Elizabeth Fine

School: Jacksonville State University
Department: Science Education
Location: Jacksonville, AL
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Pros: Pattin Juba is amazing.
Cons: How to Read an Oral Poem is an incredibly dense tome of nonsense.
Dr. Fine is a great teacher. I loved the oral traditions we looked at in the course and hated the mode we used to analyze them.
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Pros: Pretty easy class if you keep up with the work.
Cons: She must think you have no other classes if she expects you to read 30 pages before every class.
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Pros: some extra credit opportunities
Cons: TONS OF READING. Like a ridiculous amount.
Extremely biased
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I will not be taking a class with Dr. Fine ever again. I think at one point she was a good teacher, but that is no longer. She has good intentions, but it doesn't work. We read 3 different chapter books at once, resulting in almost 100+ pages of reading a night that you must respond on. Service learning hours are a big part of your grade, and you must get 15 hours plus write reflections. She is extremely biased and only shows one side of the picture. At times you really wonder how on earth she has a degree in the subject. DO NOT TAKE.
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Pros: Treats her students with respect and understands what its like to struggle.
Cons: Finals are written take home essay types. (Pro or Con if you like that kind of thing)
Take this class! Its awesome!
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Pros: Still remembers what it was like to be an undergraduate.
Cons: A bit spacey.
She's one of the best professors I've ever had at VT. Learned much more than I ever would of anticipated. She made me remember why I came to college in the first place. The service learning was an excellent experience, along with the field trip to Kayford Mtn. which allowed students to participate in Appalachian communities first hand.
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Very passionate about the subject. The field trips were interesting and relevant. The 15 hours of community service/learning are a little inconvenient but worthwhile. Overall a great class, but one complaint I have is that if you don't agree with her opinions, she'll take off points.
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Pros: Good teacher, really wants us to do well and gives us every opportunity to do so.
Cons: Too much homework - it's like she thinks her class is the only one we have!
Dr. Fine is a good professor who is knowledgeable about what she teaches. She wants everyone to do well in her class so her exams and quizzes are pretty easy, as long as you read the material that was assigned in class. There are also many opportunities to earn extra credit (going to lectures, movies etc...). The homework she assigns is not difficult, but more in the fact that she assigns so much. There are two books assigned to the class, but we didn't use them as much as I thought, but instead had to print out so many readings. The readings for homework were between 15-50 pages - not only is that a lot of ink being wasted, but some that were assigned weren't even discussed in class. Overall, however, Dr. Fine is a good professor and her class is very interesting.
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Cons: Alot of writing
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Pros: she's a little bit of a space cadet, but a nice lady
Cons: test was def harder than it should have been; paper at the end is just annoying; you have to complete 15 hours of service credits.
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Pros: easy class
Cons: it's torture going to class. attendance is taken. she calls on random people because no one wants to answer elementary questions
She knows absolutely nothing about Native culture. DON NOT TAKE THIS FOR THE AINS MINOR (or in general). She is the head of the Humanities Department (I have no idea how) and got her PhD in folklore. She always tries to perform and you gives several 'performance' grades.
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Pros: Very informative course and Dr Fine is very understanding and smart
Cons: As I recall, only a couple exams...a mid-term and and final...but they are not your regular exams...they are essays you write on your own over the length of the semester
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Pros: relaxed setting, all the students get used to each other and agree on how ridiculous some of the things we had to do were, easy midterm
Cons: must present multiple "family settings"
seems like an acting/theater class
grades easily on oral presentations
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Pros: Nice, interesting, understanding
Cons: nothing
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Good professor, works with you on things. Grades pretty easily on your presentations and papers.
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She is great teacher, loves what she is teaching and communicates it to us in an easy way
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I had Dr. Fine for her Appalachian Communities class. Overall, I really enjoyed the class. It was small and personal, and I ended up getting to know everyone in the class really well by the end of the semester. I liked that I could talk to Dr. Fine on a personal level and not feel intimidated. She is always willing to compromise on anything in the class and even asked us if we felt that the term paper topic was fair. She is easy to reach and always responds to e-mails really fast which I can appreciate. For the class she requires 20 hours of community service in Appalachia. It was kind of a pain but she basically tells you things you can go to-a field trip to see mountain top removal, making apple butter with local senior citizens, going to farms, attending town council meetings, etc. Start early and you'll have your hours in no time. No exams or quizzes-you don't even have to take notes. Attendance does count. Homework consists of readings-you should buy the books. Just one term paper at the end which only has to be 10 pages and she helps you with it all along the way. Great class!
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