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Makes mistakes. Doesn't know what she's doing. One of those who shouldn't teach.
I'm still wondering if she ever learned calculus to begin with!
Just does problems without explaining how she did it. A doer not a teacher
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Can teach alright. Not a good listener. Need to put lotsa time into it.
She is perhaps the most arrogant teacher you will ever have.Her grading system sets students up to fail.She doesnt take class time to explain material, she instead tells her students to come on her office hours if they have questions. WARNING!!!!
Kooky teacher. Hard material, very hard tests.
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She does not know how to teach. Her grading system is stoopid! She uses her experience to teach. One example, she used flashcards when she went to school so she makes her students do them for points. If you don't do it, then you lose points! Bulls#!&
very hard, and lots and lots of work.. 10 hrs minium to get a at least a C in the class she saids and she sounds like a bimbo when she talks droped her the 1st day of class and probably many others.
she doesn't know how to teach at all. All she did was tell about her experiences in her graduate school. She confused the students when the day they take the test. She made many errors on the test and we use the time to correct them. she's verybad teacher
bad bad bad
dude, shes unclear and shes nags like no other. Her tests are amazingly hard because she doesnt teach us the material correctly
Her class is hard, difficult to get good grades. Many homeworks... Anyway, she is not a good choice.
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Drop this class now. Better yet, don't take it at all. Even if you have to take a W, do it. You will not get a good grade. I studied 20 hrs a week for our first test, and still got a D-. Run. Run now!
This teacher takes most of her time fussing about the seating charts and not enough time to even teach the class about the chapters in the book. She does not even help you with the even homework assigments and she is the worst teacher I ever had.
she sucks at teaching. enough said! argh!!!!
She is the only math teacher I have ever had that actually teaches math
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She sucks avoid her at all cost. She yells at you if you have any questions and tells the class that they are all going to fail on a regular basis. Do yourself a favor and take another teacher ANY teacher but her
on the strict/fussy side and has crazy impossible midterms. good thing is she gives pts back on re-grades of questions you missed. her voice is sometimes bothersome (shrieking) but she's a good person, and she at least tries to be helpful.
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SHE SUCKS!!!!!!
OH DEAR GOD....NOOOOOO! GET OUT SAVE YOURSELF FROM AN AWEFUL PAINFUL DEATH!!!!!!! IT IS NEVER TOO LATE MAN, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!!!! AHHHHH! IT BURNS...
Moise is a crazy teacher. She is very strict and picks on you for everything.
Smart, but dont make eye contact or she will call on you repetedly.
Ended up dropping her class, not a pleasant experience dealing with that class. Would never recommend.
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the worst teacher in the history of western civilization. i dropped her class after the first class. absoultely horrible. dont even think about taking a class with this teacher. good lord.
constantly crosses out and changes stuff during lect, so it got confusing with the notes. goes too fast, rambles, and didn't connect with teaching very well. dropped course after failing tests, i now have a B in new class.
oh god no do not take the class she constantly crosses stuff out and replaces with other stuff! VERY UNCLEAR!!!
forgot to add, she makes you do a group project on the history of mathematics. what a dumb idea to me
ALL COMMENTS ON ABOVE EXPLAIN HER PERFECTLLY. I actually finished the class but everyday I watched another student drop. Shes good at math but no good at forwarding the knowlege on to us. Dont take unless you aleady know the info front and back.
if you know what your doing go ahead, but she takes role. if you love hearing out the prehistoric, when i was in college days, you'll love this class, especially when she gives you a test on nothing that she has even mentioned, drop while you still can
She's horrible, can't teach, hard tests, stupid report.
She is so strick: no gum, no drink or even late in a minutes. Her note is messy and hard to read. Goes quickly, cross thing whenever she wants and also have presentation which isn't helful at all. That's why her class still have 24 available sits.
She sucks as a professor. She gets lost reading her own notes. No food or drinks in class. Lots of homework, projects, and exams are every other week and they are hard and she doesnt give full class time to do them.
THE WORST DECISION SHE MADE WAS BECOMING A TEACHER!
she is the worst teacher ever she can not teach she makes you do projects OMG it sux she makes so many mistakes she starts over like 5-6 times on one problem sheesh come on you guys wanna get an F take her class i have never seen so many people drop
Ohh my God! She was the most rude, horrible, unkind, bad, and more rude!!!! teacher I ever had in DE AnZA. You would spent your whole time writing in words about math not by numbers but woRds!!! More lectures words about her own procedures on how to solv.
