Cynthia Vagnetti

School: Michigan State University
Department: Writing
Location: East Lansing, MI
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A great Mentor!
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She helped me make decisions on choosing my major
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Pros: Awesome Teacher. Very Helpful. Cynthia Vagnetti goes over and beyond to help. She wants all her students to become better writers. She challenges your thinking to the point you have no choice but to write well. I went from a standard of a good writer to a great writer. All with compliments to her. This is a wonderful teacher to take. I and you will learn a lot.
Cons: Students that do not want to learn in her class are really missing out. No cons this teacher really pushes you.
I recommend anyone who wants to learn to write better to take this teacher. She gives a lot of help and support to all students.
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You really need to look through her instructions very carefully and you will do fine. I took the wra110 online section and I think she did a very good job. She is very helpful. You have to ask her questions if you are not sure about the instructions. We had 4 major assignments and a powerpoint presentation. The workload is ok. I am an international student and i got a 4. So i think it is not a hard class. good luck :)
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If you work hard in her class and care about your work you will do fine. She picks favorites at the beginning and you want to be on her good side. Most people in my class didn't like her because they would be on Facebook the entire hour, not paying attention. They would miss the important things she would say. Yes she went on random tangents all the time and wasted class on pointless things, but her class was really easy if you pay attention. If you want a good grade and show improvement she will work with you!
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Cynthia is an amazing professor. If you put effort into her class, she will make sure you leave as the best writer you can be. She expects a lot of her students, and I can honestly say each paper I wrote for her had significant improvement over the ones prior.
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I have always got on farely well with my english/wra teachers. This lady however gave me hell in her class and from that day one I have never liked her. Her directions are always confusing and she throws hissy fits when asked to explain. She once yelled at the 27 girls in my class "You guys are pissing me off". Now hold on who talks like that to students! She tells me I am a good writer than gives me a 2.5 with a little/ or no explanation. TAKE WRA with any instructor but her. She is rude, racist and incompetent teacher!
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Like the many others before me, I will totally agree that this woman is a quack. Besides not fully directing the class in any way, we spent 45 minutes one day trying to figure out how to rearrange the desks and figure out where she wanted us to sit.
Her random outbursts of words or phrases always seems to keep you on your toes though.
"Vegas is fun!" in the middle of a discussion about carpenters.
She also went up to one of my classmates and started stroking her headband out of nowhere, completely scarring the girl for life.
I joined this women in america class mainly because i though it would be a fun male-bashing experience. I am experiencing none of this though, and afraid I might go crazy before the end of this semester.
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Such a headache! This class was super easy, but to get there & what you'll have to deal with almost makes it not even worth it. She's extremely unorganized and she never remembers any directions she gave the class before. She changed major parts of our essays THE CLASS BEFORE IT WAS DUE! So we would basically have to completely revamp them. This happened a few times - especially with our major research papers. I hated and dreaded going to this class. Miss V. is insane.
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She is fabulous!! If you want to learn new things and challenge yourself and beliefs this is the class! She is always forcing you to think about your academic goals and even life goals and that is great! She is a GREAT teacher! She really knows what she is doing. She is very inspiring. This class is life changing! Take this class if you want to think and find a professor that actually cares!!!
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SO Ms. Vagnetti is pretty insane and at times I wanted to run to the front of the class and strangle her. She is unclear about every single topic. The class is called women in america but we wrote aout our majors damn near every paper! She isn't a bad grader just really confusing. I don't recommend her because this class is such a headache, but our final project was SUPER easy. only take her if you're a really good writer and understand retards speak in gibberish!!
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Reading everything that was said before me, I can only say that I completely agree. She was constantly putting people down and telling me I'm wrong even when I said "In my experience...", so what, my experience is wrong? She had it out for me from the first week of class, probably because I was one of the few that stood up to her and when she obviously did not know what she was doing.
Her directions are confusing at best, and if you tell her that you don't understand she throws a hissy fit and refuses to explain it to you. She would leave comments on my paper like "you're such a good writer" then give me a 2.3 with little explanation.
I can only say to avoid this teacher as much as possible. It ends up being one of those classes that you just dread going to because you don't know what's going to happen today.
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She is definitely scatter brained and does not explain things well at all.....she goes off the wall sometimes and i would not take her if you have trouble understanding directions because she doesn't even know what she is saying. She is all over the place, and not very nice.
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She is legit crazy! do not take this class if you have low self esteem. She will tell you that everything you say is wrong even your opinion. I dont fell that i need to say anymore b/c every person before me hit it right on. she is a crazy!!
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I completely agree with everything said. You go to this stupid farm and do manual labor for no reason at all. She is the most immature person I have ever met. you never know your grade. She gives the most unclear directions I have ever heard. Then she sends out 23905820395-02 course emails correcting / adding to the assignments she said in class. overall she is a moron, i got a 3.5 but also a brain aneurysm.
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I agree with the other rating of Ms. Vagnetti however I'm not going to be as harsh. I had some time to talk to her and she tried to explain herself as to why she was frustrated with our class. However, when I tried to tell her my opinion she got angry with me and told me I was wrong.
She did yell at our class a lot. There was one project where she said all we did was waste time in class, but it was really her wasteing time because all she did was yell at us why our papers sucked. She did this for about 4 days straight.
For our final project we had to work at the writing center at Bessey, which closes at 5 and is not open on weekends. She did not understand why people couldnt work on the project while the WC was open... Hmmm... well because maybe we were in class until 5? She just doesnt understand.
I strongly urge anyone to not take a class with her. I was always angry after i left this class because she was just so crazy. Also, do not take this class unless you want to farm. Seriously this was a writing class and we spent more time working on the student organic farm than writing papers! We had two major papers and a group project. And if you do not know how to use a mac then i feel bad for you because she will get angry with you.
this woman is nuts.
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If you want to learn solely about organic food and farming, this is the class to take. I took the class because it was supposed to be about "Public Life In America" and the issues we face. LEt me put it this way...I was forced to give a 30 minute presentation on CORN!
***REASONS NOT TO HAVE HER***
She is unclear about 90% of assignments she hands out. You never really know what she wants out of you. Most of the assignments are NOT writing related; you ont learn to become a better writer. The only things that could be considered writing are the papers you write (3 in total), but again, she is unclear about what she wants. The only time she is clear is when you write your last paper, a research topic of your choice (from organic food, of course...). And the thing is, she made our class her personal bitch and had us write about what SHE wanted to hear, NOT OUR OWN IDEAS. The only reason one would write any paper in this class is to get the grade. Speaking of grades, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR GRADE IS. You get grades for your first two papers...not any of the class assignments, not the research paper, not participation, NOTHING. Lastly, she doesnt respect you at all: if your talking to her, she'll talk over you. If you voice your opinion (which she claims she wants), she gets pissed. She yells about the littlest things.
I have 20 other people who would agree with me on this, but i dont think they are allmsu.com users.
IF YOU WANT TO BE A ORGANIC FARMER, OR ARE A FAILURE AT LIFE, TAKE THIS CLASS.

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