Oh god... i don't know what to say... I've taken Calculus and after one semester with this guy feel dumber.. I honestly think he missed how to communicate with students day at teacher training... If you want to be in a class where failure is a norm and homework is the only way to get points this is the class for you!

Incomprehensible. When the whole section averages a 59% on the first midterm, and the incoming freshman have the highest incoming average GPA in quite some time, something is wrong.

Toy bag is useful in only getting kids to pay attention.

Not a good teacher, hard to understand, he just completes problems and mumbles to himself instead of actually showing us what to do to work the problem. When the average score of the first midterm is an F, there's obviously a problem.

Blanchard is the worst math teacher I've ever encountered. His exams are difficult, his lectures are just rambling, he juggles (but thats not going to get me a good grade on the exams). Oh, and you get a scientific calc. He is a bitter man, I advise getting a tutor when you find out he's your professor. Absolutely terrible.

Absolutely terrible! He spends his entire hour long lecture blazing through difficult calculus problems saying "you should already know this...if you don't know this you'll fail the class..." without ever teaching you. Unless you're a math whiz I would recommend not taking his class (after only two weeks, I dropped and am taking it at Kirkwood).

He's incomprehensible to the average student and throughout the year no one could even figure out how he was grading us. His lectures could have confused the class on long division if that was the subject. After tearing up an AP test and getting an A in this debacle I would advise everyone to just delay any class until it's Blanchard free.

This professor has no knowledge of how to teach his students, going to lecture does not help much at all, his examples don't correlate to the required assignments and the class is difficult as it is without having a incapable professor. Don't take his classes!!

NEVER TAKE A CLASS WITH BLANCHARD! Worst teacher I've ever had. Knows nothing about teaching. Doesn't start with an easy example of something--jumps right into the hardest problems. Horrible teacher. Lectures are pointless. Extremely difficult to get ahold of and is extremely delayed with posting grades/info/etc.

there was no point in going to lecture because you couldn't understand it anyways. got more out of my TA than the prof. impossible tests. would suggest taking it with a different prof or at a community college

the most uncaring teacher i have ever had. i swear he enjoyed failing his students. he also messed up the problems in class more than any prof. i've had. i literally changed my major because i dont want to take another class taught by him.

Horrible. Do not suggest him for anyone looking to take calculus. I only missed lecture 4 times all semester and yet was completely lost. Did above satisfactory on pretest and studied over 80 hours for his final exam and yet got below average. Its either you know it or you don't and if you don't you're not going to because he doesn't help at all

Horrible--you will literally want to transfer after having to take this mandatory business math class.

Useless as a Prof. Going to lecture is worthless, you would get more out of hitting yourself in the face with a bat for an hour than listening to him. He does not teach, he just stands in front of the class and talks at you. Dont bother asking for help either, he is never around, often leaving early for vacation.

Heavy homework load. About 15 people show up in lecture. He makes several mistakes. Tests are multiple choice/written form. The class shouldn't be that hard but exams are nearly impossible because he throws questions on that you've never seen before. Overall, its a frustrating class and I recommend taking it with a different prof.

Worst "professor" i've ever had--thank god he is just a lecturer.

Honestly the most annoying professor in the world. Not a good teacher, does ridiculous "brain breaks" in which he juggles and makes a fool of himself. Might as well teach yourself and use the textbook to full advantage.

It should be an advanced course and a proof based course. But honestly I didnt get anything from him. He only requires very basic DEFINITION and obvious things on exam! But he enjoys took off points on notation or non-important details, which is ridiculous. I really think he doesnt know much algebra, and his TA as well. They always stuck in proofs.

all he does is a joke!TA as well

He is no where near helpful. Going to his lectures are pointless because you can't learn anything from him. Everything he says is exactly what's in the book and he doesn't explain how to do things. Going to the math lab to do homework, instead of going to lecture, is much more beneficial. Exams are much harder than the review materials

notes during lecture are confusing and often times irrelevent. Homework sections are assigned four at a time with little time to ask for clarification.

Terrible teacher. Nobody shows up to lecture because they are completely pointless. He rambles on and on going over notes that are extremely hard to follow along with and for the most part useless. Would strongly suggest avoiding this professor at all costs.

All he did was juggle

DO NOT TAKE MATH FOR BUSINESS WITH BLANCHARD! Hopefully you take my advice.

He is a terrible professor. You are better off going to the math lab to get help rather than going to lectures. He is very rude and does little help when you need it the most.

Worst math professor ever. He shouldn't be aloud to teach people. He's horrible and I would rather have a dog try to teach me math. He also juggles and thinks he's funny. If you see his name as your professor for math, TRANSFER!!

