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MAT124 - 1.0 rating“This teacher does not speak English very well”
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The reason it's not easy is that students can't understand what she is saying. She explains nothing and doesn't go over anything. She shouldn't be teaching.
She is the only one interested in her type of math. She should go to speach class
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VERY HARD to understand. You will succeed if you do the HW and pay attention in class. Does not explain anything. Needs to learn english. Dean's List student who came out with a D+.
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Worst math teacher I ever had. Should not be teaching. Doesn't convey anything to class. Can't understand her. Doesn't go over anything at all. She should take English lessons. She just gets a paycheck for no reason as far as I am concerned.
She doesn't speak the best english, however the concepts in these two classes shouldn't be too difficult either. The material she goes over in these classes should be elementary and pretty much self-explainatory. I received A's in both of her classes.
She is very is not an easy teacher, but if you are a poor math student who needs everything explained step by step and laid out in detailed notes, she is VERY good. If you show interst and effort, she will help your grade. I came out with a B.
I got an A in her class years ago. She has an accent, but I was able to understand her fine. I thought she was a good teacher.
I thought she was a pretty good teacher and her tests were easy.
She teaches everything step by step, but I do not recommend taking her class during Winter or Summer session.
She should not be teaching people who have problems understanding the math. She asked if anyone had questions and then she answered the questions in such away that you didn't want to ask another question. Not very approachable.
If math is not your thing and there is any chance that you may need to ask a question run cause she won't help you... instead she'd probably love to make you feel stupid.
She should not teach! She has no people skills!It is like talking and listening to a robot! Run the other way!
Definately not my favorite professor!!! Her method of teaching is for the A student only. I had to withdraw from her class mid - semester... totally didn't understand her. Needs better English skills !!! Also very cold and seems not to care about you or your grade.
hard to undersatnd beware microscopic notes she prints doewsnt collect hw because your test shows if you do or not ,makes lots of mistakes ,and hard to understand
in the beginning she did not make things very clear, but when she saw a lot of people were struggling, she started explaining in more detail. developed a good rapport with her. gives quizzes and adds that grade to your test grade, so you actually have a shot at passing. it's a hard class in general.
was unhelpful to the max. She'd ask if we had questions, people would raise their hands and she'd ignore them and turn around to erase the blackboard, turn around and say, "good we'll continue" knowing people still needed help.
If you copy all her notes and go home and review is the only way you pass. You need to work hard. She isn't very helpful and seemed like she wanted to get out of there more then me. It was a hard corse to begin with and she didn't make it easier.
shes horrible. sit and waste your time and get an F.
She didn't like teaching...and she can't speak well english....if you asked a question she would be like you should know..rather then want to see her students pass....she should go back to china. i think she's a communist lol...make sure you do not take her pick any other professor.
I had to drop her class, her notes are illegable,she is not good at explaining things and she will get annoyed if you ask her a question, The whole course rests on 3 tests, She doesn't care about her students, If you are not really good in math you will not be able to pass.
I feel the same way as everyone else, I am currently taking MA22 with her and I am doing poorly and I go to extra help and nothing seems to help. I hope I will get a d/c so that I will pass it and not have to take it over again. Drop her class if you have her, you will be making a good decision!
Does not like to help you at all. You have to do everything yourself. MA22 is easy, but you do need a teacher to teach it! I had to go to the Math lab all the time cuz she teaches the class so fast and hates to answer questions.
Withdraw if you have her...thank me later
This site was very helpful. Dropped it the next day. Not only do you have to pay close attention to what is coming out of her mouth, but she can be condenscending when you do not understand something.
Took her class in spring of '04. I did very well, but I have a natural ability for math. If you don't, do NOT take her class. You can't barely understand her English, and she really doesn't like to help (gets frustrated at too many questions). I was one of about 7 (out of 30ish) people left in the class after the last day to drop without a WF.
She one of the worst math teachers Ive EVER had in my life. She never explains anything, even though she asks if we have questions she still doesnt answer our questions clearly. Im more confused when I leave the class than when I get in there. She also gets pretty snappy when you ask her questions. She just sucks in general.
Class is mad easy just b/c im good in math, but if ur not. She explains nothing. She has no personality what so ever. Don't even attempt to talk in that class, HA.. Shes a computer, just pukes math onto the board. Withdraw if you have her. Terrible.
Hold on did i walk into math or a bad chinese food joint SHE CANT SPEAK ENGLISH if u can hold a straight face while trying to learn from and ur a better man then me!!! Hey any one remember Dude wheres my car? 2 words sum her up....ANNNNNNNNNND THENNNNNNNNNNNNNN
egh.. shes all about theory.
Can't understand one word out of her mouth. Speaks way to fast, doesnt make herself clear with problems, and i dont know who wants to get out of the class quicker her or the students!!! If i knew she was this bad i would never have taken her class its just terrible!!!
