Heslop has signs of someone who failed from his profession. Overcomplicates stuf

Don't take this guy... he sucks

Easy class, bad teacher. I wouldn't advise taking him.

the worset teacher on this planet, take him and see what happens

The worst teacher I have ever had in my life. He was disrespectful, rude, and would berate students every class. Never, ever take this teacher. My uncle is a professor at AU and he says that Heslop's tests are ridiculous and irrelevant

His multiple choice tests are all Ds'. I did not even study and just put Ds' for his mulitiple choice test and passed with a C. This guy need to take some English class. Mix up "Do" and "does" a lot of times. Do not take him because yo

Either he needs to retired or be fired by NVCC. Worst teacher

I don't know exactly the course number but it was ecomonics 1, I hated it. The test are redicoulous, they are multiple choice but confusing.

He is bad. Very bad. Dont' even try to pass by his class. No matter how much you study you can't get a good grade with him. His testing system is out of this world. He is a nightmare!Try him if you want to torture yourself.

You can read the other students explainations, but let me give you some stats. First test, 1/2 the class failed and no one got an A. Second, still no A's, but "only" a 1/3 failed. I stopped going at that point. If you see this prof. RUN, SAVE

the worst teacher i have ever had, studied as hard as i could and still failed ...so dont even think about taking ECON with him.

I'm a hardcore A student, omfg...wth was the first thing that came into my mind. IT WAS A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST TOO!!

omigod. i just failed the first test ever- i have never ever have gotten an f before. he doesnt want to help, and thinks its the student's fault that we got bad grades. claims his tests are very easy. He is the worst teacher i have ever had in my life!

His tests include things you don't even learn in class. His teaching style is very unlpeasent and being in this class is a pain.

Terrible teacher. Do not take him.

No no no terrible........... do not take his class plz.

he has not a good system of teaching.I do not understand when he writes on the board because his writting in not clear at all.I was very interested in this class but I am very dissapointed with the teacher's system.I would like that you do something since 21 students dropped the course.Thank you

thinks he is a good teacher but isnt he needs to realize teaching isnt what he should be doing. students dont like him he doesnt like students.he needs to teach so students have enough on their notes to study. i feel bad for thouse who have to take his class and cant drop out. disgrace to NVCC!

By far the worst teacher I have ever had in my three years at NVCC. I cant understand a word he says, his hand writting is so sloppy that I cant even read it, and he is down right disrespectful and mean. His tests are very hard and doesnt cover what he has taught in class. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!

notes do not help on the test. barley understand what he's saying. and the only way to pass the test is to answer the questions always D,C,or B never A

Wanted to like this prof. Started okay, but mid-semester he got a bit bi-polar. (Ex: it's ok to leave for the bathroom w/o asking one day, not the next). Doesn't consider suggestions from students. Tests are all T/F, but v. v. difficult to read and understand. Is passionate, but not about teaching.

this is the WORST PROFESSOR EVER!! his tests are unnaturaly hard and most of the class dropped out. can't teach, boring as hell, is wack. sick and disturbing.

you are better off reading the book on your own. if your intention is to learn, don't take his class. if you intention is to get easy grades, don't take his class. he knows economy but he dosn't know teaching. he's always right so don't argue.

He is the worst teacher I have ever had, I have never done so poorly in a class. He won't help you with anything, and everything on the tests is from his notes, but his tests are worded to trick you. Don't take him if there is any other teacher take that class.

This teacher was absolutely wretched. He would put multiple typos on tests. There would be no correct answers for some of the questions because he didn't put them on! Always late to class. He sucks. I am a good student and barely passed. He is undreasonable. Good luck.

I got an in both is micro and macro classes, HORRIBLE experience. He is by far the rudest and most degrading professor i've ever had. He'd tell people to shut up, he'd scream so loudly over NOTHING. And to top it off he'd come to class late. You won't succeed in his class unless you have very good test takign abilities, at least 1100 SAT

HE should be fired ... he is so loud he is give a headach , no matter hard you study you will NOT get a A. take his class and you will regret it. also he is boring as hell.

