DON'T EVER TAKE THIS CLASS. All he does is ramble on about his pot smoking days and his 1.7 or something GPA and then talks about other irrevalant stuff. Look elsewhere for your "P". Avoid this teacher at all costs

He's a decent guy but his class has no structure at all. He rambles on a lot and most of what he says makes no sense and has no chronological pattern.

He's the worst teacher ever! He rambles on about useless things like country music. Tests are ridiculously hard and has nothing to do with anything he ever says.

He is a smart guy. Nice teacher. Although his classes are disorganized and tests are hard because he doesnt give good notes that will make u do good on them. His TA's r worse. Xcept a C

has no idea how to teach or run a class room

Bad, Bad, Bad.....Don't ever take a class with him unless you want to be confused.

He sucks!!NO textbook,teaching stuff that is not related to the test.You dont know what u need to study for the test.always TALK TALK TALK,got no note,terrible hand writing,He is the worst prof i've ever seen!!stupid quiz and assignment,TAs NO HELP!!!Don ever try to take his class! will ruin ur GPA!

Hes the WORST professor ever. I dont even think he knows what hes talking about.

he taught weather and climate w/ Burral, and it was the worst class ever, test r soo hard, TA's dumb hell, even w/ 2 of them, there was still no test review for the final, because, in their words, they "didn't feel like coming in"...class was a complete joke

oh my god, you will never see suck prof. like him. hi is suck. don't take him unless you think you have a perfect knowlege of US history, otherwise Fail. you don't know what you need to study for the test. don't take him!!!!

He is the most disorganized professor I have ever seen. You will be lost in the sauce come test time. Ruins an interest subject by ruining your GPA.

Worst professor I've had so far. Could be responsible for giving out the lowest grade you'll recieve in college. Tests are totally ridiculous and he tells you nothing about them. Save your GPA and don't take this class!! Find your L in something else.

probably one of the worst classes i've taken so far. the prof is unfair, disorganized, unclear and strongly imposes his own fiews on students. you'll be completely lost come test time because he doesn't teach much in the first place. the TA's are even worse. save the time and the effort and take another class.

Just an awful professor in every way. I wish I could come out of this class knowing more than the details of the Prof's old drug habits and his terrible undergraduate GPA. Unfortunately, his style is so off-putting and the labs are so laborious that I can only hope that no one else has to go through this experience.

His class is very disorganized. The exams are very difficult b/c they require photographic memory. Class is a waste of time.

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This guy is kidding. If you can take this class with another professor do.

You don't take a Blumler class as much as you suffer through it. He is quite possibly the least capable teacher I have ever observed. He is misinformed, disorganized, incoherent, irrational, immature, insensitive, and many other undesirable qualities. If there is one positive thing I can say, is that he is relatively friendly and easy-going.

This professor is horrible. The workload is ridiculous and his test don't match his lectures. Worst class ever. Taking this over a bio for a gen-ed is a big mistake!

If you want to take a class that will make you feel more than qualified to teach Geography at Binghamton University, look no further than any class taught by Mark Blumler. If you want to learn, or be fairly judged on your efforts and abilities, you should look somewhere else. If you must take him, just remember to flatter his ego; he likes that.

This guy is just awful. He misinforms students with untruths, he makes ridiculous arguments based on recklessly ignorant conjecturing. He thinks trick questions are a clever way to test knowledge. If you take him, make sure you compare your graded work with your classmates; i guarantee there will be inconsistencies all over the place.

Awful. Talked about nothing. Tests were on random information we never learned. Labs were stupid, tedious, and irrelevant. TAs were stupid and couldn't speak english. Total joke class.

He is a terrible professor. He has this spiel on the first day about how he used to be a hippie, which would make one think he is more lenient. False. His lectures are extremely hard to follow, but go because he says anything he writes on the board is fair game. His handwriting is completely illegible and he is useless in office hours. AVOID

Ok, well- he's a genuinely nice guy. However he is the WORST professor I have ever encountered. His lectures are boring and lack any focus. His handwriting and drawings are unreadable. He never clarifies what we actually to know. The majority of the class fails tests (which he curves a lot) but if no one gets the material whats the point? Horrible

He seems like he really means well and is a nice guy but he says his lectures will be on the tests and none of them are. He rambles on about stupid things that will never show up on the test and the tests are impossible. Even with the curve you may not pass. DO NOT take this class, it is unnecessarily hard and not worth your time.

Awful teacher and tests are impossible, he already knows every kid will bomb his test so a 60 is an A- on his tests... should not be teaching.

DO NOT TAKE CLASS. He isn't clear on what information the students need to know. goes on rants. You only have 2 major tests of the semester: the midterm and final which everyone fails. The highest grade on midterm was a 63 so he had to curve the grades by 37 points. The 2 tests are disorganized and random. They don't ask about what was covered.

Hes the worst professor I've had in awhile. Hes a great guy and all, but he does NOT know how to teach. He goes on random tangents and doesn't teach in an organized matter, so no on ever knows what to study. Discussions are very unclear also. And to top it off the highest grade on the midterm was like a 63 or something.

Professor Blumler is an awaful professor. He has no idea how to teach and his lectures have no organization or objective. He just talks and talks without ever telling us exactly it is that we are supposed to be learning. His midterm was really hard because he did not teach us anything. The whole class did horribly and he had to give a major curve.

