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do your homework
Can't explain himself at all. Needs to spend more time teaching instead of trying to make cheap jokes. If you want to advance never take this professor. He is the worst.
He heads the list of worst professors at BMCC. TOOO many Jokes. Funny NOT. " Did you read the book" his best words, because he does not know how to explain anything. Hot? Yeah right. He is horrible, run for your life.
The only good thing about him is that he lets you out early. Other than that he will most likely he will give you a low grade. When you think your doing good trust me your not.
Terrible professor, brings kids to class so they run around during class, always late about 25 to 30 minutes including on test days. jokes around tooo much never writes on the board.
Worst Teacher In This Country!
Too many jokes, he's an excellent teacher but i can't stand his annoying jokes every five minutes instead of teaching. If you a slacker student, he is your best prof but if u wanna learn don't take his class
I agree with all the comments, he is not a good professor, he jokes around too much and you don't learn. Debt or Credit... I think not. He will not give you a good grade. Is he still on that ENRON thing.. quit it Klienmann. DON'T TAKE HIM.
I had to take acc 2x because of him. Not only did he not remember me from a prev. semester but he told the same dumb jokes. He doesnt come to class on time.u must READ book in order to pass- might as well not go to class- read the book.
He was horrible and joked around too much. I did not learn nothing from him. Be prepared to do alot of reading if you take him. His test are very confusing.
What a horrible professor!! He is a waste of time and money. He shows up late, corny jokes, not very helpful, very loud. DO NOT take his class. If you find out that he is your professor change class IMMEDIATLY!!!
i have to admit tooo many yankee jokes esp when its yankee season ... he makes class fun ... if ur a stressed out student his class is fun ... ut if u want to learn with him get a tutor lol hes hard his tests are hard and not even cheating will help u out
I don't even think his jokes are funny, they are only annoying. It's totally waste of time sitting there hearing his repeatedly words that don't even seem like jokes to me and learning nothing at all.
DO NOT TAKE HIM.
I agree to all the comments. He is not a good professor. He waste half of the class's time to make jokes,and he speaks very fast,and never write on the board.
He is the asolute worst professor that I have ever taken in college. He has yet to teach Accounting. Debit or credit is mainly what the class consist of the whole semester,and as far as the course,I have not learn ANYTHING!!! what so ever and i'm taking the course over evn if I pass.KLEINMAN SUCKS
to the dean of bmcc, what the hell r u doing having this quack teaching students. he comes late leaves early and misses a fair amount of days. with every period we r short changed by at least 40 min. i pay for that! when he is there half the time its about his corney jokes. "a fat women came into scholl today..." I mean please!!!
I have never seen such a bad professor in my life! As mentioned in previous comments, only thing he does in his class is speaking out corny jokes.however, his exam is damn serious! if you unfortunately got in his class, get some good tutor. i saw lots of people got C,D,and F in my last class.
WTF?!?!..is wrong with this prof. cant teach for sh*t so dont expect to learn in his class. DONT TAKE HIM
I like this professor. his quirky side joke and memorizing tricks worked for me do the homework and pay attention in class. his tests can be tricky but take you time re-read the questions and understand how to use the formulas. please buy the book.
Although he does joke around alot, he teraches and if you do all the homework and ask questions you will be fine. He was GREAT!!
excellent!!!!!!
DONT TAKE HIS CLASS! The worse prof. ever. Jokes around everyday, he never write notes on the blackboard, didn't explain things clear. Trust me, if u take his class, u better be prepare to repeat the course.
This guy is one of the worst prof. at BMCC. He comes late, talks sh*t, and leaves early. He never gets off his chair. His tests are ridiculous, even if you study. STAY AWAY FROM HIM!!!!!!!!!!!
This class was a lot of fun. I learned a ton. This class is the reason why I changed my major to Accounting.
Nothing wrong with his style of teaching. If you want to learn you can learn from him. Very fun to be in his class. I would highly recommend him. He made my fist class of accounting fun and enjoyable.
dont take this class.. if u want to repeat this course.. go ahead.. even if u pass.. u wont learn much.. unless u can study on ur own
Kleinman is one of the worst professors on planet earth.. like every other comment this bad professor has .. this one reads the same... he doesn't teach .. he comes late to class...leaves early... doesn't repeat anything... and tells to many corny jokes. I think he should be in the guinness book of world records as one of the worst professor on earth
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IF YOU WANT TO FAIL, LEARN NOTHING AND HATE ACCOUNTING THEN TAKE HIM. HE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP
Prof. Kleinman is a funny guy who makes accounting lively. He'll drop the lowest grade on a previous exam if you do well on his final. He is a fair man who is rooting for you to do well. You do have to do homework to succeed. I have a feeling that a lot of students who criticize him on this website never opened the book.