... I think other students has said all I wanted to say, listen to their word of wisdom and take caution...all the things above are true tot he core...
It's only my 5th day with her, I didn't staple my paper and she called me a delinquent. I haven't heard that word since 1980's movies. All that my friends and I do is make fun of her incompetence and how she treats us like high school students.
Like everyone else said. Steer clear from this one.
if you wanna die. then take this class. this is like alg 1 stuff. everybody should be spending like 20 mins on hw, but instead everybody is like spending 3 hrs on it. she tells stories how she did 30 hrs of pre-algebra hw when she was in high school and how she got an A on it and how much she owned.
SHE IS A BAD TEACHER!!! she really hates people chewing gum in class, and one time I was just rolling my tongue and she yelled at me to get rid of the gum when I wasn't chewing anything! she did that to another guy in my class! she goes over things too fast and you can't really ask any questions!
Dont take her class.....
doesnt review for tests, goes over problems that really dont help with the homework, she doesnt clarify what the test will really include, for exapmple i got a low grade on my mid cuz she ended up including some originally omitted chapters. stay away unless u want a reason to die
extremely old. extremely annoying. our class was 2 hours and 10 minutes, DONT EVEN GET ONE MINUTE TO TAKE A BREAK. its not "if you want to die take this class" its "I would rather DIE than to take this class" worst math teacher EVER!
i made the mistake of thinking id get by, and didnt drop :( major bummer. Shes probably the least inteligent teacher on campus.It seems as if she likes making students feel stupid.She doesnt pay attention, and tells the class their wrong , when their right,then she practically calls us stupid
If she's teaching, don't touch the class with a 10-foot pole. Very unclear, brags about her being a straight-A student. When asked how to do a problem, she's not sure and will "get back to you tomorrow". Tests on definitions, not math problems. Bad lecturer, makes mistakes too many times.
Don't take her! SHe has no idea what she talks about. the homework problems are very tough. she does not give extra credit. her exams are unbearable. she told us that there was only 4 students left in her trig class. you can guess from that! no one likes her. she wants everyone to fail.
I'll say it as well. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR. She gets visibly flustered and irritated when asked to clarify something. She often zealously "corrects" others' "mistakes" when they're merely trying to point out her own. And trust me, she makes MULTIPLE math goofs EVERY class session. Ridiculous.
One of the worst math experiences in my schoolastic career. Explainations are unclear, tests are largely unrelated to the stuff you need to learn (vocab?). Avoid this teacher. Also isolates and intimidates students.
the worst prof/teacher i ever had! she treats her students like first graders. horrible explanations. if de anza really cares about their students, they would fire her. she is an insecure women that needs to control every aspect of her job in order to feel better about herself. she enjoys intimidating students with questions. she is a big joke!
She made us sing a song in class about the quadratic function...in chorus...her tests are extremely hard...not at all what she gives for homework...do not take her
holy crap ... i need to get OUT of this class and as far away from that classroom as i can. i think i'm going to flunk in that class because of how unorthidox her teaching technique is ... if you can even call it a teaching technique. UGHHHH.
Have you ever wonder why certain Math classes have huge openings when you registered late? Well teachers like Moises is the reason. Nobody wants to take her class because she can't teach right and doesn't know how to do the HW problems. She doesn't even correct our homework rather hire some ugly person to do it. Her exam usually full of errors too.
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Believe me, i was interested in math. But after a few days with her, the world has changed. Speeds hard topics and explains detaily in easy ones. Always ask u to do hw but u never know if she is going to collect it. Doesnt grade ur hw herself. Always makes mistake and BS in class. Sometimes even duno wt herself is doing. 5+1 exam. Stupid GreenSheet
gosh...she made a lot of mistakes in her class..just made me confused the all the time!!you have to do bunch of hws every single day but you'll never know she will correct them or not. The stuffs from exams are much harder than you do in her lecture..DONT TAKE HER CLASS if u want to get a A
Worst teacher I have ever had!! The class was based on definitions and she is very critical when grading tests. She messes up all the time and is every unclear. The class is difficult to get a "C" in let alone an "A". She says it herself, "10 hours outside of class if you want to get a "C".
Seriously one of the worst teachers i have ever had. does not know math herself, consequently cannot teach math. do not take if you are looking to pass.
