Bad professor?

SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP · Aug 25, 2015

I've had several profs who had "bad" reviews on Rate My Professor. They ended up being some of my favorite instructors. I take what I find on that site with a grain of salt. Most of the time, it's spoiled brats giving bad ratings because the prof wouldn't cut them a break when they skipped class or tried to turn in a late assignment.

As far as Organic Chem, I *HIGHLY* recommend Khan Academy as supplemental instruction. Whenever I didn't understand a topic in lecture, the lessons on Khan Academy made it crystal clear. It seemed like KA followed our text book exactly, too. I can't say enough good things about them. I got an A in Organic Chem and I really feel like it was due to using KA as supplemental instruction.

If your Orgo class is only pass/fail, it shouldn't be the same as taking Orgo for science/chem majors. You should be OK. There are a few concepts in Orgo that they kind of expect you to have already come across in Gen Chem. Our school will not allow Orgo unless Gen Chem has been passed, so I'm not sure if you'll be able to get through it or not without Gen Chem.

I loved lab in Orgo. One of my favorite labs :)

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Aug 25, 2015

I know a phenomenally talented math professor who has the lowest rating on that cite, the reasons being her accent, her serious attitude to learning and that "she cannot make lessons fun". Lessons of calculus, mind you, and for people who are kinda expected to know it, for they are going to become civil engineers one day.
You will meet incredible number of "bad" administrators, managers, colleagues and even new relatives in your life, and you will come to avoud some of them and cherish every moment spent with some others. I bet there will be more of the latter ones but you wob't find out till you try. Go take the course and do your best and forget about ratemyprofessor.com as a reliable source of information. It is another outcrop of online whining industry, the analogue of pissedconsumer.com, an endless source of fun for me. I find reading of stupid expressions of how one's whole life was totally ruined because his high majesty was not properly greeted upon entering some God-forsaken fast food place and his fries were cold and not crispy enough relaxing for some strange reason.

I wish I could like this a dozen times over.

It is another outcrop of online whining industry, the analogue of pissedconsumer.com,

PERFECT!

My dtr is a college professor in a difficult discipline and she gets fairly low RMP marks from the undergrads in her classes. They say she expects them to teach themselves! She marks you down if your homework is late! Oh, the horror! The horror of not being spoonfed, of having to do your own research and justify it! However, she is a leader in her field, has a highly-sought-after graduate program with Masters and PhD students beating down the door, and gets calls to consult at other universities on her research. I know there are many experts who can't teach their way out of a damp paper bag, but I have seen her in action and she's a great teacher. "Online whining industry!" I love it!!

I think my dtr, though about half my age, is a true COB. Love it.

KatFUTUREnurse · Aug 27, 2015

So I truly did have a bad professor.... Honestly, I tried so hard today. The teacher does have a serious accent with a very soft voice, plus there was instances where she wouldn't say a pronoun in sentence or it would take her some time to figure how to say certain words in English.

For example: She would say "You throw it away in the..uhh...can". When she ment throw it away in the trash can. But she is a pretty nice teacher overall, except if we ask her a question when we don't understand something (she automatically assumes we get everything she's talking about), she would look at us as if we're dumb or just joking around.

But I'm going to try to stick it out to the end!

delawaremalenurse · Aug 31, 2015

My professor for my Organic Chem class has some horrible reviews on ratemyprofessor.com. Unfortunately, she is the only teacher available to teach Orgo, so I have no other options but to take her.
The reviews states that she is hard to understand because she has a really low voice and a profound accent. Plus, the reviews say it's a pass/fail class and that she's never consistent on what she's teaching...
I really need this class to apply to this nursing program in December, so there's no dropping the course. Plus, this is Orgo and I'm taking it before Gen Chem because I heard the two doesn't corelate with one another, so I would just be wasting time and money.
Did anyone else pass a class with a bad professor?

Seems to me that only the worst students take the time to write bad reviews.

HIPAAPotamus, BSN, RN · Sep 6, 2015

I had a chemistry professor who had terrible reviews on RMP, and lived up to the hype. I doubled my normal efforts, studying outside of the classroom and using Khan Academy to fill in the blanks, and ended up with an A.Right now I've got an equally poorly-rated A&P professor who is going to be difficult (accent and lack of cohesive thought). I plan to do the same thing. It sucks when you don't have the most amazing professor, but if you can achieve good scores under the worst of circumstances, imagine how well you can do with a phenomenal teacher.