If you are interested in physics, do not take the class. If you want to get an A, do not choose this class. If you do not want to fail,,,,,,,,,

Not helpful at all.

Terrible, terrible tests, doesnt explain, and expects you to know everything.

I have tried several times to email him. His emails are always snarky, sarcastic, and never helpful. The homework website is rubbish. Silverstone refuses to fix it--or even acknowledge that anything is wrong with it. He answers questions in class with rude answers.

This is the WORST class I have ever taken at the University of Alabama. He doesn't even know how to work his own problems!!! He is no help outside of class.When you try to get help he sends you to the help center. The only thing he can tell you on how to be successful is to read, rework problems in chapter, study 14 hours a week ... but still FAIL

This was my absolute last class at the capstone and received a D+ when I needed a C- to finish my degree and be done. Went and spoke to him with no luck. He said its ultimately my fault because i didn't do enough. When I sought tutoring outside of class and from classmates and used physics for dummies. DO NOT TAKE HIM

Too bad!!

Probably the hardest teacher in PH105 class. He just read books, doesn't teach anything.His practice test and real test are totally different. Try do anything avoid him

Avoid him, if you take this class be prepared to teach yourself the material. The average for both tests so far have been 50's. He knows his stuff extremely well, he just CAN NOT teach. DO NOT take this guy.

This class is by far the hardest I have ever taken. Half of the class period was spent on clicker questions and not teaching the material. The class average is about a 50. You might pass if you can be your own professor (teaching yourself as if you have graduated with a degree in physics). AVOID HIM!!

Class average in the 50's. Lets you know it's your fault, not his. Drones over PPT slides. Was thinking of minoring in PH as an EE, decided not to after this guy. Avoid at all costs. Studying for this class negatively affected my prep for other classes because I had to learn it all without his help.

By far the worst teacher I have ever had. He speeds through the material as fast as he can. If grades are bad, he only blames students. Never will admit he is wrong. Do everything in your power to avoid him.

he teaches strait out of the textbook and the test are out of this world hard...... DO NOT TAKE HIM UNLESS YOU WANT A BAD GRADE!!!!!!

DO NOT TAKE SILVERSTONE!! His class consists of the students constantly correcting work on the slides he has done. Yes, the students he is teaching.

Absolutely horrible. Makes mistakes in his in class examples and expects the students to know what he did wrong. Never really shows you how to set up a problem correctly. He goes over material incredibly too fast. Literally almost an entire chapter in one day. If you want to make a good grade or just learn physics in general, don't take Silverstone

i will never take another class from him ever again. worst mistake of my life. i took ap physics b in highschool and honors physics and still im not doing well. his tests are completely random and he yells at us for not understanding. i enjoyed physics before and now i dread going to class every day. please dont take him. he is the absolute worst.

Worst teacher i have ever had. Would not recommend taking the class if you have to. worst professor hands down on campus

a hard course but silverstone makes it borderline impossible. I busted my tail off to get an A and still came up short. he expects a lot out of his students which makes it really hard to manage other classes. I recommend getting a Chegg account to help with the homework and read the book over and over and over and over and over...

Please dont take Silverstone. He doesnt care about his students. When everyone does bad on a test, he wont take his fair share of the blame. He doesnt help at all and everything about his class is set up to make the student fail. Labs, Tests, classwork is all hard and there is no mercy in grading. He doesn't give you the time to complete anything.

Dr. Silverstone cannot explain anything to save his life. He is content with like 30% of the class getting the right answer. Is not patient and not understanding. Get ready to read the textbook and just struggle.

This guy is the worst professor/teacher/instructer I have ever had in my life. Avoid him at all costs. He makes the class difficult enough so he meets a personal quota of failing a certain amount of students. The guy us so bad that he has to consistently curve the tests so the average will be a 60%. I could go on but I ran out of characters. AVOID!

Silverstone is the absolute worst. His homework assignments are insanely hard and insanely long. The worst part is they don't prepare you for the test well. Multiple times I have studied for well over 10 hours and still failed the tests and he blames us as the students.

Very bad at teaching on an understandable level

His class gives a ridiculous amount of homework. On the week of one of his test I had 3 different homework assignments due each night that take about 4 hours a piece to complete. Do not take this class with him.

Very passionate about physics, but does not know how to teach plain and simple. He tries to get you involved with demos and what not but makes the concepts and math way too hard to absorb. Looking at our tests compared to different classes, his were all math heavy whereas the other classes were easier and more theory based. Look elsewhere.

He is a Pearson professor. All homework and lectures come from them. He puts zero effort into actually personalizing the experience and when you ask him for help with labs and assignments he has no idea how to help because all he does is print worksheets and labs from online. Take him only as a last resort.