She was not the worst teacher I've had but she totally blew what I knew about math apart. I took a class equivalent to Math1A before and got a better grade in that class than hers. She CAN NOT TEACH. I'll repeat it. SHE CANT TEACH!!!! Like someone said, its unorthodox, she makes so many mistakes, and is just a stupid class. DONT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!!
I only have one thing to say SHE CAN NOT TEACH!
This professor is the worst I had in my life. I don't think she qualifies to be a Math teacher no way. I like to know if there is anything we the student can do to kick her ass out we came to learn not to deal her stupiness. Won't take her class or you will be sorry.
I just drop her class.she is not clear in what she is doing, makes many mistakes in class she can even find the solution for problems in the book she does not know how to do the problems. you will learn nothing with her.
She CAN'T TEACH
She should teach in kindergarden. Gives at most 2 As in each 40-student classes.
Honestly ,She is not a easy teacher...make sure you understand all the concepts b4 u take her exam ....She has the passion i think
THE WORST DECISION IN YOUR LIFE IS TO TAKE THIS TEACHER...she can not teach at all, very unclear, strict, rude, all notes taken in class are sentences that not even she understands, more than 50 problems of hw everynight...stay clear of this teacher at all cost...
She is difficult to understand and her exams are hard!
She is the worst teacher that you could ever get, She is so hard to understand and also it is hard to understand her work as well. She also has the biggest attitude ever as well. If you want a A in her class you have to be her best friend and act as if you love her. You will have better luck taking another proefessor and geting an A in math 112
Do yourself a favor and don't take her. puts vocabulary on tests and the problems are hard as heck. assigns you like 50 to 60 long problems to do on final with only a few people finishing at the end.
her tests were not anything like her lectures or the textbook.
Lecture monotonous taken straight from her lecture notes, exams contains 'definitions' that has to be memorized :(. Final exam multiple choice BUT has to show most working or it WONT be credited.. plus she tried using some math problem bank without ever trying it out herself (disastrous!)
If you have to take 112, go directly to MPS math with Lopez. Otherwise, take basketweaving, before you take her class. She gives outrageous amounts of homework, confuses you with her explanations, gives tests that have way too many questions and not enough time,and treats people like they're 6 year olds.No matter what you do, drop her class!!!!
DONT EVER TAKE HER! She is hella bad! doesn't know what she is talking about in the class. I got a C in the class. After that I took the placement test again and got placed in math 49B. So if you are not that good in math and if you really want to learn something then DO NOT TAKE HER! Her tests are extremely hard too!
This instructor gave me a learning disability. Avoid her like the plegue. She asigns vocabulary questions (of which can't be found in the book) and these questions make up 30 precent or more of the total test score. She rewards extra credit but it dosn't even begain to ballance out for the points she will steal from you. It is you against her.
this class is an absolute nightmare. she can't teach and is extremely odd and rude. one of the most horrific experiences of my life!!!
worse then worse
Undoubtly the hardest math professor in this school. Only very few guys who earned a B or C could finish her tests/exams. Don't take her anyway or you will suffer from the trouble. Tons of homeworks!!
All the HW is online. It's really easy to get a 100% on the HW because there is a "help" button. However, she doesn't teach what is on the HW. If you ask her to teach what is on the HW she says that she thinks she is teaching it already. You will learn NOTHING in this class. She just talks about random stuff that RARELY shows up on the HW.
I decided to take trig over again to refresh my memory. i had taken it in high school and got an A. However she is TERRIBLE! her lectures are pointless, it would be better to study from the book. She can not explain well and her online methods of doing homework are chaos. I would not recommend her to anyone.
Terrible all around. She actually made us get TWO SEPERATE BOOKS. Unfortunately she explains everything from one book and homework/tests are based on the other. I got a A in trig last year and am barely pulling a C+ in this class. Her curve is also horrible, she just makes them up and it isnt based on the relative standing of students.
Her philosophy is "You need to spend at least 3 hours every night studying in order to get a C, if you want a better grade than a C, study more" When people complain in class that she is unclear or the homework/test doesnt cover what we cover in class, her response: "Study more! (repeats philosophy on homework)"
The hardest Math class I ever took. I always enjoyed math and it was like taking a foreign language. Tons of homework, extremely difficult tests and unclear lectures. I did all the homework and went to every class. I was forced to take a W because I was failing and I was an A math student before. Dont waste your time!
If it's ur first time learning trig, choose another teacher. Take it if u need to review trig only. She makes a lot of mistakes, and sometimes students correct her couple times during a lecture. But she's a very nice and funny person (she puts on funny costume on Halloween;),so if u need this class just for review, you'll have fun.
