Reviews of professor Valri Nesbit

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Honestly the worst teacher I've ever had. She's so inconsistent with the grading & doesn't tell students what they need to improve on and only takes off points and says it "could be better" with no further context. Many friends in her class have been stressed the entire semester because she does not teach and offers no help to struggling students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I came into the class passionate to learn about California government however, this class has really left a sour taste. Assignments are unnecessarily time-consuming and the class structure is almost like a trap. It isn't hard to make a class and assignment structure that is student-friendly, and this class fails to do so on many levels.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
There is no learning involved in this class. The teacher doesn't teach you. You really won't learn anything in this class if you have even a basic grasp of government and U.S. history. There are many weekly assignments and they are all trivial. Take this class only if required, or if you slept through every single middle school history class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
No lectures, you learn from reading the textbook. Lots of homework each week (vocabulary terms, current event assignment, 1 page paper on topic of the week), but I finished the class having learned a lot. She responded to my questions in a timely manner and left encouraging feedback. If you work hard and manage your time you will pass. Just try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I learned absolutely nothing from this class. She does no teaching whatsoever and this class is completely self taught. She disregarded and ignored important emails. She doesn't accept late work or makeup work. Considering we are in a pandemic I thought she would be a bit more accommodating. Only take this class if you have nothing else to do.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took this class online during the corona pandemic. I unfortunately still had to go to work and attend 4 classes. Teacher is impatient, 6-8 time consuming assignments a week, LOTS of readings. I wouldn't recommend this class if you plan of taking other courses, it was hard trying to finish all the work and finding time for my other classes and job

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I had to take this class as it's a REQUIREMENT. Not only did this teacher have many assignments due a week, at least 4 long assignments, she is not specific with her weekly updates to the class. You try to email her, she takes weeks to respond and she is not very patient with your questions, even if they are valid questions to ask.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took this class online at the beginning of Covid as an 8-week class. This class is very opinion based when it comes to the papers, but they require a bit of diving into political topics, which can get annoying. Test questions are in the book (I recommend getting an e-textbook). She will ready every single paper and key term definition you submit.