I couldn't understand one word she was saying. She would drift from english to chinese in the middle of teaching, and when I would ask a question she would pretend she couldnt understand the question or would get mad and say there wasn't enough time for questions. By far the WORST teacher I've EVER had.
All she does is put up slides...Very boring professor...Theres no actual teaching involved at all just unclear lectures!!!
She wasn't really that bad. Her English is a little unclear, but as long as you do all of the homework, the tests are a breeze.
I have NEVER had a worse teacher in my entire life, I couldnt understand a f***ing word she was saying, she would randomly start speaking chinese. DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!!!
its one thing if a teacher is hard, but a good teacher and intellegent....well yen is a hard teacher, and a sh*t teacher and not very bright...for those of you who have her, switch out, i switches teachers and got an A in ma27, if i stuck with yen i would have gotten an F
DO NOT THROW YOUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN!!!GAVE ME A PHOBIA OF MATH!!!Can't understand her.
not as gr8
Recommended: For disciplined students only. Go in with a good attitude, ready to work hard and you'll be able to pass. She's expects a lot and if she sees you trying but not "getting it" she'll slow down a little but will expect you to get extra help. If you can pass her class you'll do fine elsewhere. No real problem with her english skills.
Professor Yen is not an easy teacher, she takes an already difficult class and makes it harder, but by no means is she "not very bright" She is very well educated with a Masters Degree from Columbia. If you do your homework and make an effort to learn they you should do just fine. Her tests are also diffcult/
If you don't like math you won't like yen.She is a horrible teacher. You can't use a calaculator cause she is getting you ready for precalculus where she should be teaching . Many students either fail or drop the class.Scc should look into replacing her.
very cut and dry. she delivers no personality in class which makes for a very cold impersonal experience in the already dull subject matter of math. she walks in, scribbles a bunch of equations on the board and spits out number mumbo jumbo a mile per minute with an asian accent which makes it even harder to focus..smart lady yes, but i'm lost.
She's probably the worst teacher I have ever had. I can't understand her, she doesn't try to help, and she expects you to know EVERYTHING.
Shes to confusin; she just gives examples of the problem rather then explaining ith
Horrible Teacher. Doesn't explain anything. Tests don't make sense. She can't teach for her life. She comes in and just starts writing junk on the board and expects you to understand it w/o even teaching it to you. Won't stop to go over material even though the whole class doesn't understand. I study and still can't pass. STAY AWAY
she's the worst math teacher i've ever had. her english is horrible, she doesnt explain a thing, and makes you feel stupid for not know how to simplify radicals, cause everyone knows how to do that. Her tests are hard as hell and she loves to give them. dont take class from this woman
possibly the worst teacher i have ever had in my life...she is actually mean to her students and loves feeling superior to them, FIND A DIFF PROFESSOR
She is a very bad teacher. Study all you want but you will NEVER pass her course
Horrible Teacher!!Drop the class right now? u will FAIL she like failing students. Only student in my class pass was some smart kid from her country. NO HELP AT ALL! TOO MUCH HW! Test don't will not understand even if u have studyed till 3:00 in the morning DROP DROP DROP DROP IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
DROP THE CLASS RIGHT NOW..WORSE POSSIBLE TEACHER IN U.S. TERRIBLE I STUDY DAY AND NIGHT AND I GOT D-. AND I AM GOOD IN MATH. ONLY 2 STUDENT PASS THE CLASS WITH C+ MOST OF THEM FAIL, SO TRUST ME AND "DROP THE CLASS RIGHT NOW"
She's a terrible teacher.Even if she didnt have that impossible to understand accent, she would still be bad.She's just a nasty person and really doesnt know how to talk to students.Even in a class where you need extra help, like ma06, she speeds throught things and doesnt understand why people dont get it.She failed 90% of my class.Dont take her!
if you are reading this it is probably too late. the worst teacher, from how she speeds through things in class, is impossible to understand, the illegible study sheets she hands out and everything else about her, the worst!!! 90% of my calss failed but 60% dropped it while they still could. and no matter what she wont change or get kicked out of t
the worst ive encountered. EVER. she cant speak english, and she goes a mile a minute. nobody can even ask any questions, she goes so fast. whenever she wasnt in the room, we would always complain about her. bottom line: if you are a math genius, and can keep up (and also if you can understand her accent) then shes okay. otherwise, RUN. FAR AWAY.
I don't need to say much... just read the other posts. Only reason i got a B was because i already knew the material... and she still managed to make it confusing. She knows math well.. and doesnt care if you do.