This is the worst professor Ive ever had in my life. He rambles on for hours and has a very poor teaching style. He personally insults students and has a hatred for Americans. He spent 20 minutes of my first class talking about how lazy and stupid American students were compared to Jamaicans. His tests have terrible grammar and he just plain sucks.

He is a horrible teacher. Who gave him his job?

he does not like students.more than 50% the class fail most of his tests not becuase the students are unable to understand economics but his teaching style is bad.It is very likely he intimedates his students so they wont ask questions.its clear: the students are trying but heslop cant teach well enough 4 his students to meet his own expectations.

Do NOT take him. You will not learn. His speech is not clear and can't be understood. He is rude to students and makes them feel as if they're all morons whehn they ask questions. You must act as if you are in preschool or you'll be yelled at. He does not deal with students as adults but as lesser people. I may file a formal complaint against him

Horrible teacher. Does not know how to teach effectivly. AVOID at all costs.

I took this professor this past semester and I am still trying to figure out how is he a professor. It seems like he is out to fail you and is not helpful at all. I should have listened to these comments on here before taking his class. By far the worst professor that I have ever had. If you take him get ready for a nightmare.

Absolute waste of time and money. Do NOT sign up with him. He spent more time humiliating and degrading his students than teaching. His tests are beyond hard because he incorporates more than what he teaches.

I really don't understand why this guy is allowed to teach. There are no words for how rude and downright abusive he can be. When I missed the first day of class he actually yelled at me in the hallway! Please, please, please avoid him like the plague.

this guy is horrible! Please do not take him!!!If you want an F, then it shouldn't be a problem.

don't take this class! he's rude. his test make no sense... they have nothing to do with the notes or book! asking him questions is hard because he treats students like they're idiots and he gets mad at everything. half the time you don't know what he's teaching!

He is a terrible teacher. i took him during a 6 week summer session and he was as everyone said very rude and unforgiving. not a very nice teacher and didnt seem like he wanted to help me when i asked him questions out of class. his lecture notes are sloppy and too fast. whatever you do please dont take his class...he's a jerk and terrible teacher

This guy is crazy, he give so many tests and each test has 60 question,but the class is only 1hr and 45 min. NOT ENOUGHT@@@!!! When i did all my HW and i got 2 B on the first 2 exam then i choose not to take the finial as he say if you want to take what you have and not to take the finial is OK!!! but he give me a C!!! coz he is crazy!!!

Worst teacher I've had, period. He made a mistake on an exam question and refused to give anyone credit for it, even though there wasn't a right answer listed. He is headstrong to a fault. Avoid this man at all costs!

he suckssss!! hes always late (10-15min). He teaches tpu aboyt something and tests you on something else. He talks about his opinion and might hurt waht you feel/belief/etc. take him if you want to waste your time. he is really bad

horriable teacher, dont take this jerk, the test are really hard and complicated, the worest professor in my 5 semesters at nova

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!! First of all he is just very boring, his lectures are torture to sit through. Secondly, as many others have said, he often insults his students. And he likes to go off on whatever random thing is pissing him off that day. Tests are hard too, and he doesnt explain things very well. DONT TAKE

DONT TAKE.very hard,always mad never help.BORING TEACHER

He is late to every single class and students have to stay 10 or 15 minutes after class was scheduled to end to make up for it. When students have to leave he gets upset and starts ranting because they are leaving and wastes class time doing that, verbally abusive when he thinks someone is making him look bad, does not go by lectures/notes for test

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR!!!He is rude, he belittles the teacher, he is sloppy and you can barely understand what he is talking about. He is overly opinionated and speaks very low about Americans and the current state of our economy. 30 people at the beginning of the class, 4 at the end...you do the math :(

This is the worst Econ teacher at Nova. He belittles teacher and students that does not agreed with him. His test is very hard and does not cover the notes in class. And he is very opinionated about the us economy and students work. Don't singed up for his class unless you want to fail the course

Repect his philosophy...but that's it.. His expectation is too high. Tests are NOT related to lecture and books.

