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“Bob is a walking, talking demotivational poster”
ECON6500 - 1.0 rating“He'll always treat you as if you're an idiot”
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Reviews (100)
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monotone much? and cut your hair man...
Made funny jokes in class, available for extra help. good guy.
OMG! Couldn't understand him, was very very boring teacher
i liked him...don't listen to the other...
Most unhelpful to students. If i could have used 0 as a rating, he would have gotten that! Listen Bob, we don't know this stuff, maybe speak english, not the language of economics.
excellent teacher. those that don't get him, dont' get him. money guy for brains and helpfulness, and funny as hell, dry, but funny.
I skipped sooo much of this guy's class...How boring can he get!
This guy is seriously a tough guy to follow.
I admit he was kinda cute in a "different" way...however, he needs lessons on teaching and people relations...his tests are not hard as long as you memorize from the "test bank"...
the defn of the word BORING! like really man! how can bcit keep you after all the remarks, obiously no1 reads student evaluations!!!!!!!!
How did he get a job at BCIT
Lack people skills
Very smart guy and easy to follow if you listen!
What are you talking about below, you must be the teacher!!
Great sense of humor, by higher math!
Even though that i was not able to understand everything that eddy Fung said but i think he is 10 times better than Mr.I don't like to use a mike. Not good with people skills.
he is one smart guy!! may sound tough at first but he slacks jus like the rest of us! very helpful if u ask...
He's not helpful, intimadating, and very confusing. He is not here to teach. He's here to ridicule marketing students and put the fear of econ in them. Econ is easy if your teacher can teach. Unfortunately he can't. But he's kinda sexy...
Kind of cold sometimes but altogether a good teacher. He gets the information across albeit with alot of notes. Did not have a problem with his teaching style. Has to break out of his shell and SMILE.
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He takes econ seriously. If you don't get it, he's not impressed. He is approachable..and is a nice guy. Yes, it is hard to follow him b/c he doesn't get..how on earth you don't understand. lol. Likes economics..just doesn't like teaching it. Nice guy, dry but kinda funny.
He knows his stuff! if you pay attention and sak questions you will do well.....also he is HOT ! if he takes off his glasses you would swear he is David Hasselhoff!...no really! J.N.A
terrible teacher. late for every class left early for all exam reviews and didnt teach from the assigned material. brutal
he is there coz he is getting $$$ otherwise he doesn't wanna teach. he is not interested in the course. notes are ok but require reading from the text.midterms are ok. not 2 hard or easy. tough marker though..midterms r written and no MC. he wants a precise answer or else u will be given parts marks. if possible, avoid.
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worst instructor ever. He wants precise masters thesis answers, we are only first year students, never is welcoming, unapproachable, over analyzes when its not needed, and throws us off to not understand, leaves class early comes in late, doesn't like office hour visits, rude, hates teaching us.ass
Very smart teacher, if you listen carefully and work hard, you will learn a lot after this course.
People harp on the guy because he's boring in lecture. Well... that's true. He seems to hate his job at times, but behind the somber attitude are all of these super high-level jokes and dry wit. The guy has me rolling every class... too bad no one else catches it. If you pay REALLY close attention, his dark humour will help you learn a lot.
Horrible teaching style, Supper boring lectures and very hard marker. I got 75% all by myself learned nothing from him ZERO
The text books are fine alone, but they contradict eachother. PICK ONE text and use it Bob! I understand all of the material. I have no problem with the assignments... now come the midterms, you will fail. Game over. good luck. Save yourself the trouble and drop the class and take it night-school. You'll thank me later!
Bob is the worst lecturer I have ever had. He expects Phd answers for first year students. The course material has all been borrowed from SFU and has no original teaching technique. Even the exam questions are from SFU exam papers. Why not outsource the course to SFU instead of investing in an BCIT lecturer it would save the institution some money.
I didn't do very well in his class but that's because I was lazy. I liked him though.
TERRIBLE FREAKING TEACHER!!! Thinks he is better that everyone and strives to fail the entire class. Run if you can!
