he is not easy or helpful. his test have nothing to do with his lectures at all.

This guy is the worst. He lectures directly out of the book with absolutely no input of his own, yet students are still expected to attend every class. He dropped me after only three absences and refused to re-admit me for a week.

very unhelpful. tested on material not covered in class or book. do NOT take classes from this man. did not answer questions in class, was not available outside of class for assistance.

WORST CLASS EVER!!! All you do is read a boring book, remember stupid lines, and try to take the test. Roll call makes sure you in his stupid class, to listen to him and his lame lectures, or trying to vent his political views. Avoid at all cost. Sh

I wish I would have read this board before signing up for his class. Thankfully I dropped out of Mr. Tedla's class after the 1st day! DITTO to all of the previous comments about Mr. Tedla.

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Boo! Hiss! Tedla is more concerned with protecting his fragile ego than to actually impart any useful information in his class. He is snide, rude, and changes deadlines and requirements like the weather.

HARD CLASS very very very

Tedla sucks. He is very rude, disrespectful, seems like he WANTS you to fail his class. Avoid him at all cost.

This teacher is the worst... don't take him... Look for Paul Frank instead!!!

He is the worst teacher I've had for poli sci my major. I dropped his class a month later because class never made sense. I needed a teacher who wouldn't leave my confused all the time. His notes suck, and lectures are bad. Take Prof. Kathleen Collihan at ARC instead. She's the best, and has passion

NEVER GO ON A STUDY ABROAD TRIP WITH HIM. While he is passionate about the study of international relations, he is unreliable and self-serving.

THIS GUY WAS THE WORST! HE DOES NOT HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING BONE IN HIS BODY..HE IS VERY CLOSE MINDED AND NOT VERY HELPFUL...DONT TAKE THE CLASS!!! IF U DO, ARRIVE AT LEAST 30 MINS EARLY FOR YOUR BEST INTEREST

he is the worst teacher i have ever had

He's very hard. He gives out 50 point mult. choice quizzes. (mini test) He's rude and very mean!

This teacher dropped me because I was 5 minutes late on the first day of class. After that I never was late or missed a class. He tried to drop me multiple times after that because he did not like me due to my tardiness in the first day. Although, the curriculum was fairly easy the teacher is rude and needs a new personality.

He's a very bad teacher and I could never understand what he says when he teaches. I would recommend that you don't take him.

its Tedla- enough said!

He is very unclear and very boring. If you want any kind of liveliness in the way you learn, do not take this class.

This teacher is one of the worse teachers I have ever had. His lecturing is just reading out of the book so most people would do just as well in this class by skipping class and reading the material. His tests are on details and have nothing to do with ideaology. A complete waste of time.

The only interesting thing I learned in this class was from the video The Panama Deception. He seemed completely uninterested and apathetic toward our class. His response was to go through useless ppt presentations, show old videos, and test straight out of the test bank, which is the only thing you need to succeed in this class.

He's a ridiculously sarcastic person...doesn't really answer questions either.

Why this guy is still teaching is beyond me. I love politics and was a straight A student before this class. I did all the extra credit and studied hours for the test and still got a B. He does not teach-- literally. the people who gave him poor reviews are NOT exaggerating.

What a wate of time. I often spent my class reading my other classes books or writting papers. Very boring,inconsistant, rude. I did well in his class but I wouldnt recomend taking him. A majority of the students in our class thought he was a joke. His scarastic comments are annoying and unecessary.

He's tough. The lectures were boring. You had to read every chapter and the exams had tons of questions. It was multiple choice but their were alot of questions. He always wanted the class to participate in debating one another. I learned very little. Attendance is a must. If your a minute late he will embarrass you in front of the class.

If your a good student, don't take this professor. He makes everything into a trick as if he is out to get us. Attendance is a must, but there is a take home final. I think he's a nice guy, but he tries to mess with his students.

He is an incredibly unclear teacher and the worst teacher I have ever had. His e-mails are unclear with grammar errors,he gives us the study guide and then locks it out 4 days before a test. He argues with his students about things being available-and they are not. I am going to the dean after I get my grade.

save yourself money, time, and a bad g.p.a WORST TEACHER EVER!!!!!! can't teach, spell and isn't knowledgeable at all on political issues. i've learned nothing from him. the text book is interesting though..but he absolutely is impossible. i've done all the reading and assignments and bombed all the tests. he's impossible. stay away!!!

I think he's a real serious guy. He does make fun of us half of the time, but I guess that's how he keeps himself from looking at the clock. LOL Anyways I like his tests. They're not hard compare to some teacher who gives rediculous quizes/tests. Thanks for a smooth semester.

This geezer should not be an instructor, I don not know how Sacaramento city college hired him, he is useless, good for nothing, his informations is outdated and inaccurate. Enroling in his class is wate of ur money and time, try Prof:Frank or prof:Xiao.

