Tamar was super nice and her classes were interesting. This comes from someone who hates writing. Her directions are clear and all you write are 2 essays. Just read the material she gives you, show up to class and you'll be fine.

Tamar is an amazing professor! She is super friendly and tries to keep the atmosphere casual. In my opinion, she is really concerned about your class and will try her best to help you with your doubts.
The coursework itself is easy and you just have to write 3 compositions based on any movie, song, advertisement, etc. The best part is that all 3 compositions are due on the last day of class and she helps you with the editing from a 3-page draft to a 6-page final essay. Another cool thing about her class is this special type of composition called "grammar-b" which allows you to be very creative and artistic with your thoughts.
Tip if you take her class: Change a lot of things from your 3-page to the 6-page essay and make noticeable improvements including everything she asks you to do during your one-on-one session with her. She can easily tell who put how much effort in class and will keep that mind while giving the final grades.

For this Prof, you either love her or hate her. For me, I actually really loved the class. She helped improve my writing skill unimaginably. I actually got A papers in my other classes that required writing this quarter because of how much her class improved my writing.
This quarter she assigned 3 writing projects. There are 2 conventional essays(1st analyzing a music piece or an advertisement, 2nd about analyzing a movie), and 1 unconventional essay( grammar B). For the final, we are required to hand in two 6 page polished papers and one 3page draft. All three papers are required 3 page drafts and for the final we can choose 2 out of the 3 papers to bring to the 6 page length.
So if your not comfortable with unconventional, you are not required to hand in a polished 6 page essay.
With that being said, she does challenge how you think independently and she has been very helpful in her OH and her classes. If you want to succeed in her class, communication with her is key. she will tell you exactly where your problems are but she will not spoon feed you answers.

This class was super hard but I honestly believe I came out as a better writer. Getting an A is hard work but doable if you put the time and effort in and edit your essays according to her suggestions.
> Two 6 Page essays with one 3 page essay for credit – 80%
>Participation - 20 %
> Everyone has to meet with her at least once to discuss a 3 page draft of the two essays and publish ( read out and discuss) the third essay draft in class
>You get an entire week for these 3 pages and then get a one week break before the next assignment is handed out. You're only supposed to complete the drafts of two essays and I would really recommend using this breather week to complete your essay and show it to her in her OH. You'll get a good idea of how she feels about the essay and this way you won't be running around in week 10 to complete your assignments.
> She only tells you the tentative grade you're going to get in Week 9 but that's fair because you get an entire week to tweak your essay.She told me that both my essays were in a range of a B in the conference and I ended up getting an A in the class
> Going to office hours helps A LOT. A large part of your essay grade depends on how much it has improved since the first draft and going to office hours with progressive drafts shows her the work you're putting in.
> One of the essays is in Grammar B style. DO NOT use this essay as one of your 6 page assignments. It sounds easy but it is VERY time consuming. I made this mistake and I did not study for any other subject come week 10.
Ultimately this class is what you make of it. It's a great course and will leave you a better writer but only if you put in the work. I would definitely take this course again if I could.

Dear Tamar,

You were the professor I needed not the one I wanted. Your class was WAY more difficult than it seemed on the outset (and the grade distribution). I spent way more time, especially in the final weeks of this class, working on your papers than I did for other classes. Why in the hell am I recommending you then? Because you taught me a lot: you helped me actually nail down how to create significance in my writing, be willing to make my writing malleable to constructive criticism, and helped me think more analytically. Also your 50's look is dope.

I took this class over the pandemic and online so my experience with Tamar might be a bit different. The workload for this class was not heavy unless you left assignments to the last minute. There were 2 discussion posts due every week before class, but they aren't graded(although try on them bc they help you in class). There are no midterms, but there is a "final". Throughout the quarter Tamar helps guide you through 3 papers that are written over the quarter and gives you personal feedback on each one and how to make it better. Only 2 are graded and the topics were not super hard.

Participation is enforced in this class and there are a lot of awkward zoom silence when no one wants to talk. Tamar talks a lot tho and usually fills up the time, but she definitely likes to boast about herself and her husband at times. The textbook is written by them specifically so a lot of the answers she gives is "it's in the textbook and look at chapter 4 again." The textbook was only $20 so it wasn't that bad and it luckily isn't as boring as other textbooks.

Tamar is a great professor for ENGCOMP 3. Not only is she super funny, but she gives insightful suggestions for your papers. The class was graded on participation, and two papers. The first was a research paper on an episode of your choice from the Netflix series "Black Mirror." The second was a Grammar B paper, which is basically just using word art to get your message across. I enjoyed going to lecture, and since the papers aren't due for a grade until Week 10, there's plenty of time to revise and edit your papers for the best grade possible.

I would say she’s tough , I’ll admit but she is also very helpful. She gives you so much clarity and she is very very chill . The work you do might be a pain but it is very helpful. It helped me with my writing skills. Her group and individual conference which are mandatory are very resourceful , you get so much great insight and clarify on your writing.

The overall class is solid and Tamar really cares about her students. You need to put in a decent amount of effort but nothing crazy. I figured early on that I was going to have to pass/fail this class because I was heading towards a B/B- which somewhat dictated the amount of effort I put in. However, if you do what she says and put in the correct amount of effort, you will see benefits to your writing. If you just want an easy A to get your Writing I requirement done then I suggest a different professor. Oh and try to write in favor of what she supports. Even though she says she is open to all perspectives, it will just make your life a lot easier to take her opinions on the various issues.