Kristine Fish

School: Cal Poly Pomona
Department: Kinesiology
Location:Pomona, CA
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Pros: A very easy class if you do the work. It allows one to be flexible and do all the work from home. This was an online class. Make sure you read the directions and follow them.
Cons: You are recorded during the exam and you may get marked down if you do not scan your testing are well enough to show you are not going to cheat.
The class is very informative and one can learn skills that will last a life time when it comes to stress and how it affects the body. I really learned a lot and the work is doable. I took 4 classes and this was one of the fun ones and it did not stress me out. However, be diligent and do all the work.
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Pros: Class really helps one cope with stress, but only if you invest the time into it.
Cons: Lots of busy work, but what do you expect from an online course.
This class really helped me learn how to cope with and deal with stress. It can be very beneficial to someone if the time is put into it. There are no projects but there is HW weekly, but only collected in the middle of the quarter and again at the end. It seems like a heavy load when looking at the syllabus, but it isn't too bad. There is no text, but you do need to purchase access to the online lectures. I think it was around $45. The lecture slides can be interesting and her voice is not monotone so that helps a lot. There is a midterm and final both multiple choice taken through an online proctor and ask questions straight from the study questions provided. Overall great class. I would recommend to take to fill GE, but you got to put the time aside every week, otherwise it is easy to fall behind.
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Pros: Dr. Fish is a really good teacher. KIN 370 is a very interesting class though it can seem daunting at the beginning. She gives you a study guide and everything on the study guide is on the test so there isn't a reason why you shouldn't do well on the exams.
Cons: You have two Stress Journals (1 for the first 5 weeks, and 1 for the last 5 weeks). A Proctoring Company films you as your are taking the exam so if you take this online course make sure to have a webcam on your computer.
KIN 370 is a very interesting class and you learn a lot. It is a lot of work and it is a little weird being filmed during the exams but otherwise this a very good class. You have two stress journals and make sure to turn them in NO LATER THAN THE TIME SHE DESIGNATES!!! She will NOT do ANY extension or take ANY excuse as to why you didn't submit your journal. If you do not submit your journal you will NOT pass the class because the two stress journals are worth 200 points out of the total 300 pts for the class (100 pts for the midterm and final). You are also required to submit each week on discussion board your assignment that you did for your stress journal. She will explain all of this to you at the beginning of the quarter. I would take Dr. Fish again because as long as you follow her directions you will succeed in the class. Grade: A
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Pros: easy discussion board hw
Cons: how we take the exams
The only problem I had with this BS class was the exams, which puts too much stress on you because they monitor you through webcam and if someone walks in during exams, they will deduct point,if someone makes noise, points off, if you look somewhere else other than your screen, points off, REALLY? Every time I emailed the professor or the co-instructor, they gave attitude. I just hate my self why I spent too much time on this stupid GE class and finally got B- because of the exams.
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Pros: Easy homework.
Cons: A lot of busy work.
Easy homework, but a good quantity of it to keep up on. I had two midterms, and I took it online. The midterms had this odd online proctoring tool that uses your microphone and webcam, and it costs $12.95 per exam. Being a computer guy with interesting tools, the proctoring tool was a pain to deal with. My out of pocket cost was $20 for a DVD at the bookstore. Other than that, this class really gave me some good ideas for alleviating stress.
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I took this class online. There were two assignment templates due a week before the midterm date and the other was due a week before the final. There is no actual textbook with this class, but you do need to buy the content from tophat. The tophat website contains video lessons. The whole class consists of video lectures. The assignment templates consist of discussion board postings, self reflection journal, relaxation techniques, book quotes. It sounds like a lot but it really is not. With regards to tests she uses software secure which uses your computer's webcam to monitor you during the test. Your computer screen is also monitored. She does provide a studyguide which is the main thing to study before taking the tests.
Grade Received: A-
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Pros: Online, Easy Assignments
Cons: Proctored Exams
Overall, my experience with Professor Fish was extremely pleasant. She responds very quickly to emails and provides a lot of detailed instructions in her syllabus so you have a clear idea of what she expects for the assignments. Honestly, the work in her class might seem like a lot of work but it's EASY work. It's like writing in a diary. She doesn't want any facts, just YOUR thoughts. I finished the entire assignment template in one day.
My biggest tip is that you stay on top of the videos to fill out your study guide so you don't have to watch all the videos right before the exam. If you put even a mediocre amount of effort into finding the answers to the study guide and memorizing it, you WILL get an A.
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Pros: Online. Thats it.
Cons: Everything else.
I really didn't like this class at ALL. Thing is, its not even Dr. Fish's fault. Theres nothing she really did to make it a terrible class, it just is. Its a complete waste of time with so much busy work it made me want to rip my hair out. I could never get over all quarter how my most stressful class of the quarter was a stress management class.
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Pros: Easy class
Cons: Ridiculous. If you ever have questions , do not ask her. She is not understanding and gives you a condescending attitude for that. She is not willing to go out of her way to help you. Most of all, it just seems like she doesn't care.
We all choose online classes for the convenience. For some reason my midterm was at 5 pm even though I had a class scheduled until 5. I emailed her about this situation but she never responded, forcing me to skip class since it was across campus. After taking the test, you get your score right after and that's that. BUT she will make you retake exams if the exam had weird symbols even though this was not your fault, making it incredibly inconvenient for everyone and rendering your efforts from the last exam useless even though you had to go through the inconvenience of skipping class to take it.
