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“This Guy is the WORST Teacher I have ever had”
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Reviews (102)
knows his shit but cant teach
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doesn't really know his shit. also seems to talk about everything but the topic.
Really nice guy, but do we HAVE to spend 3 weeks to learn how to log in? :)
nice person but really slow
Unprepared & unaware
If U need an 'A' take him but learn by u'rself, dont'expect a lot to understand
come on man leanr linux then try to teach
the only word that can describe him is UNORGANIZED (lectures, tests, notes)
Probably one of the nicest teachers here, too bad he was lost at times...too bad
OMG ARE YOU FOR REAL LEARN LINUX THEN TEACH :P
Easy but not reflected in tests; nice guy, not a great teacher but no complaints
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I got crasy on his lectures
Disastrously boring! Unorganized! Gets distracted too easily! Fairly lenient.
he'd be better off on welfare,and with a restraining order from teaching,just NO
A very nice and approachable professor who sometimes strays off-topic.
I don't even know what course he thought he was teaching
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Intends to do well. But falls short of expectations.
nice guy-if u ask for help u get it
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very unclear.forgets very easily.
He was always eager to learn Unix FROM STUDENTS. Dont' waste your time.
he is not prepared for lectures
he can barely pass for student not a prof!!
is he high or is he teaching?
He can't control the class because he is so nice.
very understanding about people's opinion but not about unix
WASTE OF TIME!!! This guy is so bad and late
always late. never prepared. side-tracks easily. he doesn't know.
Unclear, Unprofessional, Rambling, Reads from Slides, No Clarification, Bad Test
Very forgetful, repeats lectures, goes off topic ALOT
I got an A because of Gordan Ma. He should retire!
Always late for class, forgot to hand out quiz and made us do it literally last 5 minutes of class. Wasn't helpful at all to a student who had medical problems and a bad car accident. Has the man no soul?
By far the worst teacher i've ever had in my entire life, his punctuation is horrible!!!!!!
Worst teacher in history. If I were Seneca I would be embarassed to have him on my staff. I don't expect him to be teaching much longer. Always late for class, and comes unprepared. slow as hell typer. DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO USE WINDOWS. ETC.
ROFL! This guy is pure jokes and doesn't know how to teach!
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Worst teacher ever.
I have never met a teacher this bad. This guy doesn't know anything at all. If guys like him have a job at a college like Seneca. There is hope for everyone to become something.
Worst teacher ever...I wonder how he still has his job.
somehow he manages to slip through those evaluations, the course is basically self taught, many leave 1/4 through his class, summary in one word booooooooooooooooooooooring
doesnt teach and just reads from website. Unprepared and unorganized lessons.
ward = worst
Never had his class but heard a LOT abt this guy from friends.Doesnt even know how to log on to phobos or how to open Internet explorer.Thank god i didnt took him..take Murray Saul He's good for INT 222 :)
What can i say... He is just unprepared and unorganize and does not verify things before he teaches them, half the time he would be teaching something and at the end he be like, ooops doesn't work.
Okay! I cant find the words to insult this teacher. No matter even if I say he is the worst I feel I am still praising him. He has no clue what he is teaching. He writes a 10 minute program and then goes like ''oh its not working''. He is waste of time.
this teacher is the biggest jackass ever, he doesnt know how to teach, and changes the subject in class about 50 million times.."Umm" haha he likes to say that a lot...worse teacher ever!!!!!
He's cool.
David Ward is the MAN. He rocks. The rest of you suck if you think he's a bad teacher. I'll bet all of you are bloody failing, or have failed. Learn to pay attention, and have some respect. Otherwise, you deserve to have a hard time. Losers.
This teacher is like the SandMan *YaWn!! ZzZZzzZ*, topics are all over the place, "Ummm, ok, its not working, did anyone see what i did wrong?" for crying out loud, BE MORE PREPARE!!!, stop wasting our time and money!!!!
does he come to teach us caz basically its us who end up teaching him.i wonder if he would even pass a test prepared by himself.he is the biggest jack ass that i have seen in this world.
