AI Rate Professor

Communication

Barbara Ristrim

SPE3 · SPE1A · SPE4420 · SPE4416 · SPEEC5567 · SPECH3 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Run from this speech/communication professor unless you have absolutely no alternative.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear CommunicationMoody GraderWorst Speech TeacherWasted TextbookAvoid Strongly
  • Most students call her among the .
  • , and failing students she dislikes.
  • A single softer review exists, but the dominant advice is to switch professors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

One student says content is not challenging, but others if she dislikes you.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Material itself is not described as advanced, but poor teaching makes the experience feel harder and more stressful.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Reviews do not clearly document an .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Nearly every review urges students to pick another teacher and labels her the worst.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report delayed grades and fear of failing based on whether she likes them.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

50/100

Workload is not the main complaint; confusion and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Described as , and bad at communicating for a communication instructor.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Speech performances and class running style dominate; textbook use is inconsistent.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person speech and communication courses are widely panned for , and .

Main concern

and risk of failing if she dislikes you.

What students said

“this is literally the .”
SPE4420
“ . .”
SPECH3
“If she doesn't like you, she will fail you!”
SPE1A

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.

Assessment centers on speeches with ; formal exam policies are not clearly described.

Speech-Based AssessmentUnclear Grade ReturnTextbook Underused

Assessment risk

Varies

40/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students mainly discuss speeches and .

Speech-Based AssessmentUnclear Grade Return
“i still don't know what my grade is on my first 2 speeches”
SPE4420
“If she doesn't like you, she will fail you!”
SPE1A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I will make sure none of .”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews, highlighting avoid-heavy speech teaching complaints. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

18/100

“this is literally the .”

🚫 Recommendation

15/100

“ . .”

⚖️

22/100

“If she doesn't like you, she will fail you!”

💬 Communication Fail

20/100

“although she is a communication major seucks at communicating”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • can not teach and only relies on the book and a crappy website

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • i still don't know what my grade is on my first 2 speeches
  • If she doesn't like you, she will fail you!
  • she is not challenging what so ever

Theme 3

🚫 About Recommendation

  • I will make sure none of .
  • I .
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Seven mostly negative in-person reviews from 2009-2010 with and some detail.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 54

Course coverage

SPE1A2 reviews
SPE31 review
SPE44161 review
SPE44201 review
SPECH31 review
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SPEEC55671 review

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