Mr. Linden was difficult to understand and was very intimitading. I would not recommand his class to anyone.

Goes over material like it is a review session for everyone. Unclear. Unpleasant. Does not seem to enjoy teaching. Over complicates a lot of material and requires those problems to be done his complicated way only, even if there is a different, simple, yet completely correct, way to do them. No way would I recommend this "teacher" to anyone.

worst teacher i have ever had, assumes you know everything before entering his class, do not take his class, look for other teachers!

I went from a class of 30 to 13. He never seems to smile, always acts like its a big deal when you ask a question and makes you feel stupid in front of the class, and very harsh when it comes to tests and take home quizzes. If you don't do it his way its automatically wrong. DO NOT take this teacher, he doesn't want to help. I was lucky to pass.

I looked up his reviews and took him due to his high rating. Either everyone who previously rated him lied, or are math geniuses and don't actually have to listen to his lectures. He teaches and grades HARD. I had to go to the ace center after every class to actually get a small understanding of the lecture. Take someone else to pass math

was the worst professor I ever had. I signed up to take his class over zoom during the pandemic. I chose this because I find it easier to ask questions while I'm learning . He couldn't figure it out so we were instructed to watch pre-recorded videos that were hard to follow and see the work being done. overall, the worst collage experience ever.

Worst teacher I've ever had. I had to go to a tutor after every lecture because he's such a bad teacher. tests were terrible, impossible and unfair.  he tested stuff he didn't teach. His grading was also unfair.  I would do the work correctly, write the correct answer, and then lose points because I didn't do the problem "his" way. 

He doesn't care if you got the right answer, he still would grade you down on something arbitrary that he mentioned once and is completely irrelevant to anything related to the work. He was worse than no teacher at all. Don't take him. If he is your only option, than wait until next semester.

Listen. DON'T TAKE HIM. Can't teach, requires over the top adherence to his methods, tests were extremely hard to complete in his limited time period, and he tested things he never taught. Likes to play "gotcha" with his tests and grading. RUN. Go to another school, wait a semester, just don't take him!

I can't recommend taking him to anyone. Boring, boring, boring lectures that drone on and on about HIS way to write things out. Confusing. Complains about students constantly. Then his tests are over the top hard. Do not take.

I hated this class. so many weird ways to write things up. He didn't explain the math, he explained his ways to write things up. Had to go to the tutors at school and youtube videos to have any idea what was going on. waste of time.

worst prof I've ever had. awful person too.

This guy is not a good teacher and the class was the most miserable experience I've ever had. Protect yourself, don't take his classes, take someone else.

if you have to ask him a question he made me feel stupid when he answered it like I should already know it. He said, "usually people know how to do this" in front of the whole class. with that tone. He didn't really feel approachable to ask questions to.

I took this class a few semesters ago, and just getting around to posting - RUN AWAY! Do not waste your time with this guy. We all studied very hard, over half the class dropped, everyone got Ds and Fs on tests. All other math teachers I've done great with, but not linden, his grading and teaching don't make sense. deficient teacher.

Profs are supposed to explain and help. kyle did neither. I had to find other ways to learn the material. he's totally substandard. go get another class.

Get someone else. Don't waste your time with him grouchy terrible

Awful awful awful. Long, confusing lectures, difficult exams and quizzes all the time. Please go somewhere else, don't take his class.

Take anyone else. Last semester was terrible because of him. The tests were a nightmare. Doesn't explain things well. Barely passed even with hours and hours of work.

Definitely one of the worst classes I've ever taken. you HAVE to go ACE center. All he teaches is his method that is way harder than how the tutors do it. Unbearable tests were over the top hard and not on what we learned. 0/10 don't take him.

His test was so much harder than anything he ever did in class. I wasted my time studying for hours just to fail a test that was on stuff I've never seen and he didn't teach. Avoid him and take anyone else. That's what I'm doing next semester, and I'm mad I have to do this over again.

Im pretty good at math, but this teacher is impossible.

waste of time, had to drop, no matter how hard I worked, couldn't pass tests. about 1/2 class has dropped so far. have to take this over next semester, with a DIFFERENT teacher. don't take him, you'll regret it.

He pretends to be helpful, and then gives super hard tests. He pretends to give lots of extra credit, but it's worth nothing in the total grade. He pretends to teach, but he only rants about doing things with his procedures and never really teaches how to just do the problems. Worst math teacher I've ever had.

Looks like about 1/2 the class has dropped this semester, including me. Why? He only teaches his super confusing methods. The tests are extremely hard. The tests are worth a lot and the homework worth almost nothing. I couldn't pass the tests. Spare yourself and avoid his classes.

that was a terrible semester. don't take him, awful lectures and tests that were the worst I've ever had. I studied so much and the test had stuff on it I've never seen. unfair tests. I barely passed even with tons of help from the tutor center. They were great, use them if you're stuck with him. it's better to take someone else.

