Dr. Mary Shepherd
Classes taught
- Precalculus (17-117)
Style & personality
Dr. Shepherd teaches mathematics, and academy students are usually in her pre-calculus class. She is one of the few math teachers to assign and collect homework, which she does extensively. The homework counts for a large portion of your grade, and you really have to do a large amount of it to pass her class. There are exercises due usually everyday, and problems due before each test. However, if you do the majority of the homework, you should pass her classes easily. Students with a certain grade before taking the final are allowed to skip out on a final, so doing the homework reall pays off.
Student opinions
William Dotson:Dr. Shepherd is one of the most concerned teachers at Northwest. She will do a lot to make sure you understand things and do well. As was stated above, she assigns a lot of homework. However, you only have to do something around 3/4 of it to get a solid A (she assigns more points of homework than she uses when calculating grades). She also puts extra credit on tests if I remember correctly. If you work the system right, you can skip the final, as is stated above. For example, I went into the final with a 120% in the class. I didn't take the final, which means it went down as a 0%, but because of all the extra credit (and the fact that she doesn't weight finals nearly as much as other teachers) I still got like a 112% in her class.
