Reviews of professor Mihaiela Despau

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
(FR150*) Super sweet prof. There is a lot of participation in class but she is very patient and you can tell she really tries to make everyone feel safe about sharing. For most coming from highschool background extra work outside of class is really needed as new content is reviewed pretty quickly. I learned a lot from this class though :)

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take FR101 unless you already speak French. Classes were all in French (the language that I do not speak and was trying to learn). She talks fast and expects you to memorize content that you went over in 1 minute in a language you are unfamiliar with. Not sure how I was supposed to learn anything when I never knew what was going on.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Nice lady but oh dear god it's hard to learn anything from her. The MyLs content is so convoluted and disorganized, as well as the lectures and slides themselves being overstimulating, chaotic, and unclear. She jumps from topic to topic with no time to digest the information, and teaches everything like it's just review. Lots of group work as well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It's very clear she cares about her students. Very nice and approachable person. She does force all students to participate in class and answer homework questions. Grading on everything but the exam was very tough. Exam was straightforward and was all from the outline.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is super sweet and genuinely engaged with the class. She is always happy to answer questions or go over content again if someone doesn't understand. Our class was pretty small so it was hard not to participate but she never gets upset or frustrated if you make a mistake while answering questions. Highly recommend her as a prof.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
She is a sweet person but sometimes can get too much. Her class reminds me of high school french with all the unnecessary homework and participation. I feel like i'm not really learning in her class or engaged. I wish it was more structured on improving my french instead of homework and answering silly questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
very caring prof who is very respectful of students comfort levels.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very sweet and knowledgable professor. The lectures are balanced with engaging activites and lots of grammar content. The french classes themselves lack structure and are not as effective as they could be in my opinion, but she makes do with the rules and gives plenty of resources to help her students.