He's extraordinarily picky about everything. If your answer on the test doesn't follow his convoluted procedure, even though you did the work correctly and got the correct answer, you will lose points. nightmare tests, nightmare class. Completely irrational.

just don't take him. can't teach and tests are terrible

Doesnt teach anything on your homework and takes hours to do. Dont take his class, if you get the right answer on test and quizzes but didnt do his way of math then its incorrect.

Not a decent teacher. He was just really hard. Will not be taking any more math classes at SCC because of him. DO NOT TAKE!

He has his "methods" that he insists you use, even though there are better and easier ways to do the work. He takes points off on tests for the slightest deviation from his method, even when you get the correct answer. Take anyone else but him.

I'm good at math. All I need is clear and straightforward explanations. Then I get it. Linden does not teach that way, he's very confusing and when you try to get help, it makes it worse. I'm getting by with lots of private tutoring. Like half the class has dropped too.

It's been a terrible semester. I've been lost so much of the time, and I'm not sure what my grade is, his grading is confusing. When I went to him for help, he was mean to me, and basically said I shouldn't have been in this class. I got all A's in math before this semester. He makes me feel like a failure, even though I study all the time.

I never will take him again, and you shouldn't take him even once! Worst class, I somehow made it through. More than half the students dropped the class, it was so awful. I wish I had waited a semester, there's different teacher now.

Going to him for help was useless because he still teaches the same confusing way he teaches in class. I only got decent help at the tutoring center. If you're stuck with him, go there and don't waste your time going to his office hours. Better yet, take someone else.

He was confusing every time I asked for help. I went to the tutoring center, and they were extremely good. Go there for all your questions. I will never take him again, the other math teachers here are a lot better teachers and explain things in much better ways.

He is the single worst teacher I've ever had. He refused to help me when I went to him outside of class. His tests were impossible, and I had a private tutor. That's the only way I passed. I'll never take a math class again because of him.

He was tough grader and miserable teacher. I studied for hours and barely passed. Never had something like this happen before, and I worked hard. My next math class, while a higher level, was much easier since I had a great teacher who gave reasonable tests.

Students are required to answer the exams by only following the methods taught from the lecture, which were not very good methods, the tutors at the tutoring center taught me much easier and better methods. But I lost points getting correct answers since I didn't use his exact and inefficient methods.

He requires you to use ONLY his inefficient and ridiculous methods for solving problems. I got correct answers marked wrong because I used a normal way to do some of the test questions. What sort of math teacher marks a correct answer wrong and takes away points? Don't waste time with office hours either, he just repeats the same methods.

Unnecessarily hard. He takes basic concepts and makes the work torturously over-complicated. Avoid.

Going to his office hours is a waste of time. He only repeats the same weird procedures he wants you to use, that are way over complicated and don't even work. He can't teach. Just save your time and don't take this teacher.

If you miss class, you won't know how to do the torturous methods that he requires you to use. If you have a method that is different than what was taught, even if you get the right answer, its wrong. Tests are impossible, and often feature things never talked about in lecture. He leaves passive aggressive comments on tests. Avoid this professor

worst class i've ever taken. i've never studied so hard for a math class in my life only to fail the final exam and not pass. the exams are weighted so heavy so it you don't do well on one of them good luck trying to get your grade above a 75 the rest of the semester. he also teaches his own ways to solve problems instead of easier methods.

He's a poor teacher. I've had challenging classes before, along with great teachers, but Linden is simply bad at teaching. He has these extremely set ways of doing things, which aren't even the easiest or best ways, just HIS ways, and if you don't do the problems exactly as he states, and even get the answers right, he'll still take points off.

DO NOT take a class with him. He does not like you thinking in a different way because you are penalized for doing questions a different way then he teaches you. If you are late, don't even bother showing up because he takes points off your final grade for every minute your late. He teaches too fast, gives too much homework, and is not interesting.

Linden's methods aren't reasonable, and if you don't follow to the exact detail his methods, even if you get the answer right, you will be marked wrong. This is just the beginning of why he's is the single worst teacher I've ever had anywhere, at any time. [For some reason he has two ratings, so I'm posting this on both of them.]

Sincerely hate my life while having this professor. Grades very harshly and if you do not show a singular, minor step in any of your work, points will be docked. Assigns a quiz and multiple hw assignments every single week. The class is taught in the most roundabout and unintuitive ways, you cannot deviate from these methods without losing points.

this class alone made me contemplate dropping out of college entirely, he is extremely anal-retentive for showing work. You could be 99/100 on your work and steps but since you missed that one little step your docked over half the points, He also assigns an extreme amount of work of ten 15-40 question assignments and quizzes every other day