This man makes me sad, he will read from a website, messup on the scroll bar and read the same thing AGAIN and doesnt even notice what he did, if you ever give him a mark to fix, photocopy the original, he will most likely loose it cuz hes such a scatter brain
This teacher is honestly a moron. He doesn't know anything about what he is teaching. he doesn't take any time to prepare his lesson. He constantly makes mistakes and wastes everyones time. So far, I have seen the whole class walk out on him many times in the past few weeks.
This man is insane, how he has managed to keep his job is beyond me. He comes to class, TRIES to read off his website, and makes so many mistakes. He has trouble logging in daily. 1/2 of class is spent watching him make an ass of himself. He thinks emailing you at 2am is enough notice for a quiz.
uhm.. everytime i hear "david ward".. my brain stops functioning.. quick someone nominates him to Guinness World Book of Record!
You people are crazy! This guy is a great teacher. Just becuase you'll all too stupid to get into university doesn't mean you should heep **** on a great teacher like Professor Ward.
He's a really nice guy but a lousy teacher. Very disorganized, i don't think there was one class where ~something~ didn't go wrong. I feel tha he genuinely he tries to help the students but doesn't quite make it.
The slowest turtle. And also very unclear.
i don't know what you idiots are talking about, but david ward is a great teacher. I had him for unx222 last semester and he taught me all i need to know, i passed his class with an 'A', so i think this man does know what he is talking about, it's you that needs to go over your notes.
nice guy. ok teacher. easy marker.
pretty cool guy...very sincere and nice...quite smart but his daughter (my good friend) is even smarter...also prettier...but yeah. great teacher all around. ne1 who says hes not a good teacher doesnt know how to work hard and earn their marks
The class is a joke he doesnt know what he is teaching really. If u have a background knowledge of unix ur pretty much safe if not dig ur self a hole because he is no help. He should be forced to write the exame with the students because has a very good chance of failing
people dont know what there talking about...if a teacher is nice and wants to help u, then whats the problem? some ppl just dont know what it means to have a bad teacher. a bad teacher wont offer help time or let you know what might be on a test or exam. and they wont care if you want help raising ur mark. grow up every1
His class puts you to sleep 10x faster than sleeping pills...Bring your pillow and blanket...very hard to understand
The reason he puts students to sleep is that he is getting students ready for the reality of the IT market. "IT" does not exist anymore. Trust me! I am a Honours CPAC grad, now I'm into HR! More prospects.
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I couldn't be more dissapointed by an educator then I am with him. Confused, lost and totally useless. If you are smart you'll learn it on your own and tell him to go to lunch.
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Most likely you already know more than he does. He is good reader, who will read everything for you off of the course website. He can't answer any questions, he would usually tell you that he doesn't have time or he has another class or send him an email. He responds to all emails once or twice per semester. been there too long to get fired!
Interest: His class was so boring my monitor fell asleep, after I passed out beside it. Teaching methods: I could compare him to a rock, and the rock would win.
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Total Geek in the Geekiest way. Best teacher a computer geek could ask for!
So you can't cut it programming. So you are not cut out to be a computer geek maybe another field such as human resources is for you. Every field depends on computers even those HR programs and accounting packages were written by you guessed it programmers!
I was in Ward's class. I graduated with high honours in CPAC, now I am studying Comp. Sci. at Waterloo. Waterloo is a great school! Anyways the previous post is right a CPAC diploma will land you a job in Mr. Rogers Call Centre as a drone! Why not work on your BA or Masters instead of wasting time here?
He is a joke to the paid education service. I've seen more competent dogs in my time. A suggestion to you Mr. Ward, quit your day job and favour of a more subtle job as a doormat.