Well what can I say about this class. I wont say its a waste of time but if you dont know much about politics this is not the class to try to learn it in. The study guides are over 300 questions & I never figured out how to see if those answers are correct. Magically I did well but that was luck. He's not helpful at all.I

Online POLS 301 with Dagne Tedla was absolutely ridiculous. The first exam put me at a D in the class, luckily though the next two exams I brought myself up to an B. He doesn't reply to emails nor does he explain how the exams go. DO THE STUDY GUIDES. Even though I submitted all 4 essays on two I still have 0/0. He didn't grade them for some reaso

Worst teacher ever! He is lazy and annoying. When you email him explaining a situation or question - he takes a week to reply back and when he does reply he write FIVE words max - and in the end he doesn't even answer your question. I hate teachers like that. ANNOYING!!!

Took this class Summer 10 as a 6 week online course. He scheduled our MANDATORY orientation for a Monday @9:00am which undoubtedly was inconvenient to those that had to work. His class calendar for quizzes/exams didn't match his release dates & closing times on D2L. Needless to say I missed an exam. He is also rude & disrespectful. Does not teach!

Zero communication skills, which should be required to be an instructor for an online class. Took forever to receive a response from him. Usually condesending. Dropped because he was too unorganized and I didn't want to jepordize my GPA

He does not add, he teaches right off the book (literally, reads the book then writes notes on board). Heb is BORING, and does not know how to teach.

Took his online Political Science class. I read maybe 2 chapters out of the book and passed the class with an A. I didn't learn anything, but I passed. If that's the sort of thing you're into, this is your class!..But very unhelpful teacher; hard to contact, very short response back to email, and it took a long time for him to actually respond back

I took an online class with Mr. Tedla, who CHANGED THE FINAL EXAM TIME WITHOUT NOTIFYING ANY STUDENTS. I was not able to take the final and he was not lenient on giving me a "second chance" to. I received a C in the class even though all my other work was graded an A. Also, his attitude was dismissive and condescending.

im taking this class online...this is the 4th week in and we have yet do turn in an assignment..he is very unclear and vague about everything and also very hard to get ahold of..almost every student has had the same issue unfortunately and the semester has just barely started...take someone else!

Horrible Professor. Lectures are confusing due to not able to understand what he says. Constantly correcting himself. DON'T TAKE!

I wouldn´t recommend this teacher.

This teacher is and always will be horrible and heartless. His attendance policy on his syllabus states that if you're late or miss more than 2 classes you will be dropped. I was late twice and I got dropped… He should just say on it, you can only miss one class and if you have car trouble the next time, don't bother coming again. Please be clear.

TERRIBLE! This professor is extremely unhelpful and extremely rude! If taking this course online be prepared to spend 3-5 hours on tests! He takes multiple days to respond by email, which is extremely frustrating in an ONLINE class when you have no other way of contacting the professor! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Took FOREVER to respond to my emails & he was quite rude. I could NOT take this class because I WORK, HAVE OTHER CLASSES, & A FAMILY. Quizzes & tests are open for VERY SMALL timeframes MID-DAY & MID-WEEK--be prepared to take tests in the middle of your workday.

I'm taking my first online class with him so I don't really know how it works. Not only did he not respond to my emails he did nothing at all to help answer my questions. There's no textbook listed for his class and when I asked him he didn't answer. His syllabus offers little information too. I have no clue what's going on in his class

He is just plain awful. He enters your grades wrong, will not fix them. Getting a hold of him is impossible. He is not every clear. His tests a ridiculously long and the study guides are even longer. He doesn't teach well. Take another course.

Very strict on attendance, counts being tardy as full day absences and will drop you without notice if absent more than twice! class has no real structure to it & doesnt really follow syllabus. tbh, this guy is not nice, he's the kind of prof that doesnt really care if you succeed in class or not--I do NOT recommend, only take him if you have to.

This class was frustrating for me. It was very disorganized, especially for being an online class, confusing, and contacting the professor was near impossible. The grading on the tests were off and he did not want to fix it. The tests are ridiculously long and the "study guide" is just a 300 questions quiz. Don't take this class online.

Tedla may be smart, but is also lazy. He was unable to organize a syllabus and stay on schedule. He did not ever post grades or give a midterm report, and he rarely responds to emails. He demands on time attendance and publicly scorns students who need to use the restroom. His lectures are dry and his group projects grueling. He is complacent.

If you have to take an online class, DO NOT TAKE THIS ONE! He may be great for onsite class, but for online, A NO NO! Here are reasons: Very unstructured class Messy D2L class page Rude Does not respond to emails in a timely manner Tries to blame you, the student in order to cover up his laziness Grading errors Absentee professor

I actually had to drop this class. His assignments and gradebook didn't match, he does not communicate well( it is hard to follow what he is saying), assignments are vague, he will not clear previous semester info from the website(adds online confusion), hardly answers email, and when he does he refuses to answer your questions. Pick someone else!

This is the most unorganized online class I have ever taken at any Los Rios school. Tedla will not reply to any emails and offers no other way to contact him. He does not give any insight on the material, you are just expected to read it and then take the exam. The only help he offers is a 259+ question practice exam. Avoid this professor!!

This professor was RIDICULOUS. He was so disorganized, he shouldn't be allowed to teach online. I would get 6 of the exact same email which would be a link to some story about miracles. Not related in any way to the class. I emailed him asking for due dates because the online content was all over the place and was for his PoliS class from 2014.

