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Its easy to see that Mrs. Mincey loves her job, and loves passing that knowledge along to her students. Anyone who talks with her will find that she doesn't tire about talking about the issues that affect English teachers. She is friendly, highly approachable, and helpful whenever she is called upon. As a person, I really like her. As an instructor, I find her to be highly competent in subject matter. I would also like to note that Mrs. Mincey is the only instructor i've had who has addressed the issue of teaching grammar. We are inundated with literature and not much grammar for the most part as english ed students, and its refreshing to see an instructor address something nobody else ever does...it seems that other instructors act like we'll never have to teach grammar. She is flexible to student needs, and is willing to go the extra mile to accommodate her students. She is a rare find among instructorts I have had at MSU. However, I do have some comments/suggestions on how Mrs. Mincey could better the course. I found it very difficult to keep up with assignments because of the changes in the syllabus due to what i think was overkill in guest speakers. I enjoyed hearing from them, but there is a point where what we were getting from them did not seem as important as impending assignments that were not getting enough discussion time due to the fact that we just used time left over from the guest speakers to address such things instead of making the coursework front and center. I feel that this piled too much responsibility on students to figure out things on their own. Also, the notebooks were an extreme pain in that we knew we had to do them, but were unsure of exactly what was supposed to be in them until shortly before they were due. A person might have known enough to do alot of the assignments for the notebook BEFORE we got the checksheet, but there is no way we could have known the majority of the assignments in detail until shortly before the due date. I found the final assignments that were a part of the notebook to be extremely vague in that I was unsure what/how i would be graded on them. This was scary and caused anxiety. It just seems like too much was left until the tail end of the semester and this is hard on students when they are trying to prepare for finals in other classes and suddenly get "surprise assignments." I really like Mrs. Mincey and think she is an excellent instructor, but I do feel that the course could be constructed in a manner that would be more beneficial to students and cause less last minute anxiety. I read in another evaulation where a peer of mine suggested that "another instructor should be found." I do not find this to be the case at all. Mrs. Mincey has always been open to suggestions from students, and has shown herself to be accomodating and student-oriented, so I am sure that whatever qualms students had with the course, Mrs Mincey will review and address those in the future. It is hard to know how students feel about your class until you get evaluations like these. This is what these are for!
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