Reviews of professor Karine Abadie

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst prof. Don't take if you are serious about learning French bc you won't. She'll take 30% of a paper you spent days on because you didn't put the page numbers at the bottom right in font Times New Roman size 10. She is also saucy, don't email her unless you want to be belittled.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super nice prof but this course is really hard to sit through at times. Almost none of the info covered in class is used in assessments but attendance AND participation matter. A LOT of questions to answer for the 3 tests and comprehension questions are due 8/12 weeks at random. Relatively easy A, but you've gotta be ready to do the work

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Literally the worst. No clear criteria or expectations, will grade literally everything (page numbers, date placement, ect) before actually grading your ideas and use of French, so by the time she actually reads your paper you've lost 50% for stuff she never specified if she wanted or not. If you're a good student, expect terrible grades.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Karine is a gem at MUN. If you actually want to learn something, take her. If you expect something easy with no grammar correction, easy reading, easy everything, don't. Karine is fair, shy but strict. The only prof at MUN who is very strict on grammar which helps you write better. Love her. My french got better with each submission.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Save yourself guys. I got nearly all my marks taken away on a paper (I knew I made mistakes, that isn't the issue) because of small editing mistakes such as page numbers not being in the right place. I'm usually a 90+ student and I'm at risk of failing. She won't let you resubmit ANYTHING and her feedback sucks! DO NOT TAKE!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I initially did not like Karine because she is an extremely tough grader and her assignment outlines can be confusing, however, my writing and attention to detail definitely improved by the end of the course, and I ended up doing a lot better in the course than anticipated.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This course made me drop my French minor and do Biochem instead if that tells you anything. At a 3000 level course, Dr. Abadie would quiz you on things like what a composed verb tense is and then give you a 60 on an assignment you put hours of work into. Feedback was unhelpful and besides marking she was absent as a prof during remote learning.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing prof. One of the absolute best. Extensive and in-depth knowledge of subject matter, enthusiastic and thorough lectures, comprehensive notes, clear and precise guidelines and expectations, full use of D2L, responsive, accessible, timely with grading and feedback. She is invested in student's success and puts the work in.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Super tough grader, especially in regards to small administrative features, like numbers at the bottom of the page. Unclear feedback on assessments and not always easy to reach outside of class. I didnt take her RMP reviews seriously and I regret that so much.