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I want to cry, I want a way out

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I want to drop out

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Somebody actually say he is a good prof? This is unbelievable. Simple exams that does not mean anything. The whole purpose of an exam is to get a normal distribution curve out of it, whereas Hayden's exams actually mean something.

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this course is just as easy a physics 1oo, this is totally grade 12 review. However you gota watch out the prof, he will mark the exams are harsh as possible. He will pick on any detail that did not met his expectations. His exams are out of few marks, so losing a whole mark on some unecessary detail should be avoided

Class averages were below 50%, which he attributed solely to students.

very bad at teaching

he's a really bad professor. i went up to ask him question, but he didn't reply me... its funny how i got higher on the midterm when i didn't study... he has attitude problems. avoid him

This guy was terrible, I don't know why he's allowed to teach, he has no interest in his students whatsoever and he is a very condescending man.

he cant teach at alllll

I had him as my 1st physics prof when i first started in sfu, shoulda listened to my friend when he said he was horrible. notes suck, he goes super fast even though he said he'll go @ a slow pace. he's also got bad attitude.he also made simple integrals look hard for those who has forgotten/never used them.

Terrible at explaining, and is always in a bad mood, is condescneding to his students. Doesn't encourage questions or office hours.

He is the worse person/prof I have ever seen. He is not even knowledgeable for the course he is teaching. He has sever attitude problem and is very condescending person. He skips hard concepts but when it comes to simple things he explains as if he is a noble prize winner and no one else can understand it. STAY AWAY FROM HIM, YOU ARE SAFE.

EXTREMELY NOT HELPFUL! Horrible course, annoying online assignments,which he usually "BUSY" not in OHs to help, even he's there, you are just too "SMART" he doesnt want to teach you. Do not take his course or you will regret, take another professor!!

Horrible prof. He has one way of explaining concepts and if you ask him to clarify something he just repeats exactly what he said. He is not helpful in office hours. Homework was impossible. I used to like physics, and now I hate it. :'(

**** YOU

Him+mastering physics+homework+midterms+final=destruction

avoid him. he is the worst professor in my life. his attitude is very rude and his lecture note is useless. Assignments are very hard and exam is not fair.

actually this course is useless.sfu just want to rob $.we learnt all that stuff in high school. the only new thing is special relativity.you learn that and you are invincible at the final. jeff doesnt explain properly,sometimes i dont even know wat hes talking about.reading the text will help.(ps:i dont go to lecture)I got A-,thanks to physics11/12

he's an ass doesn't give out lecture notes and doesn't help students u ask him whats on the test. he will say: i wont tell u..!! don't take his course

Absolutely the worst prof ever. Doesn't help his students and post up the most useless in class lecture notes ever. If you don't attend his class, he doesn't post them online so what is the use? Avoid this prof!

My GOD!! where to start?? if you can go to any other physics course then, DO IT!! the only reason I'm writing this is because i wouldn't even wish for my enemy to be stuck with him. really if i knew i had one hour to live, id spend it in his class cause it lasts for Freaking eternity!!!!! PS: his TAs suck too!! and the tutorials are useless!

Just terrible. Very condescending, does not explain concepts well and the textbook used is not very useful. Survived easily with Physics 12 notes from highschool. Only good thing about him is that he is respectful to the learning environment

He is a useless teacher. His lectures are boring and he has no idea how to control the class. He says he is available for extra help, but he really isn't. Students are too scared to approach him because when someone asks a question online he calls that students stupid, essentially. Not a respectful teacher and doesn't deserve our respect.

He is overall an okay person; however, not really good at clarifying the materials taught in the class. The textbook, SmartPhysics, is a pain to use since there are no actual solutions for it. Even though you can find solutions online (Yahoo Answers), some of them are incorrect and can lead to more misunderstanding.

He is so mean.

hes is a bad prof the course is really easy forces people to attend lecture with iclick and makes tutorial manditory for marks. doesnt even have his own lecture material takes it from smartphyiscs

He's an extremely mean person and terrible at teaching. Exams are stupidly easy tho. Easy A+

Awful prof- makes easy concepts ridiculously and unnecessarily complicated. Also very unhelpful- doesn't have office hours and doesn't actually answer questions if you ask. Made me hate a subject I loved.