One of the worst Prof I ever had! He always comes at leat 15-30 min. late, talk on his cell phone during class, he missed many classes which were replaced by subs, he always jokes around and is not very clear. If I hadn't spend hours reading the text and practecing I would had never gotten my poor B-
I learned the basic of accounting from this professor. He is not easy to get A, but you can learn what is accounting deeply. He is realy clever.
Prof. Kleinman is a funny guy which he try to teach students in a fresh way, but you have to do the homework, cuz he checks everyday. If you dont do the HW, you can't pass his class. Overall, he teaches the stuff which we need to learn and he's a nice professor!
this is the worst professor i have ever had. he talks a lot of crap in the class which has nothing to do with accounting. he doesnt explains things clearly and if you go to him personally, then its like speaking to a brick wall.
Never on time always come 20 Min late or not be there at all and classes are always over 20Min earlier.funny old guy but not helpful
I have lost so much desire for any course. Waste of tuition you will not learn anything from this class. Read the book on your own. He jokes around so much during midterm and finals then he switches to becoming serious. He makes you feel stupid by saying his test are easy even after more than half the class fails.I guess we are all stupid?
To PASS his class, DO THE HOMEWORK HW= Exams. Do the Hw and check it over in his next class. His exam is similar to the Hw. It is mostly Multiple Choice
TERRIBLE, DITTO TO ALL THE COMMENTS MADE. TOO MANY JOKES, LATE EVERYDAY LEAVES EARLY OR ABSENT ALL THE TIME. HE MAKES EVERYTHING SEEM PEACHY THEN THE TEST COMES AND YOU ARE SCREWED. DO NOT TAKE HIM IF YOU PAY YOUR OWN TUITION COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!
it's pure pleasure to be in his class. he makes boring stuff funny and thrilling. this manner of teaching makes students feel relaxed and they dont the homework. as a result, they fail. his tests are eazy, if you do HW. every test he gives you xtra up to 10pts. you may not attend all his classes, but YOU MUST KNOW THE MATERIAL.
COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!!! HE CRACKS JOKES THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE CLASS THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEST WE ARE ALL SCREWED!! HE WAS NEVER ON TIME FOR CLASS AND HE WILL NOT LET US KNOW WHEN HE WAS GOING TO BE ABSENT!! DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!
I beg of you, do NOT take this professor. He's useless. During tests, he sat and talked on his cell phone about non sense. His attendance was terrible, he was late EVERY DAY and left early EVERY DAY and always left for 10 minutes at a time and came back, he's totally weird. You can't ask a question, he accuses you of not reading the book.
Firstly, he's late constantly, jokes around excessively! always saying HELLOOOOOOOOOoooOoooo!! screaming like he has no sense! Teaching skills Useless! he askes you Debit or Debit? then say oh the exam will be a lil harder! he said that atleast 15times throughout the semester! the worst Prof! in the world! RUN!
He is a total Joke.. He is atleast 15 min late every day. Tells Jokes during class that arent even funny. When you tell him to stop kidding around makes you look like a fool.If you ask him to write on the board don't worry he will. He will simply write his name. Thats all. Test are very hard. Gave me my first and only F in Bmcc.
He's absolutely the worst!! he's not even worth teaching elementary/preschool!! thats how bad he is! still wanna give him a try? prepare for your first F
He's very funny, extremely annoying, and sorry dudes, exceptionally good at teaching accounting. He is noisy during exams, so bring earplugs and prepare yourself for that. He tells you exactly what you need to know, so take good notes, he only assigned reading from the text that was appropriate (and it wasn't that much), and assigns few, but approp
The worst of all. What kind of professor talks on a cell phone when his students are taking the exam. Prepare to fail, cuz our class average in his class was like a 38. And like all the comments b4 late 15 min everyday always the first to run out the door. Guys take him if you want to test your GPA. His exams have no correlation to the exam.
I wish I knew about this website before I took his class because I never would have taken him. He makes no sense and he tells jokes all class. I understand you might want to lighten up the class a little but he is never serious and he never gets up from his chair except to look out the window and make some smart remark. He did not prepare you for
the worst teacher ever!!!, i can't beleve this man, he's always late, when does get to class he spends atleast 30mins asking pple unnessary questions, cracking jokes or just being extremly annoying... they need to do some thing about him..