Professor Blumler is not a good professor. His lectures were pointless and he went on so many tangents, including stories of the many drugs he tried out in college. After the entire class failed the midterm he had to give us about a 30 point curve. When I went to his office hours, he told me that college is not for everyone. Do not take this class.

Do not take this class. You learn no information, his lectures are all over the place and you get no information. There is no textbook, so you can't even rely on that. There are TA's but they all hate him and say he's crazy. Definitely did/does to many drugs. No one who takes this class does well.

Do not take this class if you can help it. I took it for a Gen Ed credit, and it brought my GPA down a lot. His tests are incredibly specific, and they're on things that he mentioned for 2 secs in lecture. He is insanely picky on his long answer test questions, and he gives virtually no partial credit. The labs are easy enough, which did help me

Writes pointless words on the board for lectures, goes off topic and on tangents that are irrelevant and make the lecture more confusing than it already is. Tests make no sense, and he just talks about how he had a 1.8 GPA and that college isn't for everyone. TA's are also not helpful. Only good thing is that you get the answers to homework in lab

Actually the worst experience ever. He scribbles random word says on the board every lecture no one can read and randomly jumps around and you have no idea what hes saying or referring to and then tests on such specifics. Lmao dont do itttt

This is by far the worst class I have every taken. There is no organization, he writes random words on the board and talks about them in no particular order and goes off on tangents about his sexuality and drug use. The homework and quizs are super unrelated to what is taught in class. The midterm and final are impossible.

Dr. Blumer while a nice person, is unfit to be a college professor based on his Geography 212 class. American Historical geography is what it is called, but it is far from that. The lectures are spent with him going on various tangents about his drug use and sexuality. As well the tests are on the most obscure things he couldve said in passing. ��

Awful experience. You essentially have to write down every little thing he says, which is tough since his speaking is extremely sporadic and his lectures are all over the place, and if you dont remember every single little detail that he says you most likely wont do well on the exams which make up a huge portion of the grade.

Blumler goes on tangents about the random words he scribbles on the whiteboards. He tells you college isn't for everyone, and that he had a 1.8 GPA in college. His exams are about random things he may or may not have said during lecture. He hasn't updated the manual in 20 years, very unorganized and the pages aren't in order. Avoid at all costs.

Impossible to follow lectures. His tests are absolutely impossible with the questions pertaining to the most specific little details as our average was a 52% on the midterm and a 76% was the top grade. Homework assignments were totally unrelated to class. If rate my professor allowed me to put 0/5, I would have, but since you can't, he gets a 1/5.

Very tough grader, does not give any good feedback and will give you a grade but not explain why he gave you such grade.

Blumler is an absolute madman. He tests you on random things he said one time in lecture. His lectures are all over the place and he does not do slides so you have to just copy what's coming out of his mouth. You could write what's on the white-board but his handwriting is small and chicken scratch. My TA is the only reason I got an A.

Just absolutely the worst

Very eccentric professor. His lectures are essentially an hour of him rambling about current events or whatever he feels like. Exams are designed to be "impossible to google" i.e., impossible to understand. Heavily curved and hard to get below a B if you try, but a horrible lecturer. Easy 4 credits if you sacrifice your sanity on the altar of GPAs.

Do not take this class if you want to stay sane. Lectures are random and oftentimes vaguely offensive. Homeworks are essentially useless but can really help your grade in the class. Exams are a nightmare, no feedback is provided, and sometimes students just get the same grade as if things were never actually graded. 70s thought to be good grades.

Blumler is entertaining and a good storyteller, but spends the first 20 minutes of lectures discussing current events without relating them to class, and then hits you with the worst political takes you've ever heard in your life. Tests are based on arbitrary facts from lectures, which he justifies with "Can't help being a virgo."

De. Blumler rambles in class for an hour about completely random stuff, doesn't mention what's important for exams, and then gives impossibly hard exams. Our midterm had a 30 point curve. If you want to actually learn something in college, I recommend not taking this class. Also low key racist.

Professor Blumler talks during all the lectures, frequently going on unrelated tangents. He doesn't provide clear notes or study materials. Turned in 30 or more labs during the semester to the TA's in discussion, and never got a single grade for any or got any given back to us. Our groupme was always blowing up because no one knew anything

Do not take this class, absolutely atrocious. This man babbled about Daoism, how every human is a universe, and internet pr*n, nothing related to geography. No assignments get graded until after the course is over, and the only two exams are so specific, if u were to sneeze in class, u probably are going to get two questions wrong on the final

Study for this class as much as you want, the test will include almost none of it. Lectures are difficult to follow, midterm and final are huge chunks that aren't easy. Save yourself the stress and take an easier Gen ed.

Professor Blumler is absolutely horrific. He rambles during lecture and it is extremely hard to follow. He goes off on tangents and tells personal stories which often include choice words about race and sexuality. It is so bad that everyone fails the midterm and final so he curves them by about 40%. Blumler NEEDS to go! Do not take this course!

He is the worst

Don't take

Professor is an antisemite.

Professor makes up history

I took this class thinking it would be an easy Gen-Ed requirement- it was not. The midterm and final were the most heavily graded assignments, and are based on lecture content. The lectures are incredibly disorganized and hard to follow, as he rambles on in every class, hardly focusing on actual content. Don't buy the book; worst teacher ever.

Do not take this class. He rambles on about unrelated topics, so we never actually learn anything during lecture. Exams cover material that he never actually taught (because of the rambling). One midterm had a median score of 48. Even strong history/geography students like myself struggle. The only upside is a heavy curve on exams.

pls just never take this