not a very good prof

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Poorly organized lecturer and little effort into making good tests.

VERY BAD

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This guy is an idiot.

he thinks he'sooo smart and everyone else is sooo stupid....if I was his mother I'd smack him in the head..and tell hiom not to be so rude to the people who pay his salary

this guy is a son of a bad guy ......he mad me cry....I HATE HIM

Before you call me a whiner, I did very well in his classes despite him. He is the most unclear, hard to deal with person ever. He pushes good students to the edge and makes others feel like idiots. Only take required courses if he teaches it

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avoid like the plague

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Definately avoid like the plague. This man builds up his ego by putting others down. If we were experts in the field, why would we pay to take the class?!?!??!

one word: "useless"...don't bother emailing questions or trying to schedule a meeting cause it will be a waste of your time...which is ridiculous for a prof that refuses to post notes online, or even use a text book to help u understand his mumbo-jumbo.

He does not teach effectively. His topics by the end of the year dont exactly total everything you were supposed to know... like in 2nd year molecular cell biology with Carlone we did the entire text book, with him, you do like 4 chapters. To some people thats good but i like to learn ALOT and hes not good for that. He is usually just confusing.

Extremely rude. Stuck up, arrogant and very condescending.Doesn't take phone calls. Doesn't respond to emails to setup an appointment. If you catch him in the Biology Office area and try to talk, he'll tell you off - no matter what kind of question it is or how good/bad of a student you are. Doesn't post anything online. Usless, confusing prof.

Absolutely Useless. Rude, condescending, unhelpful. Does not encourage learning through questions/discussion with him. Doesn't post anything online. Says he will email you certain very detailed lecture slides and NEVER DOES. You're in trouble if u try to remind him. 1/10 teaching quality. For God's sake Dean, do something about this guy! I beg u.

Hard to take good notes when he goes through the slides so fast. When you ask him to slow down, he replies "write faster." He also told us to only know the one way of deriving the Michaelis-Menten equation. On the midterm it said to derive it the other way. I asked him about it during the test, and he replied "you weren't listening." Very rude.

Horrible prof! Is very difficult to understand and makes the content even more boring! Picks on students to answer questions concerning material that hasn't yet been covered. If taking his class sit at the VERY back! Do not take a class if he is the Prof.

Everyday during class, he would walk up the aisles and ask random people to answer his questions! Who wants to deal with that? By the end of the year, the majority of the class all sat as far back as they could to avoid him

Very unclear and painful to listen to. He could make the most interesting course dreadful. Seems like he doesnt even know what he is trying to teach youwhat he will test you on.

Very Disrespectful (eg. not showing up in review session) . Feels like he enjoys giving everyone a hard time and seeing people failing. why would someone give you 27 MC for a test worth 30%.. and fill in the blanks each worth 3 marks. Are you SERIOUS??? DO NOT EVERRRR take class with this prof.

Terrible.

Worst prof I have ever had and I am in my third year at Brock. Does not post anything, very rude when answering questions about midterms . Does not explain what to study from the book, does not tell you what will be on the midterm "material wise". Tell you to go through lectures and you are there like thank you captain freaking Obvious. Very ruuude

Normally, I dont hate people I personal dont know. Skandalis is an exception. I attended all lectures minus like 2-3. I did all the reading from the book and his notes yet the course was a total disaster. Honestly, he manages to make the easiest material the hardest thing in the word.

loves to make the simplest things very difficult to understand. Ask questions to the class and will explain the wrong answers as if they are right. He uses intimidation to teach; helps no one. He will always refer to the textbook when realistically no student has time to check the things he doesnt explain in class. Pros: looks like Jeff Goldblum.

I really wanted to enjoy the course. I believe he knows his stuff, but he doesnt have to put down students to prove it. He will ask if anyone have questions, but no one wants to ask because to him there is such thing as 'stupid' questions; asking for a clarification will risk in him saying something like "werent you listening to what I just said".

oh gosh, terrible prof i asked him questions after class and he told me to google the answer. His lecture style is terrible and expects you to memorize everything he says. Honestly dont know why hes a professor he obviously hates teaching. Should only do research, he made life hell

He puts stuff on the tests that he never covered in lecture. Very condescending and does not care about helping his students' learning and success. If you actually want to learn, lectures are pointless because he tells you that you are "on your own" for most concepts. Do not take this course if you don't have too as it was my worst mark all year.

