poor teaching

This guy has accent, doesnt know how to teach, gives the hardest finals

f again, but met love of my life in class though

He's the worst math professor who I ever had in my life. He can't teach, explain well, goes through the problems too fast,and does not devote extra time to help his students. He's a G.P.A killer so don't take him.

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BAD BAD BAD PROF..horrribleeeeee missed so many classes, doesnt teach well, cant explaina n e thing, gave unfair grades

stay away from reich

he is really bad,he doesn't know how to explaine at all.he goes so fast,and u won't get the word he is saying,try to stay out him.he is really bad

He is a horrible proff, you barely understand wat he is saying or writing on the board. His tests r very difficult. If u want to get a good grade in Precal, stay away from him

No way should he ever teach. He knows his stuff, but doesn't know how to teach it. I fall asleep in every class. Never take his class ever!!!

Still traumatized from his class 4 semesters ago...can't comprehend his words or writing...how am I supposed to learn? Through sign language?

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He cant teach

this guy is the the dumbess motherfu in the world. he needs to learn how to speak clearly. His accent makes me mad. He teaches way to fast. I think his goal in the class is to confuse his students made them screwed in life. I hate him so much. This is fat and dumb

if you get this guy just drop out of the school

I took precal in HS and had a 95... this guy confused the HELL out of me to a point where it felt like I was learning ancient hebrew instead of math, (which he may be able to honestly teach better than math)

PLAIN AND SIMPLE, THIS GUY SUCKS. DO NOT TAKE HIM. CANCELLED CLASS ABOUT 5-6 TIMES.LOOKING TO FAIL, THEN GO FOR IT.

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ignore evry1 else comments except 4 this 1. this guy is a terrible teacher. u will not learn in this clashe is boring, impossible to undersatnd when he talks very sloppy hand writing and writes all ova the board. during class u will say 2 urself wut the f r we doin. BUT atleast he has the decency to give every1 a decent grade when every1 does bad.

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this professor is one of the worst professor that Baruch College has. He only gives you an exam throughtout the semester in which I got 90 and if you fail the final you fail the class. He didn't even prepare us for the finals. I really dispise him a lot.

Had over an 85 on every test yet he gave me a C+. Cant understand what he is saying half the time.

Oh My God, this prof. i don't know what to write for him...can't remember anything good. For this course you need somebody who can teach this man has no passion for this course. For such courses you need professors who can teach. Not recommended but if you want to try do so.

The definition of teaching lost its mening with this proffessor. He has a heavy accent which makes it difficult to understand him. He's very sloppy. I don't mean to insult anyone I'm just talking about my OWN experience, that's what this site is about. I wouldn't take him again...

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Ok this professor is H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E. & to top it off he has a super heavy accent that makes Calculus harder than it already is. He's very sloppy and unkempt and goes by very fast. I dropped the class as soon as the tests revealed stuff he didnt teach. If you want to flunk out of college with a 1.0 GPA then take him, if not then CAUTION: STAY AWAY

THIS GUY IS HORRIBLE....HE HAS A HORRIBLE ACCENT THAT NO ONE IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND....WELL I SURE AS HECK COULDNT....AND I JUST DROPPED THE CLASS SO IT WOULDNT HURT MY GPA....I DID MUCH BETTER IN MATH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I TOOK PRE-CAL/CALCULUS!!!!!

Stay away at all costs if you want a good grade. he has a horrible accent and does not feel like answering questions ever in class. You could try hard all semester but he won't care and still give you a bad grade

by far one of the worst professors. he talks to the chalkboard in some accent. no one can hear him. he has a good heart but doesn't show it. doesn't hesitate to fail. hw and quizzes and tests count for nothing, he gives u the grade u get on the final as ur class grade. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL avoid !

Impossible

do not take his class!!! unless you want to fail. he makes own tests and quizzes..nearly impossible to pass. If you care about your gpa do not take his class.

STAY AWAY! Terrible teacher, the way he "teaches" is extremly understandable, you can ask questions but you still wont understand, he assumes you learned half the stuff prior to class, his tests are impossible, his quizzes are somewhat manageable, hw is fine. but if you can get another prof, take the other one! you will teach urself the course.

Stay away from this guy if you care for your grade, because he's a mass murderer of GPAs.

Very hard listening to this guy and his handwriting is horrendous. If you are stuck with this guy I strongly recommend asking what you'll be reviewing for the day and just reading the textbook during class. SAAC and online tutorials will help. Also (in any Math class) do the HW! There is a ton online and its not graded but its worth doing!

This guy makes you do a lot of work, and I mean a lot...and in the end it might not even pay off. His class explanations aren't very helpful and his mouth starts to wander, and his handwriting is barely legible. Gives super difficult exams and even makes you handwrite the questions. If there is another person for the subject, pick the other.

Be prepared to spend hours in SACC. This prof doesn't explain material very clearly, his handwriting is just as terrible. Do yourself a favor and find another prof.