OMG THIS GUY IS AN **** DONT EVER TAKE HIM!!!!! IF YOU DOUBT ME TAKE HIM AND YOU WILL SEE
worse accounting professor ever! withdrawal from his class as soon as possible or you will find it real hard to pass. his lectures are based on his jokes. he teaches behind the desk and nothing more.
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Don't ever take this professor, he don't know hoe to teach and he always does stupid joke. I DON'T TAKE HIM AT ALL
VERY FUNNY! ALTHOUGH HIS CLASS IS VERY DIFFICULT CONSIDERING HE ONLY BASE GRADES ON MIDTERMS AND FINALS (NO EXTRA CREDIT), HE MADE CLASS VERY FUN WITH HIS JOKES. HE ALSO GIVES A LOT OF HW BUT DOESNT CORRECT THEM, SO I STOPPED DOING IT. BIG MISTAKE!!! IF YOU DONT DO HIS HW, YOU WILL BE LOST IN CLASS. HE GOES OVER THE HW IN CLASS AS A LESSON.
omg this guy is the worst for learning, he cracks jokes all the damn time half of them are corny, hes always late...and dont bother telling the department because they could care less, his tests are multiple choice and their ridiculous, he teaches what he wants in the chapters and then expects us to know the rest, he is easily distracted, this guy
ok starting offfff .... if you actually read the book and do the homework you will deff passs with a good grade he give a lot of extra credit..he is funnny halarious never serious about nothing in the class.. just be there and get it done...if u want a prof that teaches writing on the board i do not recommend.. If u looking for a easy A dont take h
While I passed this class, a void this guy at all cost. doing what is required and/or more does not help. While the test are multiple choice, they are hard as hell and doing his assignments don't prepare you. While he is funny as hell, his teaching methods are horrible. Don't take this guy especially if you're an accounting major.
Prof. Kleinman's a hoot! Yeah, he can be a pain, too, but if you pay attention, take good notes, do the (minimal) homework and reading, he gives you everything you need. He knows exactly what he's doing - redo the HW problems to study for exams, and you should do well. Only a few of us ever did the homework, hence all the whiners. I'd reccommend.
do the HOMEWORK...and you wont have a problem.
WORST prof ever, careless about student learning, full of joks,with unclear exam method may or not be covered in class,lasy.He would easily failt you,DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF FOR ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD FOR YOUR OWN SAKE,I still wounder this type of prof teaching at BMCC failing us for his unprofessional teaching for years,something needs to be done
WORST PROFESSOR EVER...IF YOU WANT A GOOD GPA, DONT TAKE HIM!!!
I do not know what these people beneath me are talking about. First of all, he will pass you with a 50 or above if you just show up to every class. Also, he tells you everything that is going to be on the test. DO THE HOMEWORK. BRING THE BOOK TO CLASS.
NO GOOD
DO THE HOMEWORK, OR YOU WON'T PASS THE TESTS. I've had this professor for TWO SEMESTERS (ACCT I AND II). 80% of the people never do homework and wonder why they do poorly. If you don't understand something, ASK QUESTIONS! HE IS NOT A BAD PROFESSOR! Most people dislike accounting, don't do the homework, and never come to class. Helloooooo???
he is the worst teacher you can think of. he doesnt explain anything and all he wants to do it say DEBIT OR CREDIT and when he makes a joke he says HELLO at the end expecting you to get his corny joke. If you take him u will eventually drop the course or end of taking it again. DO NOT PICK HIM
His class is EXACTLY what he says it is. Do your HW, read the textbook, and you will get the A. He is very lenient in terms of tests grades and personal accommodations. Absences only hurt you because you miss test material and HW review! His jokes may be monotonous at times, but that does not discredit his ability to teach such a tedious subject.
His class is EXACTLY what he says it is. Do your HW, read the textbook, and you will get the A. He is very lenient in terms of tests grades and personal accommodations. Absences only hurt you because you miss test material and HW review! His jokes may be monotonous at times, but that does not discredit his ability to teach such a tedious subject.
All I gonna say is he like to joke around and he talks fast. He's not clear.
Prof is full sense of humor, i feel comfortable will the the progress of the lecture, and prof is alway tell the ture that if we done our HW and done what he say we will get a good grade. i have a very nice semester of taking his class, and i recommend u take the course with ease. "u got the stupid exam. "that is what he alway say before exam haha
Worthless Professor... If you want to actually be taught accounting then this class is not for you... Run for the hills... This teacher has students read from the book and then has students do exams that aren't even understandable HELLOOOO. Really bad teacher, but you can pass if you pass the 4 exams.. Best of luck though.
