Betty McLane-Iles - Truman State University

Professor: Betty McLane-Iles
Department: Languages
College: Truman State University
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: FREN121221
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I agree with most of these reviews. Her class was.... awful. Ive never experienced such high anxiety for a class before, and it made me lose my interest in French. I cried after class once because I felt so embarrassed when I didnt know an answer (she will call on you randomly). I had no idea what was going on and she was so passive aggressive.
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I was up early for other classes and she always commented on how tired I was and picked on me even though I always sat in the front row and paid attention. I was already pretty fluent in French and still couldn't follow her lectures. She doesn't always make sense... in French or English.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: FRN221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Professor McLane-Iles was fine. She covered the material in an understandable way and would try to answer any questions the students had. You can tell she is passionate about what she is teaching.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: FREN320
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She means well, but she's kind of a kook. She gets upset if you leave class to go to pee too often, which I get she thinks it's disrespectful & that people don't care about her class, but her class was at a time of day when I always had to pee. You can learn from her, but there's so much else going on with her, it's hard to focus on learning.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: FREN121221
  • 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:
Would avoid taking her again for any future French classes. Assigned a lot of online homework without saying anything, was passive aggressive to a lot of the class, and made it a miserable time for most of the students.
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: FREN121
  • Grade Received: B
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
participate in class and thats impossible if you don't do the homework. the more creative you are with your responses to her, the more she likes you. shes impatient with people who are still trying to understand the material though, so if you don't know what shes talking about in class, use your laptop and figure it out asap before she calls on you
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: FREN322
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Betty is hands down THE worst professor I've ever had. She is the type of professor who needed to retire 10 years ago. She sends 3 emails at a time, is THE most passive agressive person I know, and gives out more reading than a Truman student could ever handle. Her lectures are boring af and you're going to hate French by the end of her class.
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: Not sure yet
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Everything written below is true. She assigns a lot of homework and doesn't collect it half the time. The classes start early and end late. Also, she is very passive aggressive towards students who miss a class.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Lots of days of straight grammar on the board with barely any class interaction... Took days to respond to emails sometimes. Gave 30 min. - 1hr of work each class for hw and then only collects it half the time which is extremely annoying. Very slow class, we didn't even finish the last chapter. She's a nice prof, but slow class, lots of homework.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I went into her class terrified because of all the bad reviews, but it ended up being one of my favorite classes. The class is interesting if you pay attention (which you have to because she is speaking French the entire lecture). She will call on people randomly but as long as you don't care if you have the correct answer, she won't care either.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Betty loves giving ungodly amounts of homework then spends all of class reviewing the assignments. She also refuses to use Blackboard, instead giving you a grade estimate that seems to have no relevance to your actual performance in the class. She won't fail you no matter how poorly you perform though so consider that your silver lining
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
French 220. I was super excited to continue to work on my fluency until about the second week of class. Betty assigns excessive book work and makes you do the exercises as homework, then spends all class period going over the same book work. The tests involve real fluency and application, which you don't get from filling in blanks, so you fail.
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
I've read through many of the reviews of Betty and agree with most of them. She assigns a good 1 to 2 hours of homework for every class period. This is absolutely ludicrous for a MWF class that has nothing to do with my major. Every student getting a BA has to take the class though. My condolences to you all, fellow sufferers.
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Her class was awful. Tests are not the problem- they're long but fair. The problem is her complete unwillingness to teach in class. We are expected to do all of the learning from the textbook on our own, and class time is spent only going over examples have and talking about our weekends. We were also at least a chapter behind all semester.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 1.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
If you have to take Intermediate French 1, you'll most likely have to suffer through her long and boring lectures, her passive aggressive comments, and unrealistic expectations regardless if you plan on majoring in French or not. She expects everyone to speak basically fluent French on day one and is disappointed if you don't. Ruins the class.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: FREN120
  • 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:
She is honestly the most passive aggressive teacher I've ever met. She is very salty about people not going to class and she will send you A LOT of emails. You have to take notes on EVERYTHING she says and not organized. homework and assignments are pointless lectures are boring. starts class early ends class late. she killed my love for french
Rating # 17
Overview:
  • Course: FREN221
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Betty expects a lot from her students. The amount of tedious homework, reading, and composition assignments is ridiculous, but the exposure to the language is what matters. If you are not prepared for class, it will be obvious. Overall she's a very knowledgeable professor. No patience for people who don't put forth the effort.
Rating # 18
Overview:
  • Course: FREN121
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
GIves lots of assignments, but she makes sure everyone understands the subject before moving on. Tough grader, but when it comes down to it she's on your side.
Rating # 19
Overview:
  • Course: FREN121221
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
McLane-Iles is by far my favorite French professor ever. She is funny and kind, if not a little scatter-brained. Requires you to take notes on EVERYTHING but just about everything will show up on the tests. Lots of homework but doesn't usually collect it. She calls on everyone, so if you don't like to talk don't take. Cares about students!!
Rating # 20
Overview:
  • Course: FREN220
  • Grade Received: B+
  • Overall Rating: 1.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
She is overall a nice woman, but her teaching style is tedious. Be prepared to take many notes: if she doesn't see your pen moving, she will call you out. She also starts class a few minutes early, so if you're on time you are late.
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