Sana Camara - Truman State University

Professor: Sana Camara
Department: Languages
College: Truman State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: FR220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Rudest professor I've ever had the displeasure of taking. He gives the impression that he does not care about students, and you should avoid taking him for French 2 if you can. I created an account just to say how bad of a professor he was
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: FREN121
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Late to class more often then you, highly disorganized, impossible to contact as he does not respond to emails, never inside his office hours during the times posted, homework packets are an absolute joke and are just copy and pasted. Doe's not lecture any material that suits it, and leaves students in the dark on assignments.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: FREN120
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Once you get past his heavy french accent, and him sometimes randomly speaking in french, Camera really shows that he cares about you learning the language. He doesn't care about being a teacher per-se, but cares about teaching, if that makes any sense.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
His lack of passion for teaching ruins the whole class. Most days we were let out of class after 20 minutes. Each class consists of a 10 minute lecture, a 10 minute worksheet, and sometimes a short film. Most students did poorly, but I did hear that he works well in office hours.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: A+
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
This teacher cares and wants to see that you are actually trying. Everyday, he seemed to show up to class with a smile so you could tell he loves to teach. He can be a little awkward. He's a native french speaker so he was confusing at times. His class was the easiest A. You just have to do your work, study, and come to class.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: FREN321
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Chill guy, the papers can be annoying but it really does help your French. This class will either make or break you in terms of pronunciation and reading aloud, so try not to die from stage fright if you get picked to read a paragraph. He's chill, like I said, so he won't bite your head off. You'll be fine.
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Camara is a very difficult professor but he is one of the most caring faculty I have met at Truman. I would have never had passes French if not for him. If you are struggling he will help you and then some. Truly a great man.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Easy for a French teacher. Grade is based off of homework exercises, tests, and papers. You do not have to participate or talk in class but pay attention. His tests are based off of lectures, movies you watch in class, and in-class activities. Really nice guy who struggles with english but you can understand him just fine.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
The dude is rough but if you ask for help he will save your life. I came close to failing but he really took an interest and I got a B. So if you really invest yourself it will payoff. Still a hard class though but he can make it work. Never cracked the textbook but the workbook is critical, but he never looks closely at it.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
We barely spoke French at all in my class, which I found disappointing. He's very awkward; he doesn't talk much and he walks out of class a lot. Native French speaker, which is cool. He never posts grades though, and is highly impersonal. A really weird class overall.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I understand why some people have trouble understanding him, but it took just time for me and I was fine. Very easygoing sometimes to a fault in assigning worksheets too close to tests. Focuses mainly on grammar and composition, did almost no speaking at all, which was a bummer but was okay. In class movies were fun, he's a nice guy overall.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: FREN321
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Camara isn't passionate about this class. Class is mostly reading aloud. We wrote some papers, but he seems to hand out As and Bs. Easy grader but doesn't give much feedback. Had very unclear grading criteria and relied on students to tell him due dates, test dates, and which page we left off on. Disorganized, unclear, and extremely impersonal.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: 221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Camara can be a little hard to understand at times, but if you ask for help he is more than willing. As long as you try your best he is very understanding and will help you.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: FREN321
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Camara doesn't go the extra mile. He's willing to teach students, and if you're willing to learn he can be really helpful, but most days he just lectures and leaves. You need to ask questions or go to his office hours if you want to learn a lot. Easy A class - research is his passion, not teaching.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Professor Camara is a nice guy, but the class is not well laid out. You don't learn a lot if you have taken previous French, but he is very helpful. It was neat to have a native French speaker, but sometimes I think things were lost in translation.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I found his class to be a very good experience because his native language is french. He was not always clear in his teachings and it is sometimes hard to ask him questions because I feel he didn't understand the questions at times. He also mumbles a lot. But overall, I enjoyed his class and I thie person.
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: FREN425
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Fren grammar/phonology: I found Samara nice and willing to help- if I made a sincere effort to get help. He let me off really easy on my grade in this class though. I had not taken French for a year and it was hard because we did ALL the tenses. I liked the phonology part a lot. He is a very interesting person, and I think he has a lot going on.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.5
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really liked Camara. He is my favorite French professor at Truman. He was intimidating at first, but if you actually try to talk to him he is very nice. I think outside of teaching is very interesting. I had to go to his office hours a lot, and he was helpful. I took this class two years ago and he still says hi to me every time he sees me.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: FR220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Alright professor. Terrible person. Has no sense of empathy. Two weeks of class are spent watching movies. Dismisses class 5-10 min early on most days. Tests are not bad if u study a bit. But he does not even allow university-excused absences. Unclear syllabus and unclear expectations.
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I really enjoyed Camara's class. He does mumble some and does seem intimidating at times, but overall he is a really nice guy. I'm actually taking French Lit with him this semester, too. Just do your work and pay attention and you'll do fine!
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