DO NOT take her class.You'll do more harm to your GPA and your interest in math rather than learn something valuable in her class.She give so much homework!It's even better to sit & learn math on your own rather than with her cuz what's she's saying is "It's in your book, I am gonna talk about it anymore."
This teacher is not as horrible after you stick with her. But unless you study for 3 hours every day or exclusively smart you have no chance to get an A. She asks vocabulary and theory questions on tests, which always brought my grade down. Don't get fooled by her test extra credit points & curve, its not worth what you would have to put up with.
If you want to hate math take her.
Treats students as though they are in jr. high. Boring and abrasive. Her "curve" is some random number she makes up. Tests on dumb vocabulary and collects/grades homework. Made us do flash cards that were only work 1/6 of a pt each. Very thorough and clear in topic, I'd recommend her if she was actually tolerable--unfortunately, she's not.
she is the worest teacher ever never take her. if you have no issue with math take her but if you do have issue with math take mps instead. beside she tells student who failed her class to drop so please don't take her. her test sucks too
She's terrible. Drops the lowest test score, but still. Wants to teach according to her schedule and will go on no matter if students understand the material or not. Lectures are incredibly boring, calls on random people. Kind of absentminded. Lets you have five absences without penalty, but it's not like I ever want to go to her class anyway.
she is an AWFUL math teacher!!! Not only does she confuse students, but she also confuses herself and sometimes relies on students to give her the right answer. She knows the course concepts but teaches them VERY POORLY and messes up on explaining them all the time so that only confuses students. Like her name suggests, she's not very smart...
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!?!?!?! Dont know where to start but this teacher is by far the worst. THIS IS NOT AN OPINION. THIS IS A FACT. IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME TAKE HER AND YOULL SEE. Yells like we are her kids, and yes she does talk about her life story a lot like others have already said, she makes at LEAST 5-10 mistakes a day no joke, and her tests are .
AVOID HER!! It is best to drop. She doesn't make sense even though she speaks clear English. Forces you to do hw on REUSED paper (if you don't do so, you lose points). She makes things more complicated than they should be. AVOID
Eeek this woman gives me the chills. A little scattered, has an attitude and is hard of hearing. If you dislike math or aren't very good at it, get another teacher. She emphasizes VOCAB. To the person below me: the only good thing is, she gave our class extra cred for using recycled paper, but she didn't dock points...
she doesnt know what she's doing if you ask her question most of the time she doesnt know the answer shes very confused and is not good @ her job!she gave a choice test and made us show all our work ON SCRATCH PAPER, so it had to be organized, and if u dont show work for a question and u got it rite its WRONG and takes off double the pts
She's the worst professor ever in the history of professors. Her class is very hard to pass unless you're very good at math, and really take time to memorize all the vocabs. She says you need to put at least 3 hours per day studying math in order to get a C. She's very rude and mean, she talks to students like little kids. DOn't even try her.
Shes horrible nothing she says makes sense shes rude & having her was the biggest mistake of my life. She should be fired and never allowed to teach again!!
terrible
i am already a graduate student, been through tons of different professors. Moise is the most disguisting professor in my entire college career. I just do not understand why such professors still exist who are out their not to teach, but ruin student's career. how come she is not fired?
Very hard teacher. Doesn't explain lessons at all. Never uses examples. EXTREMELY hard tests. Not a good teacher at all!
She is just horrible. I can't believe she's still a teacher. She explains how this and that happens, but the stuff she explains is never on hw or test.
She is hard and demanding but she teaches understanding and is wiling to explain things in many different ways. If yoiu do everything she expects you to do, you will succeed!
She doesn't explain the material clear, often she got answers wrong(and she corrects your exams), she gives homework everyday, and she gives you double homework if she thinks the class is behind schedule, no matter you guys understand or not. EXTREMELY BAD TEXTBOOK btw, combined with this professor you have one of the worst trigonometry class ever.
When she says "expect 10 hours of outside work to obtain a maximum of a C in the class" that's exactly what she means. This class requires an extreme amount of time, not only to complete the massive amounts of homework given but just to pass the exams that shes grades harshly. I spent more time with tutors than in class. I suggest not taking her.
I didn't like math but after having this teacher i began to hate it, i didn't get most of it and she does not think to slow down, plus she makes you feel uncomfortable with asking questions. She yells back at u saying why don't you get it?
