this guy is impossible to understand. I was failing his class and so I dropped.

let me just explain to you all about Josh. this man should be fired. His gradings are way to harsh and he has way to high of expectations for his students.I don't understand this man.He treats you like youre still in high school.you cant chew gum and if you move an inch,he will stare at you in front of the whole class until your done.Ridiculous.

Just know that he will deduct points from your work for the most ridiculous reasons. He should stick to writing books (which probably aren't that good) and stay out of the classroom.

Out of all my years as a student this was the worst class I have taken and the professor is to blame. With easy to understand content this professor made the class extremely difficult with his unfair grading style and sarcastic personality. I do not recommend this course to anyone.

Josh is a dynamic speaker, with great interest & passion in the subject. However, he would rather demonstrate his dominance than to actually teach the subject directly. Summed up, his lectures are 90% sarcasm/ posturing and 10% actual teaching. Odd considering the topic of the class. Time and money are better spent elsewhere.

I have a 3.5 GPA and consider myself to be a bright student, but yet was entirely unable to excel in this class. Josh is rude and argumentative, very arrogant and does not take the time to answer questions. If he does, he completely diminishes your self esteem for even asking. Avoid if you can, or you're in for a stressful semester.

Josh was incredibly frustrating. I regret not dropping the class when I had the chance. He is hardest grader I've ever had and will frustrate you all semester long. He offers little/no advice when you don't earn full credit for your work. Turned in all of my completed assignments on time and struggled to get a B. Don't take this class with him.

First off, you HAVE to call him Josh. Just Josh. The very first assignment was making a name tag for your desk and was worth ten points. Not surprisingly, no one got above about a 3 . He makes every assignment 10x harder than it should be. He acts like he is a philosopher and his lectures make no sense. Avoid him if you want anything above a C

DROP HIS CLASS BEFORE IT'S TO LATE. Josh is the meanest teacher I've ever had to deal with. He belittles you like it's his job. The 3rd class of the semester right as class was starting he was handing back papers, some students forgot to put their name on them so he ripped them up in front of the class and threw them in the trash. Who does that?

An abysmal teacher who should lose his job. He has classic small genital syndrome. His obnoxious egomaniac style is classic of individuals who have zippo respect from students and teachers alike. I have never a met a teacher who is more unlikeable or more of a disappointment. He tries hard to belittle and embarrass at every opportunity. AVOID!

Pedantic, overly meticulous, and lectures in circles wasting an entire class to reach a point that could have been found within the first thirty minutes.

Very rude. Do NOT take him, you'll regret it!!!

This is the worst class I've ever taken and the worst professor I have had. He was extremely rude and condescending to his students. This is supposed to be a class on interpersonal communication but don't try to add anything to the discussion in class as he will be very upset. A complete waste of time with many kindergarten level projects.

I cant fit all my opinion on here, but First of all he wants to be called josh, second he only responds to emails if its set up his way, he gives very vague instructions and doesnt ever clerify or repeat them in an understandable way. He is very arrogant and one of the worst professors I ever had. I'd rather not take this class again.

We are given an assignment about creating a nametag and everyone didnt meet the expectations if the instructir even on the second time. He doesn't offer clear help to students even during his office hours, Its extremely rare to get anything above a C- in this class. I would not take this class again and this professor should find work elsewhere.

Seriously. Just take Public Speaking. So many asinine rules. This man has convinced me that Communications is a worthless major.

Also if you say 1 word in class he tells you in an email that he will have the dean remove you from his class

Super arrogant and inanely hard grader. Want to complain about how he gave you a low grade for seven hours of work? You'll get one of these: "This is a college level class, I expect you to write at a college level." When in reality there are no prerequisites for the class... If you step out of line he will do anything to get you out. Snake.

First of all he wants to be called Josh. I was only in this class the first day. He hates the sound of zippers, so you have to unzip your backpack before entering, you have to literally show him turning off your phone, and most of all, he said in class, he wants a good review on this website.

Arrogant, disrespectful, and not particularly well-studied: the perfect storm for a terrible professor. Believes that pupils must be "tricked" into learning. Acts in a petty manner and seems to enjoy correcting students mid-sentence to prove his intelligence. Undoubtedly the worst professor with whom I have ever had the displeasure of dealing .