I thought that he sometimes had a hard time communicating the concept he wanted to teach us, and would often have to correct himself several times to make sure he was right. I thought he was fair, but just doesn't do a great job of teaching the material. Also had approximately 12-16 hours of homework per week- which is what he expects from you

Silverstone expects way too much from this 101 level class. There are a ton of homework assignments and in-class busy work. He flies through his often confusing powerpoints and he doesn't post them until after class, so good luck on the in-class worksheet. I only did well because of my great formula sheets and Chegg. Oh, and test averages are <50%.

Most in class questions are the wrong answer, trick questions, or misconceptions. Homework takes forever. He expects 12 hours a week of studying outside of class and lab. Absolutely the worst professor at UA

This was the worst thing I have ever done in my life. This made me want to drop out of college.

Physics should not be as hard as he made it to be. I have A's in every other class and im a engineering major but I made a D- in this class.

If you are planning to take murray go ahead and get ready for a lot of homework.

Dr. Silverstone is a Pearson professor who uses one of their in-class answering websites called Learning Catalytics. Good luck connecting to the wifi in the 400 seat classroom he uses in Russell Hall. He will not listen to your grievances. His twice- weekly Mastering assignments take 3-4 hrs a piece. His lectures are irrelevant to his tests.

Coming into this class, I loved physics and had a fairly decent understanding of it; however, after his class, I can confidently say I know less than I did at the beginning of the semester. He's a genius, but he lacks basic communication skills so get ready for a semester of teaching yourself. I would not wish this class on my worst enemy.

Just terrible overall. Don't take him if you can.

awful at explaining concepts, homework takes minimum 3 hours, with two assignments per week. Required book readings. In-class questions almost every day, usually way too complicated. Only positive is that he curves the test scores, largely because a majority of the class gets D's or lower. Could've learned more watching youtube videos tbh.

Homework was about 3-4 hours per assignment and there are usually 2 assignments per week. Also pre lecture assignments that take 15 minutes to an hour twice a week. So every week expect about 8 hours of work per week not including studying or reading. The lectures are not particularly entertaining. Also there is a 2 hour lab every week.

Dr. Silverstone is very knowledgeable in the realm of physics. However, I have never had an instructor struggles as much as him in sharing his knowledge. His powerpoint slides are awful, and he often piles on way too much information. He went over center of mass and gravity in 2 minutes because it was near the end of the class. DO NOT TAKE.

He will spend the majority of the glass only doing Learning Catalytic questions with little to no explanation on why answers are right if the class struggles with it. He also expects you to have taught yourself everything for the lesson before class.

Worst professor at the University of Alabama. Everyone of his students are miserable, even if they have an A. He acts like he cares for his students academic success, but he actually could care less. Avoid him for Physics 105 no matter what, take it at another school or test out of it.

Nice enthusiastic guy but I feel as if he is way too smart to teach an intro class. If you're a science major you'll do amazing, if you're anything else, good luck charlie.

I took Physics in high school so I had a basic understanding of what was going on. This professor made things I already knew confusing. The majority of the classes were him reading massive formulas off of powerpoints going at a very fast pace. Homework was very difficult and took at least 3-5 hours if I was trying to do well on it.

I feel like the instructor wasted the majority of the class time going over questions that dealt with material more than the actual material. I didn't learn anything from any of the classes because of how poorly the material was communicated making the only point to attend class to get in the class participation grade. Passed bc textbook only.

Worst thing I've ever done. DO NOT take him for physics! The class is ridiculously difficult and he makes physics way harder than it has to be. I dreaded every minute of class because majority of the class was graded Learning Catalytics questions with not enough time to solve them. He confuses himself often and does not spend enough time on slides.

Do not take.

He does not care about your time.

He expects students to already have the material memorized before lecture. The lecture consists of nothing but catalytics questions (which are graded) and the little explanation that he does provide is often muddled with his own confusion. 8+ hours of homework weekly. Expect to teach yourself. Definitely do not take if you've never taken physics.

I got an A in AP physics in HS before I took 105, and barely scraped with a C-. He very often makes errors during lecture, showing he doesnt know it himself There is 12+ hours of graded hw weekly. Over 60% of my class failed out of it, final test avg was 23%, no curves. If you are forced to take him for Physics, wait a semester take w someone else

This was the worst class I have taken in my 2 years at UA. If you haven't taken physics or are taking any other classes that are hard in any way I WOULD NOT take his class.

This is one of the worst teachers I have ever taken I actually cannot stand this man. He goes into his classes expecting half the class to fail and has no problem with that. He refuses to curve even when the class average is well below a passing grade. In addition he gives an insane amount of homework 6-8 hours at least each week for a 101 class.

Worst professor I've ever had. I knew this class would be hard, so it wasn't that. He just really seems not to care about his students at all. You have to submit answers to questions during the lecture within about a minute, but if the internet is down or the site won't load, oh well. You get a zero for that class period. Really terrible guy.

