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worse than sitting in bathtub of scissors

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A typical class consisted of her redoing a problem she messed up last lecture, then proceeding to attempt another problem she didn't know how to do, which she would stare at, ask for someone's book, and finish next time.

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This professor is horrible! She doesn't know what she's talking about, messes up on problems, and is very unhelpful. Whatever you do don't take this professor.

She sucks so hard. I hated every minute of Calculus. She has the weirdest eyes, and seems very aloof at all times. High-maintenance and very unhelpful. I hate that woman.

She is a terrible teacher. She breezes through the material as fast as possible to get it all done in one class. Be prepared to learn almost everything by reading your book if you opt to take her. She does make the tests slightly easier than that homework

This lady is terrible. She assumes that since she knows the material then her students should as well. Rushes through the book and makes the homework impossible. If you do get her drop it immediately or run away and never show ur face at pitt again.

Not helpful at all. Thinks that everyone in the class knows as much as she does. Very unapproachable. I have learned NO calculus at all from her. Do not take her.

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This is the worst professor in the world. She doesn't answer questions and she can't teach.

Awful! I couldn't get any help and she basically made fun of me after the final. She chased me into the hall and was like well you got that one right, but the rest are a little ify!

Avoid taking her calc class at all costs

Worst teacher ever. Just read the book and learn from that....She teaches everything in lecture as if you already know it. Dont take this prof.

If you ask a question, she answers with "why dont you know that?"

One of the worst math teachers I've ever had. Students try to ask questions but she never understands what you're asking. Almost everyone stopped going to class to avoid her pointless lectures. I took Trig in high school and she confused me on things I had already mastered. TA saved us. Avoid her!

terrible teacher with a vile personality. nasty and unapproachable. she acts as though everyone should be born knowing calculus. don't take this class if you've never had calc before. run away while you can.

She is a terrible teacher. Try to avoid her class. When trying to help you she "talks at" you rather than talking to you. I used to be a mathematics major...

Really horrible teacher. Talks to the board, not to the class. Goes through stuff so fast that I am not even done writing the notes yet, and she's moved on.

If you have no calculus background this instructor will be murder, or suicide should i say? Seriously I wanted to jump out the window during lecture. She responds to questions with "why dont you know that?" Hope you can teach yourself cause she sure won't. AVOID THIS INSTRUCTOR!

She expects you to know the info already. Does not explain the material clearly. Her sample tests are not a sample of the test or even concepts. I taught myself from the book having no calc background. How bad are u that the book teaches better than the prof? I'm not even sure why i went to class!

she went too fast in class and did not clarify what she was saying... she would sit up there and do problems and thats it.. no explanation or anything... she's not a good teacher period.

She might be the most double sided teacher on the block...gives one test to study from...then screws you on the actual exam...also doesnt teach at all.

SERIOUSLY avoid at all costs. I think she tries to screw people over on the exams, they're ridiculous. She reads and writes on the board from an old notebook during lecture, doesn't actually teach at all. If you've never taken Calc before you don't stand a chance with her...RUN!!

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. i had calc in high school and did well but she is the worst teacher ever and is not at all helpful. her tests are so hard and the final will kill you. not only that but sitting in her class feels like some horrible punishment. if i could get one teacher fired it would be her!

She's very good at...implementing academic suicidal notions into her students' mind. Several times I thought about jumping out of the 7th floor window due to her lack of logic, explanation, charisma...what-have-you to coherently relate calculus material. She'll alienate any living organism.

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Horrible...Goes too fast in class and makes you feel like an idiot if you ask a question. Hard to follow. I got a B but I basically taught myself. Read the book, it's pretty good at explaining things, because she certainly won't help you. You'll like your rec. teacher better than her

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SHE IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD! MATH WAS MY FAV. SUBJECT BEFORE HER. SHE SUCKS. IF U CAN GET OUTA TAKING HER- DOOO IT!!!!

she is an awful instructor. she makes u feel like an idiot when you ask a question and never gives a valid answer. i used 2 like math then i withdrew from her class cuz she was awful. try as hard as u can not 2 have her. don't get me wrong, she knows her material but is a horrible teacher.

she is horrible.

