Selectively informs us of critical information, seems to think he's too good to teach a 100 level course.

teaches really fast, no time for your questions, seems kind bothered that you would even ask a question, and if you ask to many times or ask one he doesnt like he will make fun of you. doesnt come to class prepared, never knows what he taught last. RUN

This teacher is not helpful at all... DROP DROP DROP is what I got to do now!!

Worst teacher in the entire department next to Shelby Kilmer.

gary is horrible!!! i went to every class and failed...he gives you a****load of homework everynight..and his tests are impossible noone gets higher than 80

bad teacher. likes to show off math skills and says he likes to "challenge the class" uhhh my highest test grade was a 72% and i took trig in high school...also doesnt curve tests.

Would not recommend at all. does not explain anything that well and just leaves you to work it out by yourself, especially hard when it comes to the homework assignments. Current student of his class

He assigns homework but then doesn't teach you what will be on the homework. ALOT of self learning! Also, rambles about stories that don't matter and don't apply to the concept of the problems

Math class? More like publically funded verbal abuse. I learned to stop asking questions after week 1 and my grade suffered because of it. The class itself isn't too hard, it's the fact that he's more concerned with belittling you than giving you a deeper understanding of the concepts.

Honestly one of the least helpful professors I've ever had. He doesn't seem to care about helping his students learn and always has a rude remark if you ask a question in class. I took college algebra with him and he was alright, but trig was absolutely awful. I would not take his class if you have any other option.

His tests are difficult. He will put stuff on the homework that he hasn't taught in class. Don't ask questions in class if your not prepared for him to publicly humiliate you in front of your peers. His explanation of word problems, is that they're just "common sense."

He expects you to do the work, and keep up with the notes (as does any good teacher), and in his introduction emails he highly encourages people to ask him for help if they don't understand. However, if he thinks it's a stupid question or thinks it is answered in a video (whether you understand it or not) he won't answer AT ALL.

Told me it wasn't my fault if he lost my quiz that I was turning in early due to missing the next class for being out of town.

Extremely hard class, I took Precalc in High School expecting to do better here but that was not the case. It is HIS way or the HIGHWAY. If I learned it one way in high school that didn't matter because he wanted me to do it his way, even if my way was easier to understand. VERY scatterbrained lectures, and did not make sense.

He told students that he doesnt like teaching anymore and you can tell! He doesnt teach the first section of the class before the first exam because he expects you to know it already! He only does easy examples on the board but the homework and test are much harder!! he doesnt take this class seriously because he has taken harder math classes!!

Grade A butthole. He always assigns homework that is never close to what's on the test. Ask a question in class? NO. He'll literally belittle you because he thinks your question is stupid. He's not very approachable and will make you feel stupid when you're trying to ask for help. 10/10 WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

I would strongly recommend taking this class at OTC. This guy seems to enjoy giving problems that he doesn't fully explain. His lecture videos he just does exactly what the book says, so it really isn't helpful. If you struggle with math DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. I highly recommend taking this at OTC.

Whatever you do, do not take his class online. The only examples given are out of the textbook, and that is literally it. That is all you will ever have to reference. It was unbelievably frustrating to spend this much money to be read to. I had to teach myself algebra from outside sources, did not do well and now have to retake this course.

There is such a thing as a professor that is tough but fair, designed to aid his students in their careers, but this is not one. Surely his ego convinces himself that he is, but he isn't. If you ask questions prepare to be humiliated. Apparently he is sick of teaching, so can MSU do everyone a favor and please relieve him of his duties? Go to OTC.

Don't let him discourage you. I failed his class and had to retake but have now passes calc 1 and 2 easily. Math isn't hard it only matters who you take. That being said Gary was easily the worst professor I have ever had. If I can fail basic math course and breeze through high level courses you know there is something wrong.

I don't know about showing up to class, but please don't take this online. I took the highest level math my high school offered and always got As, but was looking for something easy in college, and figured I'd be able to do it online. Somehow this guy made it so stinking difficult. Was also extremely rude in his emails and treated me like I'm dumb.

Worst professor I have ever had. Scatterbrained lectures, always talks about how good he is and was at math in school. Makes tests way harder than they need to be. Tests do not resemble homework or in class examples. Makes you feel dumb when asking a question. Would never recommend anyone to take him.

Once you notice that he looks like Mr. Garrison from South Park, you can't unsee it.

Heres the thing about Gary, he would show up to class about 20 minutes late then proceed to go over any questions we had about our homework. Following that he would briefly go through 1 or 2 problems we could expect on the test. Save yourself the misery.

Was soooo rude. Dont take online!!!! Trashed my GPA.

Brings a whole new definition to the word pretentious... Others are not exaggerating his rudeness and lack of professionalism.

My AP calc class was easier than this class.

There's no way to sugar coat it or justify it in my mind: This class was HARD and Gary is not very nice. His favorite trick to pull is putting material on the tests that we did not go over in class. AVOID!

I will never be able to say "Gary" in a kind way again. I realized that my time management wouldn't suffice for the class, so I decided to drop. I told Gary this, and he proceeded to send a very passive-aggressive email back. He makes you print all of your own quizzes and he teaches like a total idiot. Don't take this guy unless you love math.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. I REPEAT DO NOT DO IT.

He does not know how to teach and spends most of his lectures rambling on about things that have nothing to do with math. He is rude, inconsiderate, and no source of help at all! DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. It is not worth your GPA. And please take these reviews seriously because they are not lying to you! You've been warned.

