no concept of the real world. Looks like the devil

Two words: really wierd.

treats u like sh*t if he thinks you're stupid, way too eccentric

Its all about unary, binary keyword!! *Cheers*

Is that anthrax? let me taste it first.mmm..soapy

*TOOOO* much time spent describing BEFORE actually showing how it works.

don't understand? come see me in my office.

Obviously has spent too long in academia, now he loves coconuts in UML...

knows his stuff - but confuses u while he's teaching. Goes into way 2 much detail with everything 7 goes through the course WAY 2 fast. Some assign. take a while & are barely worth anything. You need to be VERY comitted 2 the course & review EVERY night!

Everything has to ben writen exactly like his , which is stupid since his method itsn't always the best

Panar is the devil incarnate. The course should be renamed 911 while he's teaching, I feel like jumping out the window.

He doesn't know how to teach! he should learn from Dr.Hamelin!!!

One of the most pompous people on the planet, and pretends to know what he's teaching when he obviosuly doesn't. Do everyone a favour and RETIRE.

Too Judgmental. Should stop sarcastic comments (they are not funny!). Speaks too fast.

Very hard in marking. has a very fake smile all the time. makes some damn silly jokes in class. would take off marks if your assignment is 5 minutes late. and I failed the course with him.

It's sorta funny when you take him your assignment to look at. He draws little lines all over it, and you look at it ten minutes later and are like... WTF??? Plus, just stop those jokes. Pain. PAIN!

This guy is boring. If u can change the prof change. I went to half of his lectures and fell asleep in all of them. His voice and the way he teaches puts you to sleep. Really Really Wierd!!! He's Freaky

Worst prof i had in Ryerson by far. Too many stupid jokes make you want to strangle him, then p!ss on him. Switch sections or fail, take it from sum1 whose been there.

The man can not summarise to save his life. Expect long, imprecise, ranting paragraphs that make little sense, and contribute NOTHING to your understanding. Otherwise, easy, real joy to talk to in his office (except, he will keep you there forever if you're not careful). Also, we've received over 60 emails this semester from him. Beware!

Almost the worst proff I have had. Not a bad guy (as a person), but an extreme control-freak, has been in academia so long he has lost touch with the way the "real world" works now. He marks easy however, which is his one upside. If given a choice between him and someone else, pick the other proff.

He will SPAM YOUR INBOX!! the guy has no clue whats going on for this course (ok fine, this is the first time this course ie being offered) but he is TOTALLY lost. Throws jargon and acroynms at you until you're so confused if he's spelling out the sentence to you or really talking about the course material.

On our midterm, we were required to write inside these gray boxes or else we would receive 0. It turned out to be the same shade as our pencils. Then we had a bonus question, multiple choice. He gave us a mark sense sheet to bubble in that ONE question.

He's really hard to follow and used 4 books to teach the course, and each section was a completely new language making it impossible to remember what you've learned. He's all right if you go to ask him questions in person but you'll find him going off topic a lot and leave feeling somewhat confused.

Don't do it. Don't. He will find a way to confuse and/or mislead you.

He's an ok teacher, but he has no ability to right a test. The man asks you key points from a tangent he took in the middle of class that had nothing to do with the notes, and honestly he asked us how to work pharo not smalltalk, PHARO the lame UI that we use to write smalltalk.

Does NOT know the material and should not be trying to teach it. Thinks Java doesn't support polymorphism. Regularly uses meaningless examples. Emphasizes things that are unimportant while not bothering to cover those that are. Goes on rants about absolutely nothing (his Sympatico account which he shouldn't be using to emails students anyway).

He is not a bad person. Just a bad teacher. he is in his own world, and believes everything should be exactly the same as he sees fit. His lectures are covered from information he derived, and most of it needs updating. No one institution teaches this course, as its his own collection of material that he sees important.

Its commendable that Dr. Panar has made Ryerson one of the only schools to teach ST Pharo. That being said, I am afraid his introduction is a little muddled. It would make more sense to have produced a useful piece of software for the assignment rather than something totally confusing and uninspiring.

Good guy but terrible prof. Poorly organized, very scattered, confusing, very bad lecturer. He's friendly and always happy to help, but will probably just confuse you more. On the bright side, it's just one class, it lasts thirteen weeks and you'll never have to take it again.

He constantly goes off topic and it's not worth your sanity to attend his class.. just print the notes off his site. GO TO HIM FOR HELP on assignments as his instructions are terrible. Tests are based on notes and assignments

Would have been nice to learn just one language and that way better understand OOP. Pick one. Stick with it. Let students do programming instead of micromanaging every little thing. Hire some TAs. Or even better, let students use any language and mark accordingly.

Horrible prof, his instructions are not clear at all, wants everything exactly his way. Just see him as often as you can after/before class or during his office hours. He is MUCH more useful one on one but during lectures its horrible. His notes are pretty bad also.

This man is schizophrenic. He hears things, says random things, is delusional, easily confused, does things in a bizarre manner. He refuses to retire. Keep away from this man.

His does not focus on the material while teaching. Jumps from talking about the subject to history to who's sleeping in class(wastes a good 15 min on this one every time). makes it really hard to follow. Doesn't give breaks during 2 hr lectures and wonders why people fall sleep. He's old and needs to retire. Really annoys u with the spam emails.

this guy is most retarded teacher ever im not even joking. you want lectures? get ready for some next roller coaster no clue wher u end up at. to be fair he does giv exam and test questions somtimes but other then tht the most bs course assignments and marking. he givs the answers if u go to him for help but then he argues with u over small things

This guy over complicates very simple concepts, thus confusing every student. His method of teaching is really bad. His notes are really bad. Don't even get me started on how stupid his assignments and tests are, they do not test your knowledge on the concepts, instead they basically test you on how well you can remember his notes.

Great person, unfortunately not the greatest prof. His tests aren't exactly hard but have ridiculous questions that refer to his lectures from months back. Notes are basically non-existent so you better go to lectures. He explains things a lot better during office hours but honestly avoid his classes if you can. He is pretty funny sometimes.

"its not rocket science folks" you will hear that all semester if you can bring yourself to show up to his class. Slides are horrible and useless but the midterm and exam weren't that bad so its possible to get a good grade.

He was okay. The class itself was really easy and the content was, too. He was knowledgeable about all of the material, but sometimes he came off as a bit condescending. I probably wouldnt have done very well if the class wasnt a complete joke. Other than that, he gives great life advice!

"It ain't rocket science folks!" Although respected and willing to help out students, he need to change his teaching techniques. Simply lecturing or speaking out the code doesn't really help the students, especially ones who are taking coding for the first time. More complete, neat code would help students better to understand, and how to program.

Extremely knowledgable about the material. Explains programs and concepts during lecture in some detail. Doesn't give breaks. Approachable during and office hours and after class for help, although somewhat condescending. For beginners to programming, his lectures may be hard to follow or understand, so go to other profs if you can. Decent overall.

Teacher is nice and very knowledgeable of the subject, but when it comes to teaching techniques he's lacking. Also he goes really slow on simple topics, then when the tough ones come near the end he goes quick. I understand that this a intro course to programming, but if you believe you know basics, best to just go over power points by yourself.

Dr. Panar is very condescending. If you don't understand, he will tell you "It's not rocket science" or he will not help you if you missed class, even if for a good reason. He also teaches only by example problems, not by actual concepts. If you have no background in computer programming, you should switch to another prof.

Washed up prof that is stuck in his old ways of teaching. I fell asleep in more than half of his lectures. They were so dry and boring. If you have 0 experience programming you're going to have a bad time with this prof. You are better off self teaching this whole course from the internet.