This Professor I believed has somethin against United Sates system as a whole not only Economybut everything. He makes a big deal out of everything and if someone is not agree with him on anything he reminds the student one and all over again each class. I'm sorry to say this but I think he is not a normal guy ); and I'm agree with the others you'l

This professor has a problem(personal problem)sorry to say that he is unatractive and unhappy at all. He hates young men. He likes to see young girls in his office. He has a hidden agenda.

This teacher is awful. His test are hard and never uses the text book. He is weird please never take his class.

I'm seriously warning you to never ever never ever take him. You might have an anxiety attack and die. This man thinks NOVA is an IV league school. I gave it my all, blood, sweat, and tears. Studied until my eyes bled for this class and still did poorly. I've been an A student up until this class. Not only am I mentally drained, but emotionally.

His tests were confusing. seemed like a b c d were the same thing but in different words. this class was a total WASTE OF MY TIME.

The best eco prfessor at NOVA. I can say this after taking 202 with another professor.I wish I had taken it with Heslop, but unfortunately I couldn't, because it was an evening class.If you really want to learn something take HIM, specialy 202 is all concept based and I regreted after taking it with another professor

I recommend you avoid. I've got "A's" in College Chemistry I and Calculus with Analytic Geometry, but its his entry level course to Macro Economics that breaks my A streak. He gave a take home test that no one in any of his classes got above a 90 on. That right there should tell you everything you need to know about him. A freaking take home test!

He was a terrible professor. Went on huge tangents about how bad he thinks republicans are. Yells at students. Tell them they are dumb when they dont agree with his political tangents. He is the worst professor i've ever had. Rude beyond all believe. Don't understand why he is still at nvcc.most students dropped... DO NOT TAKE HIM

DO NOT TAKE HIM!Never!!The worest prof.at NOVA.tests aren't about knowing the answer but a cheap word game.He brags about things that you would think are just standard.

YOU GRADE OPTIONS ARE EITHER D(if u work hard) OR F. he can't contain himself in the class gets distracted so easy and burst out on students who has no interest in his personal life.

He is very hard teacher. He tells the students about the test just before a day and expects them to do well on the test. he also provides study guide which is useless, it is not help full at all. Half of the stuff on the study guide he never teaches in class. On more thing is that he makes his own test questions which are very hard.

He is a real ball buster, the class is very confusing because he has terrible handwriting and is all over the place. Most of the class will be spent ranting against the U.S. and the exam is made to trick students to chose the wrong answer. AVOID AT ALL COST

Do not take him. He is a major hazard to your grade and your interest for the subject. No clear instruction for his assignments.

Took his summer class and went into it thinking this shouldn't be too bad. I struggled to get out of that class with a C and I made A's in all my other classes. If you don't like the idea of a 4.0 GPA, take his class. He rambles on about who knows what about liberalism/socialism, then expects you to know all the material for his self-written tests.

Do not take him.he said he taught@Nova for over 10 years,but Still clueless on how to do a study guide, focus on lecture or give clear instruction on assignments. Grade is F or D. The guy has no confidence in himself and somehow students are to blame.

Avoid at all cost, that is all

Avoid at all cost, pick some one else, any one else. that is all

This is the worst teacher I have ever taken. Lectures are convoluted and unorganized. His tests have material not covered in class on them and he tries to trick you with his wording. He uses big words to seem intelligent but when errors are pointed out he cannot explain the answer. NO BUENO

This is the worst professor in NOVA avoid him at all costs. He failed me and I never missed a class and studied all his notes

This guy wastes half the class going off on useless tangents which is unfortunate due to the length of the class being 4 hours long. He could probably cut it down to two if he gave simpler expectations of what he wants us to know as opposed to 4 different variations of the same topic making it confusing.

He's a cool guy as a friend, but as a teacher he's not any good. He over complicates things, he never follows the book. He gets off task all the time, and his tests are way to confusing.

DO NOT TAKE HIM. HE IS NO HELP AND VERY ARROGANT

Worst professor I have ever had! his tests are all trick questions that make you confused. His "study guides" dont match the test and has nothing to do with the test. He yells about random liberal issues throughout class, and does not teach us a thing!!!

