1301). Would definitely recommend it for 1st-year college students.