Not a good teacher at all...He grades students based on if he likes them or not and his instruction is not clear...very hard to follow...He expects you to know everything before you take the class...worst teacher ever

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This teacher sucks its that simple he hard doesnt teach well and when you ask him for questions he gets mad that you dont understand it idiot

this teacher is so damn hard. he says its a hard class so ask questions but when you ask questions he makes you feel dumb. he RUDE. never take him. expects you to know the material by just reading the book. which is impossible.

I was excited about this class for about a week. Not the kind of teacher who wants the students to be a success. He's belittling (us and his own family!) condescending-can't believe he made it to this level and still has a job. He wears the failure rate like a badge of honor. Class participation is low-fear of humiliation. WORST TEACHER

WARNING: Worst teacher @fresno state. If you want a good grade, you either have to be an athlete or a hot girl. I cannot believe this loser gets paid to teach. Also brags about failing 50% of every class and in syllabus states that this is the "hardest class you will take @fresno state" DO NOT TAKE THIS GUY!!!!

worst professor ever

Horrible teacher half the class got an F teacher is out to get you.Material is difficult,he rambles alot about pointless things.His study guides don't help. Me & some guy took him last year,i was there every morning and still got an F we took a different teacher & we passed with an A. GE should never be this hard.

i struggle in this class so much. i hate going to class each day. everything is in the book. he scares you the first day of class and BELIEVE HIM!!! leave that class and don't take it. he only grades by tests and does answer questions clearly. very hard, and you must read read read your text book!

DO NOT TAKE HIM UNLESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH ECONOMICS!

This is the hardest class ever and the professor was just rude to his students. Don't take this class with this professor if you want to pass.

Super hard teacher

The worse professor to take. Very rude, puts students down, assumes that you know the material. Does not know how to teach! He is so negative & is discouraging. DO NOT TAKE HIM!

horrible. says that the tests will be exactly the same as the practice tests, but they aren't. AT ALL.

Avoid taking this teacher at all cost. He puts students down and makes it seem as if he does not want to see his students succeed. VERY RUDE! SERIOUSLY DO NOT TAKE HIM

worst professor ever. hate his exams. can't teach at all

He is Not helpful at all. he wants his students to state the same sentences he use paraphrasing Dose not work. He could be rude at times. Instead of actually explain the chapter he talks a lot about his own life. I would never take another class with him.

Study, read, and go to SI meeting and still fail the test. Don't bother taking this teacher if you ain't a econ major.

I wouldn't recommend Kempe to anyone that wants an easy pass or even an okay class.. this class is HARD you really have to go out of your OWN way because he doesn't really help.

I DONT THINK THE CLASS IS HARD, BUT HE JUST DOESNT KNOW HOW TO TEACH. HIS EXPLANATION IS SO CONFUSING. THE SI LEADER IS WAY BETTER AT TEACHING THAN HIM. I PASS THE CLASS BECAUSE OF GOING TO SI. I RECOMMEND GOING TO SI RATHER THAN GOING TO HIS LECTURES. DONT BUY MINDTAP, YOU DONT NEED IT. COPY DOWN EVERYTHING WHEN HE GO OVER THE EXAM.

I would not recommend anyone to take his class. He moves at an extremely fast pace. However, he often rambles on about his life during class. If you don't read the book, you will fall behind very quickly. He brags about how low his pass rate is for his classes. If you are not an Econ major, I would take a different teacher.

He is the worst teacher I've never met in my school life. His meaningless lecture was hard to understand and moved extremely fast. He doesn't try to understand what students are saying. He doesn't use blackboard, power point slides, and so on. So, it is difficult to get what important concepts are. I recommend to do not take his class.