After taking Classes at NOVA for over 10 years, in many fields and careers, i feel confident when I say that, this class has been the worst experience I've ever had at NOVA. It's hard to follow along with his lectures due to the overwhelming amount of tangents in his lecture. He goes off in unnecessary topics, and wastes too much time.

Asked for 5 paged then changed his mind to 10 pages and he wanted you to be specific about a country's economy. Hand writing is UNCLEAR AT ALL, also he reads wrong books and he thinks it's the best by recommending it to students. Asked for a book and never used

Me on the phone equals trouble But if his phone rings it's okay. study guides useless . He goes into disturbing topics., twice while I was drinking water my plastic bottle made cringing noise(accident) he got mad. When I went to see if I should take final he called me disgustingly rude and wished he'd never see me again,I came out crying .

I am one to take notes in class- that's how I learn. I rely on what he says to take notes but he's hard to understand and his hand writing is bad. This professor walks into class so unprepared. He doesn't have power points and the terms, notes and study guides he posts are honestly not that useful. I do not recommend.

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!! He does not use power points and his hand writing is terrible so you can't understand what he is writing down. He grades a little unfairly and some of the assignment qusetions make no sense at all. His exams are pretty simple, but he wording he uses on some of the questions makes no sense at all.

Typically (not always) goes on for the first half of the class on his latest ultra left-wing rant. All the indoctrination he dismisses as "econ related". The $200 dollar book is never used. The periodic assignments are filled w questions not covered in class for 1 min. Does not answer emails. I tried repeatedly. If you liked USSR this is for you.

The first five minutes of almost every class will involve waiting on Mr. Heslop to arrive. For a man who opines about the lack of respect for others that young people have these days, he sees no irony in being habitually late. The textbook is never used. The lectures are repetitve & incoherent, in most cases. The test questions are riddles.

Professor Heslop was like a bad middle school teacher. He loves teaching but is sloppier then any teacher I have ever had before. He scribbles over his scribble and it is almost impossible to take notes or read feedback. He is extremely close minded and although it was an ECON class, it was more of a bias political opinion class.

A hypocrite. Constantly late/absent. He expects post grad level work from a Survey course. His political views interfere too often. Text is not used. Lectures do not help. Tests are terribly phrased. Hw is unrelated. Doesn't email back. Doesn't care about students. Makes excuses for lack of timely grading. Don't take this professor. Ever.

I enjoyed his lectures but honestly, I didn't really care for them unless they helped with our exams and they didn't. I think he really does care for his students 'cause he offers a lot of re-do's. However, his lectures are redundant. I wouldn't recommend him but if you do take his class, show up to get on his good side but it's mostly self study.

I signed up for the 8 week course, 3 assignments 2 in-class tests, 1 take-home test. Assignments were graded impossibly, no matter how much work you put into it he would grade harshly. Final was optional although he recommended many not take it because it wouldn't make a difference in their grade.

He's hard to understand and will go on political rants often. I feel like he injects too much of his personal opinions into his teachings. Doesn't seem to care whether his students fail or not, no one got an A in my entire class yet he blamed us for not putting in the work. Would not recommend.

He teaches the material one way, tests it another way. Textbook? Doesn't even follow it, not even worth the buy. Website? Useless. He's supposed to give us an introduction to economics, but instead introduced us to the economics of drugs and prostitution. Words cannot begin to describe how offended I am of this "teacher." Save yourself and run.

He's a very tough grader! He always talks about his personal believes, I respect that but sometimes has nothing to do w the subject, a student even had to raise his had and tell him to go back to the subject. I take lots of notes but none is on the quizzes. I asked everyone if they know what's going on and no one has clue. Ppl stopped showing up.

Worst professor in the world, I once nominated his for a teachers award but now fully retract it, and one time I did do my friends hw just to get a head in class and ha. The person is very unreasonable and should be fired, his problems; he gets personal, he is uneducated, and has a pseudo-intellectual aire of false pretence regarding his work thx

By far the worse professor I have ever had, he doesn't post any notes or powerpoints on blackboard. you cannot read his handwriting on the board. he has a heavy accent so you cannot properly understand him. He is really tough on grading the homework if you don't explain it like the way he wants he will fail you even it you have the right idea

Worst Professor ever. Never again.

He RANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you learn Econ for 30 mins and he rants in beginning of class. he yells at students for one mistake to the entire class. he has 4 tests. 2 in class and 2 take home. 3 HW. his test is really hard, you can't find any of his questions on quilt because he creates his own test. never ever take this professor

This is an economics professor who thinks communist Cuba is a good idea. That should tell you everything you need to know. By far the worst Prof. I've had in NOVA. Spends half the lecture ranting about his extreme left views and how awful the US is even though he choose to live here, and the best part is it has zero relevance to the subject.

very political, rants a lot, grade assignments like an english professor. compensates for poor test scores (result of his teaching) by adding 20+ extra credit questions to tests. writes all his own test and assignment questions, they rarely make any sense so you are left spending most of your time trying to figure out what is being asked.

The worst professor I have ever taken. I wold rather face Virginia traffic during rush hour and go to another campus that take this professor. Attendance isn't mandatory, but if you don't show up to class you wont pass the tests since he doesn't use the 4 books he suggests you buy in the beginning of the semester. I wish I could write more. Hes bad

okay, I'm not being dramatic but he's the worst teacher I have ever had in my life heavy accent hard grader and the worst handwriting ever

Probably one of the worst experiences I've had as a student. He does not only over explain the most simple things(spend two days going over the syllabus) but he often goes off topic. His lectures are boring and his hand writing is illegible, you will have to rely on the notes he posts online. The book was a waste of money as well.

There are moments where this professor is quite incomprehensible,he also has the most confusing speaking style and communication style in emails. He is also very unclear in what he expects out of assignments and will take weeks to grade them. Be prepared to teach yourself certain subjects as he goes of tangent so often things get skipped but tested

Awful experience

If you actually want to know what is going on in your course I don't suggest this class. He never posted our final exam online, and he acted as though we were the ones at fault for it. He is unclear about expectations. I am an A student in my 400 level courses at a University, and this class was more work, and less comprehensible than any of them.

The most unprofessional, disrespectful teacher I have ever had in my life. He was very little communication skills and does not know how to be a professional. There was little homework, all quizzes, all tests. There was even "hidden" extra work that was not put into modules or syllabus, so beware of hidden assignments.

He is the worst professor I ever had, whos either doesnt know how to use Canvas correctly or being too lazy to set up grade weight. He never gets the weight and percentage for grade right, so I end up having a 148% for the final grade shown on Canvas, but certainly the truth is not. Grade only by few assignments, each counts for 10% final grade

All of the feedback he has given me has been unhelpful, bland, and it feels like he is not even reading my work. This has been the worst experience I have ever had with a professor online. If possible avoid.

If you do an assignment perfectly, he will make up a reason to give you a 60%. He rarely answer emails, but if he does, he gives a ridiculously vague answer that doesn't help. The exams are only available for one day, so you'd better make sure you're free on that one Sunday. On top of all of that, he just puts very little effort into his job.

Would not recommend taking his class. You spend two days going over the syllabus and on top of that he never responds to emails. Assignments are impossible to receive a good grade on as he expects essays per questions even though the answer to the question can be easily explained. Goes off topic WAY too much so it makes the lectures hard to follow.

this is by far the worst teacher. he locs pointless assignments and has a control problem.

The most unprofessional professor I've come across with. He's a tough grader and not clear with his expectations. I would not recommend anyone to take his class unless you really have to.

Horrible profesor. Doesnt matter how well you do on your homework, will always find a reason to give a low grade. Takes ages to grade your work and never responds to emails. AVOID AT AL COSTS

Professor Heslop is a difficult professor! He is an unnecessarily tough grader, and not easy to learn from. Also, his feedback is not helpful. Avoid this class if you can!

he's the worse human alive. colleges need to get rid of terrible people like prof Heslop

Professor Heslop needs to retire. He is definitely one of the worse professors I have ever had. I wish I had referred to this platform before taking this course.

