Reviews of professor Joanna Laird

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I have never had a worse experience in a class. All the professors I've had a Cal Poly predating Chem 110 were great, but my experience with professor Laird was the exact opposite. I've never seen a teacher with such a blatant disregard for her students and their educational success. She's unreceptive to student's comments and just generally rude.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Had her for lab. She is not the best at explaining things. Super fast responder to emails, always available during office hours or by appointment to help. I wish she went slower because she goes really fast. Also, she gives too much free time to do hw when she should use that time to teach us more in depth.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Laird is a wonderful teacher and really cares about her students. She is so helpful and incredibly responsive to her students via email. However she is HARD, maybe I'm just not a chem guy but Dr. laird expects a lot from you and the 15 min quiz's are brutal. That said she is very fair is does curve when needed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I enjoyed having Dr Laird as my professor. She always provided great feedback and was willing to help when needed. You can tell she cares about her students education. If you want an easy A dont take this class, or any chem classes for that matter. Just do the work, ask questions and you should be fine.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a pretty middle of the road professor. Does not assign much homework but you gotta do some extra studying to make sure you do well on tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly I thought Dr. Laird was a pretty good professor. She explains things really well as is eager to help anyone who is stuck. This class was not too difficult. Two homework assignments and a quiz each week. The labs were sometimes fun and entertaining. The exams were also pretty fair. Overall, Dr. Laird was a great chemistry professor!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly, I don't know why she has such bad reviews, chemistry is naturally hard but I think the way she explains things really helps, I would recommend her as a teacher.