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hes cool
I had better...
Repeats same "stories" many times. They have no base in truth and very little relevance to the course. Very stubborn & is not willing to help on many occasions. There are many easy projects to balance out the Tests. You should have no trouble getting a B. Expect a complete end of communication after the final. He won't respond to emails, etc.
He doesn't explain anything...you will hear the same stories over and over again...boring class!!!He never replies e-mails and if you got something wrong he won't explain it. Overall: F grade for him
He repeats the same stories everytime. He doesnt reply emails and he is also very stubborn.He never explains anything but the class is not so hard. It would have been better if he helped us. I don't recommend him at all. You are better off reading the book by yourself and not going to class.
Rude, stubborn, unprofessional. If you dont believe me try having an opinion different than his and tell him about it and you'll understand. FIU has/had two terrible Acounting professors, Myron Lubell, Delano Gray. One down, one to go.
Pompous professor who, instead of teaching, tells his stupid paranoid stories over and over again. Unfortunately, he's a full tenured professor. Coming to class is pointless. Just keep up with the projects, which are easy, and memorize the vocab from the book before the exam (and the practice exam answers).
Arrogant, unhelpful professor. Mostly repeats the same useless, off-topic stories that he does in his other classes. Sometimes gives small extra credits to make sure you come to class to listen to his dumb stories.
One of the worst professors I have had. I definitely do NOT recommend him unless you want to have to deal with an arrogant story teller.
terrible professor. You will not have any control over any part of your grade not counting the midterm and final. He repeats the same old dumb stories, and gives extra credit at the end of class...sometimes...cause everyone does so bad.
complete useless professor, but it may be his last year teaching.
Search for a better professor.
Never had a worst professor in my life!
Worst Professor ever! Doesn't teach anything in class. Gives out the same grade to everyone on each project no matter how much work you put into it. Take Auditing with the other professor!!!
He's boring. Spends half the class talking about other topics having nothing to do with accounting (widgets). He's tells his same old stories over and over again. Gives you the impressions that you could count on him to help you out but intirn doesn't even respond to e-mails. Not very good.
He isn't helpful at all, even going to his office hours is like pulling teeth for help. The tests are hard, he will give extra credit quizzes that count towards the test. One of the first things he told us the first day of class is almost all of us will Fail the class, I never heard of a prof who wants the students to not pass. The test are on Sat.
If you're the type who goes to class hoping to learn something from the professor, don't take him. He wastes your time by talking about other things that don't pertain to accounting... widgets, trains, & what not. He goes off subject A LOT! Take another professor if you like accounting & want to continue liking it!
horrible professor. might be the best accountant in the world but he is a really bad teacher.
the class was hard and boring. based on prior reviews i expected worse but not really too bad
Attendance is not mandatory but NECESSARY to pass because he gives a lot of random extra credit for attendance. Stay all 3 hours, because its random! His lecturing goes off topic very often, so you need to do all the reading and homework to understand the material. Tests on Saturdays & they are very difficult. He never answers my emails.
He knows the material but his teaching technique is terrible. Reads only from power points and doesn't finish any of them. I took him because he was the only option left I had to study on my own but it wasn't possible the book was HORRIBLE! to the point they're not using it for spring. Extra credit is the only reason I might pass. worst prof so far
By far the worst "professor" I have ever taken. Does not accept questions in class. He is pompous and stubborn. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
Horrible professor. All he does is go off topic and talk about things that arent relevant to the class. He literally reads off the power point slides and is extremely unhelpful. If you do not like to read the textbook and teach yourself the material then do not take him you will be doing double the work.
Just like everyone else. took a chance because he was all that was available. Knows everyone hates the class and knows about his rating here and he seems to love it. If at all possible avoid him at all costs
If I was able to put anything less than one star I WOULD. Mind you I have a 3.3 GPA, the class fit my schedule even though he had horrible ratings which I thought I'll just teach myself from the textbook. Everything he talks about is irrelevant to the course, you ask a question & he makes you sound like a fool. If you make an appt to his office hours he doesn't show up. And he reads straight off Powerpoints. Not only is he a horrible professor, but he's straight up RUDE! He needs to retire!!!