Attended SI because he went off on random tangents that didnt correlate with the topic. took 2 exams in his class and he gave me a zero on my written portion because i "wrote in pen" and because he "didnt feel good and didnt want to grade." stopped going to his class and enrolled with another prof. worst teacher i have ever had. no structure

I dont know why Fresno State hired him. The only advice he gave me was just reading the textbook, but exams aren't related to the components.

he check attendance sometimes( when his emotion is good), his class content is not exactly clear. But the most terrible thing is his grade really really tough. I don't know why I still get C, even though I work hard and the grade is top in the class. I'm sure no one could get a great grade in his test. Don't choice his class!

This class was fairly easy. Got an A with a minimal amount of effort even though it really wasnt clear what was required. He likes to tell stories about his personal life which are completely uninteresting and constantly makes comments about how "this may be the most difficult class many of you will take". Grading was very subjective.

GRADE IS ONLY BASED ON THE FINAL. EXAMS ARE DIFFICULT AND THEIR IS NO STUDY GUIDE. HE DOESNT LIKE TO REPEAT HIMSELF OR EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT. FINAL IS WORTH 50% OF YOUR GRADE. AND HE DOES SURPRISE QUIZZES.

Only exams in this class. But as long as you pass the final, you WILL pass the class. Very difficult for me. Warns you about it being a very tough class. Professor wasn't the best at explaining the content. Rambled on a lot. READ the book. ATTEND SI from the very beginning. ASK questions. No hw, no extra credit. Try not to skip- you'll miss a lot.

This professor gives hardly any feedback on graded tests or on what exactly we are being tested on. His teaching is NOT clear & tends to contradict what he has already said so lecture & what we're being tested on can be very confusing. Anyone looking to take Econ 40 should steer clear of his class. Especially at 8am, it's a bad way to start the day

There's are 3 tests and 1 final, really hard. The final is made up of the 3 tests, so that's easier. He's not the best professor, does not offer much help outside of class. You have to read in order to pass the tests you'll only get answers to the free response in class. I don't recommend taking this class

Your grade depends on the exams, thats it. Go to SI sessions they help, the free response on the exams are what he grades the hardest on. No homework, take this class with a diff. professor if you can.

Doesn't really go over notes or work. Mostly talks about his life and "masculinity." Grading is only on tests (mostly harsh on essay questions). The SI taught a lot better so if you can I'd just take a different professor. The SI leader was a lot better

Awful Doesnt lecture about the material, only talks about his life stories! Exams are the only assignments so if you fail those, you fail. Multiple choice part is lots of vocabulary and concepts from the book, which he doesn't go over in class. The Short Answer portion is HEAVILY graded (graphs) & he doesn't go over that in class either, don't take

I can honestly say, he is the worst professor I have ever had. I am not an economics guy(was just taking for GE). I have been going to college 3 years at the JC level & 2 at the CSU level. I'm not a genius, but I'm not a dummy either. But this class is so hard it's insane and he is easily the worst I've ever had. PLEASE, avoid at ALL cost...

AVOID HIM. Worst professor I have ever had ever. First day of class he said, "Half of you will fail." If he cared he would change that. Subject is not super hard but he doesn't explain clearly at all. I'm helping you all now. I am not stupid at all its doable but honestly the struggle for one class is not worth it.

He is the hardest teacher I have had, He goes off on random tangents and gets off track a lot. Go to si, it saved me from failing. There is 3 tests and a final, I failed the first 2 and got a B on the 3rd. Passed the final with a C and passed the class with a C, I rarely showed up because his lectures made 0 sense but went to si and passed.

He teaches nothing, he goes to the board and starts drawing graphs and that is it. The only thing you learn is his personal experiences or stories. You HAVE to go to SI if you want to pass the class. Good luck.

Do not take this class! Horrible at explaining things and rambles on about personal life instead of material . Of the students that don't attend SI every day, only 17% pass . So basically you have to show up to class and to SI to pass . Should really be a 6 unit class. This class has the highest fail rate at Fresno State and for good reason .

Brags about his low pass rate which is more reflective of his awful last century teaching style. Grades only 3 tests and the final which must be done HIS way. He swears by going to SI with his beloved Loryn (a past student) that you will pass but they often contradict one another. Just plain rude sometimes too.

