Kimpo, Rosalinda M. teaches at Ateneo de Manila University. Across 21 comments from students, they hold a rating of 3.8 out of 5. Students score them 3.6 out of 5 on clarity, 3.8 out of 5 on helpfulness, 2.6 out of 5 on grading fairness, 2.9 out of 5 on workload and 3.5 out of 5 on willingness to retake. Of those comments, 15 read positive, 2 read mixed and 4 read negative. They are listed for 5 sections this term.
Kimpo, Rosalinda M.
Ateneo de Manila University · 21 comments
What students said
positive 15
neutral 0
mixed 2
negative 4
Kimpo, Rosalinda M.3.8
Background
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Part-time Faculty
Physical education (dance, ballroom dance, line dance, tap dance)
Career
Part-time Faculty, Ateneo de Manila University · Physical Education Program · current
Recent courses
PEPC 11.13
PEPC 14.05
PEPC 14.06
PEPC 15.06
PHYED 125
PHYED 152
PHYED 154
Comments
Breakdown
Clarity3.6
Helpfulness3.8
Grading fairness2.6
Workload2.9
Would retake3.5
n=21
Top comments
Swift Urchin
Harsh critique but you will actually learn
mixed
Retake?Yes
Sorry for the wall of text I love this prof hehe
I took her for ballroom last year and am currently taking her for tap dance.
She’s about what you’d expect from a dance instructor who is in her 80s, kinda harsh with her critique but you can trust that if you are willing to learn you WILL learn something.
Don’t listen to anyone who says that she just moves on when nobody gets the move she taught because she explicitly states several times through the sessions that she is willing to repeat what she taught if even one person in class asks or if it looks like the class just doesn’t get it. A lot of us even approach her before and after class to clarify moves and she always teaches us with no complaint.
That being said, if you want to have a free PE, avoid her at all costs because you will be expected to put in some effort. Her classes are ones that you’ll only really enjoy if you genuinely want to learn the dances that she’s teaching. Her more unpleasant attitude comes around whenever she sees someone clearly not practicing or putting in the effort that they should be. One of the worst classes you can pick if you don’t care about PE.
The workload is kind of conflicting to judge because I have no idea what is being taught in dance fundamentals, but if we’re going by the structure I’ve experienced for the other classes. Ballroom had 4 choreographies while tap dance had 5 + the final group choreography. She really takes the time to go through all the steps so that you can take the time to process them before the next session. The first session always has you write the history of whatever dance you are taking but that’s the only time you’ll ever write a paper in her class and I’m not sure how that will apply dance fundamentals.
Shes very considerate when it comes to the learning speed of the class as there have been a few times where she would change the song to one with a slower tempo if the class cannot keep up or even allowing people to tap out of the exam that day and take it the next session without any deductions.
Her grading system is out of 10 for every exam and honestly? It’s kinda brutal if you’re aiming for a 10. I’ve missed out on 10s in tap dance because I made one incorrect step (not exaggerating my pride was very wounded) despite the rest of my performance having correct moves. That being said if you’re aiming for a passing score then as long as your moves are generally correct and you don’t freeze throughout the whole exam (it’s completely normal and more valid than it sounds) then you’re good.
I do have to give a very clear warning though, she takes attendance very seriously. In the rare times she opts for async sessions, you will be required either to join an online meeting (in the case for ballroom) or send in a video of you practicing within the day (in the case of tap dance). She generally only chooses to NOT do onsite class if there is a transport strike or Ateneo made an announcement for suspension.
Misc comments:
- She only memorizes last names
- The song choices are quite fun, some of my favorites include:
What I’ve Been Looking For - High School Musical
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
- She has a lot of fun stories
- I can now say I watched a Cocomelon video for PE
TLDR: Don’t pick her if you want an easy PE but if you like dancing, I urge you to pick her and have fun learning from one of my favorite profs of all time 🫡🫡more
Brave Bison
Fun ballroom with a real workout every class
positive
Retake?Yes
LeniencyYes
WorkloadMedium
Hiii, I had Miss Kimpo for Ballroom Dancing and I can say she’s a rly good prof! We learned a total of 4 different dances throughout the whole sem. I can say her class is fun but ur for sure gonna get a workout every class.