Terrible professor. Thinks he's a big deal but he's not. Needs more humility. Gives very bad feedback on graded assignments.

love strict teachers cause they actually teach for student benefits, but he is a different kind of human. got a C and i'm an A student loved to be in communication, but he made me hate it. simply don't take him

Gives grades like hes paying for it. This teacher is horrible. I can never about him. He is a nightmare

His grading did not follow his syllabus and was completely subjective. It was difficult to understand and he purposely set the students up to fail on their first class project, forcing them to take the one redo he gives the students per semester.

This teacher is extremely difficult. He purposely fails his students for the fist project and makes them use their one assignment redo that he gives to the students each semester. This teaches grading is completely subjective and does not follow what he states is his grading in his syllabus. I highly recommend avoiding this teacher.

Absolutely horrible. His grading is one of the toughest I have ever had. Every class could be taught in 45 minutes or less but he likes to over explain and draw things out. Its extremely frustrating. There is no words to describe this man. Just suck it up and follow instructions exactly. Would never take again. So annoying.

This is the worst professor I have ever had in my life. The class is so stressful ,if you have any form of anxiety dont even try it. He is always trying to make homework more difficult than it should be. Every subject covered is a glass of stress. Please if you love yourself dont try it.

I do not mind a strict professor because everyone is entitled to their own style, however this professor can be extremely disrespectful. It is not about how much you learn in this class, its simply about things being done one, hard concrete way. This class will have you stressed and anxious over spelling your name(literally).

I get if professors want to do things a specific way, but this professor takes it to another level. Completely rude and disrespectful, not to mention unapproachable. Literally flips out over the sight of any piece of technology and acts unprofessional often enough. Unless you have no other choice, I HIGHLY recommend you DO NOT TAKE HIM! PLEASE!

I am not one to judge professors, because they are here to help their students. This was the one teacher that was the exception. I have the same respect for him as I do of a tissue paper. Modern day Nazi that will do anything to feel superior to his students and enjoys seeing students cry because of his class. Delusional and a diabolical human.

So for the first two weeks yes it was my fault for not turning in my homework on time, but in week 5 when everyone was doing the homework he started attacking me because I didn't do it right and had to write a 5 full sentence but when everyone else didn't do theirs correctly he only gave them one sentence which it was unfair.

You could ace all your assignments and still receive a low letter grade if you don't participate. The participation scale is unfair if you ask me. If I write more than ten times in a discussion board a week, how do I receive a 1.5 out of 10 for participation? He is too picky on email receipts and requires English level writing at all times.

There's strict professors and then there's this guy on his own level. I can't even go into detail on everything he does because I only have so many characters. He's the toughest grader I've ever had, even if you post 10 times a week like he requires he'll still give you an F for class participation. If you want a fair grade, Don't take him.

Pachter is probably the worst professor I've ever had in my college journey. I've never seen a professor treat his students with such attitude and disrespect for such small mistakes then demand good work & participation. It doesn't kill you to be nice ... He is the cause of deforestation w/ the amount of papers/printing he gives & makes you print.

The only good thing about this professor is that he doesn't give that much homework, but his grading is very bad and unfair, and the thing is he would not hesitate to give you an F if it doesn't match or what he wants on the paper, and his grading on assignments are trash he wants you to "think deeper" even if you write college-level and stay away.

This person grading on participation grade is extremely flawed, and he probably isn't even counting them even if you post ten times a week on weekdays which says on his syllabus flawed professor.

This class shouldve been fairly simple and it was not at all. He demands a lot and is extra about following instructions, down to formatting numbers correctly! He is also very rude and has some sort of god complex (check out his personal website lol). No cap every time he responds to a student, he mentions HIS accomplishments

This man is someone who you can't understand, but if you listen to his directions EXACTlY as it says you will pass, but don't misread them you will fail the class. Also, if you call him other than Josh he will flip.

Josh also admitted that he made six accounts just to rate himself to be in a higher score, so many of the good rates are falsified, and DONT take him unless you want your GPA squashed like a chicken.

This course might be the worst course I've taken so far in college. Josh is simply a horrible and strict grader. He can be apathetic at times, and also has an attitude, which in my opinion, are the worst two qualities an educator can possess. Please do not take his course. Absolutely awful instructor.

Josh was a confusing professor. Participation is key to the class, but you need to make sure your participation is the way he wants it. He has an interesting way of grading and certain expectations for the class. If you do not email with the proper subject title he will not read it. Be careful in this class if you have to take it.

This professor is downright crazy in the head. DO NOT take this class! Since his class is a joke he takes it to extreme levels to empower himself. Might very well be the worst professor at NOVA.

