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Not a good teacher at all!!Don't take his class...Teach too fast. In the first 2 weeks we are already in chapter 8. th other instructor was only in chapter 4.

Terrible teacher. Can't understand his classes. So I tried to teach myself out of the book. The book was terrible. His quizes/tests are hard to understand and he always uses a lot of trick questions. I never felt confident about quizes/tests, even if I studied hard and understood the material. Highly UNrecommended.

WORST TEACHER EVER!! He talks way too quiet so you cant even hear what he says half the time. When you ask questions he looks at you like you are retarded and he never looks you in the eye when you talk to him. He gives quizzes every 2 weeks and he tricks you on every question. DONT TAKE HIM! It is not worth your money!

Worst teacher I've ever had, definitely not an easy grader. He was corrected multiple times every class period on mistakes he would do, thankfully we had some smart students in there. He doesn't do anything without looking at his teachers manual. Some of his questions are impossible to understand on tests because of the trick wording he does.

He seemed uninterested teaching the course, rather he rushed thru 2-3 sections in a period. Gives hard quizzes. I've heard very same complaints from his students in his Stat class. He doesn't review quizzes before or after, & stated he would not answer questions. I always did my hw/attended class but feel as it was a huge waste. Worst teacher!!!!!

Previous reviews are correct, unfortunately! Speaks in a monotone, low voice, seems to hate teaching, hard quizzes, favors students, is overall not helpful. CCC should really sit in on all his classes for an understanding of why students have rated him so very low.

Not at all clear, difficult to understand, bad attitude, and overall negative in character. Stay Away!

I'm wrapping up my degree in Chemical Engineering, and I've had a different math professor for all 8 of my math classes. Up to Partial differential equations. Himes is the worst teacher I've ever had in my life. The exams aren't from the material. He is lazy so he doesn't have homework or quizzes to ensure you are learning the material.

By far the worst teacher I have ever had. He lacks clarity in every example he gives and he NEVER EVER completes a problem he starts. This usually causes him to make mistakes since he does not see the problem all the way through. He states the obvious and then moves on to an entirely different chapter or subject. I have nothing positive to say.

Awful teacher. He often will mark you down on a test for no reason other than not explaining your answer exactly how he would. On top of it, if you bring proof that you're correct, he'll ignore you anyway. I currently have a 3.7 and now I might jave to drop his class so I don't fail and get a bad grade in my gpa

Mr. Himes a teaching style reminiscent of a cadaver. While he is happy to tank your overall grade with things on his tests that he doesn't teach, he is never flexible enough to realize he made a mistake. I would recommend this class to those who want to fail. I'm serious, he is awful.

He is the worst instructor I have ever had.

This was an interesting class. Dave was a teacher that scared you. He hates when people asked questions. He put "stuff" on the quizzes we never reviewed in class. His quizzes are hard and frustrating. If you have the chance to run, please run run run from him!!!! Worst ever.

Unhelpful

He is a tough grader, he says he tries to give partial credit but if you miss a negative and it throws off your answer, even if you did all the calculus right, he will take off an unnecessary amount of points. His lectures are hard to follow and in our class he skipping lecturing on 2 sections but still tested on them. You have to teach yourself.

He says the tests are through a section but then half of the test has the next section on it. You can ask him to clarify but most the time its more confusing than before.

He will do things like say that he isn't going to put certain material on tests and then put t on the tests and refuse to listen to the class when they call him on it. One of the lines he likes to use is "I assigned bonus questions, so my conscience is clear,". Avoid this professor. Wait a quarter and take the class you need from someone else.

He writes everything in awful handwriting on a piece of paper under the doc cam. He also doesn't put anything online.

we would take notes for an hour then leave. the tests are your grade and if you miss any class you are screwed. he allows a sheet of notes for the quizzes but they have to be hand written and he collects them after. Homework is not mandatory but if you don't do it you fall behind very fast. please only take this class if you will work your tail off

Hard teacher because teaching is hard to follow

This was the worst class I've taken. He cussed for five minutes about the results of our take home test, which is not appropriate in ANY circumstance, especially with underage Running Start students there. He teaches at a level above our heads with badly formatted notes. I had no problem with a math class before this but this one ruined my GPA.

