Reviews of professor Mariko Shimizu

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a very kind teacher with great lectures and they are all posted online to watch if you missed anything. Pearson hw wasn't bad because if you got stuck you could always get help on the book that would explain the question directly. Her test are very few questions and are tricky as it doesn't follow the study guide too much. Overall best prof

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Easily one of the best professors at AVC. Not only is she kind, understanding, and incredibly welcoming - her lectures are clear and easy to follow, the homework assignments are a guaranteed 100% if you do them, and she offers SO much help (even if you are nervous about math, like myself). Take her every chance you can - she is one of a kind!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It's probably a me thing but I found it very difficult to learn from Mariko. She is very kind and outgoing but the content in the lectures looked nothing like the homework, making it difficult to digest concepts. I am someone who always wants to know the 'why' but she was not very good at elaborating.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very kind professor cares for her students, a lot of lectures, and goes over questions, tests are tough but she gives a day of review beforehand

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Take her most caring and sweetest professor ever !!!!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
If you can take her class I absolutely recommend you do. She is such a kind hearted teacher, and gives you so many opportunities to speak up if you're confused about anything. She has online lectures too so you can go back and see exactly what she did. There are lots of assignments, but they're pretty easy. Stay on top of work and you'll be fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Provides extra credit options, online lecture videos, study guides, simple worksheets where she grades a bit picky but gives so many chances to redo it and tells you what you did wrong until you get 100%. Always available for office hours w/ zoom, goes through a lot of hard homework / worksheet problems in class. If you do the work, you will pass.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Extremely picky grader. Will mark you wrong on tests even if you get the right answer, if she does not like the way you did it. Tests are worth most of grade. Highly condescending when teaching. Boring and confusing lectures. Would not take again. Makes math even more frustrating, stressful and daunting than it already is.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I cannot recommend her enough! She is the sweetest lady ever! If you are confused she will happily explain until you understand, and she gives lots of time to ask questions. I will say, you have to stay on top of your assignments because there is a bit to keep track of but it's all very simple. She also gives a lot of extra credit!