If you think the previous comments are not true, go ahead and take him. Apart from extra credits, the class time is useless. Spends 5% teaching, the rest telling you how smarter than you he is. Even his assistants are extremely rude and treat students like little children. Tests are in huge auditoriums and very short timed. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
HORRIBLE PROFESSOR, SPENDS THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF CLASS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING. YOU COULD SIMPLY STAY HOME AND READ THE BOOK YOURSELF AND YOU WOULD BE BETTER OFF. STAY AWAY
This has got to be the worst teacher to take this class with stay away at all cost. If you have no choice like me then study power points for quizzes, and chapter problems, and sample tests for exams. This class is extremely hard. What you learn in class is irrelevant to the tests except for irrelevant costs lol.
The only reason I even went to this class was to find out what the extra credit assignment was going to be (do them all by the way, they will help your grade in the end). He talks nonsense the whole entire class, so boring! For the test just read the book and power points and you should be fine. But don't plan on learning anything useful from him.
This professor is the worst and nastiest person in the world!! If you go to his office hours he makes you feel like crap and does NOT help you!! Don't take him...I took him because he was the only one available. He talks crap the entire 3 hours in class and he even admitted to me that our book sucked!! So no wonder everyone fails!! SAVE YOURSELF!
WARNING! This prof is a waste of space n time, he is unprofessional, rude, sarcastic,n not qualified to teach.Hes unorganized,unclear n grading is unfair.His lectures are pointless he ALWAYS goes off topic n stays there!he embarrasses you when you ask questions!I passed with a B becuz i did all the peachtree hw. I never read the book!No Good!
I'm in my Jr. year and until now, have never rated a professor. My experience with this professor however, was so dreadful that I feel obligated to finally contribute to RateMyProfessor. 350 words is not nearly enough to make the kind of impact on you that I desire to. Take him at your own peril and if you have an issue, please talk to the dean.
FIU is normally plagued of useless professors since studying accounting there is almost a self taught experience, but this guy has it all: disrespected towards the students, stubborn, very, extremely cocky, spends the whole class talking nonsense, any topic appears to be interesting but the class itself. The class requires projects, individual as
I took his class because it was the only option I had. he does NOT teach anything. He is rude to students, does not help. 3 hours of waste of time. 3 days to cover 1 chapter. the worst grading method ever. he is unclear with assignments. He is a shame to FIU. Everything bad students say about his is TRUE...
Gray is the worst professor on the face of the Earth.Avoid his class at all cost.Rude, arrogant, incompetent, arbitrary grading.Read below for more true comments. Just say "no" to classes with Gray.The absolute worst.
Horrible Professor. He rants during class and has even said that the class slides won't prepare you for the exam. Doesn't prepare his students for exams- bottom line.
If I wanted narrated PowerPoint slides i would have gone to the textbook publisher's website. Which is exactly what I did since his lectures are insufferable. Everyone in class is miserable, the material is challenging, he is often rude and certainly unapproachable. Only good thing is that he is a generous grader; regardless, a crappy instructor.
Missed the first day of class; tried to blame others. Kept going off on useless tangents; liked to hear himself talk. Tested on textbook contents while barely touching them.
hard subject, but honestly if you go to him, he tries to make a way.
Horrible professor! Listen to the reviews they are true! He doesn't teach (unless you consider reading off a PowerPoint teaching). Spends 20 minutes on each slide b/c he goes of topic. Spends half of the time complaining about his reviews and people who complain to his boss (I wonder why)! Don't take him! Avoid him! He's a waste of time.
Total waste of time. The ratings on this site are truthful. The most absurd thing is that he spends half the class talking about how students evaluate him poorly and the fact that he could be fired at any moment. Maybe he should be... Not the job for him (even though he's a knowledgeable guy).