This course seems like it should be something that you could succeed in with enough determination, however his lectures and the exam questions are incredibly convoluted. He assigns the whole 800 page textbook as reading and seems to expect you to know all of it. Also, expectations on labs are not clear and marking is inconsistent.

Very condescending, dry lectures, slides are just figures from the text that you're expected to memorize (you are expected to memorize the entire textbook..). Exam and midterm questions are very unfair (midterm was 25MC worth 30% of final grade). He also enjoys walking up and down aisles to put students on the spot.

Avoid at all costs. By far the worst professor I've ever had. VERY unclear about expectations; essentially tells you the exam is on the whole 800pg textbook (minus 2 chapters). Seems to enjoy making students anxious, talking about how hard his exams are, how you're going to get stuff wrong, bragging about how his own son failed his class, etc.

he laughed when people got answers wrong in class and told us that theres no way were going to do good in the class. thanks bud

hard to follow in class

Terrible teacher. Barely learnt a thing and he made 8am classes mandatory. The class was all over the place. He would just ramble on with only pictures on the slides. It was impossible to know where he was going with each lecture and what the main point was.

Trash. Lectures are so general and all over the place, you never know what the main theme is. Yells at you for asking a question and claims that, "you should know this already" when going to office hours. Absolute trash.

In university you take control of your own education but this man did not want to help anybody in anyway, when asked questions in class he would say you should know this by now and laugh about how we would fail the exam. Tried to take advantage of office hours laughed at me and told me to read 18 chapters of the textbook to prepare for the final.

Skandalis was not a great prof. His lectures were hard to follow. He would post pictures of things then talk about them and it was hard to understand. The tests were not very fair, but you can still pass them if you study enough. Overall, would not take his class again.

I am currently taking this course during the pandemic and the online version is one that I do not recommend. His lectures are max 15 minutes long and the slides are not provided. His live lectures are not specific and do not contribute to the overall learning of course material. I taught myself this course.

I took this course during quarantine and I must say he ruined my life he was so unprofessional and so rude, also, he gave the entire class bad grades and 5 students dropped out including me. please if you don't want to lose your entire academic life don't sign up with any subject under this professor.

Honestly just does not seem to care, in the middle of the pandemic he opens up his first lecture with saying hes going to make it harder for everyone because it is online, and marks things totally wrong with one spelling error. Looks at you like you're an idiot if you ask questions. I am doing well in every class but his.

Probably the worst prof to ever exist. He legitimately wants you to fail and he brags about his own son failing his course. If you have any questions he won't answer or will make you seem stupid for asking questions. Lectures are awful and he does not provide the slides, they're usually just a single picture anyways. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Worst prof!

Probably the worst professor I have had. He seemed disinterested in teaching and told us to "just read the textbook."

I cannot comprehend how bad this professor is. So arrogant and thinks his class is dumb. Does not answer questions properly and just says to read the textbook and ridicules us for not knowing a question. Doesn't even read or answer his emails and completely ignores us. He skims through his lectures and doesn't provide anything. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

horrible professor, should not be allowed to teach as he has no lesson plans, deadlines, or grades, he is an absolute trash of a human that cannot do anything and will powertrip over anything. do not take this professor and if you do have to record and report everything.

Absolutely awful, Skandalis is completely unorganized and has no real structure to his course or lectures. His lecture slides are half a** diagrams from random websites and he doesn't even upload most of them. He offers no guidelines whatsoever as to what will be on the midterms or exams themselves. This course is pure torture, wouldn't recommend.

Skandalis's course is disorganized and lacks any clear structure. His lecture slides are poorly made and often sourced from random websites, with them not even being uploaded. There are no guidelines provided regarding the content of the midterms or exams. Overall, this course is EXTREMELY challenging, I do not recommend it if you enjoy sanity.

he jus ahs icl

terrible. that's all.

everything is wrong with this course

Would hope to never have him as a prof again. Throws pictures from textbooks into lecture slides and just talks, expecting students to know what he's talking about. Lecture slides aren't posted and help from him is very limited.

He is the reason I am on Lexpro. He made my mental health drop so so much and I can barely function now. He gets upset with people at lecture, he's brought up people to WRITE on the board to humiliate them as examples. Brock talks about mental health then has this guy

if i could rate him lower i would!

