ENGL 1500

I also loved the lectures but absolutely hated discussion. Mrs. Glassie did absolutely nothing to help me understand the text and really only engaged people who had already read all the books in discussion far outside the capabilities of someone who simple did the assigned readings to participate in. She was a terrible grader and never put our grades online so we had no idea what our grade was going into the final. Would not be surprised if she randomly assigned grades to the finals either.

I really enjoyed the lectures for ENGL 1500 Fantasy Literature with Holsinger, but I would not recommend taking the class with Ali as your TA. Discussion sections were essentially useless and did not at all help further my understanding of the texts. Also, when I went in to go over ideas for my essay Ali was not super helpful. Lastly, the expectations for participation were not at all communicated, which was a huge deal since it is worth 15% of the grade. Loved the class, but hated the discussions (they are mandatory), very boring and not at all helpful.