I would not recommend taking this teacher for this class. During this pandemic he has been nothing but difficult and unfair. He is rude and makes it seems like youre dumb.

Do not take this class!!! He is not helpful what so ever! I took his online class and he makes us print off all our quizzes so we can do them with paper and pencil. We have to make them into a PDF to turn them in VIA EMAIL. I've gotten multiple zeros because he doesn't check his email thoroughly and is not open to helping his students succeed.

Professor Stafford is one of the worst professors I have ever had! He be littles you in class by saying how easy his class is because HE can do it (duh, he should be able to do it he teaching it). 3 exams and final, homework due every class period (homework is done through book, so book is a MUST), and there are paper quizzes due as well.

Professor ended up removing quiz points because he got fed up that some students were having issues scanning and uploading them. Grade was based on like 93% of 4 exams. I had to drop because of his unfair grading over simple things. I understood almost all the material but he was too picky of a grader. Didn't care at all about student's hard work.

Don't risk your GPA for this class. I would study for hours for exams and still get D's somehow. I had to teach myself everything in this class. I heavily relied on YouTube for assistance. His lectures consisted of him reading out of the textbook. He made me feel stupid for asking questions and his replies to emails were unprofessional and rude.

Gary is easily the worst professor Ive ever had at Mo State. He offers no help and will make you feel stupid for asking any type of question. His lectures are incredibly unorganized and you have to teach yourself the material. Hes very old fashioned and all around he gives off bad vibes. Had to drop the class for the sake of my mental health.

Quite possibly the worst professor I have ever had. He cares more about the format in which you turn things in than he does how you are doing in the class. He offers no help and criticizes you for asking questions. I have studied for every exam for hours and still managed to fail all of them. He really does not care about student success at all.

In my 3 other math classes Ive taken in college, Ive gotten an A, B+, and a B. I failed this class the first time, and I think he gave me a pity C when I tried retaking it just to move me along. I thought the problem was me until I finished computational calculus with a B+. He was hands down the most rude professor Ive ever had to endure.

The worst teacher I have had the displeasure of being with my entire school career. Ridiculous amounts of work, extremely hard grader, and mentions new concepts not covered in class on exams. He is rude and inconsiderate of his students. First class I have ever had below a B. Terrible. The classic hard professor from any movie or t.v show.

This professor is awful. He does not care about his students passing at all. If you e-mail him about anything he will belittle you and make you feel inadequate. DO NOT take any classes from him, save yourself the stress.

I don't recommend taking this professor. The class isn't very hard, but the teacher has a very odd way of teaching and it feels like he just expects you to know what to do. He seems nice, but he belittles you and is always saying stuff like "my 8th grade kid can do this, so it's not that hard." He does the bare minimum while teaching in class.

This class is a waste of my time. He doesn't really even teach in class. All he does is stand at the front of class rambling, and half the time it isn't even over the material in class (like I have no interest in hearing about what position you played in football). Tough grader and makes you feel stupid if you don't know whats going on. AVOID!!!!!!

waste. of. my. time. Literally get a headache every time I leave this class because he talks about nonsense and doesn't teach.

He talks in a very condescending and does extremely little to help prepare for the exams/final. He is very vague on how to best prepare for the final which is cummulative. Our study group which was probably a good amount of the class felt unprepared and he did less than the bare minimum to help us review and understand material DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!!!

Called me "pretty and dumb like the rest of the girls at this school" and that I "shouldn't have graduated high school" because I asked if we were going to get 4 quizzes every day for the whole semester. The only thing he teaches you is how fast and easy it is for him to hurt your feelings. he also goes through a unit a minute. literally

Very rude and terrible teacher who doesnt care about students

I didn't even have him for math and i can still see why his rating is so low. He makes rude comments towards students and I've had to talk to him on three separate occasions about taking points off of correct answers. If you take this class buy a folder because he gives everything out on paper even though there are online copies. Avoid him.

I recommend not taking the class with this professor. Take it from another professor. Especially if you are not good in Math he will make your class even harder than it is. He is unavailable and grumpy!

I don't recommend this professor if you simply want to have a fun experience with actually learning math! Not only is he very rude if you aren't doing well in class, but he grades poorly and just marks up everything but refuses to explain and articulate what was done wrong. Not only that there's a lot of homework and his grading is imbalanced!

probably the worst class I have taken here. 6 exams and so so so so much homework. If this is the only class you are taking for the semester you may have a chance but if not, your other classes will need to be sacrificed in order to get through all the homework and study for the exams. Would not reccomend

So test heavy it's hard to recover from a fail. Lots of homework, 10 plus hour a week. Hard to get a hold of and ask questions.

He's very condescending and rude. Don't expect any test reminders. If you fail a test, it's almost impossible to come back from.

He is so bad, don't take him.

I would strongly advise against taking this instructor. I did well on the homework and practice quizzes, but the tests were formatted very differently, making them confusing. The final included problems we never practiced or had to solve in reverse, like finding the factored form from a graph. I felt unprepared and discouraged in this class.

One of the worst I've ever taken, by far. He doesn't utilize brightspace, and makes you buy pearson MyMathLab (about 80$). Homework doesn't reflect the actual learning objectives but are almost always 30-60 questions long. Tests are all open work, no multiple choice and are the majority of your grade. SOS if you need it, STUDY QUIZES!