This guy is a smart guy and is very educated in his particular area. However when it comes to teaching HE CAN'T....He stutters a lot and always forgets what he is talking about....When it comes to marking HE IS UNFAIR....BAD BAD TEACHER
he is very bad in teaching
I'm a Honours CPAC Grad too. I'm Studying Comp Sci @ Trent though. David Ward may not be the greatest of teachers, but If you go up to him and just talk he is very nice. In my first semester at Seneca I asked him about the specializtations and which one was worth me persuing. He gave me some good advice that still allowed me make my own decision.
He is a very nice and very interesting teacher. Somewhat forgetful and a little scatterbrained at time, but very warm. He has been working in computers since before the 1980s and that guy has this rich repository of information on everything. I've had far worse teachers. If you work hard and pay attention, just like in any class, you'll be fine.
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He is really trying to teach....unfortunatelly he doesn't have the skills. He does try to help the students if asked questions.Overall the course is easy don't be stressed about it.
Not very good, he was standing there for 30min wondering why he couldn't sign into matrix ... he was already signed on :(. Use the power points, teach yourself the class, if you wait for him to teach you, you'll be there for 10yrs
This guy doesn't know anything, except for the "browser market?". He uses students to teach the class for him... Oh yeah, he couldn't figure out why he couldnt move the cursor on the screen, then after about an hour a student told him to take his bag off of the tablet. What an idiot.
I would learn the material better if I strapped the computer to my head and left it up to ozmosis. Completely useless, uninformed, and disorganized. Do the labs and teach yourself. For that matter, drop it and retake it with a different prof.
Very funny teacher, takes him quite the amount of time to get a class going. There always seems to be something that goes wrong, e.g project wont turn on, or his mouse on the keyboard ran away, or his screen went on vacation. He also tends to go on nice lunch breaks during class, says he has to go get something comes back with food always!!
Class doesn't start on time. Teacher takes frequent "lunch breaks" from class. Disorients easy. Loses focus easy. Seems unfamiliar with typical messages like Password Expiry warnings. Material would be easy if the teacher explained the topic. Assignments not assigned on time, assignment due dates extended because of delayed assignment.
I think he is a really good teacher. He is always helpful when asked a question and he is constantly trying to push ahead on his lesson and teach everything as best as he can, while trying to get the class to participate too. His biggest problem is he lets off a bad first impression and then nobody thinks highly enough of him to listen to him.
ok...I'm going to say this is my first class with this guy hes very nice...but what is he talking about? I have no clue. because I'm so bored I came on here. I can tell u this guy will be a very nice teacher but hes not the best at doing it himself. I will probably do well in this class but no thanks to him. I still think hes a good guy.
he has no idea what he is doing, he seems to be learning his lessons as he is doing them and when he cant get something to work he asks the class if we got it work, last i checked your the teacher you should'nt be asking the class if we know how do commands that you cant even teach us yourself
This guy can put insomniacs to sleep.
weird guy. strange teaching habits. very laid back, and understanding.
You could pay me half his salary and i would do an equally brilliant job of being clueless in class. As a fellow classmate told me sometime back "Matrix is like an erection for him... He can never get it up." Same applies to windows, blackboard and "how to use a mouse"
Very good guy, and makes the class a fun place
Well. He certainly employs an.... interesting teaching method. but i think with SEneca you are taught by people who have immersed themselves in the industry.I found prof.WArd had a lot of knowledge when it came to computers. he really has been in computers since the beginning although he is a bit of the "absentminded type".
Doesn't know anything about javascript. Funny how he tries to lie his way through lecture.
Very good guy. Class was not boring at all
..This Guy is the WORST Teacher I have ever had... He was CLUELESS and even more Indifferent to teaching.. 70% of the Class either dropped out or failed cuz he was so Worthless ... I have big time hard feelings cuz he truly set me back in many ways and caused trouble for so many people...If Seneca had any class they would get rid of him but don't
Class Info
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