Tough class no matter what. Bumpy experience personally, however if you make an effort and make sure that he knows you are trying, he will help you succeed. Visit his office hours if you are struggling and make sure to go to the accounting tutoring from the start (my mistake was waiting till the end of the semester). He genuinely cares, if you do.
Professor Gray is actually not that bad. The material is tough. READ the book, DO the problems, spend time doing the work and then go to class, ask questions. He will tell you whats on the exam. If you do all this, you should not have much problem getting an A. Yes the subject matter is boring unless you love accounting.
Professor Gray isn't a horrible professor, I managed to get an A and I hardly stayed the entire class. Yes, he mostly does read from powerpoints, but his reviews are helpful and he does go over some questions that will be on the exam. Honestly, the content isn't crazy hard..just read the textbook and work on the review questions he posts.
Honestly, as a teacher he is terrible. I got an A, and it's because I learned the material by myself. He spends a lot of class time talking about himself and how cool/awesome he is. He may mean well but it felt like an online course where you learn it yourself and take the tests. My advice is to skip class and stay at home studying the chs instead.
Do not listen to lazy students here on RMP. Professor Gray did plenty to ensure success, giving tons of extra credit assignments after everyone bombed tests to help their grade. If anything, the worst thing I could say about the class was the inconvenient time slot, but that's not his fault. Ultimately it came down to you, and your desire to pass.
If you are not an accounting major, please DO NOT take him. He does know the material but he is not so good at teaching it. He spends a lot of time talking about how APPLE product are over priced. He goes off topic A LOT. If you know accounting and are good at it, take the class if not take it with another professor.
I do not usually use rate my professor but after taking this professor I was compelled to leave a comment. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR! He never does any practice problems and talks about everything BUT accounting for the 3 hours. If you want to pass and learn about accounting stay away from this professor.
Generous grader if you do the practice problems online you'll get an A but all he does is spurt socialist propaganda (ironic since he used to work in business) lectures are enjoyable enough as he repeats the same anecdotes over and over again but don't expect to learn anything useful for the tests. Reviews from test bank
i dont understand the other reviews. He gives plenty of extra credit and it was an easy A. His reviews for the exams were great too.
I really dont understand all the negative reviews. He gives so much extra credit and the reviews he posts on blackboard are very thorough and are similar to the exams. The quizzes are also a give me. He goes off topic sometimes but the class was 3 hours long so he tries to keep itinteresting. Overall, it is an easy class just put in alittle effort
Horrible profesor. He gives a lot of extra credit but that is probably to compensate for his inability to teach. The class was 3 hours long and I think 30 mins are spent reading the powerpoint. Might as well take it online. His exams are not to tough and his reviews are very similar to the exams. Homework is not mandatory or graded. LOTS of XTR CRED
While Accounting is not a fun subject, Professor Gray does his best to make it half way interesting. He may repeat the same stories about his imaginary Lambo or the teacher he almost punched out. He's grading is clear, extra credit is there, and the tests are similar to his reviews. Accounting is Business' Weeder Class, you should pass this.
I am telling everyone this stay away from this professor everyone in my class is failing. I regret taking this professor because he is not helpful and I don't understand the material. You have to teach yourself. If you take him I warned you.
Theres a reason so many students rate this teacher poorly! The material is not particularly easy but he refuses to stay on topic during lectures, gives a few sporadic extra credit assignments to make up for his lack of interaction with students and seems to take pride in having "the hardest class in the hardest department at FIU" AVOID IF POSSIBLE
I think no matter what professor you get for managerial accounting, it is going to be challenging. The material can be very dense at times and the exams are a killer. I liked Delano because he gave a lot of opportunities for extra credit.
