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2.1 out of 5.

So why don't you do something about it. end it.

She makes you feel that life is meaningless.

I respectfully agree with most of your take. Mrs. Muoio is a gifted literary critic and incredible instructor. However, she does not need to hold high school students to college-level grading standards. Based on your review, I'm not sure if you would agree with this, but I think it would be okay for her to give kids the same depth of feedback she would college students. I would be cool with her being that picky--so long as she made her grading fair (for a student of that age).

Her lectures: incredible. Her activities (especially Harkness Discussi...

Her lectures: incredible. Her activities (especially Harkness Discussions): outstanding! Her...almost everything else: awesome. Her grading: relatively forgiving at times, harshest I've seen in my life at others. I'm so sorry to be rude, but something needs to be said...it's really making kids stressed about their GPA. Sometimes, it literally seems like she's read someone's paper, is ready to give them 99-100% but relentlessly searches for anything else to pick on and docks their grade. Again, I hate to be rude, but my friends kept talking about how "scary" her grading has been. Mrs. Muoio, if you see this...first off, hi! Thank you for forcing me to consider my place in the world more deeply. Your teaching is really rad! :) I know you probably just want to push kids who are already strong writers to be stronger and prepare them for the future, but some of these kids genuinely could benefit from getting into a prestigious university. Maybe, they could take those amazing lessons you and the other great teachers at this school have taught them and improve the world, but they might need a leg up academically to get there. A T10 college could give them that. Unfortunately, the kids might need super high grades to do so--even if they're in honors or AP classes. Acceptance rates have been declining for decades. The difference between 98-100 and a 92-94 may not seem substantial to you, but to Princeton, the 92-94 might get rejected because the 98-100 has an edge. I hope you'll at least take this into account from now on. I know you don't want to disadvantage kids in their college and career search; as a teacher, you must know how vital this generation is to the future of our world. Mendon is super highly ranked because the Mendon kids who apply themselves are super brilliant. Those kids deserve a bright future and a little less stress on their plates. Everyone I know has a consensus that your lessons and one-on-one teaching are incredible, so in my humble opinion, you don't need to be picky in your grading to make your points clear. :)

I am so grateful to escape her hellish class! Her misanthropic decision to teach only pessimistic literature made her students' lives exceedingly difficult—as if a pandemic was not enough to get through. In addition, her insensitive, sometimes vulgar language and pretentious demeanor made the class unapproachable and stifled student participation. For instance, she randomly exclaimed, "I no longer enjoy coming to my job" and called the entire class "annoying" for needing extra time to answer a single question. She loved to flaunt that she went to a prestigious college, though she thought it was fine to call her fellow students "a**holes" in front of the whole class! Moreover, she offered no clear guidelines for assignments, no rubric, no metric, nothing to help you revise and edit your work. Though one of the worst parts of her teaching was her grading. She deducted points whenever "she felt it was necessary," even though they were impossible to justify because she gave no rubric. The level of mistake and amount she took off for varied widely from assignment to assignment (no, not gradually stricter grading throughout the year to help students grow). Well, Mrs. "I die" (literally what her name means in Italian), I look forward to a year with a kinder, less narcissistic teacher, and I cannot wait for every student you were unfair to to shove their successes (that they accomplished in spite of you) right in your face full of clownish make-up.

Mrs. Muoio is an insightful teacher who shares her unique analyses with the class, breaking down complex ideas in an approachable way. Although I love her focus on formal writing as a vehicle for creativity, it would enhance the class if she gave more creative writing assignments. In addition, some of the homework assignments are superficial, and she deducts points arbitrarily. If she used a more consistent, communicable grading system such as a rubric, she would certainly deserve a 5.

Mrs. Muoio's lectures are insightful; she offers nuanced analyses of whatever we are studying and challenges us to think on a deeper level. As a class, we have some enjoyable, thought-provoking discussions! Nevertheless, her unclear assignment expectations and pretentious, unapproachable demeanor make it difficult for students to gauge their writing skills accurately.