Eva Fuchs

School: UC Berkeley
Department: English
Location: Berkeley, CA
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I had the unfortunate luck of being in Ms. Fuch’s class as a freshmen back in 1984! The class size I recall was around 20 so I had a good amount of interaction with her. Hands down the worst professor I had during my Cal education. Her teaching style was dry and dull, her selection of books for a freshmen class included a non-fiction tome about the end civilization, the title escapes me but it was a tortuous read completely innappropriate for a freshmen English course. The reason I remember her and why I write this review this far removed from my college days is that she was completely subjective in grading, in other words she had teacher’s pets and if you weren’t one of them your papers were graded accordingly. She was brittle and dismissive if she didn’t like you.
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Class was a little boring, but she only has one group project and one essay due. Overall great class.
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I don't know what anybody is talking about. This class was pretty darn easy, all you have to do is do the work.. she is very nice and helpful. i will say thought that the classes do get very boring.. but most classes do.. i would say for anybody that is a decent student and not some idiot that still thinks they are in highschool I would take this teacher
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I can relate to all of the negative comments about Prof. Fuchs since I took her for English 1002 in the past (barely passed the class). However, it seems that she worked on her teaching style a bit and made it easier for students to pass this class. I was surprised that I got an "A-" in the class but I had to work hard on the load of assignments that were given to us (in fact, I didn't even work on the other stuff until the last couple weeks of the quarter). I don't think she is a terrible teacher but she's not really easy either. The workload is pretty tough and if you don't manage your time wisely, it'll come back to haunt you. To think I thought about dropping this class in the middle of the quarter...
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Eva Fuchs should not be teaching at the college level, especially for English. She comes across as disorganized, unprepared, and lacking an idea of what the class is designed to teach. Each class is scattered, she seldom follows any sort of schedule. Eva Fuchs is not a leader or a teacher. She wants the class to endlessly debate some rather tired subjects. There is almost a stench of death in the class, she lets the class go on and on about ideas or stories that have been over-analyzed and discussed. She pretends to be an authority on race issues, yet she cannot connect to anyone in the class. She has a 'pet' or two in the class that she relies on to bark when she can't get anyone else to talk. Her grading of papers is undecipherable. She gives no guidance or guidelines, she just corrects at her whim. I found the class so distasteful that I had to force myself to go. The class actually made me like writing LESS. I do enjoy writing, but the time in this class debating inane little stories or movies was a grind. There was no leadership or direction. Eva Fuchs doesn't know what this class is supposed to be, she doesn't convey any form of confidence or instill any creative process in the students. Every (really every) student that I talked to was extremely frustrated by this class. The minority students laughed at her attempts to bring up race issues, the simple-minded 'know-it-all' jerks tried to dominate the discussions, and everyone wanted the class to end each night. It was a 6:30 to 10:00 class, and Eva Fuchs liked to keep the class very near that end time. She didn't understand that every student wanted to go home. It would have been nice to actually learn something in this class, but having Eva Fuchs as the 'instructor' prevented that. I presume she is a very frustrated person taking out her life's disappointments on unsuspecting and helpless college students. You have to produce a 'binder' at the end of the class with all you work in it. I did a good job, but was honest in my evaluation of the class. Got a much lower than necessary grade. My suspicion is that Eva Fuchs personally enjoys tormenting college students because her own life is so fruitless. I would take ANYONE before taking this instructor again.
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Extremely disorganized. The class is never on topic. We rarely knew what was expected, and assignments were vague. We did a lot of work in groups with very little guidance, so we rarely knew what we were supposed to be doing. Most of the work had to be done on my own time because class time was taken up by mostly off-topic discussion that had nothing to do with the subject. The work itself was EASY, but there was a huge temptation to tune-out discussion/lectures, to skip class, or to spend class talking to your neighbor. You must be motivated and willing to put up with the disorganized nature of classes.
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I had to take this class after I got a 7 on the WST. Avoid this teacher at all costs!! She`s disorganized and doesn`t know a thing about writing. We had to write 4 essays, but we only ended up writing 3 because we got behind schedule. The whole was frustrated with her. Her lectures are boring and aren`t related at all to the class. I learned more about English back in high school! I`m glad I got this class over with. Take it for CR/NC if you can if you don`t want it to affect your GPA.
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This is the worst teacher I have ever had the misfortune to encounter. She is exceptionally disorganized, with little understanding about what information this course is supposed to discover. She is completely unable to explain what she wants from her students, and is adverse to giving A`s. The upshot of this teacher...she gives any work a B or C. However, she is so disorganized and her lectures so boring that I would avoid this professor at any cost. IF you take this class from her, be prepared to be frustrated and confused throughout the course. She needs to go back to school and learn how to teach, she has absolutely NO business in the teaching profession.
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The lectures are very boring. She grades unfairly. The books for the course are not used in sucession with what should be taught. This course will not prepare you for the WST. The class does not react to her discussions and she will call on people to find answers to her questions which make no sense. Her classes are no good, stay away.
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If you disagree with her opinions then you won`t get a good grade. she only believes her ideas are the best solutions. This class was so boring that id rather spend time with my girlfriend
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This teacher is not good at all. She`s boring and has problems talking to the class. All her stuttering seems like she scared of the class. If you want to get and easy A just attend the class and act like your listening to her. All she does is talk 99% of the time. All the work is take home essays.
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Class sessions are very dull. i think i actually saw the time slow down while i watched it for 10 minutes. However, she does give second chances on recieving a better grade on papers. But sometimes she sounds like she doesn`t know what she`s talking about.
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This teacher encourages students to participte in class discussions so you must read the class books if you want to do well. She`s very open to students who offer ideas that do not agree with hers -but make sure you have a valid reason why you disagree strongly about her insights. All in all, this teacher is very laid back... the class is very laid back - and she lets you rewrite her papers for a better grade.
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SHE GIVES EVERY STUDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WELL IN HER CLASS BY ALLOWING YOU TO REWRITE YOUR PAPERS BEFORE A FINAL GRADE IS GIVEN. I SUGGEST THAT YOU GET A TUTOR IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT YOUR WRITING ABILITY.
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I don`t like her at all. She is too dayam picky. If you don`t agress with her you get bad grades. Recommend students not to take her.
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This teacher expects you to read 7 books during the quarter and you write 2 papers and a final paper. I thought she had her own ideas about why the characters in these books behaved the way they did. When you write a paper with your own ideas in analyzing characters, she doesn`t give a good grade if your analysis doesn`t agree with her own. Also, the whole class is like being part of a book club. You read and then you come to class and discuss the book. Not all students participate, so she expects those who do on a regular basis to carry the class. In other words, she does not insist on full class participation. It can be a bit boring.

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