Sheila Lynch

ART115 · ART106 · ARTOFFILM · ART106H · ART105 · ART110 · ART106HONORS · ART101110 · 92 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 26/100
RMP rating: 3.4/5
Take again: 31.43%
Difficulty: 2.2

The decision

Avoid unless you need the GE credit and can tolerate a harsh classroom personality for relatively easy material.

Best fit · Easy A HunterCondescending AttitudeBathroom PoliceEasy ContentUnorganized OnlinePassionate But Harsh

Course content is often easy and grades can be high, but classroom climate complaints dominate.
Many students report sarcasm, public shaming, and harsh reactions to bathroom breaks or small disruptions.
, and delayed grading.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Many students report easy content, open notes, and A or A+ outcomes if work is completed.

Both formats can grade easily, but online ART115 often feels harder due to volume and .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Material is often basic art or film content, though .

; online 8-week sections feel denser and more demanding.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and students are scolded for leaving class or missing focus.

In-person is strictly managed; online still often requires weekly Zoom or heavy participation.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

and repeated warnings about attitude outweigh passion-focused positive reviews.

Online reviews are especially negative on organization; in-person reviews are polarized but .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Content is often easy and notes may be allowed, but some call her a and presentations.

Format shift

; online ART115 .

Workload

Moderate

46/100

and quizzes, while online and honors sections pile on daily work.

Format shift

Online reviews more often report lots of homework and daily deadlines.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Some praise passion and knowledge, but many describe condescension, public shaming, and weak classroom climate.

Format shift

In-person critiques focus on demeanor; online critiques focus on organization and Canvas delays.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

Quizzes, tests, modules, presentations, and .

Format shift

and quiz heavy; online adds discussions, papers, and daily posts.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

and strong criticism of rude, controlling classroom behavior.

Main concern

Frequent reports of condescension, restroom shaming, and belittling comments.

What students said

“sarcastic and condescending attitude.”
ART105

“Don't step out for any reason, not even the restroom or she will make you feel bad about it.”
ART105

“STRAY AWAY FROM THIS PROFFESOORRR! She is absolutely horrible.”
ART105

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ART classes often feel overloaded, poorly timed on Canvas, and .

Main concern

, and delayed grades create avoidable stress.

What students said

“ .”
ART115

“ , awful class.”
ART115

“The teacher makes every little assignment so complicated...”
ART115

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Multiple students say exams allow notes or study guides, and content itself is often easy.

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and are described as manageable.

Open NotesStudy Guide AllowedRetakeable Quizzes

“ALLOWED to use notes and .”
ART106

“she lets you use notes for exams.”
ART105

“ALL of .”
ART106

Online

; reviews do not clearly prove webcam proctoring.

Canvas QuizzesModule-Based

“ and are based on the modules.”
ART110

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“STRAY AWAY FROM THIS PROFFESOORRR! She is absolutely horrible. She belittles her students any chance she gets.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (9 online, 41 in person), highlighting climate issues versus easy content. Credibility rating: High.

⚠️ Classroom Climate

22/100

“sarcastic and condescending attitude.”

🚽 Restroom Policing

15/100

“Don't step out for any reason, not even the restroom or she will make you feel bad about it.”

📗 Easy Content

76/100

“Easy class due to evident lack of passion for teaching but .”

💻 Online Organization Issues

25/100

“She also doesn't allow you to have access to your grades and she isn't up to date with .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She is extremely passionate about her craft.
She confuses everyone when she lectures.
bring a pillow because she'll put u right to sleep if shes lecturing.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Easy A also
and still received an A.
just put in the work that she asks of you

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

She shames her students for quite literally anything.
She got physically aggressive with me and used me to make an example in front of the whole class.
Would go over class time for 30min-1hr past scheduled times and wasted the whole time humiliating her students

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over a decade give a large sample with recurring themes on attitude versus easy content.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 534

4 out of 522

3 out of 510

2 out of 57

1 out of 519

Course coverage

ART10514 reviews

ART11513 reviews

ART10612 reviews

ART1106 reviews

ART106H2 reviews

Show 3 more courses

ART1011101 review

ART106HONORS1 review

ARTOFFILM1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

32 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 8 · A 7 · A- 2

B range

B+ 2 · B 5

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 3 · Not_Sure_Yet 1 · Rather not say 2