Buenaflor, Katherine teaches at Ateneo de Manila University. Across 14 comments from students, they hold a rating of 3.3 out of 5. Students score them 3.7 out of 5 on helpfulness, 3.3 out of 5 on grading fairness, 2.8 out of 5 on workload and 2.3 out of 5 on willingness to retake. Of those comments, 7 read positive, 3 read neutral and 4 read negative.
Buenaflor, Katherine
Ateneo de Manila University · Since 2022 · 14 comments
What students said
positive 7
neutral 3
mixed 0
negative 4
Buenaflor, Katherine3.3
Background
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Take Buenaflor if you want a class one student describes as Easy A with slide-based quizzes, group presentations, and a lot of async. Lean away if you need a documented hard curve or dislike group work. Sample is one writeup, so this is lean_take rather than take.
Suits
students who want slide-based quizzes and group presentations
students who prefer frequent asynchronous sessions
Look elsewhere if
students who want only individual assessments
students who need a well-documented grading pattern across many voices
Dr · Instructor · SOSE Faculty Representative, ASCEND Awards Committee
Instructor, Ateneo de Manila University · Environmental Science · current
SOSE Faculty Representative, ASCEND Awards Committee, Ateneo de Manila University · School of Science and Engineering · current
Recent courses
ENVI 10.01
ENVI 174
ENVI 176I
ENVI 274
ENVI 320
ENVI 399.11
ENVI 399.12
ENVI 399.13
Buenaflor, Katherine | Ateneo de Manila
Comments
Breakdown
Helpfulness3.7
Grading fairness3.3
Workload2.8
Would retake2.3
n=14
Top comments
Rapid Lynx
No printed syllabus: prep group reports and watch your biases
positive
CourseHISTO 11
Hiii! I had 2 profs you mentioned. here's a summaryiirc, Sir Lim doesn't require a printed syllabus. Key thing to remember for his class are his group reports. He may seem intimidating when asking questions so prepare well for them. Plan and approach your presentation from the moment it was given and have mock runs just in case. Read the readings well and proofread any papers you will pass.Ma'am So also doesn't require a printed syllabus. Her class is genuinely one of the most thought provoking classes I had. I'm assuming you're taking Histo 11 under her. She makes learning about Rizal relevant to our contemporary period and issues. All I have to say is be aware of your biases in reports, essays, and recitations.more
Brave Ibis
Prepare for group reports; So’s class is thought-provoking
positive
CourseHISTO 11
Hiii! I had 2 profs you mentioned. here's a summary
iirc, Sir Lim doesn't require a printed syllabus. Key thing to remember for his class are his group reports. He may seem intimidating when asking questions so prepare well for them. Plan and approach your presentation from the moment it was given and have mock runs just in case. Read the readings well and proofread any papers you will pass.
Ma'am So also doesn't require a printed syllabus. Her class is genuinely one of the most thought provoking classes I had. I'm assuming you're taking Histo 11 under her. She makes learning about Rizal relevant to our contemporary period and issues. All I have to say is be aware of your biases in reports, essays, and recitations.more
Quiet Jay
RUN: her PPTs, comments, assessments, and quizzes are all AI
negative
Retake?No
gurl as her beadle, RUN!!
def the worse class in the whole ateneo, don’t even know why she got hired. she is an indicator that ateneo is running out of good profs.
what’s worse is that, she’s an envisci prof, pero lahat ng ginagawa niya AI!!
PPT NIYA AI, COMMENTS NIYA SA GAWA NIYO AI RIN, ASSETMENTS ARE AI TOO, and PATI QUIZ AI!!! siya embodiment na if AI has a body, that’s her!!
feeling high standards classes niya even if her lecture doesn’t even reacj the lowest caliber.
side note: kasama siya sa gc ng mga students, which i know bawal, pero warevs, ive put everything sa evals, i hope no one has to put up with her ever again.more
All comments
Daring Wolf
Super Easy A, chill class, quizzes from the PowerPoints
positive
4.0 attainableYes
WorkloadLight
Super Easy A and she’s very chill with how she conducts her class
Quizzes din are not too difficult. They are just based on the PowerPoints.
Also, get good groupmates since there are plenty of group presentations
Only con is she tends to yap a lot about her personal life which kind of distracts you from the lesson but it’s not a major issue
Hope this helps, OP!more
Brave Yak
Easy B+ to A, quizzes mostly verbatim from the ppt
positive
4.0 attainableYes
WorkloadMedium
Hi! She’s an Easy B+ to A in my experienceHer requirements are:A couple of group presentations ( and she sets the meeting prior the presentation day as asynch to give you time to work on it)5 quizzes ( some asynch/ some onsite, they’re not that hard tho, most are verbatim from the ppt)Final project and presentationmore
Clever Llama
no for so
Dapper Crane
90% kwento 10% turo
negative
90% kwento 10% turo
then the 10% turo is just her repeating what she already taught us early in the sem :’)
Calm Moth
Not an easy A: terror vibe and dept exam wasn't taught
negative
Retake?No
4.0 attainableNo
LeniencyNo
a lot of people will say shes an easy A but thats NOT true 😭 i took her during 23-24 and it was like she was trying rlly hard to be a “terror prof” like she’d get mad over random things. during our departmental exam, none of the questions there were taught to us. the only questions we could answer were from our LAB class with a different professor.more
Keen Ibis
Easy B+ to A; quizzes mostly from the PPT
positive
4.0 attainableYes
LeniencyYes
WorkloadLight
Hi! She’s an Easy B+ to A in my experience
Her requirements are:
A couple of group presentations ( and she sets the meeting prior the presentation day as asynch to give you time to work on it)
5 quizzes ( some asynch/ some onsite, they’re not that hard tho, most are verbatim from the ppt)
Final project and presentationmore
Hidden Otter
90% kwento, 10% turo
negative
90% kwento 10% turo 😔 then the 10% turo is just her repeating what she already taught us early in the sem :’)
Noble Tiger
Chill until the departmental covered untaught content
positive
LeniencyNo
had her for natsci not this class but um. we all thought she was chill and nice until we walked into the departmental exam and found out she hadn’t taught us over half the contentmore
Anonymous
Easy A if that's the goal; malabo if you want to learn
positive
176 is an interesting class tbh, doc kat can just be polarizing in that if easy a lang habol mo then shes PERFECT but if you actually want to learn concrete things medyo malabo
she is very nice and accomodating though. always good mood, could not make her mad unless u so do some heinous shit. VERY chatty, which again, is a good thing or a bad.more
