very unhelpful and difficult to understand

This guy is really hard. He provides little information to help you understand the basic concepts of mathematical equations. Also, he expects you to be very knowledge on materials that you haven't learned yet. Avoid him.

for those who got an A from his class, you guys were luck. But in real life his teaching style suck. By the middle of the semester their is may 4 student in his class. that is a bad sign..

Do not take this guy if you want to pass. Absolutely horrible--unsure of what he teaches and very boring. For the good comments that he received on this site, he probably wrote it himself because no real students like actually like him.

A VERY difficult instructor. Not uncomon for the class to end up having 4 people in it by finals with 3 of them failing. Even the math tutors told me to drop him. Which I did thank god. If you are really good and math and want a hard challange take him.

I think this teacher should stick to teaching the higher levels of math. People who need alot of math in their college career probably like him. If math is NOT your strong point don't take him.Never take him in the summer- way too fast!

This guy sucks! He is so horrible. Not only did I not learn anything, I had to go to an outside tutor three times a week and I still ended up dropping!! If you're still in the class by the end of the semester, I commend you because this is one of the worst teachers I've ever had. AVOID HIM!!!!

I thought he would be a good teacher because he's always doing work on the board, but he didn't explain what he was doing well enough for students like myself who are not very strong in Math. I did the homework, which he never checks, and I still did very poorly on my exams. I ended up dropping.

Hands down the worst. If math isn't one of your strong suits, "DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE" he teaches at an advanced college level and DOES NOT conceptualize material for easy understanding. So if LEARNING material is the plan DO NOT take him. I had to drop this class. VERY HARD "elementary algebra"

He is terrible ask any student that had him.

He is a total jerk and he makes no effort to assist his students. For your own sake do not take him.

horrible, one word said. doesn't explain concepts well and test material completly different from homework don't take this class unless u want to take another semi. of the same math class!

If you can take extensive notes, do over 100 problems a night, take a test like every 2-3 weeks, and YOU ARE GOOD AT MATH...Go ahead take him. He's kinda goofy, a little odd. (Looks like a hispanic version of Michael Moore) He only counts tests for your grade...HW is optional. To me...This guy sucks

This guy needs to go back to school to learn how to teach before becoming a teacher.

This guy is horrible. His class is EXTREMELY FAST PACED! He doesn't take more than 2 questions about homework or anything else before he moves on. His tests are hard because he goes so freakin fast. He doesn't let you try and understand what a particular section was before going to the next.

not only will you fall asleep but his lectures are clear and helpful.

i had a very dificult time in this class.. i couldnt understand him half the time.. and he would never help me out.

Avoid this teacher. Like someone else said, he checks attendance and but not homework. He makes very basic mistakes which can screw up the whole problem hes working on. He misses random classes too. If you can, take someone else.

Do not get this teacher because there are better math teachers on campus. He has very hard tests. Also, when I took his class the majority of the class dropped out. I think there were about 5 or 6 people left out of the 40 who started in the class.

Xango mangotreme! Very hard and does not explain very well. Drinks a lot of Starbucks...

i took this class in summer school so.. i started out on the wait list and the last day of class we had about 15 people left. i had a hard time with the book and teacher. they both didn't explain too much to me. i suggest study groups. study hard for test. all he grades on is tests and the final... work hard!!

He's a nice guy, but a terrible teacher. He's hard to understand, he doesn't explain things well, and he has no patience with you if you don't "get it."

One of the WORST teachers I've ever taken. Very unclear lectures. The tests/exams are really hard. Hard grader. Critizes students a lot for not asking questions, but he never presents problems for student in class to ask about anyway! A very hard teacher. DOn't make my mistake and take him. Find someone else.

Horrible teacher, very discouraging, even insults the intelligence of the class. Math is my strong suit and I am struggling, so if math doesn't come easy for you then this class will be an extra challenge. Students tend to drop this class leaving only half remaining. Avoid this teacher, I urge you!

Horrible, if u want to learn with LOTS OF HARDWORK, go ahead n take him, he explains things badly which causes the majority of class failures, the way he grades his Tests are HARSH AND BAD!!! I failed his class with a D, and took it over with a different professor and got a B!!

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An awful prof. Very arrogant and treats students poorly. I am good at math and felt very confused by his lectures. Has a bad attitude and is a bit of a pig, which wouldn't matter if he had a good sense of humor, which he does not.