Wow...all I can say is, you'll be teaching yourself the course. Stay away, or you'll regret it.

Very hard to follow along with his lectures. Bad handwriting and annoying accent are just a few things to take away from this professor. Math requires lots of practice and this class is no exception. If you can find another professor, take that one. Reich has no passion in teaching the course.

He has a disorganized way of teaching, no sense of direction, you get lost in his explanation because he doesn't tell you what topic he's already on. He looks and sounds disinterested in teaching the subject. I'm teaching myself the material through textbooks and SACC tutors. He shouldn't be teaching evening class, it's exhausting listening to him.

Horrible! Classes are very disorganized, no sense of direction at all! Do yourself a favor and find another professor. Avoid this one!

Reich is awful. His syllabus is a list of homework questions, many of which he skips. He doesn't tell you about test(s) until the week before and they are handwritten. In 2610, he can get away with this, but 3020 is far too complicated and he simply should not teach the course. His lessons are unintelligible and he is impossible to follow. AVOID.

He's terrible. He's easily one of Baruch's worst professors. Avoid him.

This guy's rambling incoherent lessons are a disgrace to the math department. I don't know what grade I'm getting in this class, but neither does anybody else because he doesn't provide the grading system he uses. His tests are so ridiculous that they have to be seen to be believed. The problems in class don't reinforce the lessons in the book.

Good luck teaching yourself the course, you're going to need it if you take this guy.

This guy is a work of art. The way he teaches is difficult to follow along, and the exam problems are MUCH harder than the homework problems he assigns. If you're one of those math nerds, go ahead and risk your GPA on him, otherwise look elsewhere.

Not the best professor if you want to do really good.

very hard to follow with his lessons,talks to the wall all the time and mumbles. tests are very hard and hw is about 2-3 hours a night if you know what you're doing. find another prof

He's a smart guy, and he clearly knows his stuff, but he's not a very good teacher. He digresses a lot, goes back and forth, and is not at all organized with his notes or exams for that matter. I'm pretty sure he only factors in your final exam grade for your class grade. As a side note, he uses a textbook found online.

A professor that's good "if you can figure out what's going on" is not a good professor. He'll stop half-way through a concept to start teaching another concept in hopes that it'll tie into the original, but then find out at the end that it doesn't. At the end of four years, he's still the worst professor I've ever seen.

He is the works Professor I have ever seen. I have good calculus back ground "A" in both I and II . However I use to give all my time for this class and I got D-. I am good in taking notes from professors. However , I never see any problem worked out by this professor from A to Z. I recommend you not to take this class with this professor.

DO NOT TAKE! I have never had such a horrible professor. Homeworks per class consist of webwork, 50+ questions from the textbook, review sheets, and problems he assigns on the board. No joke, you will be doing homework for at least 4 hours per class and you will have to Google the majority of the questions. The likelihood of passing is slim.

Never at office hours. Unorganized. Confusing explanations. Doesn't know how to teach. He started a new lesson on READING DAY and had those questions on Final. Almost everyone was cheating on exams and I don't them blame them. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS

By far the worst professor I've had at Baruch. Doesn't care about his students, nor does he teach, it rather seems like he is using lecture time to brag about how well he knows math himself. There is no doubt that he is an intelligent man, very well-versed in Math, however it is to little help when he doesn't even attempt transfer that knowledge.

Worst professor, extremely unorganized as a math guy, bad at explaining. 50+ questions homework for each class, which his lectures don't cover much of the questions, and his exams are nothing like these homework. DON'T TAKE HIM.

lectures are the worst. you can barely understand what he is saying and for calc 3 it is difficult. review sheets are very similar to what the exam will be like, but it is very difficult. he does offer to go over the review sheet in class so use that opportunity to ask for help. would not take his class again. very hard and doesn't explain well

This professor is very disorganized in his lessons plan. His handwriting is terrible and expect students to bear with it. During lectures, he will explain a simple concept with harder concepts, which end up confusion for everybody even himself. He is willing to help everyone, but I won't take him again

Unorganized is an understatement. Good luck understanding him or his lectures. I don't understand how he is still getting paid to teach because that's the last thing he does. You'll learn more on youtube than wasting tuition money on this guy. Worst math professor I've ever had. Do Previous comment mentioned his hand writing, good luck reading it.

By far one of the worst professors Ive ever had. His lectures are extremely unorganized, and it is almost impossible to read his handwriting/understand what he is saying. His homework is extremely long and the online textbook costs 100. If you mess up on the tests you do not have much room to improve your grade as there arent many tests.

In my entire academic career I have never had the misfortune of encountering a teacher as terrible as this man. Avoid this teacher at all costs. It is not only bad that he mumbles in class and is incomprehensible for the most part but this man also insists on writing everything including HW's and testsbut his handwriting is that of a 3 year olds.