Grading: in our practicals it was -1 per mistake but sometimes she lets some mistakes slide naman. She’s also a little particular whether you are on beat or not with the music, so practicing with musics with different tempos are a must since the music is different for every pair during the practicals. How it worked for us when picking out our partners was during our first practical we were paired randomly, the last 3 practicals we got to pick our partner, and during the finals the partner and dance were bunutan.
Teaching style: Miss is very accommodating to clarify any questions you may have about the dance. Just make sure to voice out your concerns because if not Miss will just immediately move onto the next step.
Personality wise: Miss is a super sweet and understanding person. She’s kind of like an active lola (she’s 82 and is super active and dances better than everyone in the class). During rehearsals she also immediately points out your mistake if she sees it, even if it’s a small detail lang.
Overall, you’re in good hands! I found the class super fun but I was always super sweaty after 😅. She also gives the session before the practical to rehearse the whole routine(as in you’ll just keep dancing non stop for the whole period-) but yes super enjoyed it and as long as you’re willing to learn and put in the effort you’ll do great!more
Happy Tiger
Sweet, doable reqs, pacing is too fast
positive
CoursePEPC 11.13
WorkloadLight
Hi! I got Ma’am Linda for PEPC 11.13 AY 2024-2025, 2nd sem!
Personality-wise, Ma’am is super nice and sweet!! Like what the others said, she gives off motherly vibes :)) I could see that she really wants you to learn from your mistakes talaga.
She dances well rin, and tbh I love her when she dances, nakakatuwa.
When it comes to requirements, she requires a group reporting, multiple practicals (per group, but individual grade), and 1 long test (written). Her requirements naman are very doable. Concern ko lang dito is paiba-iba lang ang groupings which makes it magulo.
Teaching style naman, medj mabilis ang pacing. We learned all the basic dance steps, 1-2 sessions lang, and ang layo ng practicals date namen from the days she taught it 😭 HUHUHU !! Also, our lectures involve her saying what are in the PPTs + she also asks participation from the class too!! I admit that I mostly self-taught for the other topics since medj malabo talaga TT
Sa grading naman, she gave all our scores back (except for our long test) after finals so I didn’t really know what was my standing HDHJSHAHA !! Pero you can consult naman to her when it comes to your grades or ask her after practicals on how did you do. She’s very particular with your feet movements, and if you are in sync sa music! -1 per mistake, and take note kapag practicals its over a 10, pero in canvas its /100. So lets say if you got an 8/10 sa practicals, it becomes 80/100 sa canvas.
Kinda got pressured considering her class was supposed to be fundamentals TT. I suggest get another prof for this type of PE!more
All comments
Noble Moth
Fun PE with Ma'am Linda if you practice and never miss roll
positive
Retake?Yes
VOUCH (hello dance partner 💃🕺)
though op, not sure what ur gonna expect since thats PEPC if im not mistaken, but do know na ur in good hands with maam linda! such a sweetheart if u do small talk with her before or after class + she may allow u to practice after the session (minsan din mag sit in / maki practice with the next class)!
re: grading, be sure to practice until u get the countings down or the name of the steps as u do it para makabisado mo + be on time! maam checks attendance as soon as the second bell rings and counts it as late if u miss the roll call 😅 also, complete uniform lagi! incomplete ang attendance mo if otherwise ^^
overall, its a fun class lalo na't makikilala mo somehow classmates mo and just laugh over anything and everything dahil pagod ka na kasasayaw 🤣 hope u have fun, op!more
Anonymous
fave PE of all time
positive
Retake?Yes
fave PE of all time
Daring Falcon
LOVEEE
Retake?Yes
LOVEEE
Earnest Alpaca
Beginner friendly ballroom, B+ and A-able if you practice
positive
Retake?Yes
4.0 attainableYes
very beginner friendly, i'm not athletic at all but had a great time in ballroom dance :>>
i got a B+ but i think it's A-able if you're lucky with your partners and you practice the dances outside of class time
take the class!!! you only have so few opportunities to take an "unusual" pe hahamore
Happy Urchin
Didn't actually teach, plays favorites, nitpicky grading
Retake?No
LeniencyNo
might be an unpopular opinion but most of the people i know didn’t like kimpo after we took her 😭
for basic dance fundamentals, at least, she didn’t actually “teach” us anything she just told us to search the dance up and we had to learn it from the videos. so if we got it “wrong” or the tutorial video we found wasn’t accurate, she would tell us off when we were practicing and put us down when we got the moves wrong.
