Reviews of professor Malallai Zalmai

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very tough grader, she does not clarify exactly what she wants in the assignments. Very unapproachable when asking her questions about course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very very very tough grader. She will take off half of your total score just for one mistake. When you have to do papers you must do them exactly the way she wants it or its an automatic zero. One thing about this professor is that she will give extra credit every discussion which was my only regret

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst prof ever. Straight up tells the class "your midterms were bad, no one got the prompt for the essay. You all need to learn to read better". You would think if the majority of the class misunderstood, its a teaching issue but apparently all the students just happen to misunderstand the EXACT same thing. Don't take any classes with this prof.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Instructor is condescending when asking for help with an assignment. I feel intimidated to reach out for any guidance on assignments. Sent out an announcement after grading midterms stating that the majority of the class did not follow instructions. The announcement was very negative and stated that a majority of the class did "too much research."

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Rubric and instructions never correlate and she will doc YOU for it.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I am taking her course. She is unapproachable when asking for help. Her directions are unclear and she offers little to no clarification when asked. As a result it feels like you are aiming at a moving target and if you don't know exactly what she is looking for, she will grade the assignments with very little latitude

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Being from Afghanistan, I am sure that she had to work very hard to get where she is, but don't hold EVERYONE else to those standards.  Relativism is taught in your class, you shouldn't have to experience it as well.  Many papers for minimum points.  I lost my drive for taking classes in this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Be ready to keep track of your own due dates and assignments because she will change them on a whim. Also make sure you know how to link chapters in word for the term paper.