I agree with everyone. She never took the time out to explain ANYTHING i had a question on. She would always pick a fight with me over stupid things that weren't even regarding the class. She shouldn't be teaching any more. OH and one more thing, she compared us to everyone who was doing well in the class, and if we weren't she called us dumb >.<
I think I have this teacher right now but the problem is these comments seem way off. She does expect you to know alot but its all material you should have learned already.She recomends you to come to her office all the time if u need extra help and if you have a problem with something she has no problem explaining it but just does so in math terms
very hard teacher. test are horrible. if u still have time i would suggest u to drop the class for your own benefit. 95% of the student have no idea what the hell she is saying. most people fail in my class. so it's your choice.
Teacher is no good, no one has any idea what she is saying she barely speaks english. She teaches waaay too fast even after ppl tell her 2 slow down. i suggest you drop if you can
If someone told me I'd have to repeat this class two more times, to ensure that I'd never have to see her face again, I'd offer three. she sucks at teaching, test are way too hard. cant understand what she says talks way too fast.
Yen knows math. She just has no idea how to teach it. She is unapproachable when it comes to asking questions during class, and very hard to understand. She also tried to belittle our class all the time. Take prof. esposito if ure looking for a good teacher NOT YEN
Honestly though, you have to be dumb to not understand her. You use the book alot, and she doesn't check homework at all. She always answers questions, and gives plenty of tests to help pull your grade up. She's really not that bad.
Terrible teacher. Hard to understand with her accent, goes very fast, dances around questions. Late everyday. Just avoid this teacher.
SHE IS THE WORST TEACHER YOU WILL EVER HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE SHE NEEDS TO BE FIRED. SHE WILL ASK YOU IF YOU ARE DONE COPYING THE QUESTION, AND WHEN YOU SAY NO, SHE IGNORES YOU AND CONTINUES ... SHES A STUPID WOMEN AND USELESS AS A PERSON.
she talks to fast and mixes word alot
When I talked to Yen about the syllabus in class, she didn't go over with it in detail. I heard that she is tough teacher.
she is the worst teacher ever, you cant understand her she always writes the wrong things on the borad. she is no help you feel dumber when you leqve the class she doesnt teach, i used to love math and i had her for precalc she made me hate math!!!
I had her, and after sitting there for three hour, twice a week i have learned nothing new. She moves very fast. it is safe to say she has confused me from what i did know going into that class. stand clear of her.
HORRIBLE TEACHER. WRITES TO FAST AND NOT CLEAR, SPEAKS FAST, DOESN'T HELP YOU. YOU DON'T GET CREDIT FOR TRYING TO DO WORK. SHE GRADES STRICT AND NO CURVES. SHE NEVER HELPS YOU. I RECOMMEND TO NEVER TAKE HER UNLESS YOU WANT TO TAKE THE CLASS AGAIN.
not a good teacher, writes to fast. she doesn't teach, she writes the calculus she knows and expects you to know what shes talking about.
I had yen my first semester of college, needless to say i wish i read this before i picked her as my teacher. I barely remember her but all i know is she is horrible, it is the only class ive ever got an F in. I think out of 20 kids in the class 15 failed. I should of withdrew when i had the chance, by far my biggest mistake.
she really is a bad teacher..dont take her..she doesnt teach you anything and when you ask her a question she totally ignores you. Save your self..I wish i read this sooner
she's the worst..... she doesnt like to be asked questions and she ignores you.... goes too fast and when she runs out of room she writes as little as she can at the bottom of the board(what teacher does that?super hard tests and she doesnt care if you understand the stuff... " you should know this from 2 courses back" she said to us all the tim
HYSTERICALLY funny without trying to be! I got an A, but had to work VERY hard ON MY OWN! Not easy, but she is totally fair. Her English is perfect. Teaching style is FAST & unclear. She tends to say we should already know this stuff. DO ALL HW! ESSENTIAL to do well! She assigns TONS. Read the book. If you cannot teach yourself, DON'T take her.
She is not that bad!!! I was scared to take her after reading all these comments but she's actually a very nice person and definitely DOES care about the students. She goes to great lengths to help us understand and is a great teacher. She talks a little fast but get over it, this is college!!
does not speak english
Well it was my first semester at Suffolk and people told me she was a bad math teacher. I had my share of those in H.S. but nothing could of prepared me for Ms. Yen. At times you can barely understand what she says. Constantly tells you that you should already know the material and not very useful. I feel like I'm being taught by a heartless robot.
Well it was my first semester at Suffolk and people told me she was a bad math teacher. I had my share of those in H.S. but nothing could of prepared me for Ms. Yen. At times you can barely understand what she says. Constantly tells you that you should already know the material and not very useful. I feel like I'm being taught by a heartless robot.
terrible professor. she atemps to teach the class as if she was talking to her coligues and not students learning the stuff for the first time. dont take her class. it is the worst teacher i have ever had.
worst teacher i've ever had. she talks so fast in this accent in which you can barely understand and goes through each topic so quickly making it almost impossible to understand unless you were already good at the subject in the past. I've learned more from reading my text book alone than i have with her.