If you fail the first test, just drop the course cuz theres only 2 tests and the final. He mumbles in class and is not understandable. He also uploads homeworks and writes the tests in his own handwriting which is the equivalent of writing in hieroglyphics. His lectures are super unorganized and he does not care whether or not you learn the subject

There is no denying that this professor knows math, but he does not have the skill set required to teach it. He jumps from one problem to the other without stating what the lesson is. You are better of watching Professor Leonard on Youtube. I left the class frustrated and baffled that he makes six figures "teaching".

He's a brilliant mathematician BUT he is horrible at teaching his students. His lessons tend to jump all over the place. His handwriting is just as difficult to decipher and he handwrites the tests and the homeworks. If you take him its best to learn all the lessons on your own before class and then come to him with questions.

Listennnnn. DO NOT DO IT. PLEASE. I AM LITERALLY BEGGING YOU NOT TO. i DIDNT EVEN WANT TO BUT THEY SWITCHED MY PROFESSOR LAST MINUTE. JUST DONT.

One of the worst professors that Ive ever taken. Very unorganized, and if you cant understand his lectures then you wont be able to pass his exams. His exams are hand written just like the way he teaches in class. Please do yourself a favor and not take this class. The school switched my professor right before the semester started.

Do. Not. Take. This. Professors. Classes.

Very disorganized and isnt clear and doesnt answer questions

Do not take him. He was the only professor left for MTH 2205 so I had no choice. I highly regret it. He does not have a clear outline of his class. His handwriting is horrible as well. His homeworks, lectures and exams are all hand written and messy. Do not take him, unless you know you to learn calc on your own.

do not take him if 1) you care about your gpa 2) you're bad at math/you're a freshman who has never taken a math course that's only a semester long. you can take him if you 1) have a lot of time to self study 2) like math and pick it up very quick you can tell he really cares about his students but the issue for me was: learning math online

Signed up late and he was the only professor available for my schedule. I dropped the class right before the first midterm because 1) The class is hybrid and he wanted the first midterm to be the first time in person 2) unclear syllabus (no email, no grading policy, exam dates, due dates, etc ) even during the exam week. Handwriting is TERRIBLE

I took MTH 2610 for a month and basically didn't learn anything, code of the book was mandatory, he starts the class right away without giving an explanation to what we are learning, you will be writing notes from the start to the end of the class, and never get the main point. I loved math before meeting him. Never got the grading policy.

how can i say this in the nicest way If you actually care to learn about math take a dif class,his Handwriting is hard to understand & he teaches at a fast pace, doesn’t break down the work, nonstop writing, doesn’t explain well. be ready to teach urself the material if you are a slow learner, like myself. tutoring is your best friend .

keep in mind I signed up for MATH 2003 with TIM RIDENOUR. NOT Jakob Reich. His accent is very heavy, so it was very hard to understand. teaches at a pace where it is almost impossible to keep up with. I took AP calc in hs and forgot a lot of things reaching the spring sem. this man did nOT help. i feel so bad but this was FREAKIN awful. avoid him.

Please, if you care about your GPA at all do not take this professor in any course. He has a very heavy accent and his teaching style does not support those that need to take their time in understanding the material. The tests are nothing like the review sheets and homework has no clear deadline; he just closes it whenever he wants. DON'T TAKE.

His teaching style only works if you're already great at math. He moves quickly and was hard to follow, never stopping to thoroughly answer questions. Tests were handwritten and syllabus/grading criteria were very unclear. If you want to LEARN something, take someone else.

I would say this class is absolute garbage and to be honest he is kind as many teachers don't do reviews after class. Although he is a kind person and considerate of your time his class is way to fast paced and your not gonna be picking up on anything it will literally be a race to compete with his speed to take his note for all means BEWARE!!@!!!!

Anyone who gave this guy anything above 1 star is lying. If you value your gpa in the slightest this guy is your mortal enemy. I'd rather have Elmo teach me math

Yeah...he don't teach good. Not in the way that I or other students can understand. I ask him if he could dumb it down, he did not. I wouldn't necessarily call him a bad professor, but he definitely isn't a good one either. He sometime mutters under his breath when teaching and he doesn't really care to ask the class if we understand him.

He is such a kind and caring professor (he does review sessions!) but his grading criteria is very unclear. His tests are handwritten, and they are not on the syllabus. Just "every few weeks". He makes a lot of mistakes in class and his way of explaining is not good for lower-level math classes.

Run the other way! If you value your GPA STAY AWAY

Unreadable handwriting Unclear voice/accent Unreachable He writes on ipad and project it on the screen .Could not read anything and hear anything.

As someone who's always found math easy once I understood the lesson, this just wasn't the case this semester. He mumbles a lot and his writing is not coherent. If you do the review sheet, you should pass. He randomly got sick and nobody knew until the zoom wasn't working (class was asynchronous), had a sub and still had a test? I barely passed.