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Pros: Easy homework extends due date automatically
Cons: the class can be boring if you dont like the content.
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Pros: SHE USES A DVD INSTEAD OF TEXTBOOK
Cons: TOO MUCH BUSY WORK
SHE TRIES TO TRICK YOU WITH HER TESTS
HER TESTS DON'T CORRELATE WITH THE TIME SHE GIVES
I COULDN'T WAIT TO FINISH THIS CLASS! She gets on my nerves! She requires soo much bitch work for no reason! Every week she requires you to do a coping technique/relaxation technique & write about it, and then write about 5 stressors every week (it's annoying). When it comes to her tests (I had her for hybrid) we convinced her to take the test in class since we didn't want to pay for some creep to look at us. The 1st midterm was on 15 chapters worth of material & you had 30 min to answer 30 questions. Her test was ridiculous which ALOT of us complained about, her questions were like a couple of sentences long and same with the answer choices. After her test she tells us that there was more than 2 answers for some of the questions -___- She enjoys tricking students, because a lot of the answers will sound the same. She told us she was going to be more careful for the final which was on 11 chapters worth of material but she ended up doing the same thing and she also tested us on things that she didn't talk about in the lecture. Anyways so many people complained about the midterm & final that she gave us 5 points extra credit. I got a A+ in the class..but she's just really annoying so be aware I don't recommend her
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Pros: Easy class
online
Cons: Dont forget to turn in hw every friday online
Extremely easy class as long as you keep up with your weekly assignments you will get an A for sure. The final has nothing to do with weekly assignments but she does give a study guide and its everything that is in her lectures. Grade Received: A
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The class is fairly easy with a ton of work. Don't think you can breeze through this upper division class. There is a weekly journal which can be done in an hour. She teaches many different relaxing technique that are beneficial to our health.
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Pros: this class is really simple, once you get the hang of the assignments and what she is looking for its just a matter of doing them for easy points
tests are based word for word on study guide
she is a very reasonable professor, and the class is basically diary writing, if you are comfortable looking at yourself and your behavior then its very very easy. each week you write 150 words in response to a quote from the book you choose to read, 600 words in response to discussion questions in the book, a couple of sentences about what stressed you out the most this week, and then there are relaxation techniques on a CD your espond to one each weeka nd say how much it did or did not help, and then there is "coping techniques" which vary each week and you respond to that as well, all of it is due friday, once you get into the swing of things its superrrr easy!! the tests are based word for word on the study guide, so please for your own sake fill it out so you dont have to worry about the time constraint!
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EASY A! Do all your work every week (it's pretty redundant), review for the exams and you should have no problem acing this class! Everything is online, and she is super nice as far as corresponding with you.
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This is an easy A online class. It's just busy work that needs to be done every week and you have plenty of time to do the assignments. There are book reviews, discussion questions, a stress journal, and a final. As long as you do the assignments and ONLY have your thoughts, opinions, and reactions, you are guaranteed to pass this class. So all that you would need for the test is to study and get at least a 79 or higher to get an A-. But, that's only if you Ace the assignments which are 20 points each week and the final is 100. She replies to emails pretty quickly. STUDY THE STUDY GUIDES at the end of each chapter and lecture. It's only a matter of if you finish the assignments early or on time. I advise anyone who wants to take KIN 370, to take her...SHE IS THE BEST! Grade Received: A-
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She is really friendly, the homework is easy, but the exam is a little difficult and its a little tricky. Grade Received: B
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This class was cake. You just have to keep up with the assignments every week. They consist of discussion questions, self assesments, a stress journal, and a book review. The discussion questions were bs you can type a lot of nonsense as long as it's 600 words. She was very good about answering e-mails on time. She will also cut you slack if you are having computer problems so don't worry about that. Make sure you attend every class session (if it's hybrid) because you lose 15 points if you miss a day. I would have gotten an A if I didn't skip.
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Online class. Just need to buy her workbook which contains a CD with all the ppt and lectures. There were some errors (audio not matching the slides, missing audio or slides). But she always posted links to working ppt/lectures. She almost always responded the same day when I e-mailed her. The weekly assignments were more like busy work: discussion questions, assessments, book review. If you can keep up with them and follow directions, you just got yourself an easy 75% of the total grade. Listening to the audio portion is more important for the exams because about 50% of the answers come from the audio portion of the lecture, not the slides. So taking notes while listening is a good idea. (If you have a Mac with ppt installed, go to View -> Presenter Tools it will make taking notes a lot easier for each slide) You also have a choice, take the test on Bb (40min time limit) or take it on campus (2hr time limit). Your choice. Tests are 50 MC questions. Also try to choose a book that's interesting to you otherwise you'll hate doing that part. The class does not require a great amount of effort compared to other classes (she basically gives you a passing grade by doing the HW), so if you can't get a B in this class, don't register for anymore online classes. Grade Received: A
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Online class. Lectures were done by Professor Brown. The instructor (Fish and Thompson) answered student questions via email. Pretty good class. Some weeks, watching the video lectures would be somewhat time consuming. Work is rather simple and quick. Most of your grade is based on the test though. If you take notes during the lectures and most importantly, do the study guide, you should be fine. It should be an easy A, but it's simple in making a few mistakes on the test (even though its multiple choice) and get a lower grade. Grade Received: B+

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