Not really sure how people can give him good ratings...i just finished his 173 course where close to half of the class failed. I had a 69.89% and he refused to round up, not to mention he required a 92% for an A. Needless to say, one person got an A. He does not know how to interact with other humans. He is better suited for teaching monkeys.

I was luckily able to escape his class after a few weeks of frustration. If you find yourself accidentally in his course, get out while you can! He's a frustrating and unreasonable. He spent most of his class time explaining the software he demanded his students use and not actually teaching.

Get out while you can! Grading is unfair. You learn nothing in class. You are expected to teach yourself. I currently have a lawsuit pending with EDUCO because it's never right and will without a doubt hurt your grade even more. You spend hours working on that ****! It is no help just busy busy work. Smith is nice but will not pass you with a 69.56

He is a horrible teacher. I did not learn one thing from him. He doesn't know how to explain anything about the projects you have to do and is overall the worst teacher ever!!!!!!!!!

Ne is easy on the eyes, but he really offers no help students.

He is by far the worst teacher I have ever run across. He does not know what he's doing nor does he know how to teach. Please what ever you do... do not take this section. I get straight As and I put in a lot of work but I am holding on by a C & its not b/c I dont get what's going on. I hate to say it but it is because he is the WORST teacher ever!

This teacher is useless, he pulls random numbers out of the air and doesnt explain anything. He is nice but he gives No extra credit work and no help with projects. AVIOD AT ALL COSTS!!!

Never ever take this course with edward smith. It is a surprise when he is in his office hours, and there is virtually no way to study for his tests. He teaches at an incredibly fast pace and is not willing to help students. Also, he never reply's to e-mails and only at the end let people be aware of there grades.

This teacher is in the top 3 worst instructors I have had In PCC. He doesn't repond to emails and doesn't give the students enough materials to work with. He teaches at a very fast pace and it is difficult to take notes because of that. In my class about half of the students that were originally in the class had dropped the class.

Who are all these people saying he is a good teacher? You can't take notes because he goes too fast. He doesn't use a book. When you ask him questions, he sits there and stares at you and replies with either "yes" or "no". How people were able to learn from that kind of teaching is beyond me.

ed smith is a very fast teacher. he does not use a book either. when u ask him a questions he responds with another question,like something will click in your head. I wouldnt be asking the question if i knew the answer!! nice guy but does not know how to teach...

Online math 151 not recommended! he has many issues with the system that is used and if you find out that you were right he still does not give you credit for the problem. The hw that you spend hours on is only worth 4% of your grade, but thats the only material you have to study off of. No text book... Do not take this class.

If you know the content 100% before the class you "may" get an A! I stress the "may". He is a terrible teacher! Run and hide.

After my first day of class I am already looking for a new class to transfer into. Mr Smith is completely unwilling to give you an example of how to do the problem, and instead just tells you to do it on excel w/o showing us even one example of how to do it. DO NOT sign up for one of Mr. Smiths classes, you will regret it after the first day!

I am a science major, 4.0 student, this teacher was very difficult to be successful with. Took weeks to answer e-mails.Exams were not based on material from the text and made no sense. Received an A in class before his and Assessed into a higher class after his in which I got an A.No explanation other than his exams were impossible to pass.

Everything that everyone is saying on here is so true. I should of listen to this site instead of wasting my time/money with this class. He a bad teacher and the self-pace thing is hard. To not take him, oh please don't; I know you will regret it.

He goes waaaaaay too fast. Be prepared to have no life with this class because content is so hard you need tutoring bad! And the tests and homework online have nothing to do with the tests that he has in class. Worst teacher ive ever taken.

I don't have enough characters to fully explain why Mr. Smith was the worst math teacher I've ever had. Some modules actually had no teaching content associated with them; he just expected us to teach ourselves from reading the book. Took forever to respond to ?'s and when he did they were the most ambiguous, random, unhelpful answers possible.

ZERO communication. He took several days to respond to questions- if he responded at all. In an 8 week pre-calc course every day is crucial. He blew off my request for one-on-one office time before an exam- and I was completely lost in the material. Do not expect support. If the material is easy for you then it is an easy class.

Terrible! Does not know the material past how to plug it into a calculator. Spends all his time with a select few students, so good luck getting any help.

Spraying water in the desert... He is obviously protected by the school. Go take a math teacher's class.

Awful he leaves you high and dry, I have tried asking question with no avail. Grading is completely crazy, and the homework is outrageous. Be ready to teach yourself if you take MAT188 and MAT189.

He will give you blatantly wrong answers that tutors will correct (once he's walked away), and refused to explain in depth ("I just have years of experience"). His class was scheduled to start on a Thursday (according to Pima's My Courses tab), and he still counted everyone as absent for Tuesday (the intended? date). I will never take him again.

The worst online instructor I've had. Expect lots of point deductions with no explanation. He contributed nothing to the class. In fact, he in no way enhanced my learning, he just hindered it. Very disappointing.

Hands down would never take again. Literally the worst math teacher I have had. I spent more time researching how to actually solve math problems than I did learning what was actually taught. There's also videos in the course that may be either on point or completely not what the homework is about. No Communication at all

Save yourself the time and take anyone else.

1st day of class: - No syllabus - not present for first day of class - has the students take a quiz

The worst teacher I have had. He didn't show up on the first day of class and yet gave us an in-class graded quiz. He put problems on tests that had no answers and refused to give us points back. Failed to give us the equations we needed and forced us to memorize all of these equations including the whole unit circle. Avoid him like the plague.

Ed has been one of the most difficult professors I have ever experienced. Throughout class I found myself extremely lost. Even after going to office hours I was still lost. The tests are unpredictable. Goes through topics quickly to end class early. Don't waste your time taking his course.

