Reviews of professor Kristen Thornton

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Thornton is a horrible teacher. I had to basically teach myself this course because you simply cannot understand her speaking in her lectures. Without even taking into account the 5 or so lectures that she was sick and coughing the entire time, even when healthy her voice creeps to a lowly whisper for half the lecture. Lots of homework.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I am awful at math, I went into this class just trying not fail. However I found the class was set up in a way to help me not fail. 3 extra credit assignments, the homework/practice tests gives you multiple tries, she also weighted the tests. You have to work, it was hard (for me). But I love this teacher for making it possible, I even got a C.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Thornton clearly cares about her students. ACC 211 is a difficult class as it is, so I think she does her best to make it not as difficult. Homework is a lot of calculation questions whereas the tests are conceptual so they are pretty difficult, but she curves all the exams! Final is optional if you want to help your grade at the end!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Thornton is really nice and caring but she is very hard to learn from. She uploads the lectures/ examples only a day or two before assignments are due so you basically have to teach yourself the content. I found that her lectures also had very little to do with the actual homework assigned. That being said, there are lots of pts. available.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Keep up with the packback and connect assignments, as those are a majority of your grade. Out of all my accounting teachers, she has been my favorite. The due dates kept changing weekly, I am not sure if this has happened in other semesters, but it was hard to keep track of when stuff was due, and it felt like I was always behind.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love her so much. Very caring and I really like her style of teaching. Highly recommend.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Not great not awful. Her lectures aren't engaging, half the time just going over one example, but there are so many resources to help you. Multiple study guides before tests (closed note but with formula sheet in lockdown). If you stay on top of the work and do decent on the homework's you can easily get an A or B. Lots of extra credit as well.