I hated his class with a strong passion. He always stood infront of the black board and blocks what he's writing. He tries to be funny but he fails terribly. When his phone rings, he yells at himself for it, kinda weird. Do not take him if you want to pass with a "C" or higher.

He is very uncomprehensible. I did not miss a day in his class and i still failed his class, his attendance is not very good.

He is the worse math teacher ever! He grades really hard and put stuff on the test that he never taught. He does not know how to explain things and expect you to understand everything. Get super mad when you ask questions. Had to learn the entire book on my own. (most of it) DO NOT TAKE HIM!

This guy is the worse professor ever. How someone gave him good marks in the past is a mystery. I think they have him confused with someone else. I love to study math...but this guy needs to get out of teaching.

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER!!! He ditchs class alot he didn't even show up the day of the final, he doesn't explain anything well and he yells if you ask questions, he puts questions on the test that are not in the notes or book, and he grades really hard, and he wouldn't let me make up work so that I could go to my grandmas funeral, basicly he's a je

i have no idea how he could be a teacher. this guy dosen't even know what his job supposed to do... never helps students! the worst part is HE HAVE REALLY BAD ATTITUDE!!!!

WOW!!! I cannot beleive this guy is a teacher. First off you can't understand what he's saying because his english is poor, second he doesn't teach well at all, and most importantly as I found, the tests didn't reflect the homework at all. I'm not a lazy student I think he's a lazy teacher. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF!!!!

He is not dedicated to helping his students. He also could care less if you pass.

Online course. Gives nonsensical tests that do not reflect the homework. Homework amounts to three hours per night, every night. Does not accommodate student schedules. My entire class failed. Absolutely not helpful, impossible to contact. Does not keep track of students, does not bother to post grades. Avoid at all costs.

I found him to be lazy, and uninterested in people passing the class. If you had a question you had to ask the tutor.

MR. MARTINEZ LITERALLY SITS IN CLASS AT THE HEAD OF CLASS AND CHECKS HIS E-MAIL, AND CORRECTS PAPERS. HE DOESN'T LIKE FOR YOU TO ASK ?'S AND SOMETIMES HE CORRECRTS YOUR PAPERS WRONG. IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET WORK BACK AND HE DOESN'T LIKE TO HELP AT ALL. IF YOU GET A BAD GRADE ON A TEST HE WON'T TELL YOU WHAT YOU GOT WRONG.. GOOD LUCK!

Stay away from this guy. He doesn't know how to teach and avoids answering questions. This is what you'll hear if you ask a question: "See this? That's how you get this." I'm serious, that's ALL, no explanation. He rushes and bumbles through everything. Terrible prof.

This professor is awful.

He was late the first day but still managed to pick up an espresso..Set off an alarm in the computer lab and could not turn it off and continued to lecture to the class. Seems to be useless when using the computer. First impressions always count. I dropped this class! Take Phillips!

U teach yourself in this class. We have computers in the room and most everyone is on their myspace including him. All he does is sit at his desk on his computer and have his aids do all the work. He is not helpful at all and is late almost everyday! Easy class to pass though its basic math just talk to his aids for help!

Way to much homework....30 + hours per weed

Teacher will make you feel stupid for asking any questions, so you are not allowwed to ask any questions.

very very hard class. Dont take him if math is not your passion

D0NT TAKE! HE D0ESNT EXPLAIN THE SUBJECT WELL! ATTENDANCE IS N0T MANDAT0RY WHICH IS G00D N0 HW AT ALL BUT I REC0MMEND D0ING IT ANYWAY BUT Y0U CANT REALLY UNDERSTAND HIM AT ALL HE CANT TEACH!

AWFUL TEACHER! CANNOT TEACH!

This guy is a JOKE, he cannot teach and just cares about going through the material rather than the whole class understanding. Don't dare ask a questions because you will get yelled at! I hope he reads all of his ratings and quits because he is AWFUL. DON'T TAKE HIM!

Worse teacher I have ever had. He tries to make his students feel like they're dumb. I showed him a problem I was working on and he said "You are not on the right track" after he went over the problem I had got it right even though he made me feel like I was not even close. This guy needs to learn how to teach A.S.A.P! Do not take his class!