Tough class. Challenges his students and expects them to figure things out on their own (fair enough). This class will take you to hell and back. My only advice, just keep working hard and no matter how hard you get knocked down in this class, get right back up and keep pushing. Overall, nice guy, funny, you'll learn to love him by the end
average prof....lectures are dry but hes a good guy. Rude to students for replies on email. Study the text and the notes and u'll do fine. I have no clue why hes called robert at sfu.
Putting aside his teaching skills, he is so rude to students. I don't believe he is capable of teaching us..
By far the worst prof ever! Doesn't enjoy teaching, doesn't care about the students and I'm sure he simply enjoys watching us struggle! If you can and are taking the BBA...take this course somewhere else.
The class was brutal: his material was very advanced and scared many of us. He put a lot of stress on his students and I was quite discouraged throughout the course. Too bad: he is a very smart guy with a very dark sense of humour--he just asks a lot out of his students. It's possible to do fine in that class but be sure to inverst time & effort.
A course designed to torture students--expect to be picked on because the answers to the class presentation always change from year to year. But take heart--IF YOU COMPLETE EVERYTHING THE COURSE IS DESIGNED TO PASS YOU!!! Midterm and final are not easy but don't freak out; the term project is hard at best but do what you can.
didnt attend his lectures, just read the textbook and you should be able to pass the course. Guy looks like Wayne Gretzky
Great lectures. He's not going to spoon feed you, I think that's why a lot of students don't like him...but he's nice to look at if nothing else ;)
This guy is less fun than withdrawing from a meth bender. Expects you to learn everything from the book, and is unapproachable for help. Hope you like getting tested on processes and concepts that haven't been clearly emphasized/explained.
This teacher is awesome. Everyone is saying he is a hard teacher, but that is false, its just not the most interesting course.BOB is hilarious, one of the funniest teachers ive met. This guy us really knoweldgasble about the subject. I would definetly take his course again and this is not coming from the smrtest* guy, lol.
Here's the deal about Bob. He's too smart. He kind of reminds me of Walt from Breaking Bad - he knows the material he's teaching is fascinating but he also knows few, if any, students in the class care. Too bad because there are some students who do. Do the readings before lectures and you'll do fine.
Bob will definitely come across as a bad guy when you first meet him. He seemingly has a bit of an attitude problem but after being in his class I can tell you he's actually a nice guy. He just forces his students to come up with their own solutions. Do not expect Bob to hold your hand through this course, but I would have him teach me again.
Worse teacher ever!!!
Bob is awesome! He seems a little intimidating at first because he claims he won't babysit you, but he is available for help and very nice. He has a great sense of humour if you pay attention. Very engaging, and provided solid reasoning to everything. He didn't simplify things, but it helped me learn it. Strongly recommended.
Easy prof and gets his point across if you listen. Study from test banks!!
He is the rudest and least helpful prof/instructor I have ever had! He is insulting, condescending, and assumes you know everything. His lectures are VERY different from the textbook and his expectations are unclear!. I completely regret not taking this class online. Get out if you still can!
I read the text, took notes, even read over his own slides (very different from the content in the text). I'm a 80% above average student so I just find his course ridiculous. He is probably the most challenging, least helpful instructor I've had. Study hard from day 1 so you can pass.
Don't take ECON 6500 with Bob. He has a terrible teaching style, if you can even call it teaching, and is impossible to learn from. You walk away from lectures confused and what you do learn is from the text or computer. A struggle to make it through his course without wanting to just give up. I can't say it enough, terrible teacher.
My education at BCIT over the last two years was amazing. The faculty was great. However, I don't understand why year after year, students receive Bob as an instructor to teach their diploma "capstone" course. This condescending hack only loves the sound of his own voice. A little word of advice, don't bother questioning his "economic wisdom".
Bob is really nice to look at, so just be prepared to read the notes and book as you will be looking at him and not listening the whole time
Pedantic speaking style: uses a combination of 17th century sentence construction (says things like "ït matters not"), passive tense, framing things in the negative, and overly long rambles which would have five commas or semi-colons in them if written down. Also, tests extensively on things that he spent 5-10 minutes in one isolated lecture on.
Didn't prepare students for exams. Hard to ask questions, made some students feel dumb for asking legitimate questions.