I have no idea what those other people are saying! this is one of the easiest classes to pass! Like he said if you do the hw you know the material! The kids complaining obviously did not do what he asked because his class is very easy to pass. FYI he's falculty and accounting prof's who are are usually really really good!
Do your homework and you get grade in class.But I wish sometimes he write something in the class because he talk really fast i can't understand him. not so many people did the homework in class. To me he is okay.
I had him for ACC I and now II. He is not a hard professor and he always gives out extra points. Listen when he says do the hwk and you'll get an A. Before each test he gives you exactly what is on it. He does repeat the same lame jokes every class but he is extremely easy going. Very easy to pass
This guy,he doesn’t deserve to be called prof. He’s the biggest clown of class. He doesn’t teach.He’s very ironic. If someone asks a question, his attitude is u r stupid how you don’t get it. More than half of time on class he checks if student did their homework, not lecturing. BMCC is great institute, but shouldn't allow clowns on classrooms.
This guy, He doesn’t deserve to be called prof. He is useless. He’s the biggest clown of class. He doesn’t teach. He’s very ironic. If someone asks a question, his attitude is u r stupid how you don’t get it. More than half of time on class he checks if student did their homework, not lecturing . BMCC is great institute, but should not allow clowns on classrooms.
WORST PROFESSOR I EVER HAD!!!! Did not move from his chair. Did not write on the board. Did not show up to the class for the final review. Did not explain anthing. Made jokes the entire time...completely brought my GPA down...I've never received less than an A- in every class I've taken but received a C in his class...AVOID AT ALL COSTS
I dont know why everone is being that mean i had him before and he wasnt to bad dont get me wrong he's not one of the best but he pretty good. Just do you homework and study and youll do fine
Could be a good teacher if he cared. Has nice little gimmicks to help you remember. Unfortunately he is the LAZIEST teacher I have ever encountered. Doesn't bother covering aspects of the course that you will need to know for Accounting 2 if you have another teacher. Cannot explain things clearly if a student asks a question.
Firstly, he's late constantly, jokes around excessively! always saying HELLOOOOOOOOOoooOoooo!! screaming like he has no sense! Teaching skills Useless! he askes you Debit or Debit? then say oh the exam will be a lil harder! he said that atleast 15times throughout the semester! the worst Prof! in the world! RUN!
Very bad and lazy, everything is a jokes for him. I did my homeworks, and read the book and go tutor. but didnt do good in his test. I got 3.5 GPA bc of him is drop.
This class is really easy to get A if you do the homework and you can get extra credit by doing homework. Even tho I did't get great score on exam, I got A because extra credit covered it. His teaching is not bad if you concentrate and review by urself. Do your work!!! It's not high school. Do not blame the prof.
Great professor. Funny and smart. If you do the homework and follow his routine, it is an easy A. He tells you what is on the exams so if you fail it is your fault.
Did well in conveying the material and instructions and had a great sense of humor
I don't like this professor,even thought i got the A. he is very lazy because he doesn't like to write down information for us and speaks too fast. most of time my classmate only got 50, 60.so ...you choice!!!
His class is fun. As long as you come to the class and do the home works, you can get an A. You can get extra points if you do home works. Each exams are not easy, but you can get good grade if you do home works. So DO HOME WORKS!!!
Worst Teacher I ever had! Very lazy, and I mean it always seating, does not write on the board. Always joking around. Run away from this guy. One will not learn much
He's so funny and he knows how to make the accounting easy to understand.
I sense Professor Kleinman really wanted to be a comedian but ended up in an accounting career probably because it was a safer bet. He can be funny, but mostly he comes off kinda of uninterested and a bit lazy as a professor. Bottom line is if you want to do well in his class you will have to make up for some of his inadequacies.
I had Prof. Kleinman last semester - Fall 2014. I got an A in his class. For anyone who says they didn't like him, they probably didn't do the homework. I did all the homework and always got an A on the exams. If you want to be an adult, do the homework. Otherwise, why are you in school if not to learn? He makes you laugh, and grades fairly.
Very hard class
you can get an A if you can all the homework and understand it. I took his ACC 122 class and taking ACC 222
Professor comes to class to just sit in class and click on a mouse to change the slides. Does not write on the board. Everything is a joke for him.