He does not like to help. He does not teach properly. He does not like to be a teacher. He picks on people. He makes fun of you if you don't know the answer or get it wrong when picked. He is harsh. He does not provide good lecture slides therefore always having to do extra work to finish notes and understand.

hes a bit rude. he told us to take a picture of a few slides of his lecture but i missed one of them (he changes slides QUICK) so i went to him after class and asked for the missing slide and he told me "if you clicked faster and youd have it" so he wouldnt let me see the slide.

He is not a good professor. He doesn't provide good lecture slides. I wish I dropped the class.

worst prof I've had!

A disaster of a class..... No guidelines and yaps about random textbook figures

• Microphone Usage: He often doesn't use a mic, making it hard for many students to hear. • Confusing Explanations: He frequently mixes up terms and makes mistakes without clarifying, leaving students confused. • Ignores Questions: Many student questions go unanswered, making it hard to fully understand the material.

He's the reason I dropped out of nursing

He does not know how to teach. He wants everyone to fail this course on purpose. In my opinion, because of this kind of professors, brocks reputation is bad.

Dr. Skandalis may be knowledgeable, but his condescending teaching style has created a toxic environment. He dismisses legitimate questions, often telling students to drop the course. Relying almost solely on the textbook and providing minimal support hes driven many students to drop out or transfer, leaving them feeling unsupported and demoralized

He makes fun of students for not being able to answer his questions. He might be smart but he's not fit to be a prof.should stick to research

Bro should stick to research

Lectures have no structure at all, he will switch from topic to topic and speed past the most important "most difficult" topic and then spend 20 minutes talking about something we are not required to know. He doesn't post his slides, which also have no structure. He asks students questions, and will continue to ask until they get it wrong.

Skandalis rushes through large concepts and makes the material very confusing. He also makes it seem like he intentionally tries to set you up for disaster when he brags about how most people who take his class will fail. I would suggest that he look into why people are failing and adjust his teachings to help more people understand and do well...

Do not take this professor. He regularly calls on students to answer questions and his class was such a mess all semester, it had no real structure

Randomly goes off syllabus during lectures. Is completely disorganized and no one really knows what is going on. I had to teach myself.

HORRIBLE CLASS. Do not recommend it to anyone, especially if you are a nursing student and will never need this Bio material again. Hated every moment of this class.

Rudest prof I've ever met. Asks his students during lectures to ask questions, then proceeds to cut them off every-time. His second midterm was absolutely brutal, couldn't find anyone who got over a 60. Doesn't care about his students. Also doesn't post lecture slides, and the ones he shows in class are so messy. The final was also not fun.

Absolutely terrible. So unhelpful and unsupportive, almost felt as if he wanted students to fail.

Brother cannot teach, he will give you a slideshow that is 2 pictures and then talk for 2 hours. If u missed the one sentance that is for some reason on the exam, too bad. he is the opposiet of tech savvy, and does not respond to emails. if you have the choice pick a different class time with a different prof or take it another year. Good luck.

Not great! He does not give you the lecture slides so if you miss something you are out of luck. He is funny but not good at explaining things. First day in the class he said a few will drop out and over half will fail. Then proceeded to say that his average is 67%, and that's not great considering most people need high averages for their program.

Barely went to his lectures as he would project pictures of the textbook and barely explain what would be going on. He also likes picking on random people in the lecture hall, so sit in the back, but be aware you will not hear ANYTHING he's saying. Hated when he switched into the lectures, worst 3 weeks of my life.

Does not give out slides, and the slides that he does use are almost incomprehensible. Moves very quickly through the slideshow, hardly allowing time for note-taking or comprehension. Can barely understand or hear him during lectures, and does not explain clearly or give well-explained answers to questions. Seems passive-aggressive most times.

Dr. Skandalis was very difficult to work with and he did not provide much help in terms of learning content from the course.

He refuses to use the microphone in a 400 person lecture, so sit close to the front if you want to be able to hear him. Cold calls students in lecture, beware. Does not post slides as he wants students to come to lectures and actually take notes, does not give exam review. Textbook will be your best friend.

doesn't provide slideshows, expect that you can write down as fast as he's going. Switches through slides very fast.

Incredibly boring lectures where he just scribbles all over the slides while mumbling. Doesn't post any material as almost everything he does is just a figure from the textbook. Midterm was a bit difficult but managed to score okay thanks to the goat organic chemistry tutor on youtube

be prepared to be part of a reaping ceremony where a few people every class will be selected to participate and not have a choice. lectures are also not posted online and are not easy to follow even if you do show up!