WORST MATH "teacher" EVER.. YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING HE SAYS THRU HIS THICK SPANISH ACCENT, NO CHANCE FOR ANY POINTS, NEVER ANSWERS ANY QUESTIONS...HE IS FAILING MY ENTIRE CLASS AND IS MAD WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS..WOOOOOOOOOORSSSSSST EVVVVVVVEER

JUST DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS. It was worth dropping this class. I've rather get a "W" than an "F" on my transcript.

I was just coming back to school for the first time in a few years. He was awful! He has a way of making you feel stupid when you ask questions, he loses your work, he is late to class, and he talks around you. My husband took his class at a higher level and he ended up flunking the class as well. IF YOU GET THIS TEACHER DROP THE CLASS!!!!!!!!

So if you want to be completely confused, not understand, and basically teaching yourself, this is the professor for you. His explanations are not clear, he doesn't really answer a direct question when asked, and he does short-cuts without explaining how he did it. Basically, avoid taking this class.

When I think I get it and go home to do the homework. I have no clue at what I am doing. Then when I do get the homework the text is something completely different. Then when you want him to explain you really don't know where to begin for an explination.

he is ok as a person, but academically he does not know how to teach. he'll write a problem and when you're halfway done he says he made a mistake and change the entire problem. his work is nothing like the book and online work you're only given a certain amount of time or else he'll count it late or be locked. he can take 20min solving one problem

I was very dissapointed in this teachers performance. I found him to be rude and ineffective at this lower level class. He failed me as a teacher. You will learn more from tutors or the math lab than from him. He would not activate the computer portion of the math book that allows you to trac your work.

Confusing lecture style. All over the place. Doesn't like questions. He is hard to follow because he jumbles everything around. This is a hard class to begin with but especially with a poor professor "teaching"

The only way to get points is from one of the 3 exams. That is it. So if you aren't able to teach yourself from the text don't expect to pass this class.

Very difficult to understand the subject with his teaching style. Fast paced, expects you to understand the material after one example. Seems to talk down to students when they ask questions. He's starting to get nicer as the semester goes on, but I still have to go home and re-teach myself the material when class is over.

This is a hard class made harder by having a poor professor. The tests are set up in a very confusing way. He lectures in a hard to follow way. Terrible.

Don't take this professor. He's horrible at explaining & doesn't like answering questions. Almost all the students are failing the class. Choose a better professor. Pretty sad.

Unwillingness to answer questions and sometimes even unable to do so. Most of the class was doing poorly from the start and he did nothing but attempt to shame. His study guides are not reflective of the test and My Math Lab does all the work for him and it doesn't help much on tests. Quote: "This is easy stuff guys". NOT PROFESSIONAL. outoftouch.

This was literally the last class I needed to complete my associate's & I couldn't bring myself to finish. He is absolutely the worst and toughest mathematics teacher I've ever experienced. Horrible instruction, closed note tests, unwilling to work with you after during his office hours... He knows math but not how to teach. Extremely frustrating.

I would not recommend this class to anyone. He does not teach out of the book so you can't study properly. Anything you knew previously he says is wrong. The tutors in the math lab can't even help because he does everything his own way and it's wrong if it's not his way. He doesn't go over tests so you don't really know where youwent wrong.

He seems like a nice guy but he does't teach at all i had him for fall 2015 and everything is online, hes not very helpful and expects you to stay the full time no matter what. But he is understanding when you have something that is out of your control. I recommend not taking him.

Definitely not caring at all

boring, only an hour on test, doesn't teach writes problems on board the solves them that's it however the pearson program is exceptional

Definitely terrible . Doesn't teach at all . Sits all class period & Doesn't do anything . DOESNT EVEN LECTURE . & gives way to much Homework

wow i would never take his class again and would never recommend . Mr. Martinez sat at his desk the whole time didn't clarify anything. At times refused to help with questions students had. Stated that during tests we would not need calculators but really did.

As an honor student, I really didn't expect to drop this class, but it's better than receiving an F. Class consists of 3 tests and a final exam (closed notes). He shows up late consistently. He seems perturbed by our questions. Most importantly, he makes mistakes frequently and laughs them off or gives excuses, like "had a senior moment." Run.

First two tests were easy. Before passing out the 3rd test he specifically stated that because he didn't see enough people taking notes during lecture, he made the 3rd test longer and more difficult. More than half of the class dropped throughout the summer session. He also lectures at an extremely fast pace.