Terrible teacher... Sh*ttier subject. Bob is a walking, talking demotivational poster. From day one he will let you know that you will not pass his exams. Take his word on it. Its a tough subject to start with and his monotone, condescending lectures make it a lot harder to follow. Read the textbook and get a tutor if you plan on passing.
Great Teacher! Only reason I went to school was because of his lectures!
Grades were delayed by 3 weeks due to the faculty working on how much they would scale his class by due to his terrible tests and delivery of material. Best advice for BBA: drop it and take it in part time. Class is easy if you are ok at calculus and micro. And don't bother asking him questions, he will just insult you and not answer them.
Very difficult tests and course content. Even if you read and comprehend the textbook you will still have difficulties. Expect this class to take up the majority of your time if you plan on passing.
You need a solid understanding of Calculus in order to pass this course, otherwise be ready to fail. If you don't go to lecture, the posted slides won't really help, as he uses overheads for the detailed explanations. If you put in the effort (and can get past his odd behaviour) he will answer questions in a way that is a bit easier to understand.
Bob is an individual whose understanding of economics and calculus is unparalleled to most other professors. Instead of striving to translate that understanding, he demonstrates frustration and disregard for student performance. He acts as if he's Einstein integrated in a room full of 8-year olds. He'll always treat you as if you're an idiot.
One of the worst instructors at bcit. Doesn't engage with students during lecture. Doesn't care if students understand the content or not as long as he can finish READING his slides in 50 minutes. Lecture is a waste of time but you must go so he won't get mad and not send the slides.
Bob is the worst instructor at BCIT. He's extremely condescending and very difficult to understand. I anticipate a vast majority of students will fail his final exam.
Very rude, calls students dumb. And leaves class an hour early
Hes the worst professor you could imagine. Doesnt care about students. Think they are stupid. Use difficult phrases. He should be fired from BCIT. I think he must have some connections with the management thats why he is still there. Fight for your own freedom and get this man out of the position, you folks!
Was unavailable during lab time to answer questions. Arrived late to lectures. Generally put little effort into teaching the course or facilitating student success.
Im angry at bcit for taking out tuition and paying this useless professor who has added nothing to the course. We just use Pearson the whole time. Why do we pay extra. That institution has an SA to help students and it does bloody nothing. Also this is Econ-8500 doesnt have an option above.
This man is nuts. He's ineffective, unhelpful, lazy and disrespectful. He literally told us during a PANDEMIC that if we had unsteady wifi during and exam there would be no redos so we should "go somewhere else". He's useless and a horrible teacher. Avoid at all costs.
Oddly Shows up on time, but when Bob is there he seems to not enjoy his job at all, and is very rude to students. Bob is terrible at explaining topics and many people from his Lectures and Labs agree that they have learned more in 5 mins from a YouTube video than they have from Bob in a week.
Reading all the past reviews I believe Bob is misunderstood. I had him this semester and he's actually a fairly good professor. Definitely does care about students but shows it in his own way. Is actually very funny if you pay close attention. His tests are pretty easy if you just do the assignments on pearson. I'd definitely take him again.
Verbally abusive/ most miserable human I've ever encountered. Puts students down constantly, in lab/lecture/email. He does not create a safe learning environment. Extremely unwilling to accommodate. He uses complex terminology and examples to 'explain' simple concepts. He seems to hate students so much, bro why are you an instructor then?
Bob's class will make you miserable and regret ever going to BCIT. The guy is horrible at teaching and makes everything extremely complex and difficult. He puts no effort in setting you up for success. Crazy to me how BCIT has stuck with this guy for years despite constant outrage from students each year
Rob Delorme needs to be reviewed at BCIT... - is too smart for his own good (he does not know how to properly and clearly explain the materials) - no tutors are available or willing to teach this - makes fun of simple questions - homework content is extremely simple compared to the exam (barely any examples or exercises for the exam are provided)
He condensed all the labs together towards the end of the semester because "No one" showed up, didn't even show up to my lab even though it wasn't the affected labs.
Very hilarious guy, but very dry and hard to follow lectures. I had friends take ECON 8500 parttime and breezed through the course with A's. Yet with this professor the exam never looked like the homework, he even had a meme posted in his office regarding how comedic it was that the exams never resembled the homework. It does with other profs...
