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the worst teacher ever!!!

No online help, study sessions don't work because he won't tell the aid what he is going to test. Sounds like the dinosaur in Toy Story!

DO NOT TAKE HIM!! HE IS HORABLE! Goes to fast, doesnt answer quesions clearly, seems kinda nervous. DO NOT TAKE HIM WHAT EVER YOU DO!!!!

I did not enjoy the class. Very boring teacher, with a bad teaching ethic. Avoid if possible.

DON T TAKE HIM...........The worst teacher I have ever had!!!!!!!!

avoid this terrible professor at all costs...save your sanity, and your GPA

he is very boring professor. The class is somewhat hard if you don't really understand Bio. because he does not explain any of the materials. He just very quickly reads the notes with not much explanation.

awful teacher, reads ppt word for word and throws in his own terms that we're supposed to memorize, tests on material that we haven't learned - DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!

Please avoid him!!!

He posabliy has the worst people skills i have ever seen... I had to call him about class and he basicly told me i was that since no one else had a problem then it was my problem....i learned absolutly nothing..

absolute ass...does not elaborate at all outside of the prepared lectures...i learned NOTHING. don't take this class

OHHHHHHHHH GEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZ!!!! Talk about hard and I did not learn anything. I have a new found hate for biology. Everything he teaches is hard and I hard a hard time comprehending anything.

That little giggle after everything he says is so distracting you can't pay attention to anything else. HOWEVER::: His tests are written by the book so if you don't go to class and just thoroughly review the chapters you will pass

I don't know how this guy ever got a PhD or a job for that matter. He made biology even more painful than I thought it could be. Avoid like the plague.

What an idiot. Do not take this class with him, pick a different professor. I was really looking forward to general biology, until I got there, and he started "teaching" What a joke, I had a hard time getting a C!!

Readss straight off the power points, so u dont need to go to class, however over half of my class fails every test.

DO NOT TAKE THIS GUY! Tests come from powerpoints and online quizzes but they're worded weird. He is not worth your time. Only grades on tests-nothing else! Over 3/4ths of my bio class is failing...looking forward to taking this with someone else(not). Avoid at all costs!!

why is that morethan half of the class is failing? I actually went to the class but didn't help instead I wasted my time, and my money. Try to get in with Padgit

MOST BORING CLASS EVER! This man may know his biology, but he is terrible at teaching it. There is no point in class nor looking at his power point notes online. He just takes about 10ish or so questions from each chapter quiz at the book's online site and puts them into a 50 question test. If you MEMORIZE you will do fine, but you won't learn.

He is a horrible teacher. But the class itself is not too bad. All of his tests come directly from the book quizzes online. The midterm and final are different though, you have to actually "study" for them

HORRIBLE, stay away! He just talks to hear himself speak. His tests are cut & paste from the on-line textbook quizzes, so you can pass those if you study the quizzes, but the tests suck just as much as his teaching.

Horrible teacher. Doesn't care if you show up and he doesn't even look up at the class. He doesn't care if the class understands because he never stops a second during lectures to ask questions. The tests were extremely hard even with the online quizzes. I don't know why he is a professor. There has got to be something he is better at.

Dieringer is horrible. The class is horrible as well. He has no desire to help students. I barely ended up with a B in his class. The first two tests had the questions from the online website, but I guess he caught on because the rest of the semester they were impossible. Take advantage of the extra credit quizzes.

He is a terrible teaacher. He basically just reads the powerpoint right off the slides and his test I swear are impossible to study for. He isn't much help at all, and he stutters when he lectures plus he has a monotone voice. Avoid him at all cost!

lectures cannot be understood at all. he doesn't help student. for twice i have begged him for my work that i have done, not got any points. easy to get marks too. not that much hard. still i i would take somebody else if you really like to study and understand things.

