Reviews of professor Amy Ray

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Literally the worst professor I've ever had. Assigns useless busy work, don't think I actually learned anything. Has you write essays and is ridiculously picky when grading. Wants to come off as funny and relatable, but is actually very condescending and rude. Unfortunately you can't choose professors for this course. If you get her, good luck!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Caring, great person outside of class. In class, she gives pointless feedback and is extremely picky and rude. Her lectures are not interesting and contain childish examples of activities. She expects the class to become elementary students during class and it is ridiculous. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Ray is a wonderful professor. She intentionally considers how to effectively teach young children math concepts. I learned so much from her and it has helped me to be an effective teacher in the classroom. She knows what she's talking about! Her feedback is intentional and she truly cares about your work. I would recommend her to anyone.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I worked so hard to get an A in this class. The assignments in her class did not help in furthering my education in teaching. The modules are taught by a different professor, she just uses her videos. She uses another teachers content, yet grades harshly on those assignments.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
D. Ray is a good professor but she assigns a lot of busy work in the class, and believe me, it is ALOT of work. Very passionate about Math. I felt like I didn't learn anything for Elementary Mathematics.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Its confusing because a lot of her work is having you write... in a math class. Yet, she grades your writing but she herself doesnt know anything about writing and she grades poorly. She is insensitive to other people and their troubles and expects a lot from the class even though you have a field placement along with this course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ray definitely cares about her students and makes the effort to get to know everyone. Although, there is definitely a HUGE work load that can be very time consuming and lots of busy work. Despite the amount of homework, Dr. Ray is pretty organized and helpful outside of class. You will feel like you are back in elementary school though.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was Dr. Ray's first year teaching at SHSU so this may be the reason she grades so poorly. She treats this "simple" course like graduate school because good is never good enough. You can turn in the most thoughtful reflective work and she will still find something wrong with your work.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Dr. Ray is honestly THE BEST professor at Sam! I learned so much from her! And every activity/lecture was very interactive and hands on. Not rigid. On the contrary, shes hilarious, easy going, and a true inspiration! Just do your part in being respectful and putting your best foot forward in her class and you will do just fine! Trust me! ��