This guy really needs to learn how to teach. His brain has rotted so much that his mind is distorted. He thinks that teaching means telling us about the Roman Empire and how he needed to shovel that previous morning. NO MORE PASSELL!!!!

Does not explain material relevant to what's on the homework. I had to drop the class because I was doing terrible, and I'm good at math. Started in the middle of the text book instead of the beginning. AVOID IF YOU CAN!

If you want to teach yourself math from the book take this professor. He is concerned with proving why things are the way they are rather than teaching HOW to use them. I am recieving a good grade in his class due to hours of studying!! DONT TAKE

This guy is the worst, you can try teaching yourself but he tests you on the ways that he wants you to learn it, not what the book recommends. Cnat read his writing, and he doesnt even talk about math, very low test scores, average = 30%

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Hard to learn from, learn all on your own. Doesn't know how to teach and talks about random things all the time.

HE IS A VERY BAD TEACHER. DO NOT TAKE HIM. HE ATTACKS PEOPLE AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ASKING ABOUT YOUR TEST.

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Horrible professor. Very intelligent man, who belittles others. He may be a good upper level teacher but is not a very good teacher for pre-calc.

The man does not help

I am finishing up my 4th semester here at Eau Claire and this prof was in my first. Everything previously posted is 100% correct. I ended up dropping the class and changing major's. It took me awhile to realize teachers with this caliber of suckiness are not the status quo.

the worst of the worst, he is a chauvinist pig especially if you are female, stay away, i dropped in 2 days, couldn't stand his attitude!

Pretty sure I dropped this class ALREADY because I don't like his style of teaching. He goes off on random tangents, that have NOTHING to do with math. He talked about Chinese food for half the period yesterday. I need a professor that can actually get me to learn something. Pretty sure he hasn't done that. If any of you are considering taking Math 106, do all you can to avoid getting Passell. That is, if you'd like to have a good math experience. peace out ad have a nice life. Later ya'll

bad bad bad

1 word to desribe this prof= HORRIBLE!

he's a horrible teacher, doesn't know how to teach and gives problems on tests and quizes that everyone in the class gets wrong adn then thinks that they are neat. i don't recommend him at all.

Not helpful at all... Rambles about things that have little to do with the material. Tests are rediculously difficult because he isn't teaching you.

NIGHTMARE of a prof. Does not teach - uses class as a soapbox for rambling about random nerdy topics that have nothing to do with math, and then sometimes does a homework problem. Everything (even tests!) is handwritten and he has unintelligible penmenship. Not at all helpful out of class. *DO NOT* TAKE THIS CLASS!

Horrible beyond horrible! **** too. Three of us had the SAME EXACT answers on the same test and we got three different grades. You won't learn anything and will want to pull your hair out the entire semester. Wait and take it at a different time with a different prof.

I think this man may be crazy! Take any other class but this one to get your math requirement. We honestly talked about nothing that will ever matter in real life. The last day of class we talked about fruit! DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!

this man is ridiculous! i don't know how he graded us, since he had no clue who we were at the end of the semester and his basis was on attendance (not taken) and participation. he does not teach, just rambles. if you want a study hour for other classes, and just need it as a g.e., take this course as a S/U!

This guy is absolutely terrible do not take him because you are just wasting your time, by far the worst professor/teacher I have ever had I am alright with math and this guy just confuses the crap out of you...in no way should you take this man's class' i dont know how he even got a job to be honest...

This man can not teach! He constantly tells us that he is smarter then us. he stands if front of the board and writes, but you can't see it, then he will erase it. You never know when he is changing the chapters. His tests are impossible, they have nothing to do with anything in the book! Get Out Now! HORRIBLE!

HORRIBLE, run away and avoid all of his classes. Learning must all be done on your own, all he does during class is talk about higher level math/physics problems that have no relevance to learning material. If you want to pass the class, find another teacher!

You would be just as well off if you bought at Calc book and sat in your room and read it yourself. He doesn't explain anything and just assumes that by seeing the answer to the problem, you will know how to do it. Talks to the blackboard and not the students. Worst educator I have ever seen. Talks about random stuff during lectures. Avoid him.

Assumes that you know how to find the answer to the problem. Can't explain anything. Get a different Prof. if you can.

I still have nightmares about his class which I took in the fall. He knows Calculus, no doubt about it, but there is one thing that he doesn't know...how to teach. You would really be just as well off if you taught yourself. The only thing Nick really seemed to accomplish in class was telling stories. He is also good at killing your GPA. Avoid!