Professor Tedla's class was very easy to get an A in but his online class was very disorganized. Looking at the grade page I was "missing" more than half of the assignments at the end of the semester even though I did them all. He had just left assignments from past courses that he did not assign this semester. He also doesn't respond to emails.

He is incredibly disorganized. His in class lectures and tests don't line up, the assignments given relate to videos that don't relate to the class, his tests are unreasonably long (110 Qs). I missed one day and I wanted to make up the assignment. I emailed him that same day. He responded a week later saying it was too late, should've been there.

Disorganized. Lectures do not line up with tests or quizzes. Study guides are always 150+ and rarely cover the important material on the test or quizzes.

Immediately after doing a tough but reasonable group assignment, his final exam was basically everything you did for your group work but for every other country. Only this time all by yourself rather than the work being divided. Im an A/B student, but struggled to keep up with his confusing and overbearing assignments. Hes also strict about time.

I took the online class I did all his tests and quizzes and discussions and got A on all of them, but when I checked my transcript I got an F for no reason and he does not respond to my email. worst instructor in the history.

Avoid at all costs. His attendance policy is extreme, miss class more than twice and he will drop you and he also counts tardies as absences. He almost never passes back work and you never really know where you stand in the class until the end. He's rude and gives attitude when you ask him questions. He is very funny though I'll give him that.

Horrible. Rude

Even though I ended the semester with an A, i honestly do not know how. He doesnt input any grades at all until the final grade. We used the textbook about once or twice the whole semester. He can be very arrogant and rude. Dont be late or absent! Class was easy but not fun nor interesting most people dropped class. Did not learn much.

The worst online professor I've ever take. She is very tough grader. She is rude. she is very lazy. She graded our papers on the last day of the class. Nobody knew what their grade were until we heard back from the school in eserviese. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS IF YOU WANT TO PASS THE CLASS WITH A FAIR GRADE.

He originally presented a syllabus that had dates and references from at least a year old. Wrong days and still telling us to access D2L, a site not used for 2 semesters. He changed test and exam dates more than twice at the last second. Lets put it this way, there was only 14 people left in class halfway through. Awful educator. Among the dregs

I slept through lectures and read the book and passed. he will have conversations during class that have nothing to do with material, however; requires that you attend. his test questions are usually trick questions so memorize the textbook.

There was a whole issue at the bookstore with the professor claiming he ordered the 9th edition textbook instead of the 8th funny thing was that on canvas it still said the 8th edition and the professor never informed us about it. Moving on to the test, seriously who gives a 110 question test in 95 minutes? You don't even have a chance to think.

I seen many bad rates but took a chance with him and I regret it. He should not be able to teach an online class because he changes the dates all the time. The due dates in the grade book doesn't correspond with the open and close date to the actual assignment. Take another online professor if you can.

Dont take this class if u have a tendency to be late, he will stop class to stare at u. His lectures are straight from the book thru powerpoint. tough grader, but he will understand absences if u communicate. Has given us the answers to quizzes before. USE HIS STUDY GUIDES THEY ARE EXACTLY LIKE THE EXAMS!!!!

Professor Tedla teaches straight from the textbook which includes all of his PowerPoints. His class is easy if you do the study guides but he will throw things at you that werent on them so be prepared.

Prof. Tedla us truly not the sharpest tool in the shed. He is very disorganized on the app Canvas which in turn caused me a bunch of headaches. The class was mainly me just reading the textbook making a half effort to do the work and then receiving an A. Us the pre-post-test, he pulls questions from them and reuses then on the exams!

If you are either law or any sort of political science major, DO NOT take this professor! Read the other reviews following this one and you will see why. He does not teach whatsoever and is absolutely ABYSMAL when he does. Much of the material is from the book, but will throw you curveballs on the test that you will have to answer to his liking.

He assigned me the wrong group for a presentation and when my actual group presented (who I hadnt contacted due to not knowing they were my group) I was left unprepared. He gave me a worse grade than everyone else in the group since I didnt help with the PPT even though I had no way of doing so. Teaches out of book 100% of the time, unorganized

While taking this professors class became injured with very excruciating nerve damage. Even with documentation and notes from doctors I was not allowed more time to accommodate my disability. Unclear instructions and bad attitude.

Tried to get students to buy into a SAGE publishing deal and go outside of Canvas for weird assignments and documentation. Unclear instructions made of 2 sentences asking you to describe entire political philosophies, which will then get marked down for not following the unspecified essay format. Cannot in good faith recommend this professor.

My primary issue is with the due dates at 11:59 AM or 11:59 PM, which is psychotic. If you're better at planning and time management, then this class could work for you. Otherwise, save yourself the trouble. I only took his class because I'm an IR major. I wish I could've avoided him altogether.

Ex. of what this prof is like. Gave midterm on a Sunday that was locked on canvas, once unlocked there was 24 hours to complete. Of the 15 hours you're awake you must complete four essay response questions worth 25% of your grade. If you have a job of those 14 hours you only have 6 hours to complete essays worth 25% of everything. Tough grader

VERY ANNOYING ATTITUDE AND DEVASTATING LOOKING.