For tests, she puts problems that we didn't learn. After the 1st midterm, 19 out of 30 ppl dropped. Spends too much time on geometry. HW is everyday, and she tries to help us with hard problem, BUT she spends too much time on basics(i.e. degrees in a circle)that there is no time for lecture and so we don't know how to do the HW for the next day.
notice the endless string of hate comments? there is a good reason! this woman is unbearable! she makes you feel like a kid. during tests everyone has to leave their backpacks in the front of the room with your phones in them. she is doesn't explain. you are better off not going to class and learning from the book. tests are hard she is the worst!!
Sorry to say this, but she is really boring. She usually gets stuck on book problem. Home work are required to turn it. You can get some extra credit. NOT recommend!!!
Ditzy, confused and rude. needs to quit reliving her graduate school days and work on helping her students learn. She admitted that only 7 students last quarter got above a C. That should be a BIG red flag. Needs to focus and think before she writes down notes
I took her class because she was the only class w/open seats. Her exams have definitions & the most difficult math problems of the sections. If the class is failing she'll blame you & not her teaching. At the end of the quarter my class only had 9 students left. She'll lie to you saying if you pass the final she'll pass you. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.
Most terrible teacher I have ever known. I had no option but to take her class. She makes you work like a dog for a B grade. She does not teach well, only repeats what you can find in the text book. Her exams are difficult. She makes you listen to her stories rather than teach. I had a perfect GPA before I took her class. She shud retire...
i dropped her class the second day,, no regrets
Lets put it this way. When the school was having lay offs, she should have been first to go. She gets lost during lectures, makes you learn more vocab than math, makes atleast 3 mistakes a day, and yells at you for being a few seconds late when 80% of the time shes not even on time. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS
HORRIBLE TEACHER!!! she belongs in elementary school because that is how she treats her students. strict attendance. 1st page of every exam is vocabulary, which is all she talks about during lectures then expects us to do solve problems...HOW?
Math 41, Summer Quarter (Accelerated): Professor Moise is obviously a very intelligent person who is very knowledgeable and passionate about her subject, but her class is very difficult. If you?re not good at math, get easily frustrated, distracted, or if you cannot commit a minimum of 30 hours per week studying for this class, don't take it.
Consider yourself warned! She made a seating chart for our class. The first page of her tests are always vocab, and the rest are hard problems. Her lectures consist of vocab.. And then she assigns hw on MyMathLab, so make flashcards and do ur hw and you'll pass. Take if ur ok with teaching yourself because all you'll learn from her are definitions!
Shes a nice person and all, but its very hard to understand her most of the time because she is always confusing for herself, and often does not even know what she is teaching. 1/2 of test is vocabulary which is half of your grade. Expect to be treated like a child because you will have a seating chart.
Not a teacher you want. Her head is always in the clouds and she'll admit that. I am a hard working student but everyday I come in and about ten minutes into her lecture I give up because she is so confusing and makes tangents with all her vocabulary articulations..very confusing teacher
Don't take this class if you want the easy A. In class she will teach mostly vocab and theory. Expect to spend at least 10-15 hours per week outside of class on homework and studying. Don't expect an A on any test because they are extremely high level and long. Very smart but surly.
Teaches vocab that she writes illegibly then scrolls away before you can decipher. You cannot just use ones from book. Yells at you for NOT asking questions and yells at you FOR asking questions. Says quetions take up too much time-something she does often with, “when I was at Berkeley” stories. Beyond petty when it comes to test, HW is useless.
Do not take a precalculus class unless you can spend 15 to 20 hours per week outside of class. You need time for your mind to assimilate the material.
Where do I began.. First let me say DO NOT TAKE HER, even if you need this class really bad and she is the only one available DO NOT TAKE HER. I am speaking from experience. Her online homework IS long and POINTLESS, irrelevant to her tests. She MAKES us make flashcards for our tests which we can not even USE on the test,
Don't take her even if you need a class. Her class is useless and she is rude. She is not helpful, and her tests are too many and very hard to understand.
I did well in this class but I understand why students disliked her class. She will make you sit in assigned seats and she treats you like an child during tests. It is difficult to take notes due to her horrible handwriting and she gets very distracted and unclear at times. She requires flash cards which helps to learn the required vocab on tests.
Worst math teacher ever. Pretty much impossible to pass her tests unless you spend 15 hours a week studying and doing homework. Her final basically makes or breaks you and she forgot to bring her OWN final in and took another teacher's. She said her final would be multiple choice but the final she took had a 2x points on the response questions.
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