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Condescending, boring, the list goes on. On a personal basis she can be nice and informative. I'd definitely say she needs a little help with...what's that thing that teachers need...oh yeah, the ability to teach.

Obviously does not care about what grade her students get. Doesn't prepare you well for the final at all. She forced my class to learn the two most difficult lessons of the year on our own. Oh, and the class average on the last two tests was a 60%. Obviously, there's somethign wrong going on.

She was terrible,seriously the worst teacher i have ever had, cant understand what she is talking about. You need to have taken calc before to even slightly know what she is talking about.

This lady single-handedly messed up my qpa for good. She almost ruined me! I, and just about the rest of this class almost failed because of her refusal to answer questions or ever explain what she was talking about. Take business calc instead or just avoid her

You teach yourself each lesson prior to each class. Turns out this was something I had to do so I could try to follow her confusing thought process in lecture. She talks down to students when they ask questions. The only plus side is that her practice exams are almost identical to her tests. Hope you get a really good TA.

Lectures consist of her talking and writing as fast as she can, while you sit there trying to catch up with her. Any questions you ask will be answered, but definitely not clearly answered. Her class was a pain in my rear the whole semester, avoid it if you can.

WORST TEACHER EVER!!! really unnapproachable, non-helpful, and impossible to understand. if you are in this class, GET OUT!

I had the misfortune of enrolling in Ms. Arrington's Business Calculus class. I had taken AP Calc a year before in high school, so I got an A+ in the course. But if you've never taken Calc, and need to learn from this "teacher," you will fail. Unclear, poor examples. Avoid if you're new to Calc; otherwise, an easy review!

Skip lectures; go to recitation. Read the book and def do the practice exams. quizzes n hw are really easy. She makes the final, so by that time youre used to her toughness and do well while the other students suffer and complain. awesome curves. she doubles the 2nd test grade if you do better than the 1st test. same goes with the 3rd test.

terrible teacher. ridiculed students for asking questions, and didn't explain concepts clearly. grade heavily depends on helpfulness of TA's

do NOT take unless you have no option.

don't take her class. she is really slow, and does not know how to explain the concepts.

She is a terrible teacher. She doesnt like questions. And she pretty much assumes that you are an expert at calculus and will not explain anything. DO NOT TAKE HER. I failed her class and will be retaking it. Absolutely terrible.

Don't take this lady, simple as that. Take my word for it, take everyone's word for it. As everyone else stated, she hates answering questions. If you ask her to show you something she will say "Well that was just simple Algebra!" and then move on.

Wow...just wow...please do not take this professor for any class at any time...if u somehow get stuck with her just go to the first class so u can see how she is...then, back away slowly, turn and run to the nearest add/drop form available and do yourselves and future students a favor...

No. Just no.

The professor is a good person but is very poor at teaching math. I took a math exam today and totally messed it up. Although I studied really hard for it, I didn't take it well. Ahhhhh! It makes me unhappy:(:(

terrible. avoid if possible. if you didnt take calc in high school, and you get stuck with her, good luck. isnt clear on what she is teaching. assumes everyone knows calc as well as she does. just writes on the chalkboard all day, doesnt like questions, not approachable. not who you want teaching you math your freshman year.

seriously she is one of, if not, THE worst teachers/professors I've ever had (high school or college)and I'm a junior now. Tests are absolutely ridiculous. She doesn't really test if you know the material- she just puts the hardest possible problems on them. DO NOT TAKE HER... YOU WILL REGRET IT. Save yourself trouble and take another professor.

She is not a good teacher. She writes examples on the board and expects you to decipher them. Her TA's are better teachers. Her exams consist of 7 to 9 questions which take at least 90 minutes...she gives you 50. Take another teacher!

