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very bad teacher

terrible teacher, tests do not go with material taught needs to retire

no one needs to take his class, especially if you are not interested in history at all. he makes history more boring then any teacher i've ever had. although his tests are only 30 questions long and they are so hard unless you read the chapter like 20 times

very bad professor. do not take his class. he talked about elections the whole semester. i didnt learn anything. very opinionated.

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DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES! He's pompous, full of hot air, boring, self-important and opinionated to an absurd degree. He's not that intelligent and doesn't seem to really like his students.

Very opinionated and does not stay on topic. He is very easily distracted and does not like students who come in late or leave early. He isn't very clear on what info is important and what isn't.

He is the worst teacher i have ever had. He's rude and not helpful at all. He wont answer any questions after the test and has a very bad attitude. His tests are fairly easy if you read the text and follow his outlines. I would avoid this professor at all costs.

Way too liberal for the South!

Avoid this guy at all costs. He is a very bad teacher.

Difficult to take notes....he jumped from subject to subject then back to an earlier mentioned subject all in one breath. Gave additional questions on test for extra credit, but they also counted against you.

Awful. You will learn he loves antioxidant foods, is a vegetarian, thinks it is very important you know world civ. wants you to sit very close to other classmates. Do not take this class if you are clostraphobic. Must read book and study it. You will not learn anything from lectures except his likes & dislikes. Doesn't stay on task.

Do not take this class if you are a conservative republican! He is an opinionated liberal. How do I know this you ask? Because not once did he lecture about the material, geography, but instead used our valuable class time to educate us on his likes/dislikes and his vast knowledge of politics. Exams are awful!!

I advise you not to take this professor. He stands infront of the classroom and talks the entire class time. Its up to you to take notes. He gets off subject and just talks about his own opinions. Made my GPA drop, dont risk it!!!

Okay...I advise you to NOT take his class...His tests are hard and he expects you to know specific details...His lectures are not helpful at all...He's very vague, so its hard to determine what exactly to study...He's sarcastic and gives a lot of criticism...

DO NOT TAKE HIM. He is very opinionated, rude, and does not care about students feelings.. He stands in front of the class for and hour and fifteen minutes while he either reads out of the book or gives his opinion of the people in history. He is rude and will have a fit if you fall asleep.

Very Hard

He is terrible. I have never had to work so hard for an A in my life. He rambles about unrelated material for at least 45 minutes of class and the other part is spent lecturing. He wastes class time and I'm thrilled to pieces that he's leaving Augusta State soon.

gives plenty of chances to earn freebie points in class but you better KNOW history on test days. He words questions and possible answers to where you better know your stuff or you will struggle. His stance on history "Ottomans are great and Western Europe gets too much attention" I would never take him again

all he does in class is complain about things have no relation to history. things such as how overweight people are, the fact that rap music annoys him, and how everyone is so inferior to his level of intelligence. PLUS his tests don't reflect ANYTHING he teaches in class. the only good thing is that he doesn't mark attendance!

Aspects of tests are not covered in either text or inclass lectures! Map quizes are easy and help your grade but to every positive there is an extreme negative in this case. most of his lectures are not even relevant. Avoid this professor if at all possible! If you wanna see someone on a power trip: "Bishku's for you!" You've been warned! Good luck

we're 3 weeks in and this professor has yet to even come close to mentioning anything even remotely related to the subject material. I do, however, know his opinions on everything from American obesity, cigarette smoking, breakfast foods and email.

The only way you will pass his class is by memorizing the textbook. he just doesn't care. He digresses into political BS all the time. He is useless. He has an ego the size of a planet. I got an A by daydreaming his entire lecture (usually about Scarlett Johannson) and then just studying the textbook. just, don't take him. unless you love textbooks

Everyone who has rated Bishku is right: He talks hours about current topics and his opinions. Nothing he lectures about has to do with the subject matter. Study the maps for the 1st 3 quizzes and study his outlines/the unfinished nation textbook for the tests. You really don't need the essay textbook, waste of time!

My idea of a terrible professor. He talks about more current issues than actual history. Tests are very hard and straight from the book. Lectures are super boring and minimal grades.

Please please please don't take him. He talks badly about people and there personal lives. Test are bad. He should not be teaching. Very rude and get mad when students dont talk. Very dry man

Dr. Bishku won't spoon-feed you. 80% of the overall lecture focuses on today's issues. READ THE TEXTBOOK. Tests come straight from there. Brinkley is the only book you really need. Overall, hard class & requires a lot of time dedication. Defining key terms, outlining the book during lecture and writing down whatever he repeats helped me the most.