He is a very slow speaker, does not get to the point, difficult to even want to do well in this class, provides feedback in essay length and has no leeway with creative thinking.

He finds any little excuse to not give you an A on any written work. His lectures could typically be boiled down to a 15 min power point, and one was easily boiled down to a graph which was easier to understand. He fought me tooth and nail to not accept an assignment that I submitted on time due to the format being in word.

Recently, I got into a car accident and have a concussion. I asked for accommodations based on doctors orders with proof and he said "NO you cannot! No student gets that opportunity!". I then took the final and failed due to my concussion and my inability to focus and was sick the whole day the following day. Worst professor I've ever had!

I had Professor Heslop in an asynchronous course. I fell slightly behind and every time I reached out for help he scolded me for my grade and didn't offer any help. I turned in three late assignments the last week of class out of pure desperation, and he wrote me a five paragraph rant on why I don't deserve to have my assignments accepted.

Does not understand english and will blatantly lie to take points off assignments. Encourages you to contact him regarding concerns only for him to reply in gibberish and arrogantly deny his mistakes in grading.

This professor gave us a study guide which was 100% useless when it came to the test the questions were different by the time I picked him by mistake saw his rating and wasn't suprised

For a guy that has lived in the US for over 20 years, makes 100k a year teaching basic econ at a community college(Found out via Openpayroll), and achieved all of this after coming from Jamaica(He will never stop mentioning taking a class from Kamala Harris's dad), he hates capitalism a lot.

This professor is the worst there is.He grades slowly, makes work too difficult&resources aren't correctly given that covers the hw given.Gave me a 2/10 for intro bc I didn't answer 1 question.1 may say "That's your fault" but no, his explanations are too wordy and requirements for assignments aren't stated well.Most prof grades it as participation

The lecture was tough because the professor explained things very slowly and struggled to use Canvas.Whenever we have a test, His lectures are confusing it's hard to understand what he's saying or what he wants us to understand. Even when I spend a long time working on homework or discussion boards, he always finds a way to lower my grade. AVOID!!

0 Rubric for any discussions. Graded discussions on obscure things that were never asked for/outlined in prompt. Lectures unnecessarily long. I got a 4 on AP Micro. It is not even that the class is diffucult, as I get 95+ on all 3 test, but he's just a horrible teacher.

His class is littered with his personal feelings about politics, he goes over time every class, he struggles with technology which degrades his already poor lecture style, and he says hmmmmmmmmm about 500 times a class because he is a poor public speaker. Do not take this class it is not worth your money.

Do not take if you just want an easy business class. Try to find any other professor.

His grading system made absolutely no sense. He said at the end of the class that it would be graded out of a system of 80 points, but ended up randomly grading it out of 100. Discussions were uselss, lectures long with honestly incorrect material.

Petty grader and got too much time on his hands to sit around and write 6 paragraph feedback just on your introduction post. be sure to be EXPLICIT. If you are not EXPLICIT enough he will deduct a petty point. I never had to report a professor to college authorities regarding unfairness on grading, but this time I did.

Started off ok, or at least I thought. If you miss 1 class, you're screwed. He doesn't use any technology all written notes. You need to be proficient in reading gibberish to read his hand writing. When I turned in an assignment on time and he put it as not turned it, I emailed him and he told me I need to turn it in on time, His words = "got it"

Be warned, this professor will deduct tons of points for even the smallest details. All his feedback is complete gibberish even when it's 5 paragraphs long. He will not hesitate to criticize you to the point you're thinking "is he even allowed to say this?". The only good thing is all the test questions are on the quizzes so study. DON'T take him.

Do not take his class! Save yourself from being frustrated and stressed out! Extremely hard grader when it comes to discussion boards, deducted a point off on a introduction post. He also had assignments due during spring break so don't think you will get to relax during that time.

If Karen grading was a thing, this professor would definitely be one of them. Very hard on grading, he also doesn't care about your family emergency, if it's late then your cooked.

Graded very harshly, nitpicked at every single thing. Would lose points at the smallest missing details on discussion boards. Lost points on introductions when it was just introducing yourself and what you would like to be called..