He reads word for word off of the power points, and the only reason to go to class is because of his sporadic attendance taking. Not much from lecture is on the test, it's mainly from the quizzes. He is extremely boring to listen to and not engaging whatsoever. I usually like science but he ruined that for me

Professor didn't engage with the class. The material was OK, but very little effort was given from the professor. He does not seem passionate about the course, or teaching it, which is upsetting. I used to love science, not so much anymore... The course is not hard itself, but it goes far when the professor does not seem to want to be there.

This professor sucks. He does not mention when tests and quizzes are, he does not weight tests. He will drop your lowest test pre-emptively, however if you have other assignments pulling your grade down this actually hurts your grade, as it remains the same. The tests are not application of knowledge and are instead a chance to test out quizlet.

He just lectures the entire time and you take exams every once and awhile. There are a few homework assignments that you have to do that are easy, but hardest part of his class is staying motivated and focused through his lectures becasue of how boring/dull he is. If there is a more energetic and interesting professor take them instead.

I have him for Gen Bio lecture. Lecture moves quickly and is not in very good detail. Grade is based only on exams. Exams are frequent, long, and detailed. Do not take his lecture classes.

Dieringer is a piece of work. I have him for Prin of Bio Lab He does not teach and if he thinks he does it's in terrible detail. His TAs teach and help us 100% of the time. I hate to talk about the man like this but I do not recommend taking any of his classes.

He explains thing as if youre stupid and he doesnt explain things very well. Whenever you ask a question, he answers in a way that makes you feel stupid.

Gregg only did lectures and tests. No additional assignments to improve your grade- there were 3 extra credit quizzes but they were extremely hard. Our class average on the 1st test was a 57% the next test was open book/note and the average was a 68%. He didn't curve our grades until the 3rd test.He is very knowledgeable but very hard to understand

Great guy, terrible at teaching!! There are three extra credit quizzes but the readings are long. If you have to take the course with him, PLEASE study every day unless your good at bio. The book is helpful to a certian degree, you would have to go search for it. The test is all multiple choice but its at least 50 questions!! No attendence and hw!

He does not teach well at all, if you can avoid him then do! He talks so quiet and speaks to the ground, very hard to understand, and grades very hard for the most minor things. He will laugh at you and make you feel stupid. Even in office hours, he told me I am unorganized and that i don't have my life together.

This professor is hard to understand, he is deaf but he talks to the floor and is quiet. He doesn't have good study tools, he is terrible at teaching. If you can, AVOID this professor. The TA is really the only one who teaches and he is no help in or our of class.

The TA taught the whole class. When students asked for help he just told them if they couldn't figure it out they were out of luck.

I am not sugar coding this, Derringer is an awful professor. He does not care to build a student-teacher relationship. You failed? Better luck next time. If everyone is failing, don't you think you're the problem Dieringer? Nope! Don't even bother telling him that, he will shrug his shoulders and laugh in your face.

He can't hear very well so he talks really quiet. He's older so he's not entertaining and me personally I need someone exciting with boring class material.

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Absolutely awful, he is deaf in one ear and talks to the ground. You can barely understand him. He just reads off of a slideshow, and his exams are hard. Basically, he does not care whether you pass or fail and if you try to get help he will just laugh at you and tell you to figure it out.

One of the worst professors I have had. Very nice outside of class and is literally just a nice old guy, but he literally just yaps about nonsense and expects us to understand. He is so quiet and the lab is so loud that even if I could understand what he was saying, I couldn't hear him. He is serving in his little nike techs though.

this class was hard especailly for someone who did well in bio in highschool, barely gives point out unless its a test, will not remind you on your assignments that you do have to do, plus his class lowkey boring and very hard to sit through

He provides very little help or says that he won't tell you the answer even when you're not looking for the answer, just further explanation. He will look at you like you're stupid and gets annoyed whenever you don't understand something he just explained. Clearly if a student doesn't understand, the professor needs to clarify more.

He Grades very very hard and his grading criteria is not clear. He is not friendly and mumbles and stumbles through instructions. Most people failed the lab reports. You should take this lab with other professors.