Valerie Fox

School: Drexel University
Department: English
Location:Philadelphia, PA
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 Pros: easy teacher
very friendly and bubbly
class doesn't require much work
Cons: sometimes class is boring
Dr Fox is very easy going. Give out occasional quizzes that require reading the material but many questions are common sense. Graded the first easy a little hard but the group projects were very easy. It is very easy to get an A. Make sure to post in the discussions in a timely manner.
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 Pros: -It's hard to fall asleep in her class
-Talks about interesting stuff
-Fair grader
-Small workload
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 I took a completely online class and I still found Dr Fox to be very helpful and a fair grader. You participate in weekly discussions with other students and it's very easy, as long as you do the readings. Dr Fox will correct drafts of your papers and send them back with all of the corrections that need to be made. Overall, a great class and an easy A.
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 Pros: Professor Fox was an amazing teacher. It helped that there were a few students who were great when contributing. She was very friendly and extremely considerate of everyone's opinions. It is difficult to express how thoughtful, insightful, and caring Professor Fox is (only if you do your work! we're in college, aka stop with the high school bs of putting off things till waaaaaaaaay later!). In fact, one of the book readings she selected has become one of my all time favorite books. Becoming engrossed in this book verified that I really truly enjoyed this class and learning from Professor Fox.
The class was an online hybrid, so it is what you make out of it!
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 Pros: The best teacher ever.
Good grader
Understanding students very well. :)
Loving and caring
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 Pros: Great teacher, she's really sweet and helps you with your papers. Class is a little bit boring but you'll like her as a teacher.
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 Pros: took the all online class, never had to actually go to class!
Cons: it can be confused because you can't really ask questions to clarify the information
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 Pros: Easy grader
Understanding
Quick response via course email
Very positive - likes to give advice or discuss about topic, gives good commentary
Cons: Sometimes scatterbrained
Must attend all classes (because it's a hybrid course)
Expects support of arguments/information
The projects she gave were the required ones for the course. She likes concise sentences and thoughts, along with well supported points, so make sure you do proper research. My third project did not relate to the given topic but she took off a total of two points. At the end of term, she gave an extra credit online post which was just an opinion on which discussion thread you enjoyed the most. Online post wise, make sure to actually hit the word requirement and answer all aspects of what the post is asking. If she knows you put in work, her grading will reflect that.
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 Pros: Kind, and understanding.
Cons: Have to work hard for the course (and the following 102 and 103)
Great professor, one of the kindest at Drexel. She is understanding and knows what a student needs in improving their writing skills. Nevertheless her grading system sometimes leave much to be desired. We are unable to absolutely assess our grades, and therefore how much effort we can put into the course, until after the quarter. However she does value hard work more than skill, and she will reward you much more for pulling an effort, rather than you actual skill by the end of the quarter.
Her classes are brilliant and lively, and she really gets students involved
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 Ridiculously easy. I sailed through this class barely doing anything. It was a pain though, because it was still pretty boring despite lack of sitting through lecture. Some of the readings are really interesting though and Fox is overall a sweet person.
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 Good, in an online class but she still offers help to anyone. Grades fairly.
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 She is a good teacher and easy. I would definitely re-take her. Her hybrid class is an easy A and all you have to do is your online hw and read the emails so that you can know what to expect in class.
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 Awesome teacher.
Makes class fun
Sure would retake
Helped a lot in improving my english
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 I love Dr. Fox! She is the sweetest person ever, and appreciates the effort you put in to write for her class. She is very open to new ideas and whatever might be brought up in class. Make sure you go to all the classes and submit all the essays, and you should do well in the class!
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 Easy A if you put a little effort into it. I want to take her again. She's really sweet and pretty laid back!
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 great class! very easy, i took hybrid, and i only had to do one post a week for most weeks, and maybe one follow up post for the whole term. not a hard grader at all either. cancells class sometimes too which is a perk for only having ten classes for the term anyway. hands down the best, i would reccommend retaking!
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 Very nice woman. Helped tremendously with writing papers. Class was fine and it was never dull. Would take again
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 Great teacher! I had her for my first term in Drexel, and she was really helpful with writing papers. When it comes to grading she is very appreciative of what you write, and grades very fairly. Definitely go for Valerie as your English teacher!
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 Nicest teacher ever. cares about students and really helps them with essays and papers.
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 Great person, truly cares about the interests of her students! Worthwhile work, though some of the essay prompts are terrible.

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