Professor Kleinbahn tells you the first day of class how to pass his class with an "A" and he is true to his word. Clear cut and simple. Don't skip class for his lectures cut the book in half and he points out all that you need to know for his tests. DO THE HOMEWORK, DO THE HOMEWORK, DO THE HOMEWORK. Good teacher, good people.
Will pass with a score of 55. Tests are mostly trick question multiple choice and true / false. He does not reveiw them.
He is a worst professor. if you want to learn , don't take him.
Professor Kleinman is a remarkable Professor. Expect to work for your grade, because Accounting as a course is many times more difficult if you do not do his assignments. However, he is amazing in his lectures, he always stays a bit after class to help anyone having trouble, and he is always hilarious. I would love to have him as a Professor again.
I took this 122 accounting class with Prof. Kleiman, I felt cheated. Prof. Kleiman was late for class all the time. I could have never seen my test after been graded, and in the final test the professor came in late to class, very late. I needed my time for the test to earn a better grade. Unfortunately, I did have a bad experience in this class.
It's amazing that he is still a professor teaching. He needs to be reviewed, he comes to class late every morning. Lectures from the book and thats all. Then lets us out of class 5-10 minuets early. You literally learn nothing, he spends more time joking then teaching. However, jokes on us when we learn nothing , wasting time and money.
Was a waste of time. I did't understand anything in the entire semester. He wants you to read the book and learn from it but the questions in his Tests ARE NOT from it.
Amazing lectures, extra credit , easy quizzes
Professor Kleinman is the best accounting professor. Show up, do your homework - extra credits which is very helpful at the end of semester, 5 multiple choice exams. and he drops the lowest grade. If you show your effort, he will aprreciate that and give you an A. Just do your work and get an easy A. I recommend this professor. Take him
Wasn't clear in his teaching
Awesome! If you show up, participate and practice he will take care of you. Gives enough extra credit points to boost your grade up an entire letter. Homework not required but encouraged. No blackboard and No emails. Speak to him during class cause theres a 99.9 percent chance you wont catch him at his office.
Terrible professor, do not take his class.
the biggest i had in his class was the fact that he never cared about us. he just expected us to read the book and study on our own. he is old, he cant even hear you, don't even try! he is the worst. useless.
By far worst accounting professor I've ever took. Tests are for sure more than 50% different from lectures. He says to prepare you for the unexpected in the real world. A passing is 55 in his class, wonder why.
He is amazing. Accounting is a boring subject but he finds a way to really engage with everyone. His sense of humor is great. Gives lots of extra credit. Would definitely recommend. Read the chapters, take good notes and you will get an easy A.
Nice personality, very funny and tries to keep the class laughing but the jokes get too much to the point where it interrupts ur learning. Everything depends on exams, if u fail them then u fail the class. I did all my homework but still got a C bc of the exams. Wouldn't recommend it to those with an Accounting major bc you won't learn or pass.
Really nice guys. He is a story teller. If you are not familiar with the subject or if you are not a fast visual learner this may not be the professor for you. You will definitely need to go to tutoring and utilize the textbook teaching mods. He teaching style is to sit at the desk and go over the chapter/hw using powerpoints. No collection of work
If you can learn things on your own, you'll do fine. Use your textbook & take notes from it. Do all of the h.w.- not just the few questions he assigns. H.w. in your Pearson online acct is helpful. Don't expect to learn much in class. And if you feel like you need extra points to boost your grade, just talk to him about sports during class.
The WORST. DOESNT respond to your emails . DOESNT ANSWER. IS TERRIBLE AT GRADING . JUST DONT TAKE THIS DO YOURSELF A FAVOR . the worst professor i ever had in my college life .
Genuinely cares that his students pass the class; however, may go off on a few personal anecdotal tangents here and there, which can be somewhat distracting and time-consuming. The material can be a bit difficult to wrap your head around, but with adequate study time and homework completion, an A is almost guaranteed.
Honestly dont look at all the bad reviews. He gets a really bad rep but he genuinely cares for his students however he does sometimes go on a tangent with his stories but hes a really funny guy and i will never forget what he was done for me. truely amazing teacher. -BOTM
This is a tough class, but the professor is a treat. If you pay attention and study, you shouldn't have an issue. The grades may be intimidating at first, but he is very accommodating and provides extra credit -- but don't expect a handout. Brings in a lot of real world analysis and relevancy to the course material that makes the class beneficial
Professor Kleinman is a caring teacher who sometimes goes on tangents, but the material is manageable with regular study using resources like unstuck ai. His class is a solid option with an almost guaranteed A if you put in the work.
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Textbook Required
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