she only finds the initiative sometimes to correct you but it’s not in a kind way and she will miss some details that when it comes to the final presentation you wouldn’t even know it was wrong.
she also has clear favorites in class and if she didn’t like you it would show in her grading (more nitpicky but also ifl it was attitude grading lol) and the way she talks to you and it would carry throughout the semmore
Golden Crane
Maam Kimpo is the GOAT
positive
Retake?Yes
MAAM KIMPO IS THE GOAT
Keen Otter
Best PE that I ever had, motherly mix of strict
positive
Retake?Yes
Best PE that I ever had!!
Our class was really tight-knit in Ballroom:DD Miss Kimpo would always be willing to help us ++ give comments so that we could improve on our steps. She's also willing to be your partner if you really need some guidance. I love how she's a good mix of understanding and "strict" too, but she has that motherly love that made me always look forward to her class.
She'd demonstrate steps again and again in case we got lost, so I never felt embarrassed to feel lost. Would take her again definitely!!
S/O to my amazing dance partners and!!more
Kind Seal
Fun and accommodating, sit in next class to catch up
positive
ifl the mixed reviews kinda depend on the batch she's teaching because in my batch she's really fun and accommodating. we even get to sit in in the next class so we can catch up on the stepsmore
Anonymous
Fave PE, accommodating even if you're not good at dancing
positive
Retake?Yes
Fave PE ever!!! Even if you’re not very good at dancing maam kimpo is very accommodating and is willing to teach you the steps you don’t get!! Really enjoyed her class and I think it’s a PE worth trying 😁more
Gentle Puffin
Hardest dance class, she demonstrates but barely teaches
mixed
As a dancer (in other genres) of 10+ years, ngl its actually hard
Between streetdance, fundamentals of breakin, and bellydancing, this was the hardest by far.
Ppl are right when they say she doesn’t actually teach, she’ll demonstrate it once or twice and you’ll have to ask questions for her to break it down further.
That being said, if you are comfortable with dance, it can be really fun! Just choose good partners and ask as many questions as you need!more
Earnest Newt
She's my GOAT frfr
positive
Retake?Yes
EVERYONE HAS SAID EVERYTHING I WANNA SAY NA
SHES MY GOAT FRFR
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Jolly Viper
THE GOAT
Keen Bison
Harsh PE grading and a 100-step Zumba
negative
Retake?No
LeniencyNo
WorkloadHeavy
strongly agree w anon 990
took her for gymnastics (stretching)
her niceness is exaggerated in these comments because overall she's really passive-aggressive. she HATES switching modality, even if she's the only class most of the people have that day. so if there's a typhoon or transport strike (and classes arent suspended by ateneo) u will have class 😂
if it's suspended due to a typhoon and strike, she will require you to submit a video.
we also spent half the semester memorizing her zumba dance and then making our own 😃😃😃. we only really started stretching and doing gymnastics related things towards the END of the sem.
