The class started out with 30 and now has 4 people.. he was not willing to change his teaching methods and was not helpful at all.. I have taken science classes, Cal I and II and have found him to be the most stubborn of all professors... Don't take him!

awful, tenured, not helpful, very lazy

Missed a months worth of class in the four month semester! Was not clear at all. Very lazy teacher. Didn't grade tests on time, and waited till the day of the next test to give back the grade from the previous test. Very poor instructor! Not organized!

STEAR CLEAR OF THIS ONE!! Very stubborn and condesending to students. Had the need to be intimidating toward most of the students. Never heard so many students use four-letter words about a prof. He seems to a cultural "machismo" thing going on. No regard for students. His way or the highway.

this professor is rude i was asign to 1314 night class and these professor showed up with an actitude he made the hole class to change the book. he treat the class if we do not liked to ask the math department. I guess he is not capable to teach with another book since he seam like he keep using the same test over and over.

this professor is very rude and machista he things that every latino cheat he is not helpfull at all.

this professor is very rude and he likes to put you down if you are hispanic. he had very poor teaching skills in math.

****!! hate the way he teached the class, hope the dean do something about this!!

Awful. Lazy. He claims we're the "drivers" and doesn't teach us, he just asks questions all class period, but doesn't correct us if we're wrong. If someone realizes ti's wrong, he'll pause and grin and act like he totally knew it the whole time and say, "Well, y'all are the drivers, you have to tell ME how to do. Um, no, that's YOUR job.

HORRIBLE TEACHER!!!!! His teaching methods are vague!! He likes to teach and give examples that are easy, but puts the hard ones on the test. Not to mention he loves to make up his own problems!!! He gives you a review with problems you have never seen before because "he" makes up every problem. He doesn't give us the answers to his review to see i

Can be confusing. Is not clear on what he expects. Is not clear on what is gonna be on the test. I dont recommend him. Sorry

Horrible teacher, thinks to much of himself, not there to help you but challenge you. Keeps his students 10 to 15 minutes after class on purpose and hands out test review at that time so those who left won't get it. Gets mad when you want to leave when class is over if you don't stay behind. takes role way after class is over too. don't take him!!

HORRIBLE AND RUDE TEACHER! He doesn't help those who are struggling.He thinks we should know it all. He doesn't work examples, he just writes notes on the board. He doesn't try to help us, even after class. He is very sarcastic with his comments. He is very unprofessional making bad comments about other teachers. I had to drop his class!

I did not feel he was very supportive. When asking for help he made me feel stupid.

One of the worst teachers i have ever had!!

Awful teacher! Half the class dropped and everyone else is failing!

Horrible Teacher. He can't teach at all and even has a hard time understanding one's name. I was really good at math until I had this teacher.

He is the WORSE teacher you could ever have....we had an exam the first week of class and only 2 passed out of 30....I dont recommend this teacher what so ever!!!! He is horrible!

The least helpful instructor I have ever had. 90% of the class dropped and most of them complained to the dean about how rude and unhelpful he is. After that he gave the whole class a lecture on how you will only pass if he feels like passing you. Very rude and very condescending. It's a wonder he still has a job after all of the complaints!

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER, I REPEAT! DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER. HE ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS WITH ANOTHER QUESTION, IF HE CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM HE SAYS "OH WE WILL FIGURE OUT LATER, AND NEVER DOES" HALF THE CLASS DROPPED THE OTHER HALF IS FAILING. ALL HE SAYS IS DO THE HOMEWORK, BASICALLY ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE BOOK, HE WILL NOT PROVIDE A REVIEW!

He is a very nice guy but terrible teacher. I did understand nothing. We had 3 test and final. More than half of the class disappeared in the middle of the semester. I just read the book for every exam and it was hard to learn math from the book.Another wired thing that he does is giving essay questions from the book in the test!!!!

I was forced to drop his class. This professor is of no help! He will not answer e-mails and posts reviews online the night before the test. He is never there during his office hours and arrives late to class constantly. He works problems on the board and gets the wrong answer all the time, nothing like the book. Do not take him if you want to pass

By far the worst teacher I have ever seen. Always late and constantly making mistakes on the board. Take it with someone else and save your GPA even if it means being a semester behind.

Listen to all the reviews. Do not take his class. Book teaches one way and he teaches another. Homework everyday for no grade. Doesn't review at all. Answers must be in complete sentences to his standards.