I thought I accidentally walked into a "math history" class, every single class period. Tangents about EULER get very old really fast. Genius of a prof, worthless as a teacher. RUN AWAY, GET OUT, GET OUT GET OUT! However, if you love reading math books and teacher yourself calculus, you make like the class....

Terrible. Doesn't teach or follow the book. There isn't much homework and you don't have to show up though.

worst teacher i have ever had.

worst teacher I've ever had.

what can i say? horrible teacher. i dont recommend him, unless you want to fail.the highest grade you'll probably get is a C. and that is if you work your ass off! horrible!

Worst professor ever. DON'T TAKE PASSELL!!! I learned absolutely nothing. I played sudoku during class because all he did was tell stories. Oh the agony! Escape while you can!

Dr. Passell is the epitome of somebody past their prime. He is smart but has no knowledge of how to convey that intelligence. Instead of talking about math he'll talk about things he like such as WWII, interesting science, or his family. He like to give out A's even though the class is a joke.

GET OUT GET OUT I had this professor for my 2nd semester and I couldnt stand him. Leraned nothing... well at least not by myself. All he talked about were stories, gave us text books, and I taught myself as well as I could.

Worst professor ever. At all costs do not take him. You learn nothing and that is reflected in your grade. He is old and just needs to retire.

Coming from somebody who is already fully educated on the subject, I can safely say Nicholas Passell is the worst teacher I have ever had. Makes the simplest of subjects horribly confusing, unresponsive and arrogant to questions, constantly weaves off subject, has unnecessarily hard tests. He's a smart guy, but an educational disaster. Avoid.

Passell is easily the worst math teacher in history. I am already horrible at math and it did not help that he made every subject overly difficult and complicated. Not to mention that he got so far off topic during classes that his subjects of choice would become pop cans, jumping rhinos or the temperature in his attic. Avoid at all costs.

If your math isn't solid, do not take him.. I had him for Pre-calc and he expects you to know where each number comes from.. If you're a visual learner and like to see where each number is coming from where, then don't take him..

This Professor is easily the worst teacher on the Uwec Campus. makes simple ideas insanely complicated. I had already taken Precalc in High school, but i was still lost in this class. Avoid at all costs.

Nicholas Passell isn't the greatest teacher to say the least. He mumbles, stands in front of his work, and teaches useless fact. He thinks he's a doctor because his wife is, he doesn't go a day without mentioning physics or calculus when he is teaching pre-calc! Bright note-he does give extra credit quizzes sometimes

Passell is by far the worst professor at UWEC. He stands in front of his work so you cant se what he's talking about, he mumbles, is very sloppy on the board, and his tests and quizzes are not what he talks about in class. He talks about useless information daily that does not pertain to the class. Do not take this class if you care abour your GPA!

Passell is by far the worst professor at UWEC. He stands in front of his work so you cant se what he's talking about, he mumbles, is very sloppy on the board, and his tests and quizzes are not what he talks about in class. He talks about useless information daily that does not pertain to the class. Do not take this class if you care abour your GPA!

Do not take Nicholas Passell. He is by far the worst teacher I've had. The man is smart and knows a lot about everything under the sun but uses backwards methods of teaching. Constantly refers to how the people of the past are smarter than his current class. Creates his own methods that he calls the "Passell" doctrine. Warning- Don't take him.

Additional info: He handwrites his tests and quizzes in illegible cursive writing which he expects you to decode as you take the test/quiz.

Not very clear. Test are hand written and he has bad hand writing.

This professor is by far the worst teacher I have yet come across at UWEC. He handwrites all tests and quizzes. In my class we two tests and two quizzes. Along with those he graded maybe three homework assignments. Basically this meant if you had trouble in the beginning of the class you were screwed. Avoid this class if at all possible!

TERRIBLE!! I actually dropped out of his class and still have to take it, i will try with all my might not to take it with him again!

WORST TEACHER ON CAMPUS BY FAR! I am not kidding. this class should be classifies under history, not math. he talks about random uselass facts. plus he has really bad cursive writing so its impossible to take good notes, his quizzes and tests are also done in this bad writing. I took math 114 after this class and did great, avoid at all costs!!!!

Avoid at all costs. He rarely provides necessary help or application, and instead, he tangents into math history or something random, like dolphins. If you are prepared to teach yourself pre-calculus, by all means, take this class. Mathzone is a better teacher than this professor.

one of the worst teachers i have ever had, your going to have to teach yourself the course or you wont learn it at all

I had this tool back in the early 90's and he was horrible then.. some things never change.. retook CalcII because of his lack of teaching.

Do not take trig with this guy. He is hard to understand. His writing is terrible; his cos looks like sin, as if trig is not hard already to understand. Expect to learn nothing from class and expect to teach yourself everything.