He uses profanity against us and doesn't check in to see if we are doing ok. Doesn't give us clear goals. Finishes lectures halfway and leaves us to finish the rest on our own. Usually late with terrible excuses. His comedy skills are Amy Schumer Levels. During labs, he would walk out 30 minutes early. Most of his assignments are on Pearson
Bob, a teacher, collects their paycheque by making students teach themselves. That is all.
buddy's fawked and doesn't do jack. pre rowdy styll
He's jayed but rowdy still. He canns you over in the tests. Buddy tries to beef in labs sometimes but it's chills. Doesn't do jack.
Delorme is very knowledgable but expects you to know everything prior to his lectures. He is not approachable or seem to care about any of his students. Be ready to learn on your own time because you wont get much from what he says.
Bob is not organized and not available - avoid!!
Weird Guy.. Don't take his class if you are unable to teach yourself. His lectures explain simple topics in the most bizarre ways, including calculus and 3rd year Econ info in a basic equation. Shows up late with Starbucks every class. his email reply's are misspelled, passive aggressive, and make no sense. yelled at a student mid class.
Wrote his midterm on thursday. So confusing. Everyone was so mad. Weird guy
I am sitting in today lecture and I have no idea what this professor is talking about. So confusing. So mean, So rude to students. Shame on BCIT.
Get ready to teach yourself
Do not take a class taught by Robert Delorme under any circumstances. Disgrace to BCIT.
Rober Delorme seems to be completely inept at teaching students the required course material that is needed to pass the test. Robert should not be a professor at BCIT as his tone, demeanor, and general teaching style is a complete disgrace to BCIT.
Very unsafe learning environment, he swore in the class and made some sexist comments. Shame on BCIT for keeping this professor for some reason.
Overcomplicates everything and makes it very hard to grasp what he talking about in lecture/lab. By far the hardest class Ive ever had to take.
Bob overcomplicates things a lot, he won't give proper examples and will get pissed off if you ask him to repeat something or ask him a question. His exams are tough, usually 20 minutes late to the lab. The homework is the only thing you can rely upon to help you pass if you get at least 30% on both midterms. Since the average is usually 20ish%.
Bob is probably the worst prof I ever had at BCIT. He makes everything feel complicated, you're better off skipping his lectures and learning it yourself. He doesn't care to answer questions at all and is not helpful in the slightest. If you have ECON 8500 with Bob, get ready to teach yourself all the content and get every possible mark from hw.
Robert is very knowledgeable, and funny enough to keep you awake during class. Unfortunately, he's poor at explaining his knowledge, leading to wasted lectures because nothing was explained well. You may very well come out of the lecture hall more confused than before you went in. The textbook is terrible, but you'll need to decipher it to succeed
Too smart of a guy to teach the basics of economics - I think he gets carried away trying to make it more interesting for himself. Lectures are hard to follow, but the textbook and online assignments help. He doesn't like when anyone raises their hand and can be impatient if no ones willing to call out the answer in class.
Grumpy and moody, but not the worst. Just read the textbook on your own, work with your setmates or friends, go to peer tutoring if necessary and you'll be just fine. Lectures were mostly him reading off Pearson slides. Lectures on ch10 for monopolies were his own slides which helped for the final exam.
Dont go to his lectures or labs completlely useless, just read the textbook and most of his exam questions are online on studoco test bank questions
If you aren't able to teach yourself off your textbook then this class will be a total nightmare. Doesn't like being asked questions, my best advice is to pick a different instructor if you can..
WOW! This class definitely like the usual one. Most people aren't very fond of Bob and I can see why. But if you look past some issues Bob is a fantastic teacher. His teaching ability is unrivaled and although his lectures are a drag, a lot of wisdom is spread. Course is textbook heavy and if you read it the course should be a breeze.
Prepare to teach yourself in this class - the professor overcomplicates concepts and is often unhelpful. But unstuck AI can be a great study aid alongside the textbook.
Pretty chill dude. Just do all the online assignments before the test and you will easily pass with 80+%
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
17%
Textbook Required
86%
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