Nice guy, but didn't understand a bloody word he said all term

Man, I can get over the anguage barrier here but his focus on group work. What century is he living in. He is also very subjective on certain material and easily confused when you point out his clear contridictions. Francis if you read this.. give up the group work and let the student earn the grade

I found that he was difficult to understand.Half the time I didn't know what he was saying.

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This teacher was impatient and stubborn with questions. He marked groups on the performance of one person,which meant you relied on the intelligence of a stranger. He didn't teach objectively, instead presented his biased opinions as fact. Near exam time, he routinely ended class early, leaving sections out and complainining the class was behind.

Awful teacher!! He doesn't give examples, his midterm didn't make GRAMATICAL SENSE! He'd talk about a girl in the questions but the answers all had to do with guys WTF! Everyone scored so low he made it out of 20 instead of 25, and guess what? He has done this not just for my class but ALL SOC. Isn't this telling him something? :(

He is unbelievably unclear about what he wants from students. His multiple choice questions make so little sense. He tends to make fun of people, so I've learned not to speak up.

He made a lot of odd comments throughout the semester that were hard to follow. During a lecture he was talking about the human genotype. I found a major flaw in what he was saying and when i asked he admitted he didn't know and through my comments out the window like I had never said anything. This happened a lot in the term. Bad prof to sum it up

Not helpfull at all you will ask a Question and he will not answer it! You will spend your time reading more of the text book to understand what the HELL he is talking about no e-mail or power point avaliable! does not like when you take notes in class Tells you to put your pen down all the time! not a good teacher!

Very thick accent makes him hard to understand. Flips through powerpoints too quickly to write down. Super boring teaching style and no projects to keep you on the ball. I'm completely lost for my final for these reasons.

He is very interested in the material and tries to get the class to share his interest. However the subject matter is pretty boring and repetitive. He is difficult to understand for the most part (i feel bad when he makes a joke and no one laughs:( ) and there are no projects to help you follow along with the theories.

He is reluctant to explain his assignments. Some classes are really interesting but his slides are tiny and there is so much note taking that often it is hard to listen to what he is saying (which is also difficult because he has a really cool, but strong accent that takes some getting used to).

You can't understand one word he's saying. I didn't learn one thing in this class.

Absolutely terrible. Went to every class and taught myself more by reading the text book. Not clear at all for assignments. Has atleast 70 slides a "lecture" and gets through maybe 5 and you have to try and teach yourself the rest. slides aren't even clear of what you need to know. I had to google most of the concepts to study for exams

If you want to do projects outside of the classroom to pass; this is your teacher. Otherwise, the lectures are confusing, and the question structure is difficult. I am fluent in English, it's my first language; I have never struggled so hard to understand a question before. His class average is 65% for a good term. About 6 study hours/lecture.

Took this class as an online elective. Francis is the most unclear prof I have had. He doesn't seem to know how to use D2L properly at all. Dropboxes are only open the day the assignment is due. He also asks that you submit in groups of 6 or more, which is especially difficult with an online class. Discussion boards never open to communicate. Avoid

If you are international student who are not good at speak English as native speaker, I could recommend to avoid this class. You could not understand almost everything what he said.

If you like actually learning and having your questions answered, do not take this or any other of Franic's classes. You need not attend class as his 70 slide long powerpoints have all the info you need. If you were expecting answers to your questions guess again, he talks in circles, does not answer the question, and frankly comes off as rude. BAD

Francis is nice and obviously cares a lot about Sociology, but the way he teaches is not good. His power points are minimum 60 slides long and have 3 different fonts, 5 different colors and homemade mind maps that are impossible to decipher. Quiz & midterm questions are a paragraph long and also hard to decipher. Overall, disorganized. :(

I did this class online and it was terrible. I had to withdraw because I didn't understand the concepts he wanted us to get. I emailed him a few days before I withdrew, expecting a response, and he still hasn't emailed me back, this was a month ago. Lectures are confusing, he doesn't specify what he wants us to know. Overall, super disorganized.

Such a nice man, but so impossible to follow his lectures. Partway through the semester he stopped actually giving the lectures and expected you to read his hard to follow slides and learn by yourself. The way he does group projects is the worst I've ever experienced. Too hard to describe in this short amount of characters.

The midterm is worth 30% with 30 questions that are all a paragraph long. It's impossible to decipher what he's asking and you run out of time trying to read the first part of the question which is irrelevant! Group assignments are all the same, instructions are unclear and he marks hard.

I highly suggest not taking his class. He's nice and not a super hard marker, but his teaching style (especially his chaotic powerpoints that are 60-90 slides long) will make you want to pull your hair out.

Chaotic. He seems like a nice guy but does not know how to teach. Very disorganized and his lectures and lecture notes make NO sense. A lot of his material is outdated or irrelevant (and also wrong re: Residential Schools), and he requires you to buy a textbook that he wrote. I tried to get help during office hours but didn't gain anything. AVOID.

The content is hard to understand through his repetitive lecture slides that were full of spelling errors so I relied on the textbook. For the assignments you have about 10 criteria to follow and you get graded for other people's work which made me mad. I didn't learn much, be sure to upload into the correct folder and read directions many times.

The lectures were very long and I found he would go on extremely long tangents that were unrelated to the class. He speaks very quietly so the lectures are difficult to understand and pay attention to.

So many issues with this course; overall, not a good introduction to sociology. Instructions are all over the place and unclear, and minimal assignment structure is given. Lack of direction in group projects - students required to choose someone else's assignment to submit. Lecture slides hard to understand and extremely lengthy. Very demoralising.

his lectures and slides are very disorganized, all the group work is only worth like 5% but you have like 100 of them, he often will go off-topic without informing anyone so its confusing in that aspect. he doesn't know how to teach and had a terribly thick accent. he's done great things but teaching is not his specialty.

Don't take this class if you don't enjoy working as a group. Awful organization, awful explanations, awful assignments. That course is a nightmare. PD: Make sure your team group is actually collaborative

My god this guy is terrible. Nice guy but damn. Entire class is dedicated to the first few slides of his 90 powerpoint presentation per class. He spends the entire class talking about the general overall key but doesnt dive into one of the required concepts for exam. The tests are also insane. So t take if you want to live.