Professor Kempe talks a lot about his life and too me he rambles a lot. I came to realize that his ratings on this website were very accurate. He is a very tough grader and none of his practice exams match his reagular exams. Go to SI sessions or else youll do very poorly in the class. Good luck if you end up taking him

Avoid taking his class at all costs. I am a great student and this teacher is very discouraging. He talks about "your generation this" and "your generation that" and blames his classes mass failures on the students and not on his inability to be a half decent teacher. He tears down his students and makes them feel incompetent. I HAD a 4.0 GPA.

He does not lecture anything about the subject, he talks about his life, and if he lectures it is the last 10 minutes of class. He does not make any sense when he does lecture. The study guide is nothing like the test. There is no homework but there are 4 difficult test, if you fail then you fail the class.

ECON 40 is a very hard class, and this teacher doesn't make it seem any better. He goes up to the board and draws graphs for 90% of the class and doesn't really explain anything well at all. He's also very strict and can be rude at some times. Find another teacher.

I taught myself the material from the textbook. Failed all 3 tests but passed the final by studying the book on my own for many hours instead of going to class on the last few days. He drew graphs on the board everyday and expected you to understand them and if not he couldnt help you. Do not take this class with him!

For your own good, just dont take anything with him. You'll thank me later.

In this class you basically have to teach yourself everything. He is a cool person but when it comes to teaching material he fails. He goes off topic a lot and does not teach things that are on tests. The only grade that counts is the final. If you can avoid getting this teacher its best but if not, go to SI and you will pass! Good luck!

Professor Kempe only grades the final. which may sound nice but really isn't, he tells you that he is getting his stuff from the book but really isn't. you take 3 exams through the semester that doesn't count towards your grade. he makes his lectures very long and has a monotone voice (so don't take his class in the mornings or late nights)

Grades on only 4 Mindtap exams, you have to teach yourself and he complains about people not asking questions every session. One practice exam answer didn't match the actual exam answer and he's not going to fix it. Inconsistent with the syllabus, says do chapters 1-8, syllabus says 1-6, now we've suddenly skipped to 10 though syl includes 9.

I missed an exam because I couldn't get on the website he used for them, and I emailed him twice about it asking if there was any way I could take it, no response at all. Dropped my grade from a mid to high C down to a F. AVOID THIS PROF AT ALL COSTS. He doesn't lecture much, you are required to read the textbook thoroughly, avoid this course.

After reading all the other ratings, I understand how bad this professor is. Im in the in-person class and after the first three weeks I havent learned a thing. He just asks if we have any questions and goes on rambling about the question. Sometimes he doesnt even talk about the question.

Please don't take this professor if you actually want to learn anything. Drop it while you can. He doesn't lecture or teach at all, he just asks you every class if you have any questions. You have to learn everything on your own through the textbook. I wish I had dropped

Do NOT take professor Kempe. Worst teacher I have ever had by far. He doesn't lecture at all. Makes you read and ask questions and most of the time isn't helpful when you ask. Then proceeds to get upset at the class when you don't know an answer from the study guide. I do not want you to take this and avoid at all costs. I wish I had dropped.

The WORST professor I have ever had. We spend 3 weeks retaking the first test because he messed up on the grading 2 times. The third time we took test #1 he ended up dropping the test altogether. A week later we were forced to take test #2 even though we only had about a week to study 6 chapters of material. Needless to say everyone did bad on it.

This professor gave us 4 exams so far and has only counted one of them. The first one he graded with the wrong scantron. The second one he just did not count, we never got a reasoning. Third he has been back and fourth on his reasoning for canceling. He doesn't assign any homework, just exams. His "lectures" he asks you what you want to know about

Kempe is the worst professor iv'e ever had. He does not have any system to access grades so we have to wait for transcripts to be release to know our final grades. This semester, he made us retake the same exam 3 times and ended up discarding the exam in the end. His lectures are no help at all. He only asks us "what do you want to know?".