Worst Teacher Ever! Prepare to teach yourself... He reads the powerpoint for like half an hour and then goes off taking about Apple or other subject that has nothing to do with the class. To me is disrespectful after you pay for a class to sit there and learn nothing. There's a reason why when you register late his class is the only one available!!
Refuses to teach and rambles about everything in his life random topics EXCEPT cost accounting. Will waste your 3 hours in class each day, you are better off not going to to class and studying at home and showing up for the test. If you can, take this class online and teach yourself. He will not teach anything valuable for you to walk away with.
Horrible professor. If you ask him a question, first he won't understand the question, then he'll answer something completely different than what you asked. Also, he spends half the class talking about anything other than accounting, so you waste 3 hours of your day listening about fantasy football. Avoid this professor.
The lectures are absolutely pointless. He can't stay on topic and the topics he does stay on aren't about accounting. He at least gives a review for the exams which are somewhat similar. I managed to pass with an A only because I paid for the optional accounting lab and taught myself at home. Avoid this guy at all costs.
He rambles for hours about things that have nothing to do with accounting. He spent 40 minutes of the last class talking about HOW TO FILL IN SCANTRONS. As well as being annoying, he's not even good professor. Read his power points outloud and has never once written on a board. If you are unable to teach yourself, do not take this class.
3 exams and 1 essay. class lectures are irrelevant to the chapters, making it pointless to attend class. If you can find another professor, I recommend you do.
Get ready to teach yourself. His lectures are terrible. He'll start the PPT, go off on tangents about Walmart brand Tupperware and how he hates Apple for LITERALLY an hour, then fly through the rest of the PPT, skipping the examples. He gives extra credit but not much at all. Don't make this class harder than it already is. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!
Virtually no reason to attend class as actual lecture time is about 10 minutes total. Goes on about random things having nothing to do with accounting and states his political opinions as if fact. Prepare to teacj yourself every single thing using the book and online videos.
If you could avoid him, please do! He is not helpful at all. He does not reply to emails and finds a way to blame the students for his mistakes all the time. You will not learn!
The main reason to take this class is because he gives a lot of extra cred. He spends a small fraction of the class time lecturing and the rest talking about irrelevant things. Exams aren't overly difficult and he provides review questions. 3 exams, 3 quizzes, 1 paper. Put in the work and you'll pass the class easily. Not a bad professor to take.
He isn't as terrible as people say. He's actually funny and nice. Though he does go off topic, if you put the effort, you will pass the class. Study, read the book and do ALL extra credit assignments, even if you feel you don't need to . Mr. Gray needs more credit for all he does. He really does care.
He is the worst professor ever. If you take him you are setting yourself up for failure. Most stressful semester ive ever had.
If I could rate a 0, I would. In your first class he will tell you how many people have failed his class. Relied heavily on textbook since he teaches basically nothing in class since he goes on a tangent 99% of time. He's less knowledgeable than the textbook he teaches. Do not take.
This professor goes off on a tangent all the time. I taught myself all the material. Only good thing is he gives extra credit, but he is terrible at understanding the students. Would not recommend unless you can teach yourself accounting.
This is prob. the worst professor I've ever taken. Not only is he unreasonable in his grading but when he gives extra credit he gives it to you for only 5 hours & doesn't care if you have work or another class during the same time. He doesn't work with you & wont help you at all. During his lectures all he does it talk about himself.
Worst teacher ever! Be ready to teach yourself. He is useless. 3 quizes and 3 exams for your final grade. Nothing more. If you fail one of the exam, you will need to work harder to ONLY pass the class. Good Luck guys.
Worst teacher I have ever had. He never replies to emails. 3 quizzes, 3 exams and a writing project that he doesn't explain. He is extremely sarcastic, does not explain any type of exercises, just reads off the power points and expects you to learn on your own. If you can take it somewhere else do so!
I feel like everyone complains too much about this guy. He's not the best teacher out there but he is very knowledgeable and is a human being. At the end of the day this is COLLEGE and you have to work hard to earn your grade. Take advantage of the EC. I studied and did everything I was supposed to do and passed. Come to class and read the book.