Stay FAR FAR FAR AWAY from this teacher. He is awful. He is useless when it comes to getting help. On discussion posts he will give responses that don't go with what was asked. He puts questions on tests that were not learned during that unit. Like previously mentioned don't take him. Find someone who knows what they are doing. He is really bad.

This professor was awful. Tests are hard and he does not give good feedback.

By far the worst teacher Ive ever encountered. Doesnt really answer questions instead he ask you a question ��. Additionally, He grades mercilessly. Make sure you read the syllabus and take his words as a grain of salt. Seems like his main objective is to make sure the class is as difficult as possible. Good luck trying to get an A. Take heed

If you want a teacher who is willing to help you to pass their class, DON'T even think about this one. I passed only due to the heavy work I did for my homework, participation, and quizzes. Exams are HEAVILY weighted for this class. Not to mention communication isn't the best from him. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!!!!

I asked the professor to extend some assignments due to me getting sick with the virus, and he did not extend all assignments which cost me my grade. The exams were not multiple choice at all and the class average for most was 50%-60%

Overall the WORST professor I've ever had. The exams are worth 75% of your grade and there's no extra credit given in this class. He basically excepts you to know the material already and you will end up teaching yourself. When you ask for help he will simply ignore you and doesn't try.

MAT142 Does not get back to your emails. Final review had answer mistakes and he did not correct them. Exams are worth 70% of your grade so it didnt matter if you got 100% on hw and discus. because if you tanked 1 exam you pretty much failed the class. The few review vids he did he went through questions super fast and couldnt understand writing.

Smith was NOT receptive or available for explanations or help during or outside of class time. Grade is based on 3 tests for 70% of total grade. Outside tutor was hired at great expense to help explain the concepts so that the class could be passed. This man should not be "teaching" students anything. Pima should be embarrassed to have him on staff

This class was AWFUL: poor instruction & RIDICULOUS amount of work for a 5-week class among other issues. 78 total assignments including homework & exams. If you're approve for ADR services b prepared to fight for your accommodations. His lectures/explanations were poor, hard to follow, & constantly need correction as well as review/test questions.

The way he teaches this class is by recording videos and just posting reading assignments and derivita quizes. He only had one video that actually worked. The one video was recorded off of a projector onto a cellphone from the desk right below the screen, audio was inaudible. Derivita is crap, ex 2.856 should round to 2.86, but that is wrong.

Do not take this class if he is teaching

Puts stuff on exams that you didn't even learn and the class is very exam dependent

The exams had things on them that had never been taught and the exams were most of the grade. The lectures didn't really make a lot of sense and he laughs at questions asked. The textbook was the only thing that helped.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Absolutely no way to pass this class solely on this professor's teaching. Only way to pass is to get completely taught the material by another person (family/friend/tutor etc.). He answers in a joking matter and doesn't show any interest in the overall success of his students, half of my class dropped/stopped going.

VERY tough class if you can't teach yourself. He doesn't teach, he'll expect you to know it already. If you can teach yourself material online and pick up things easily, you'll be fine for this class but save yourself the time and take the online class. Exams are basically your whole grade. Devierta is his way of "teaching" AVOID this professor

Very tough grader. Awful awful instructor. He takes FOREVER to grade and will sometimes forget to grade your work so you have to keep reminding him. You need to show all your work and if you miss a step or don't do what he expects you to do but get the answer, right he will mark the question wrong. I regret taking this class.

I just finished the spring semester for this course, (online) if you want someone who doesn't have interest in his students success, take him. He is horrible at responding to emails, for example he sent out a confusing email about the exam and when I sent an email about it, he didn't respond until 2 days later, after I had already taken the exam.

The professor is unresponsive to emails, best way to reach him is by asking questions about the course through the discussions for modules. If questions are personal, like test scores, complications, etc, beware of response times for emails, it took a week and a half to fix my test score. Overall the responses are short and not helpful 90% of times

Smith was basically just a grader for this class. He hardly ever sent out info and had zero lectures. I had to find someone else taking the same class with another teacher in order to receive more information on the topics. If haven't taken calc before and need more than just a text book do NOT take Smith.

This professor does not seem like he has any interest in his students learning. Students in my class reported him ghosting them over emails, and I personally get not get a single clear answer for any question I had for him. He did not follow the syllabus at all and it was overall a terrible class. Do not take ANY class with this professor.

I took his course over the summer and barely passed it. He constantly ignored my emails and refused to help. Professor Smith never gave clear instructions about anything and changed opinions every second. Very though grader. I would never take any class with him and neither should you.

terrible teacher. Would never recommend him to anyone. Doesnt care about anything personal in your life, this class is "too important". take this class with another teacher if possible.

I attempted this course over the summer in a half semester class. Tons of homework due tuesday and thursdays. He did not have any lectures that I could find, I had to try to read straight from the textbook to try to teach myself and I couldn't do it. I dropped the class after 4 weeks and bombed the first exam. Worthless.

Please DO NOT chose this professor. He ignores emails and can't even answer simple questions I ask him. The course alone is a tough course and he makes me it even more confusing with all the hidden assignments that were due. I promise you dont waste your time with this guy.

The lack of clarity and instruction make this course extremly annoying. Very few video lectures that only cover small instances and portions of the topic.

How Pima hasn't fired this guy is beyond me.

Really hard and thought professor. Attendance was mandatory online :(

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. STAY AWAY. I read the reviews beforehand and thought that with a little bit of work, I could still manage the class despite him being a bad teacher, but I was wrong. Unclear grading policies, knocks points off for the smallest things, no video lectures, and I sometimes had 6 plus hours of homework.