she is super harsh when it comes to grading. OA FOR A PE PROF LIKE 😭😭😭⁉️⁉️⁉️ every step u get wrong in her 100 step zumba routine will automatically give you a minus 1 and it's only out of 10 🤠🤠🤠
anyways, ive had pe profs that were so much more understanding. i wld not recommend maam 😃💔more
Lucky Crane
Unpleasant tap: show once, grade low
negative
Retake?No
LeniencyNo
ALSO AGREE WITH ANON MEMBERS 990 AND 263
I took her for tap dance and it was the most unpleasant PE I’ve ever had to take. She’s very passive aggressive and will only show you the steps once or twice but expect you to memorize it on the spot. She grades very low and will ask some students to repeat. I’ve heard stories of her yelling at the class before us too (?). What annoyed me the most was when I asked her if she could provide at least a list of the steps on canvas or a demo, she said we should make a demo ourselves…
Best advice I can give you is have a student who’s injured or can’t participate that day to take note of all of the steps for everyone. You can also voice record the last few minutes of the session when the class is doing the whole routine too because she’ll call out the steps and you can transcribe it later on.more
Kind Otter
Take her at least once, iconic tap dance
positive
Retake?Yes
love her oh my god had her for tap dance and ngl could've done better but that was on me 😂 she's pretty iconic! she dances so well for her age it's insane!! you can tell she loves what she does n it translates to her teaching. id say though as a beginner it was a bit difficult catching up to her sometimes, at least compared to my more experienced dancer classmates, but it's nothing a little practice can't address hehe. take her at least once !!! unique ateneo PEs ftwmore
Anonymous
Loved PE, sweet, considerate, good grades
positive
Retake?Yes
4.0 attainableYes
had her for ballroom and tap dance during the pandemic so cant really speak abt workload or teaching style esp now but i loved PE with her. she was really sweet and considerate and gave good grades toomore
Lively Panda
Most unpleasant PE, nice but nitpicky and not considerate
positive
Retake?No
LeniencyNo
WorkloadHeavy
have taken her for ballroom and tbh idk why older reviews on her are so good, it’s the most unpleasant PE i’ve ever had.
she’s *nice* overall but passive-aggressive at times. the type to demo something once and move on even if a majority of the class clearly didn’t get it. fully onsite also, only held asynch classes because of emergencies (but she’d still require video submissions) - not considerate when it comes to shifting modalities. nitpicky when it comes to grading.
if you’re confident at keeping up, memorizing, and being able to attend every session, i guess you could take her. would not recommend if you’d rather have a more relaxed class.more
Quiet Newt
Pass, passive-aggressive and harsh for PE
negative
Retake?No
LeniencyNo
hi anon there are already 2-3 posts about maam but let me paste my thoughts again! haha
pass on maam rosalinda kimpo
took her for gymnastics (stretching)
her niceness is exaggerated in other posts because overall she's really passive-aggressive. she HATES switching modality, even if she's the only class most of the people have that day. so if there's a typhoon or transport strike (and classes arent suspended by ateneo) u will have class 😂
if it's suspended due to a typhoon and strike, she will require you to submit a video.
we also spent half the semester memorizing a zumba dance and then making our own 😃😃😃. we only really started stretching and doing gymnastics related things towards the END of the sem.
she is super harsh when it comes to grading. OA FOR A PE PROF LIKE 😭😭😭⁉️⁉️⁉️ every step u get wrong in her 100 step zumba routine will automatically give you a minus 1 and it's only out of 10 🤠🤠🤠
anyways, ive had pe profs that were so much more understanding. i wld not recommend maam 😃💔 but if ure into memorizing and all then go for it igmore
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Hidden Gecko
^^ yeah. would not recommend especially if you’re a freshie since pe actually affects your qpi
Anonymous
Inspirational tap grandma; A despite mistakes
positive
Retake?Yes
4.0 attainableYes
LeniencyYes
Took her for tap dance, but I can vouch for Ma’am! She is so inspirational honestly. She is almost 80 (I don’t know her age exactly but it’s above 70 iirc) but dances better than me.
Grading: Every mistake is a -1 but you can get away with some mistakes if she weren’t able to catch it. I thought I’d get a C+ because I only perfected like one dance routine, but I got an A so I think she is more lenient in grading.
Teaching Style: Active grandma vibes cause she is! She always answers questions and repeat steps if must.
Personality: Very approachable, don’t be shy or anything. She is also very accommodating. You can plead to move dance performance deadlines with her but don’t abuse!more