Worst teacher i have ever had. After about a month i quit going to class and just learned on my own from the book and practice exams. Awesome curves keeping your best 2 exams. Not a bad class to take if you already know calc or learn well from a book. Shes a joke of a teacher. good luck

By far the worst professor I've had at Pitt. Condescending, mumbling, unhelpful, and generally sad person. Don't take her unless you want a big fat F on your transcript, ESPECIALLY if you haven't taken calc before like in high school. seriously, i'm not exaggerating here.

If you show up to class and she is your teacher just leave! Withdrawl ASAP! Unless you just took calculus last semester it is going to be rough. She gets mad if you ask a question in class, like you should already know how to do caclulus. You will have to teach this course to yourself or find someone to teach it to you. BEWARE!

SHE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD...IT IS A SHAME I PAID TO BE IN HER PRESENCE. I REGRET TAKING HER CLASS AND I WROTE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ABOUT HER AND HE SEEMED NOT TO CARE AT ALL. BOTTOM LINE IS A RETARDED SEA APE CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN HER.

A horrible teacher. The worst I've ever had. Her tests are alot like her practice test, but harder and with different concepts. If you know the practice test, know the "opposite" of the practice test more. The book tought me more, and I had to hire a tutor. Even with this, I failed her first two exams. Drop her asap. Even if youre good at math.

Now to be fair I'm sure Dr. Arrington is a fine calc professor, the problem is that she believes that she is teaching an advanced calc class when most people take this as a beginner level class. Not helpful, she skips steps on the board and gets frustrated when you ask how she figured something. Genuinely a nice person but not much of a teacher

Dr. Arrington is the worst choice you can make, and clearly, the worst choice pitt made. If you are fortunate enough to go to the University of Pittsburgh, then you are literate. Read this and other statements and heed them. If you take this class, you are taking a major risk with your gpa. If you've never taken calc, don't let her ruin it for you.

AWFUL! I'm sure she's a very nice woman to meet one-on-one, and supposedly her office hours might be okay, but her lectures are terrible. She is often arrogant and rude when students ask questions in class, and her notes are useless. I had to teach myself all the material the day before the final.

Where to start. This woman is horrible. I took calc already but not the AP exam so I had her for calc. I don't know how people who haven't taken the course understood her. Her notes are useless and everyone could tell she didn't WANT to teach the course. She treated my class like we were stupid for not understanding her right away. Don't take her!!

shes horrible

she is absolutely TERRIBLE. This was the worst class I've ever took and she is the worst teacher. She is rude, her lectures are pointless. TAs are useless also. DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS. It is a hard subject to begin with and she makes it impossible. You better get a tutor and read the book if you want an a. I hated this class and I am so glad its ove

This woman should not be teaching at Pitt.. her lectures are HORRIBLE, as is she.. completely rude to students and seems as if she does not want them to succeed. she did not prepare me for the final AT ALL.. word of advice: take cathy lennard for bus. calc... she is 100x better.

Even with a calc background and being good at math, this was awful. BE PREPARED TO TEACH YOURSELF AND READ THE BOOK. She is very demanding and doesn't care. If you ask a question, be prepared to look like an idiot. You will want to find a group and someone that can explain well because she won't.

She is by far the worst professor I've ever had. She makes you feel like an idiot if you ask any questions, and does not care about your success. She cannot hear anyone behind the third row, and teaches at the speed of light. Be prepared to fail or teach yourself. Worst teacher at Pitt by far.

I never usually look at rate my professor, but when I do, I usually take the comments with a grain of salt. I must say, everything written about Elayne Arrington is 100% true. She makes you look like an idiot in front of the class, teaches faster than you can blink, and is just an all around angry woman. DO NOT TAKE HER.

