Reviews of professor Jocelyn Olick

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Good class. Learned practical techniques to teach a second language. I didn't need to know a second language to take the class, not sure where that came from. Course consisted of creating a Digital Story, and giving a lesson plan in English geared towards English language learners. Challenging but in a good way.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I loved this class! Grading can be tough but she really wants her students to improve. Gives helpful feedback. Usually some light reading with assignments due weekly and she posts weekly lectures which are extremely helpful for the assignments and are only around 10min long videos. She also provides extra credit in her lectures so be sure to watch!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
You get group projects that require you to do a lot of work and if your partners don't do their work, she doesn't care you all get a bad grade. Claims to not be a tough grader, but she is, even though she doesn't explain what she expects from you clearly.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Total of 4 papers: literary narrative, rhetorical analysis, research paper, and theory of writing. All these papers can be revised before the final portfolio. Every week there are reading responses and a vocabulary log due which isn't hard to do. Overall the class wasn't so bad since the instructor is willing to clarify any confusions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I dread coming to this class. You must attend zooms but they're pointless. Nothing truly productive is discussed. She's a tough grader yet doesn't give clear instructions. She must have really high expectations. You also have to buy a lot of books for this class. And read sooo much every week only to have that book not be discussed

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Originally told us how to turn in our final some complained that it was hard she said we could either submit it a different way (more work for her) or original I submitted the original way all the work was there even emailed her before  due date to make sure She did not answer and I did not get full credit Did not think how it would affect my gpa

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class was not challenging at all. It was so easy that it took alot of the motivation I had for the class out. I had to force myself to do these high school level assignments. If this is your 1st or 2nd semester then maybe it would be okay to take but if you consider yourself even mildly adept as an English student I would avoid this course.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She is not understanding to any circumstance. Participation is part of the grade. Try your hardest. You have to know a second language and will have to give a presentation in that language. Camera has to be on. Do not be late

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Expect ALOT of effort in this class. Group based projects with others. Grade will suffer if you get a partner(s) like me who made excuses to not do the work and get the same grade! This was unfair. Not an easy A, hard grader, and better have the camera on and be on time. Knowledgable, but overdid it. I felt stressed, but made it out alive.