Reviews of professor Yumi Parks

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Parks is a funny teacher, but sometimes she loses track of time. Overall, her class is easy. If you put in the work, you will get an A. You will have to do the following: *3 tests (easy) *3 essays (easy-medium) *Kanji quizzes (medium) *Vocab quizzes+EC (easy) *2 group projects (depends on schedules) *Workbook (easy)

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best Japanese Professor ever! (Aside from Oppenheim sensei!) she gives great feedback and gives you extensions if you need them. The workload is pretty easy and makes sure to attend the tutoring sessions since they help A LOT especially when it comes to reviewing for the quizzes and exams. They also help you proofread your papers there.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a really good professor and she explains the concepts clearly. She clearly has a lot of passion for teaching people Japanese. I loved taking her class and I would totally take her again. I took this class over summer as an online class, so there was a lot of homework, but that's pretty normal for summer classes.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is not strict as a Japanese teacher and encourages you to make mistakes so that she can help you and teach better (don't make to many though). She's kind and tells you about cultural experiences in Japan and will at least make you laugh once per class session. And if you don't look at the syllabus you are screwed my dude. (Level 2 Japapanese)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Be ready to do a LOT of self-studying. Sensei covers each lesson once in class, doesn't review like other teachers. Kanji quizzes are hard. 204 is intermediate but she expects us to be advanced. Final big group project with short notice, hard to do w/multiple people & other classes. She's funny, gives extra credit, wants you to learn.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Parks is the funniest teachers I've ever had. This was a night class during the Covid pandemic, and it was the highlight of my week. It's not an easy class, mostly because of the content. But she's funny, is really responsive to students, and generally just makes it a pleasure to be in class. I highly recommend her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Yumi Sensei is an absolutely amazing teacher. I feel prepared to move on to the next level because of her. Her class is not easy, so do not take it if you do not care. She is so funny and overall just an amazing person. She bends over backwards to get you the grade you prefer as long as you put in effort. She is honestly the best prof Ive had here