Monica Rothschild-Boros

SOC105 · ATHRO100 · NONVERBALBEHAV · ANTH101 · SOC100 · ATHR100 · ANTH100 · ANTRO100 · ANTRH100 · SOC108 · ANTH180 · ANTHR100 · ANTHRO · ANTHROA100H · ANTHSOC105 · ART101 · ANTHA100 · ANTHR2166 · ANTHRO100H · CRN20428 · 75 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 2.7/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 3.2

The decision

Avoid unless you have no alternative; students say the material can be fine but and personality make the class painful.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough subjective graderRude classroom toneHeavy weekly busyworkSelf-righteous vibeAvoid if possible

A large body of reviews clusters around rude, condescending, or self-righteous interpersonal style.
and harsh, especially on open-ended homework and essays.
Coursework is deadline-heavy with weekly quizzes, discussions, and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

A few students earn A by matching her exact expectations, but many describe harsh, subjective grading that punishes honest answers.

Online reviews stress trap-like open-ended grading; in-person reviews mix easy-if-you-comply claims with .

Is the course easy?

Standard

44/100

Material is often interesting and sometimes called easy, but and .

Online students emphasize reading load; in-person students more often debate personality versus content difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

and punish lateness, while others center almost everything on online weekly work.

Online courses focus on deadlines more than seat time; and showing up.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

, and many reviews explicitly say stay away despite occasional positive outliers.

Both online and ; positives are a minority in each.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students repeatedly report zeros or low marks for format quibbles and answers that do not match her preferred wording.

Format shift

Online essays and ; in-person papers are also called inconsistent.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and frequent deadlines create a boatload of ongoing work.

Format shift

Online reviews highlight 30-plus weekly links; .

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

A sizable share of students find her rude, unhelpful, and more .

Format shift

Negatives dominate both formats, though a minority of about expectations.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Weekly quizzes and , with many noting little or no traditional midterm or final.

Format shift

Online and hybrid sections lean on weekly chapter tests and boards; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and tough, while a minority say the class is easy if you follow her rules and do weekly online work.

Main concern

Personality clashes, talking-down, and .

What students said

“ .”
SOC105

“STAY AWAY”
ANTH100

“ !”
ANTHR100

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections , and open-ended questions graded against unspoken standard answers.

Main concern

Students feel trapped by vague prompts that still get marked wrong and .

What students said

“Over 30 links to read every week in addition to the text and weekly videos.”
ANTH100

“Get ready for a semester of questions worded like "I want to see you use your thinking skills and personal opinions" only to have them marked wrong regardless of your answer.”
ANTHA100

“Grades very hard, one mistake on the essay's formats and she gives you a zero.”
ANTH100

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment usually means weekly online quizzes and homework rather than a single high-stakes proctored final, but .

Weekly online chapter testsDiscussion boardsFew or no midterms/finalsOpen-ended homework questions

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews often still point to weekly online tests and , with difficulty coming more .

Weekly online testsNo midterm or final oftenTwo papers common

“easy class but she can be hard to deal with. tests are easy as long as you read.”
ANTHR100

“NO MID-TERM or .”
ATHRO100

Online

Online students describe weekly lecture or chapter questions, discussion boards, and webcam proctoring.

Weekly chapter testsOpen-ended weekly questionsDiscussion boards

“You get 30 questions on these. The weekly lecture questions are a bummer because the professor seems to have standard answers to these open-ended questions.”
ANTH100

“ and questions which should get easier by the 3rd week.”
20428

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting personality, grading harshness, and weekly workload themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“Awful, awful teacher. Self-righteous and .”

👎 Recommendation Rate

18/100

“STAY AWAY”

⚖️

22/100

“Assigns weekly chapter questions that are vague yet expects specific information in the answer.”

📚 Workload Pressure

28/100

“For an elective type of class, it is a boat load of work.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

she is extremely rude, all into herself, very boring
Self-righteous and self-absorbed.
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Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

Grades very hard, one mistake on the essay's formats and she gives you a zero.
and scores a 50% on many papers.
if you do the work you will get an A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

RUDE RUDE RUDE! .
.
Instructors should INstruct their students, not DEstruct them.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years show a durable majority pattern of harsh personality and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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2 out of 524

1 out of 513

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

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Monica Rothschild-Boros

Avoid unless you have no alternative; students say the material can be fine but her harsh grading and personality make the class painful.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Standard

Varies

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

👎 Recommendation Rate

⚖️ Grading Fairness

📚 Workload Pressure

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

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C range

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F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you have no alternative; students say the material can be fine but and personality make the class painful.

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