The only thing in the grade book is 3 quizzes, the final, and a few in-class worksheets. Miss 2 or less and he'll drop your lowest quiz and worksheet score. You get a full-size piece of paper on quizzes which is nice and he gives you a practice quiz which is pretty much the same as the actual just different numbers. you don't know your grade.

I took Himes for Stats and it was really tough, I ended up not learning much except for how to scrape by. He hands out a packet on the materials for the day then takes the rest of the class period to read the packet word for word. And in the end he just confuses you even more, he just doesn't know how to explain any of the concepts logically.

This class is hard class for many people and mostly international student. As a foreign student I would have have passed this class if I have not taken the materials in my home country. it is hard to follow at the instructor does. I advice you to not this class if you not not good in math, don't have a mastery of materials taught or English

He requires you to show up to class every single day on time, and will degrade you for being late. He can't stand when you talk in class and thinks it's okay to tell students to "shut up". You'll need the textbook because he doesn't explain much, you'll have to teach yourself. Also basic knowledge of Excel is needed. He does drops lowest quiz.

If you want to pass stats, dont take from him. He not only expects you to know the material in a beginning stats class, he will also riducule you in front of other students for not doing things exactly how he wants. He also does not teach the material. His lectures are him reading notes that youll just end up reading at home anyways.

Himes is a good person however not a great instructor at all. At times he makes it seem like it is a hassle to have student interactions whether it's answering clarifying questions or a student just talking to him. He would often ridicule or call out students in front of the whole class just to say they were late. He is also very unclear at times.

Basically just pulled out material and read through all of it. His voice is hard to hear from the back and exams had some unrelated material to the course

Awful experience, he uses this out of date WAMAP system for homework, you'll get docked points for having one decimal, since he does not believe in unlimited retries like other teachers use you can sometimes get Cs on homework assignments. Tests are much different, they're the usual. GET THE BOOK. He is exceptionally awful at explaining+presenting

Rarely knew what was going to be on the homework, so his notes didn't correlate with what he assigned. His notes were on word documents and he quickly scrolled through the notes reading what was on each page, which never gave enough time to ask questions. Very passive-aggressive and flaky in emails. Unwilling to accommodate students' schedules.

This guy has the most useless lectures in the world. Like they don't really help with anything and after the lecture you're forced to reread the notes and chapter if you want a decent understanding of the chapter. He also dodges questions and can't even answer his own WAMAP homework questions. He's a smart dude, but unfortunately doesn't teach.

He sits in front of the class, scrolling through a word doc, with a monotone voice. Never teaches anything. You can easily get an A in this class by doing well on the few tests and the many home works/group works. You're going to need to do a lot of youtube watching. He does not reply to emails either. He swears at his students. Don't take Himes!

Dave is a nice guy, but has no ability to teach the information to students. The majority of the class feels like the lectures give them zero info to retain and you have to teach yourself Calculus.... which is not fair to students. There is no explanation of new math concepts whatsoever, no chance to learn. Stay away!

Still currently in his class. Lectures are given in a monotone voice, and the work load is unrealistic. There arent too many assignments, however the assignments can be very difficult and long, taking about 2 hours to go through with a tutor. He doesnt teach everything thats assigned, maybe one or two equations for chapter, so get a tutor.

Avoid Himes at all costs. He relies on Khan academy and other online teachers to do the work for him. His lectures are all from a Microsoft Word document, rarely with any examples. He is slow to respond to emails. Attendance didn't help me learn, but he weights the in-class groupwork disproportionately highly in the final grade.

Knows his stuff but not really good at teaching it and can be extremely rude almost to the point of bullying to students when he wants to be.

My advice, take the other professor option because math cannot be worse than it is with Himes. I couldn't rely on any of his lectures to teach anything. Going to class was a waste of time, better spent watching youtube videos on the same material to actually know what to do. Picking him as your professor will be a major regret, as it was for me.

RUN!!! This may have been my worst experience with a teacher yet. If you're like me and you need at least some explanation for class material, he will not provide that. He reads off a Word doc in a monotone voice that is it. He also is rude to those asking for clarity on assignments. He is also non responsive. I have been left on read twice.

DO NOT TAKE FROM HIM!! worst professor I have ever had. non responsive and does not answer questions. Did not post any of the prerecorded lectures or study materials he said he would. I completely relied on youtube to get through this class. Would type lectures as he would teach... very disappointed in this lack of preparedness and knowledge.