Hes very self centered. All he does is talk about current events. I spend every class on pinterest because it kills me to listen to him. I can't follow him in lecture anyway. If you get him switch out and run

He never uses any digital media. If it weren't bad enough that he never uses a visual guide, he digresses from the subject to the point where his lectures have nothing to do with the actual readings. His tone is dry and boring, prepare to develop the attention deficit disorder that you didn't know you had.

Longest , most off-topic lectures I've ever heard. He'll go off in a rant about nothing. the entire class is a lecture about nothing. Don't take his class.

The first three geography quizzes were quite easy however, the reading and lecture quizzes are almost impossible to pass. The majority of the questions were about small details that he didn't even spend time to talk about. You have to read the book and memorize literally everything from it because you won't learn anything from his lectures.

Bishku was probably one of the worst teachers I've EVER had. He wastes most of the class time talking about himself. He said "people are illiterate if they don't know this" at least eight times throughout the semester. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS unless you are a history major. Class was very boring and you couldn't pay me enough to take it again.

Do. Not. Take. Unless you are a history genius and already know everything about history don't take. He spends 30-45 minutes of each lecture rambling. The only thing I learned from this class is his opinion on all current events. Quizzes are super hard.

Spends too much time rambling on about current events, has a tendency to insult students, and takes any opposite opinion too personally often attacking the student instead. I would not recommend ever taking this person.

He spends most of the class talking about politics. If you are Republican, don't take him. He will attack anyone who disagrees with his opinion. He also does not explain what he's looking for clear enough, and then penalizes you. It is already a challenging class, but he makes it harder by not even talking about the material. Avoid!!!

DO. NOT. TAKE. HIM. The quizzes are super hard and impossible to pass! He spends most of his lecture time talking about current events (when I took a history class) and not about actual material. When he does talk about the material, he doesn't explain it enough. If you take him, be prepared to do most of the work on your own.

Professor Bishku is a very nice guy, but he is a ridiculously vague lecturer. His quizzes are all open ended and only worth 10 points, but those questions are the most insignificant questions he could think of in relation to The chapter the quiz is over. Be ready to study your butt off and still not get the grade you want. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!!

Professor Bishku is a rare breed. He spends half of the lecture talking about current events (and especially the ones regarding Trump). He tends to single out students that he doesn't like. His lectures are off-topic and in the best-case-scenario extremely banal. DONT TAKE THIS CLASS

Do not take him. He only talks on current events and absolutely none of his tests are on current events. He is a big liberal and if you give your opinion on anything he will throw something back at you and make feel stupid. He expects you to read two books and memorize everything in them.

He constantly insults and belittles students. Claims that he wants you to think critically, but shuts you down if you disagree with his OPINION. He explains things in a vague way and expects you to figure it out. Goes over 4 chapters in 2 class periods, right before the final. No review. His MC tests are insane. The whole class bombed the first one

This is the worst professor ever! He constantly insults your intelligence and your political views when they differ from yours. He spends half the class on current events. Do not take him!!!!!

Worst Professor I have ever had. He is more worried about politics than teaching what he is paid to teach. Very little grading opportunities so make the most of them. His "lectures" are based off vague outlines that don't teach you much. If you take this class make sure you read the book because he barely teaches the material that you need to know.

Quizzes on US map only; 25 question Exams. He talks about current events the entire period and does not speak of anything relevant to the textbooks. He is passionate and doesn't allow others to speak without debating what you have said. You will have to teach yourself everything from all 20 chapters for the whole semester. Not recommended.

Professor Bishku is one of the rudest professors I've had since I've been at Augusta and it's only my second year here. I dropped the class on the third day because he was very rude to me via email; I asked him to explain directions better and he didn't and called me "careless" when I submitted the assignment. Would not recommend him at all.

I'm telling you now, just avoid this professor. I saw the reviews and yet chose to ignore them. BIG MISTAKE! So passive aggressive. Picky. It's not worth risking your GPA for this class. If you need to take this course and he's the only professor, do it another semester. Only one Map assignment and 3 tests so not many chances to improve your grade.

Professor Bishku is extremely unprofessional, especially through email. His online class only has four assignments with absolutely no option of extra credit assignments or extra homework to boost your grade. If you generally need extra work to help boost your grade and don't really do well on tests I would NOT recommend you take his class.