Reviews of professor Margaret Christakos

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Margaret's lessons were incredibly engaging & enjoyable! Her feedback (in class & on assignments) was always detailed, thoughtful and encouraging! We posted early drafts of work for her to provide feedback on, which was very helpful. She cared about all of the students & wanted everyone to succeed! If you love writing, I highly recommend!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
she gives people anxiety who don't do well with public speaking by calling out names to talk. This is not a speaking with confidence course. You cannot eat in her class which doesn't help students. I do not like she makes you read out your assignment to the class and assign 4 page assignments every night

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
No food allowed in her classroom. Not even snacks (that don't even smell....) which I find to be quite silly as we pay a lot of money to attend classes. Rules like this shouldn't exist. Food and snacks make us function better during long lectures. It's old school mentality and weird. She should definitely reconsider changing this ASAP.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
WASTES CLASS ON USELESS ACTIVITIES! Most of the 5-day course was spent on fun activities unrelated to assignments/course. Took several weeks to mark 1st paper. Never answers questions directly w/ yes/no, starts talking about something else/randomness. Extremely frustrating, to the point where it actually became a joke in class about her behavior.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you like writing you'll like this prof. She gave awesome feedback -very constructive. If you honestly try and hand in your assignments you'll find this course a great experience.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Instructions for all the assignments are posted on D2L, which she also clarifies in class. Participation is graded. Very encouraging, especially if English is not your first language. Lectures can be long but are clear and enjoyable. Turn in your assignments on time and you will do well.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She makes the lectures engaging and encourages students when they participate. The feedback I received on my last assignment was the most detailed I've ever read from a prof at Ryerson. If you take it seriously you'll do well. Some say she wants to see you fail (?) but I see the complete opposite. She actually cares.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Assignments and particpation marks were managable. Prof's draft comments aimed at adding new angles rather than improvements. This made it confusing when comparing it to comments on the final submission. If you are looking to enhance your writing skills, do not take the intensive version of the course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very willing to listen to everyone's diverse opinions, and rather than shut them down, will compliment your ideas or add additional comments to them. She truly appreciates participation! The downside is that she is unable to give clear instructions if her life depended on it. For assignments, we were often left wondering what we had to do exactly.