I recommend this class. :)

Not only is Mehdizadeh a mediocre English professor at best, but she is also a terrible human being. Extremely unhelpful and, lacks a single compassionate bone in her body I sincerely hope she does not have kids, and if she does I feel extremely bad for them. Class isn't necessarily difficult and the workload isn't excessive but having to see such a condescending professor twice a week takes a toll on you in itself.

Dr. Mehdizadeh was amazing! She was accommodating and always available for writing help. Just be aware that it is a writing II class so you do have short like 400 word journal entries due about twice a week on the readings. This quarter's theme was love and Dr. Mehdizadeh chose a variety of interesting texts that we had to use in a final essay. Would hundred percent recommend taking her!

Good class to take as a first-year for a G.E.. Very similar to high-level high school English classes but Dr. Mehdizadeh is engaging and good enough that it doesn't feel like a total waste of time. You will build good skills for writing that will help you throughout many different classes. The diversity aspect promotes interesting conversations without seeming shoe-horned in or overly forced. The weekly posts can be long, as you often have to read many articles and create lengthy posts. But if you stay on top of it, you should be good and you should have enough time to work on them.

Dr. Mehdizadeh is a great teacher. She is willing to help you and if you follow the instructions and complete all your work putting enough effort, then you should not have much difficulty getting an A in this class. You have two assignments per week which I thought wasn't bad at all but If you are not a strong advocate for social justice, some of the readings might feel boring. I personally don't think I was compatible with her but I still recommend people to take this class because everything was reasonable in terms of difficulty, workload and content.

A heavy workload will have you writing 4-5 pages for homework due one day later. The topic is wellness, which is incredibly boring in the context you are learning. The final project is more manageable than the homework.

I love professor Mehdizadeh. She is pretty nice in grading and holding all the in-class discussions. The only problem is that the homework (weekly post) workload is somehow heavy. However, I would say as long as you put enough effort into this class (do all the homework, get engaged...) it is very likely that you can get an easy A.

Easy A as long as you do what she tells you to do in the SPECIFIC ways that she tells you to do. As long as you do you homework (like 3h/wk) and not procrastinate (IMPOSSIBLE) you will be basically guarenteed an A. She has an extra credit thing at the end that gives you like 3 extra points on your final essay (out of 20).

One thing I liked about her lectures were how engaging they were BUT THAT WAS IT! It was clear she had favorites and spoke to people differently for odd reasons. She would dock points off on your assignments and never leave comments on why. She assigns long assignments and says to answer them thoughtfully, but when you do it's apparently not enough. I honestly was pissed about my grade because I believe I deserved an A but due to her randomly docking off points I received a B-. Like for example, on an Community Engagements doc where everyone was supposed to write down one thing they would like to see in the class regarding how we would like our class to be structured she docked off like 5 points off the assignment even though I completed it. She docks off how much she wants then never gives an explanation on why even when you come up to her and ask. She also has her email set to an automated message where you rarely get a response back. I wouldn't recommend taking her please choose someone else!!!!!

Dr. Mehdizadeh is an excellent professor! Going into this class, I thought that english was an inherently subjective subject and there was no way to actually get better at writing. Dr. Mehdizadeh completely changed that whole narrative. The difference between this class and other classes in the past is that Dr. Mehdizadeh explains why we write the way that we do. This class is a lot more engaging, and it is clear that the most important thing for Dr. Mehdizadeh is that her students are learning. After every segment of class, she gives an abundance of time for questions. If you are able to be engaged and take advantage of this, you will thrive in this class, and learn a ton about writing. For me, this was the most helpful writing course that I have ever taken, because I utilized the time she gave for asking questions. Also, this class is generally so wholesome because the whole premise of the class is about combatting mental health issues and academic overwhelm. That being said... It's a little bit ironic because this class had the highest workload of any class I took winter quarter. The workload is pretty extreme, but it leaves you extremely prepared to be successful on the final project. Overall, I highly recommend taking this class with Dr. Mehdizadeh. As long as you are proactive in your learning and allow yourself to pay attention in class and ask questions, you will learn a lot!