I took this course for a natural science credit, however I was not expecting to be doing hours of homework each week. The tests were very hard and even if you review the study guides you will not pass the tests. I would not recommend this course to anyone looking for an easy natural science.

This man does not seem to realize that I have 6 other classes that I have to work on. He assigns 8 hours of homework every week and he expects us to read every chapter before the lecture on top of that. I only took this class because I had to take it this semester. If you can afford to wait to get a different professor then I strongly recommend it.

Professor Silverstone is very passionate about his lectures, although he gets in such a level of depth that it's very hard to understand. It leaves most students lost within his class and I was confused the entire time. So much homework and I don't recommend taking this for a natural science credit.

By far the worst professor ever. He assigns so much homework for it to barely count towards your grade. Every time he makes a study guide for exams the questions on the study guide are never found on the exam. On top of that he is just straight up annoying to listen to in lectures. Worst professor ever DO NOT take a class with Silverstone EVER.

If you are looking for a reason to end it all, this class is for you! worst professor ive had in 3 years. he expects you to study 9-12hrs a week+ 3 hours of homework. goes through lecture slides too fast to take notes and doesnt post slides until after class, so any explanations in lecture are useless. extremely overboard for an intro level class.

Did not directly take Silverstone, but used his lab manual for AY102 lab, which everything is derived from. This manual is so incredibly awful. Everything is so needlessly complicated and tedious. Formulas are given in word format, few diagrams. This manual is genuinely the worst guide or textbook for a class I have ever used.

Never have I had a professor that so blatantly disrespects your time. The idea that you have multiple classes outside of his is foreign to him. Assigns multiple homework assignments a week that take 2+ hours a piece on top of other reading review assignments. Very passionate about physics, but does not need to be in the classroom whatsoever.

This professor is horrible. The amount of pointless homework and pre-reading/ assignments is insane! He does not seem to grasp the fact that we have other classes. There is no reason a 101 non-major class should take up this much of my time. Avoid this professor at all costs!

I think Dr. Silverstone believes there is only physics 105 at UA, at least that's what is reflected with the amount of out of class work every week; expect to spend upwards of 12 hours working outside of class. His lectures aren't really helpful, so you better wine and dine that textbook if you want to pass. Grading policy is clear, though.

If you're trying to see how easy the AY lab is going to be, this won't help. Silverstone is the lab prof, but he will never be there. He just wrote the lab manual. Your experience depends on your TAs, which is really up to luck. 11 labs+1 makeup and 3 lab quizzes. Lab scheduled for 3 hours, but is 1.5 at most. Nothing to stress about.

unclear lectures that cover unnecessarily complex formulas, instead of very important concepts and formulas. recommended 2 hours of reading for every hour in class on top of 7+ hours of homework assigned each week, including fall and thanksgiving break. ignored 3 of my emails postponed final unit test to the same day as the final exam

15 hours of homework and 14 of those hours are on stuff you do not need to know. Do not take him.

Unaccessible. Did not teach relevant material. Assigned a minimum of 7 hours of homework per week, even on fall and thanksgiving break.

This class is two hours long on MW, but the time isn't used efficiently. Lectures feel dragged out with complex, often unhelpful examples. Homework felt like busy work. However, the study guides were very helpful, and being allowed a formula/cheat sheet on tests was a saving grace. Still, I wouldn't recommend this course.

He makes easy topics hard and hard topics impossible. Seems like a nice dude but should not be allowed to teach ANYTHING.

Worst thing that happened freshman year so far.

Gives 15 hours of homework each week that wont help you on the test. Test is multiple choice where if he doesn't like you work you get a 0.

He rambles incoherently...like all the time.

He just sits there and rambles off nonsense during class for 2 HOURS. There is about 5 hours of required homework per week. Take any other Ph105 professor, even if it has to change your entire schedule around. Worst experience I have ever had for a class, and wouldn't be surprised if it was the worst experience I will ever have.

Very assignment-heavy.

Assigns way too much homework which wont help you at all on the tests. The tests questions are completely different from the HW problems. I would delay taking this class a semester or more if I knew what I was getting myself into.

This was one of the worst classes I took this semester, and I think any other professor would have been a better choice. The way he structures his class is really bad. He offers no extra credit/scale on tests, while ALL the other physics professors do. There were also multiple homework/prelecture assignments a week that took 2-3 hours to complete.

There's really nothing good to say about Silverstone. The amount of homework he assigned and the homework itself was ludicrous, unintuitive, and time consuming. Despite my effort and having always attended his lectures, I never learned anything. I came to the decision to drop his class when I started to struggle in other classes because of him.

DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!!!!!!!!! I took this class along with organic chem, calc2, and analytical chem. He wasted so much of my time on useless assignments and made this semester a living hell. I am not lying to you when out of all the classes i took this semester, his was the hardest, worst, and most unforgiving. No curving or e.c.