Súper unorganized!! He says everything is online yet not even he can find his stuff on the folders he adds online. This class is NOT for people who are bad at math. He teaches as if everyone knew what he is talking about. He says homework is not mandatory but he will take it as extra credit. He won't. Also, he's never in his office or replies email

Very unorganized. Starts an exercise and makes mistakes frequently. I took his summer class for Calculus 1, if you don't get distracted by someone moving and writing in the blackboard without any order, you'll get an A. Says homework is not mandatory but asks for it after each exam.

He should stick to teaching business majors. He is unfit to teach stem courses as it stands. Essentially just taking advantage of these students.

This is by far the worst teacher I had ever had at sac not very helpful posts the reviews the night before. Writes too fast on the board and also makes mistakes on the board too. Also all of his tests are extremely challenging.

Just don't choose this teacher unless you already know the material. You will be correcting this professor's work on the board. He doesn't always keep up with his own working on the board, but will fail you for anything

Absolutly horrible. Moves way to fast, does not cover material in an understanding way. Pop quizes with no notice.

Worst professor I've ever taken. You have to know the material before signing up for his class. He is super rude and confrontational. Never explains clearly, and gets upset when questions are asked. Makes mistakes on board. There is no consistency in his class with how he wants problems worked. He is just overall unorganized and plain rude.

Very difficult to understand his teaching. Makes you take a syllabus quiz, than turns around and goes against his own rules, you cannot use your notes on tests. If you are not good at math and need the extra help, go somewhere else! Blames you if you cannot understand what the lecture is about, if you hv questions, you hv to figure it out on ur own

This was one of the worst classes I've taken.Yes, it was completely remote learning. But when you're emailing your professor for assistance and he literally responds with "well there's nothing further I can help you with" that's pretty disheartening.Thank you for one of the worst classes I've taken at SAC. Do yourself a favor and run from this one.

Dropped this class, the professor was not ready at the beginning of the online course. Unable to access course materials until 3rd day of class, technical issues for the entire first week. He was not prepared, yet very vocal about being prepared and completing assignments on time. Worse professor, I have ever had!!! Stay away!

This was absolutely the wort teacher I've ever had shows up late everyday and doesn't explain anything that he shows on board. He makes a lot of mistakes when doing examples and doesn't correct them. His makes assignments due before going over all the material necessary to complete them and says to just figure it out on YouTube. DO NOT TAKE HIM

Left seven assignments, two exams, five SLO quizzes, and the final for the final week of class as if his students didn't have other classes to take. If you intend on taking a virtual math class avoid this one like the plague.

Please do yourself a favor and never take this class! Avoid Fermin Ortiz by any means necessary! Took a week to update his syllabus on the first day, did not utilize canvases calendar assignments option or have any of the test dates scheduled constantly had an attitude and openly criticized under performing students while they weren't present etc..

Would not recommend, unless you are great at math, it is not manageable if you have work. Would recommend an in person class over this.

This class was online on an asynchronous academic schedule. Despite helpful assignment reminders, between a lack of communication, no student support given with questions, and assignment due dates misaligning with the academic calendar, I would not recommend, nor take this class again.

Emailed professor on the 2nd day of class, took 3 days to respond that i should've emailed earlier. Had 3-4 assignments per week,none of which went towards my canvas grade. Based final grade on 3 exam grades. Offered to drop lowest exam grade if I took another exam and he did not follow through and left the low exam grade anyways.

HE'S ALWAYS LATE TO CLASS! You are expected to do all the reading and homework on your own with very little notice, and then he will quiz you with 3 or 4 questions during class. He will post an assignment on Friday without any heads-up and then expect you to finish it by Sunday. He will start talking about his family drama and political views.

He is probably the least efficient with class time out of any professor I've had, which is not helped by the fact that he's always late to class. He's constantly in a bad mood, has no respect for his student's time, and is very unclear about assignments. We raced through two whole units in the last two weeks of class. PLEASE, take anyone else!

It is a completely online course. I chose this because I work 50 hrs a week and have a child but still trying to work toward my degree. He posts assignments and you have 2 days to do them. I usually wait until the weekend to do all my homework since I have more free time. No respect for other lifestyles. It is procrastination, in his words.

When I tell you to take legit any other math teacher than this dude. He is almost always late, doesn't stay on topic, and explains things in a way to make it very difficult to understand for the basic person. You won't know your final grade until the semester is already over. Not worth it at all take literally anyone else.

The worst professor I have ever had, post-assignments out of nowhere, doesn't use a calendar and never responds to emails.