Ms. Silverman is an extremely kind-hearted person. Everyday she lugs a huge hot water thermos to class so that she may off us coffee and tea during break. She brings cookies and other snacks, too. I've never had any other teacher do that. It is so nice of her, and speaks of her kind character. Yes, I agree that sometimes the lectures can seem a little on the boring side, but overall the class has been fine. There wasn't any in-class tests, just take-home essays. Other than that there was two tpapers, each of them you pretty much got to choose your own topic. My class starts in the evening, and sometimes if it has been a long day I leave half-way through class, and I still do fine. I would say she's an easy A as long as you do your papers. All her bad reviews are from a few years ago now, so maybe she's just gotten a lot better over the years.