Worst teacher I've ever had in my entire life. She does not teach, she thinks you know it all already. Her tests are absolutely impossible and you can barely understand her. I had to go to the math lab everyday and still only got a D+. Before her, I was an A+ precalc student. NEVER take her, you WILL have to redo the class. Absolutely horrible.
Im in class right now and she has no idea what she is talking about, dont take this class, And she yells too much, she is confusing. She Is annoying and useless!!!! She expects us to magically know. Im sitting here right nOw.... Take my warning
shes is terrible. expects you to know everything. cant understand her asian accent. Took the class and went to math lab and got a D. now i go to milwaukee school of engineering and i have an A in Calc 1.
Not the worst professor I've ever had, but far from the best. Prof. Yen is tough, but her exams are passable; she moves very fast and you need to do the homework or you will fail! Your grade is based on five exams, one of them being your final. If your final is higher than your lowest exam grade, she replaces that grade with your final's grade.
I personally love her and i wish i could take her again next semester. She pushed me an got me to understand everythiing.
Worst professor I've ever had. It is almost impossible to understand her work. Out of a class of 20+ people, only 2-3 passed because of her ghastly teaching skills. Everything I learned from the class I had to spend time teaching myself. It's like she teaching English, giving tests in Greek, and explaining it all in Chinese. Do. NOT. Take.
This teacher does not speak English very well. I am a 4.0 student and barely nagged to achieve a B in this class. If you struggle with math, you will never pass this course with this professor.
Please dont take this professor she makes her students look as if they were stupid, she is the worse teacher and she seems to not care if you learn or not!! DONT TAKE HER if you have her drop the class
Grading is lenient and her tests are straightforward. The overwhelming problem is her personality and manner of addressing the class. Not a class will go by without her harping on how you're supposed to know the material, in the most demeaning and irritating way possible. She's unnaproachable for help and makes class unnecessarilly unpleasant.
HORRIBLE!!!! If you want to fail take her. Her tests are impossible. Yells at you for asking questions. I made the biggest mistake taking her.
DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH HER
DO all the homework even though she doesn't check! The tests are a million ties harder than the actual homework and classroom problems. She is nice if you are polite and attendance is mandatory. Do not even come five mins late!
Best teacher I have ever had. I have struggled with math in the past and she made calculus clear cut and easy to understand. Definitely take her.
Professor Yen was my first ever college professor and she obviously is an intelligent person because she landed the job at the college. People say negative things about her but she will help you, if you ask. Her lectures can be a little confusing however they're so many smart people in the math learning center, passing a test shouldn't be an issue.
She is realy good at math. I realy understand and love math after taking her class. Also not hard and not complicate to pass because her method is super. She gives you exam every after chapter which you just learn and not forget yet. If your grade ok with those exams, you don't have to take final. Isn't that great?
She is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. I am a 4.0 student who studies regularly and was always an A+ math student... until now. She doesn't explain anything, she just gives you problems and goes way to fast and when you try to tell her to slow down she doesn't. She is a horrible teacher and I would never recommend taking her class.
Cons: does not speak clearly, goes way to fast in lectures, doesnt explain stuff to the fullest because she expects you to know the material pros: you get a cheat sheet on every test including the final, do the homework and your guaranteed a b or higher If you actually try in this class youll do good, i would take again
This was a very difficult and tear-filled class for me. My husband has taken Calc1-4 with a 4.0 at SBU and couldnt understand my homework. She focused on the tangents of the topic instead of the important aspects of Calculus and made you feel stupid in class. However, one time at office hours she was moderately encouraging.
Awesome professor, I really learned much about limits and derivatives. I am looking forward to taking Calculus II next semester.
Her accent makes it very hard to understand her. I couldn't follow along with one lecture because she goes very fast and doesn't answer questions very well. Don't take her
Her accent is a bit difficult to understand, but not impossible. Homework doesn't get checked, but I'd suggest to at least do some of it and you'll do better on tests. The final is optional at the end of the semester depending on how comfortable you are with your other test grades. GO TO CLASS, they are long but if you don't go you will feel lost.
Worst teacher. Math is already difficult and her accent doesn't help. Homework is not mandatory but do iT!!! if i could chose again, I would chose a different professor
lectures are difficult to follow, bad handwriting; hard to read. extremely rude. expects you to know almost everything before entering class.
If I could give this lady a Zero I would. Thank god I switched out of her class before it was to late. Let me begin with her heavy Chinese accent and her lessons are all over the place. She gave us H.W on the first day of class without teaching anything and expects us to know the material. If youre stuck in her class good luck!
Class Info
Attendance Mandatory
92%
Textbook Required
100%
Grade Predictor
Your expected effort level
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B
Grade Distribution
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Rating Trend
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MA71
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STATISTICS
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