Horrible professor, worst class I have ever taken. Almost impossible to pass as he doesn't actually teach the lessons but expects you to teach yourself using the textbook. You will be dropped if you have a grade below 75% on any homework. Very defensive of his grading system even though it causes many students to fail! BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE

He is the worst. Your grades are dependent solely on just your exams and you have to teach yourself because lectures are filled with mistakes. He's also really sensitive and tries to embarrass you for leaving early and threatens to drop you from the class. Take any other professor, he makes this class unnecessarily harder than it needs to be.

This is a terrible class. Don't take it. If you struggle with math; you might just fail. My ratings keep disappearing and I'd like to know why?? This professor deserves 0 stars.

He graded based on 4 tests and the final, offered no extra credit, drops you if you miss more than 2 classes doesn't like to answer questions, gets frustrated easily. He also does not assign any homework.

Speeds through lecture. Then makes slick comments before he hands out the test which is obvious that hes handing you an exam full of trick questions that were not on study guide. He puts questions on the test that he didnt go over .Your grade is determined by Tests only . Avoid this Professor if you can . Seems he wants students to struggle.

Unless you are able to teach yourself math, I do not recommend this professor. He gives zero help outside of the My Math Lab and he doesn't respond to emails. The homework is worth only 10% of your grade so even if you do all of the assignments you have to do very well on the tests to pass.

I tried to take MATH342 in the summer and it was VERY difficult. Unless you took algebra/calculus the semester before, I would not recommend him. He lectures through everything extremely fast and expects you to know/remember all the concepts already. Grade is exam based - on which you are not allowed to use any notes/cheat sheet. I had to drop it.

Majority of the class was struggling, and he taught the material extremely fast with little detail. I think he forgot that he's teaching people new concepts because he expects students to grasp everything just by watching him. He also talked the whole 2hrs with no break, and didnt let us practice problems on our own. Terrible teacher don't take him

He doesn't know what he is talking about, I feel that most people in my class could teach the subject better than him. There is an insane amount of homework, don't make the same mistake I did and take his class. Its an L.

You do not know your grade in the class until after the final. The class is based on tests so do good on them. The final is cumulative and I 100percent do not recommend this teacher.

I have never struggled with a mathmatics Professor like I have struggled with him. You can't hear him in class, he has no review/touch ups before any exam or final, doesn't even teach material, you have to learn on your own and then he reviews it, after locking homework for the week.

Hes a nice guy but is horrible at teaching. He made multiple mistakes during lecture and constantly had to redo the problems. His study guides are nothing like the exams. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!! Unless youre naturally good at math and willing to teach yourself everything you wont pass because you wont learn a thing.

Terrible professor. Taught lecture very confusing, when exams came he never went over it the following day. Study guides did not match up with the exams either. Terrible teaching !

Prof. Martinez made math harder for me. There is a lot of things that I would change about his ways of teaching but the first would be, take your time, there is no rush. He also kept wrapping around the same problem and made the problem way harder than it needed to be.

I beg any student who has the option to never choose this teacher. He will get his own questions wrong a couple of times per class. He will only work through problems, he will not teach them! You will be best off using Kahm Academy, the MathLab examples, and any online calculator that shows steps.

Prepare to learn on your own if you take any of Professor Martinez's classes. Literally don't even know how he teaches since he never does. All you'll find are videos that he posts every day (excluding the weekends), and from those videos you must learn the material on your own. I like learning math, but this professor is a no from me.

There is a reason why most students are failing his class and why he has the most negative comments on RMP. I took this professor twice. HUGE MISTAKE! NEVER AGAIN. When i took a different math professor I ended up passing with a B. And I did the same amount of work and covered the exact chapters in the book. It sad to me how he is still teaching.

This professor all though nice but assigns a ton of homework take at least a few hours for one section of homework so you have to do homework every day. He just goes through problems and ask if you know it but doesn't really teach you it. We look at him writing on sheet for 4 hours. Writing is not great, Not Recommended to take.

Get ready to study and be on your own as I remember taking his class long ago. He was not really helpful. Made you feel stupid, and comments like" follow the yellow brick road". " mm maybe" ( with his finger on his lips). He is a harsh grader and wouldn't recommend if you plan on taking upper level math courses.