Worst teacher I will possible ever have. I got a c+ but I know damn well I got so much more than that. He curved kids who averaged D's on exams to B's just for trying and kids like me who are better self taught got a worse grade compared to these kids. Basically do what ever you can not to have him as your teacher.

He is an absolutely terrible teacher. I know that this is only my freshman year and I am still getting acclimated to the college life, however, He does not go into any depth on the lecture material, solely demonstrates problems through strings of letters. And seems more interested with his juggling and what the corn price is at any given day.

He seems to care more about juggling than teaching math. Most of the lecture I was in resorted to just going to math lab instead of lectures. Lectures were very dull and repetitive with not a whole lot of teaching as much as examples of things you don't yet comprehend. Exams are tricky and hard to study for. Study guides are useless.

I don't understand how you can become a professor if you don't know how to teach. Lecture was absolutely unhelpful. Homework would sometimes take more than six hours and it wasn't even helpful for exams. I took Calculus again with another professor and did absolutely fine.

Peter Blanchard was the absolute worst teacher I have ever had. He expects you to know how to do the material before the class. Makes mistakes every class period, and then just scribbles them out. He is very hard to follow, and just rambles on about useless info that we won't be tested over. Do yourself a favor and don't take this class with Peter.

Discrete Math is one of the worst classes I took at Iowa. Blanchard is very disorganized, which is disappointing and ironic for an instructor of upper-level math classes. Spent the first half of every class repeating what was said the day before. Terrible.

Terrible Professor. He is not clear, he does not answer any questions, he makes attendance to his lectures mandatory and babbles about nothing for every lecture. Teach yourself everything, go to the math lab, get help from a TA, do homework in his lectures, that's the only way to learn in this joke of a class. Hope you like juggling by the way.

Trash

Terrible teacher who laughs at trick questions on a test that everyone did bad on, jokes about how 90% of the class is going to fail the test/class and is really unclear in lectures and assigns homework on days where there wasn't supposed to be homework. Be ready to self teach yourself and get really frustrated.

Despite being extremely smart in mathematics, he is simply not a good teacher. He flies through examples in lecture, going at a pace no one can keep up with, and is unclear with what is expected from us as students. Overall, brilliant guy but should not be left in charge of a class...

Ridiculous lectures full of mistakes and bad attitude towards students about failing exams. Homework assignments are 60+ questions each week with 3 days to finish. Recommend going to your TA, math lab or finding another way to master the material because lecture is not beneficial and he does not care.

This class is (supposed to be) precalculus and he put derivatives on the first exam. All he does is juggle during lecture, and one time embarrassed a girl in lecture so badly she cried. His examples are way too confusing and he messes them up majority of the time. It is clear he only cares about his more advanced classes. Avoid at all costs.

I would recommend to never take this class from Prof. Blanchard. His lectures are more confusing than helpful. He doesn't teach material in the way that makes the most sense, he teaches it in the most confusing way possible-- I had to stop going to lecture because I would confuse myself by watching him teach and I have an A in the class.

Professor Blanchard is not a teacher. He tells you things and might show you stuff but doesnt actually teach you anything. There is no why or how in his lectures. If you plan on taking one of his classes, be prepared to got to Mathlab on a very regular basis and be able to teach yourself from the book!

Professor Blanchard does not do a good job of teaching. His lectures are very confusing and he expects you to pick up on difficult topics right away. He assigns a lot of homework full of difficult questions. If you take his class be prepared to spend a lot of time at the MathLab and SI.

power tripping sociopath he should learn how to write and talk in public before stepping to his podium again and critiquing others

Totally aweful. Assigns way too much work for what he actually attempts to cover in class. Thank goodness I have an amazing TA who actually cared. Compared to all professors I've had this professor also makes the TA's work too hard, I feel sorry for them. Tells terrible jokes. It's a large lecture class but I don't think even half show up anymore!

The exams are 10 times harder than the quizzes he writes. Doesn't talk about everything thats on the exams and the study guides are no help.

Arguably the worse professor at Iowa. Course is nearly impossible. Lectures are more harmful than helpful. Bad jokes, shows up late, makes a lot of mistakes, and is rude to students. Gives an enormous amount of homework. First exam was not bad, second exam was impossible, final was impossible. Don't take this class or you GPA will suffer.

Shows up late, makes at least one mistake for every example he does in lecture, and doesn't seem to care about students' grades. Study guides are completely inaccurate to what the tests are like. Makes tests extremely hard; he talks about how he prefers to have a test class average around 45-50%. Do everything possible to not take a class with him.

Tests are absolutely impossible. Final had a 30% average, test before that had a 35% average. Get a good T.A. or you're screwed. Homework is graded for accuracy not for completion. Worst teacher I've ever had.