Craziest professor I've ever had stay away, you need to take participation in his own way seriously if you want to pass this class, I could've gotten A if it wasen't for his participate flawed grades.

Hes terrible. Has an attitude problem, lacks empathy, quite literally wrote this is pathetic on one of my assignments. Doesnt respond to emails if there is a small error in the subject line. I dont think its that hes a bad teacher, but just an unlikable person overall. Do not recommend. Id rate him a zero if I could. I wish I read reviews 1st

This is my first time making a review on professors, and I should've reviewed this site before taking his class, and boy I regret it real bad he prefers to be called Josh, but not professor Josh? But what's worse is that he forces us to sign at the end of the email if you don't get credit for hours of work, and participation is a huge point to clas

He sounded like a fun guy in the beginning, but later he becomes more toxic as you get to know who he really is. He only does assignments using email, but never canvas. You are required to sign your name in the end, but also call him Josh and nothing else. Do not take him if you are not a writer, he is really strict about your writing skills.

If you want to be humiliated, bullied by a prof. take this class. I wish I had looked at the reviews before picking this class. Josh is by far the most difficult and rudest professor I've ever had. He was yelling at students for being late to class ON THE FIRST DAY. He got angry at a student for calling him "professor" Please just save yourself.

Please run as far as you can away from this class/teacher. The amount of work and expectations rquired to meet in order to pass has exceeded even my more difficult classes. Taking this class was my only regret I have in my life. This teacher has so many requirements in place its not even funny. Worst teacher Ive ever had in my existence

Grading criteria is unclear and often is based on a copy and paste method, Careful and double check with fellow classmates, Rude and often does not show interest in teaching, Call him, Josh, With the expectations set so high one would think the lessons learned would follow Unfortunately the lessons are leaned at borderline riddicule w/o any advice.

There will be times when you have something important to share that he will cut you off and say, "don't waste my class time" and class will have just started. He is extremely rude to his students and many people drop out because of it. His grading is too strict and sometimes doesn't make sense so be prepared to be frustrated a lot.

Strict professor. Was disrespectful to a student who was simply asking for a mask and then proceeded to teach the class without a mask two minutes later. I was asking a peer next to me for a piece of paper so I could write my nametag (per his instruction) and he turned around and yelled at us because he was busy teaching.. how to fold said nametag.

spring 2022 semester just started about 2 weeks ago and already he has lost half of his students due to withdrawal.. extremely rude and calls you out in front of everyone for the smallest mistake. please listen to these reviews. gives me 1/5 or 0/5 on all discussions even if you put in the effort. BEWARE. he needs to be fired.

this class is not meant for the weak. if you don't have thick skin good luck. he practically bullies you and makes sarcastic comments on your grades but doesn't tell you why you received that grade. not to mention he is just overall rude and has no regard for his students. takes off 10 points for the smallest mistakes. The grading curve is insane.

This professor legit made a grown woman cry in my class. This professor really asks a lot out of you for just an LVL 100 course. He got mad at me for calling him a professor, like why tf are you teaching at college and you get angry for me addressing you as a professor. He does most of his assignments on mail so don't expect that much from canvas

This semester I had the utter misfortune of taking Josh Pachter's CST 126. I can honestly come out of this saying that I've learned nothing other than how to follow directions. "Josh" as he likes to be called is a hard grader and doesn't reply to emails in a timely fashion. Over half of my class dropped before the end of the semester. Avoid Josh.

The guy is insane about attendance and had requirements of how you name yourself on zoom meetings. He also wanted to be addressed by his first name and found it so disrespectful if you addressed him as a professor. I also got docked points for not having my camera on during meetings. I made the mistake of taking him during the summer for 5 weeks.

I took his class in spring of 2018 and I still go to therapy for it. He is not shy of using intimidation or fear tactics. I could barely think straight during class because of how scared I was. Towards the end of the semester, all I wanted to do was end my life in front of his face. I don't understand why he would do this.

Hated him. He wouldn't accept my assignment once and let me get a 0 on it because it wasn't in the exact format he wanted it in. He also snaps and gets angry over very subjective reasons. Don't take him if you value yourself at all.

He wanted to be called "Josh", which just was a little strange for when addressing a professor. He's a tough grader and words things difficult to understand at times during lecture. He also brings up topics that aren't relevant or in my opinion appropriate; lecture on how the world's flat. At times, he would be disrespectful.