Avoid this Professor at all costs. The man is stuck in the 80s and spends every lecture talking about personal things irrelevant to the class subject. Only posts extra credit through myaccountinglab (without notifying through bb), so you spend $80 to get 20 extra credit points. Bashes on technology and every discussion is very one sided (His side)
This is the worst teacher at FIU school of business. Disrespects students and doesn't even teach during lectures! These reviews below exemplify how bad of a teacher this guy is. He is on his way to getting fired fyi
Talks about nothing first half of class, reviews entire chapter powerpoint way too fast the last half of class. Changed the date of the final and I missed it, had to take it to the dean of accounting and they let me take the exam. Extra credit is offered for a 3 hour period on saturdays and exams are also on saturdays. 3 exams & a writing project
I would not even recommend this professor to my worst enemy. He'll start with the title of the chapter and will end up talking about his hatred for Apple and the county's agencies, he simply doesn't teach. You will have to guide yourself through the entire material for this class. Please, do NOT take him.
Teaches 10 min talks for 2 hours and 20 about random "life lessons"
Professor teaches for 20 minutes every class the other 2-3 hours of class he rabbles on about random things he says are life lessons. In college, you have to study and put effort on your own but this guy barely teaches. He shows a powerpoint and doesn't show how to solve the problems on his test, which are hard. He gives minimal extra credit points
He tends to go off topic for an hour before he actually starts teaching. 3 exams, 3 quizzes and 1 project. NO HW. To pass the exams READ the chapters and do the practice hw and tests. His lectures are a joke and the reason to go is because he takes attendance. Take him if you actually plan to study and don't expect to learn anything from him.
Don't take him. He will fail you if you get a 72% in the class. Lectures are pointless, he goes over the slides, which you can read on your own. The only reason to go to class is to "show face" and to get E.C when he randomly gives it out. Join a study group and tell each other when EC is, or you will miss it if you don't go to class.
This professor is tough. Classes are kind of pointless, but the key is to learn everything on your own. A lot of people dont pass this class and blame him for it, but you will have to learn everything on your own. 3 quizzes, 3 exams and a project. He gives review exams which are very helpful, and dont miss out on the extra credit! any points count
This professor seems kinda touch but really he cares for his students. He offered lots of extra credit that you must be in class to be aware of. His tests are all in person but are not so hard if you do the work and study. I took him a second time after failing the first time because i noticed he is as good as you let him be.
He knows his stuff but if you know nothing about accounting and cannot catch on by yourself then do not take him. He is very knowledgeable on the subject and he talks about nonsense almost the entire class. You can sign in and leave the lass just so there is record that you were there but no need to really attend class because it is a review of pp
I regret taking this professor, I didn't learn that much about accounting, his entire lecture all he did was tell stories about life not relating to accounting in any way, just going on and on when i would rather be learning the material. Had to teach myself everything basically. He never communicated dates or information. Never replied to emails.
Horrible professor. Doesn't teach anything in class he just goes off on a major tangent. If you aren't good in accounting or teaching yourself just find another professor because you will fail.
DO NOT TAKE ! PLEASE, WHAT EVER YOU DO.. DO NOT TAKE HIM !!!
ONE OF THE WORST PROFESSORS I HAVE EVER TAKEN! If accounting doesn't come easy to you and you aren't good at teaching yourself, don't even consider this professor. His lectures are complete jokes, he always find his ways off topic and when he does stay on topic he reads off the powerpoint and is not very specific. He is incompetent and stubborn.
Do not take this professor.
Talks about everything and anything except accounting. Lectures are more pointless than the slides they are based on. He is rude and completely absurd with his reasoning. Said it was not his problem that blackboard did not upload some of our projects. IT'S A TRAP!
Class Info
Online Classes
100%
Attendance Mandatory
57%
Textbook Required
80%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
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B-
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ACG3300
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