Definitely the worst professor I have taken so far. I had to withdraw during the first semester and took Lennard instead. The class is hard but she does a horrible job at teaching it too, Lennard was way clearer and I ended up doing really well in Lennard. Avoid Arrington at all costs, she is the worst professor of all time.

arrington is literally the worst teacher i have ever had. people say that in a moment of hyperbole...but in this case it is 100 percent true. she is absolutely an awful teacher. she doesn't go over some topics that she puts on tests. you cannot even hear what she says when she talks. she moves through topics extremely fast. picture is funny though.

I tried really hard and went to the MAC center every week, but it didn't matter. Not any good

Arrington had to be one of the worst professors I've ever seen. She talked into the board, stood in front of work she just wrote and talked in a barely audible tone (I sat front row) to explain it. She ignored questions or gave curt answers such as "That's how it is" and didn't help. Never explained examples answered by students. Overall, horrible.

Okay, most of the reviews on here about her are true. She makes the class much more difficult than it needs to be. I basically taught myself, used the book, and got help (not from her)and was able to get an A. She makes you feel stupid if you ask questions,and likes to stand in front of the board after she is done writing so you cant see! Avoid her

Avoid at all costs! She is the worst professor! She teaches as if everyone has already taken calc. Even if you did take it before (I did), it is still a nightmare. Her lectures are useless and her tests try to trick you. I can't even describe in 350 characters how bad she is. I had an A in AP Calc in high school. C with Arrington..you do the math

Awful. She runs through the material without taking time to really explain. She really never allows questions and couldn't even hear you if you wanted to ask one. Exams are hard, online homeworks are hard but the quizzes aren't too bad. STAY AWAY FROM THIS WOMAN

I've never rated a professor on here before, but I had to rate her. Her test are extremely tricky and the lecture is practically useless. I know that calc is a hard subject, but she makes it way harder than it needs to be. I'm currently trying to transfer to another class with a different teacher. Don't take this class if you're at all weak in math

My mind is blown as to how there could be such a bad teaching, non-research professor in existence. Maybe she knows the material, but she's proven to me in two classes that she can't teach whatever it is that she knows. She certainly can't answer questions in a coherent way. One word: "avoid."

Okay so I did well (got an A+) but I was one of the only ones who did well. Test averages were all around 65, and she was terrible at explaining things. DO NOT TAKE HER FOR ANY CLASS if you want to pass. Most of my friends got Cs in her class for Business Calc this past semester, but I would NEVER take her again if I had the chance.

Dr. Arrington was easily the worst professor I've ever had. Attending her lectures made me more confused than when I skipped and taught myself the material- my TA is the only reason many people passed. Assigns homework & tests on material she hasn't taught yet. Avoid Arrington at all costs; I don't know how she still has a job honestly.

Very intelligent woman, but this is the worst class I have taken at Pitt. Extremely tough grader, no constructive feedback, no notes in lecture, and very unclear about what she is expecting.

Dr. Arrington can be nice when she wants to be but is impatient and short when people ask for further explanations. She speaks into the board and is oblivious to people who have questions. She is very hard of hearing and usually can't hear what people are asking. She is a harsh grader. Occasional extra credit offered. Plan on teaching yourself.

She never noticed when people have questions and when she does try to answer them she gives confusing feedback. She does not explain any work she does on the board and assumes everyone understands. Talks into the board. The TAs are better at teaching. She's so bad I started using my friend as a tutor because Arrington was just confusing.

Arrington is by far one of the worst teachers I've ever had. She is very smart but does not actually teach you and just expects that you'll understand the concepts. Her exams are pretty difficult with low averages, but that being said, if you are a student who can is willing to put in time and able to teach yourself then it is possible to do well.

She is a very educated woman who cannot teach. I do not know why she has not been fired yet. If you must take this class, try to take it with anyone else.

Dont do it. But if you have to: Attend every lecture and take extensive notes. Recitation is what taught and saved me. Quizzes in recitation! Don't skip it, she does teach. Very lecture heavy but tests arent too bad if you KNOW the material i.e. through reci and textbook. Tests are similar to in class problems and homework. Read book for more info.