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Anita Penner

HIST195 · HIST180 · HIST170 · HISTG170 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
5/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.4

The decision

unless you can teach yourself from the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProScattered lecturesUnclear expectationsHeavy readingPoor organizationFrustrated with questions
  • Students consistently say the course is hard because because history content is inherently difficult.
  • , and solo work with little guidance.
  • Recommendations are strongly negative across all five reviews.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

25/100

Getting an A appears to require heavy independent reading and guessing unclear expectations .

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Students say the material itself is not the main problem, but poor organization makes the course feel much harder.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

Reviews mention bringing textbooks every day and full-period lectures, but they do .

Only in-person reviews discuss classroom routines, and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Students strongly discourage taking her because lectures , and questions are handled poorly.

All recommendation evidence is negative and comes from in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Grading seems demanding because quizzes, papers, reading discussions, and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

20/100

Students report many pages of reading, weekly quizzes, novels, papers, and substantial solo work.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe workload, and they consistently frame it as heavy.

Teaching experience

Awful

8/100

Students consistently describe the teaching as , and poorly aligned with readings and tests.

Format shift

All and is consistently negative.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Assessment appears to , and a paper.

Format shift

, and papers; no online assessment evidence exists.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students describe disorganized , and poor responsiveness to questions.

Main concern

Students may need to teach themselves because lectures and .

What students said

“Be prepared to do a lot of solo work to pass.”
HIST180
“Prof. Penner was all over the place this semester!”
HIST170
“The Worst! She is sweet but extremely scattered and over demanding.”
HIST195

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews mention tests and weekly quizzes, but they do not clearly prove proctoring, open-book rules, or .

Textbook-Based TestsWeekly QuizzesExam Policy Not Clearly Proven

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and weekly quizzes, but exam rules are not clearly proven.

Textbook-Based TestsWeekly Quizzes
“she lectures for the whole period but only takes questions for the .”
HIST170
“Weekly quizes that are based on about 30pgs in the textbook”
HIST195

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I had the hardest time in this class, not because the material was difficult, but because .”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, workload, and grading. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

8/100

“Prof. Penner was all over the place this semester!”

⚖️

25/100

“ and is in denial on anything the class is trying to say to help her teach us better.”

📚 Workload Pressure

20/100

“Be prepared to do a lot of solo work to pass.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she is a bit air headed and .
  • she confuses the class by saying one thing and then saying another.
  • The Worst! She is sweet but extremely scattered and over demanding.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload And Tests

  • Be prepared to do a lot of solo work to pass.
  • 3 books were assigned totaling $200 and we only used one of them.
  • Weekly quizes that are based on about 30pgs in the textbook

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Five detailed in-person reviews across multiple courses are highly consistent, though they are old and lack grade data.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 55

Course coverage

HIST1702 reviews
HIST1801 review
HIST1951 review
HISTG1701 review

Reported outcomes

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