He is the worst teacher I have ever seen. class note is useless and his explanation make concepts more confusing. He is not approachable and does not answer any question outside the class. He is very good to make easy concepts confusing. I didn't learn anything from his class. Stay away from him and do not take any course with this guy.

the worst person and teacher.

Make things complicate. Make us attend his class. Test and Quizzes are hard. Relys on smartphysics too much. Not enough practice for us. Ignore our questions, does not answer emails.

NEVER TAKE HIS CLASS, useless teacher. all he does is stand and clicks his slides and confuses the students. gives no resources to practice problems with. He relies on a website to give students "Pre-lectures" which are completely useless.

Useless professor. Relies solely on smartphysics and practice midterms are useless as well. The TA'S do a better job at teaching his class than he does. If you can avoid his class, do so at all costs.

Just terrible and condescending,

Worst professor you will ever have at SFU. He is horrendous at explaining things and his lectures are useless. Don't even bother going because attendance is not mandatory. Just teach yourself. Also, his exams are impossible. Good Luck!

avoid him please.

Very bad professor! his lectures are useless and he is not willing to help you in his office hour, if you can even find him. just do not take any course with him.

He didn't give notes or practice exams. He said there was no need for a textbook. Everything was from smart physics which was not sufficient. The TA was more useful and helpful than him. Don't take a class with him if you love your GPA.

I had him for physics lab. He is extremely useless and condescending. He is not willing to help you or so. Thanks to TAs, they were very useful and in fact we learned from the TAs.

Worst prof ive ever had. useless lectures. youre better off not going to class

He is terrible in explaining the concepts, even at the undergrad level. Very useless lectures, and is not availabe for extra help outside the class.

Lectures are at undergrad level, still vague. extremely poor lectures. He shouldn't teach at all.

Lots of "um" in lectures, this prof cant teach. Over confuses concepts and everything can be learnt online from the prelecture homework videos.

One of most arrogant profs @ SFU. Don't bother asking questions. You'll get more teaching from the online learning than you will from him.

He was extremely rude and unprofessional. He lacks communication ability with the students, and he doesn't have the enthusiasm while teaching (its like he is being forced). Also, his exams are extremely hard, with connections and ideas that we have NOT covered in class. I would certainly not take this class with him again if I fail.

Impolite, cannot teach well.

Jeff Sonier is an awful professor. The man obviously knows what he is talking about but cannot communicate the material with the class. Physics 120 Is hard yet he makes it even harder. He is immature and sassy to his students when they ask questions and his exams are impossible. Youll need luck just getting a 60 on the exams.

absolutely terrible... if you wanna enjoy university don't ever take this guy

Jeff sonier is hands down an AWFUL professor. He overcomplicates the material and involves way too complicated formulas or explanations for easier (not extremely easy) concepts. Phys 120 is hard yet he makes it 1000x harder. Dont bother asking questions, youll get a sassy response. Worst professor, take these reviews seriously.

The test problems given are significantly more difficult and 2 steps up from all the practice that we've been given through Sapling, the textbook, and lecture content. The lectures themselves are monotone and he does not clearly answer students questions. I'd rather have waited a semester to take this course with a different professor.

It's clear that Jeff rather be doing anything else than teaching. He does not really care about his students and will make no extra effort to help you out. Jeff is condescending and rude when answering questions , as well as generally unprofessional. Tests are also fairly hard. Avoid if possible.

When I tell you I have never met a worse professor than Jeff, I mean it. He is an awful professor. He does not care about your education one bit. He seems like he hates his job and will not teach you a single thing. You will have to teach yourself everything as tutorials are useless and he just reads off of lecture slides. Avoid Jeff.

I think he just misses Trudy Moore. Ask him.

Did not seem to care about the education of his students. He only gave us five homework assignments and they were extremely difficult. Tests were no different, they were hard because we did not understand the course material adequately. Homework questions were over the top difficult. I did not truly understand the course but somehow passed.

unhelpful & unjust

Wow it's 2024 and people still roast Jeff. No surprise. I had him in 2007 and his class was one of the first things I took in my first semester. He doesn't teach/help. His TA suck. His hw are long and impossible. If you love your GPA, avoid him.