he is very hard and does not teach good.his test are hard and have nothing to do with what he teaches and his labs are the hardest of all.he's a bad teacher period...

I have this teacher and at first liked him very much. I was very interested in computers but a beginner and took his intro to computing class. He does not help at ALL and is very rude. He singles people out and yells at them in front of the class. Today he told me to watch my tone. I love school and my other teachers.Very rude and unprofessional.

Seems like an okay person, but is an awful teacher. His instructions and teaching materials are often unclear or incorrect, and he mixes up terminology constantly during lecture. For someone who is already familiar with compsci, it isn't a difficult class, but if you're new to it this is NOT the professor to have.

I had no problem with the textbook part of the class - his lectures over the textbook were very thorough. The labs, however... There is no instruction as to how to use the software (Raptor and Dev C++). So if you don't already know C++, take this class from someone else.

the class was interesting. it reqires a lot of student colabration to pass due to the online grading system you will find bug that he will not grade around . also never uplaod the wong file on a test. he will not grade your real one he just take the grade out of sam and not grade the real file

Lab assignments have very vague and misleading instructions, he does not respond to any attempt to gain clarification, and yet he still heavily penalizes the minutiae. I clearly demonstrate understanding of material in my programming but he has taken up to 25% off for a minor formatting detail that was not even mentioned in the assignment docs.

I was sorely disappointed. The semester I took Polancos class he was very disorganized. I found no part of class time conducive to learning. Lectures generally consisted of him pulling up a power point, reading it, and then having us mindlessly type in code. He constantly makes mistakes, but is very punitive toward mistakes his students made.

Get ready to teach yourself. You honestly would be better off buying/renting the textbook. He is hard to reach, is very rude and snide with feedback and will count off significant amounts of points for assignment and tests that he has vague instructions on. I have over 124 hours of college credit and this by far, was the worst of them all.

Maybe the worst professor I've had in over 120 hours of classes. His tests and homework required your previous week's work to be 100% accurate. I sometimes wouldn't get feedback for over a week, which made it impossible to do the present week's assignment. Online class, and dude would not email me back at all, zero communication. Absolutely avoid.

lectures straight out of the textbook so you miss nothing if you skip. expects your codes to look exactly like his but thats not realistic. very tough grader. not good at explaining. if your code isnt the exact way he wants it, he takes off hella points, but code can have many styles for one outcome. little practice time in class, 90% lecture

He isn't a well-organized professor and his lecture is basically read the things in the power point. No extra credit and tough grader. Labs are pretty heavy and required a lot of practice. He makes programming much more complicated than it should be.

You basically have to read the professor's mind to get an A. I read and followed the instructions for the programming assignments word-by-word and he docked major points for stuff not mentioned on the instructions. On top of that, he answers your questions in a smart-ass manner. I'm a computer-science major and this is not a class worth taking.

He's not even good.

Terrible teacher, no credibility. Response emails take a bit, but when they come they're short and sarcastic. Docks massive amounts of points for not reading his mind, instructions are never clear. The dude is just an absolutely terrible teacher.

RUN, do not walk, run. Homework labs are on your own. "Lectures" on powerpoint are the examples from your book, nothing else. The book will only get you about halfway through a lab. You will be googling all night trying to figure out what to do past your book. Very new to programming and this was an INTRO course, very hard.

Terrible professor.... youre on your own for labs.. if this is youre first time programming.. well... he doesnt teach anything, hes sarcastic.

He thinks like the students have to pick up �� lecture in a gesture. He is a proof things seems easy for him and he expects the same from students

His labs are way heavier for an entry level programmers. He thinks that things seems easy for him coz he has been playing with them for decades, and expects the same from the fresh students whos ever first time entering the programming world and prof Polanco kinda disappoints them even to change their major.

He has no good patience with students at all and he is very rude.

I read the entire chapters and looked at online lectures, took tons of notes. When I did any sort choice style question I did very well, when grading programs he will take large amount of points off for every single thing wrong. I carefully read everything I had to do and had points taken off of things I didn't see on the assignment instructions.

The things he wants you to do are barely explained by the book, which is pretty much your only resource. he provides powerpoints, but they are word for word from the book. The instructions for the assignments are vaguely worded, and then he takes off major points off for things he says the instructions said, but they actually didn't.

My first time in college and i knew coding would be difficult but when your teacher is vague and useless in assistance you might as well drop this class and not fail cause of how poor he is. P.S. He wants you to things that sometimes haven't been described in the book.

I already knew the Python language but had to take the class for credit. Pf. Polanco will deck you all the way to a C for "not following instructions" that weren't even there. He also totes around "professional coding etiquette" despite decking points for including coding statements that real developers use (just because he considers them bad).

The worst professor you can possibly imagine. Avoid at all costs. He is extremely condescending and his instructions aren't clear. He takes off huge chunks of your assignment, not because there is anything wrong with you code, but because you misinterpret something vague from his terrible assignments. He doesn't actually care if you learn material

Do not choose him for any programing courses, he won't teach you, isntead you will just memorize the code for his tests.

Unhelpful and tough, slow grader. Has assignments due Friday night instead of Sunday, penalizing students who work full time. Went to University of Phoenix, knows nothing about programming, just sends you back to the textbook. A waste of time and money.

Prof. Polanco was easily the worst professor I have ever studied under. I have never encountered a more condescending jerk for a teacher. The work itself was fair and enjoyable, but Polanco is a rude, unprofessional teacher. I think he has confused insults with constructive criticism. He is degrading & discouraging, he should not be a teacher.

Others have said it, but avoid this class at all cost. It is very "my way or the highway", with teaching marked by endless mistakes and vague/ambiguous assignments. Any attempts to get help/clarification were futile. Spent roughly 30 hours a week self teaching only to barely pass. Learned more from Coursera than I did from this professor. Stay away

Do you like teaching yourself from the textbook with little to no input from the professor? Do you like sending emails into a void from which no answer will ever return? If you answered yes, this prof is for you. Absolutely merciless grader, even the tutors in the lab warned me away from him.

I dropped this Professor as soon as possible. On the FIRST day. He was rude, abrasive, and berated students who asked questions. Coming on here and seeing reviews that matched what I saw, confirmed that this was NOT the professor to take. I knew I was going to need to GET OUT FAST.

STEER CLEAR! You know somethings up when multiple tutors at the school say things like "This is a terrible assignment, its how to do things the wrong way," etc, and you'll get to know the tutors well because theres no collaboration, hes hard to contact, grades arbitrarily, & throws random questions on his tests etc. Worst academic experience ever

Horrible guy, he subtracts points for items not stated in the instructions, and will go on with a list of excuses to make it his way. His PowerPoint lessons are word for word from the text book, his grading criteria is UNCLEAR and will fail you for minor mistakes. He either takes forever to respond to emails or doesn't at all. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

As others have said, Polanco criticizes instead of teaches. There is no learning moment it is "that's wrong", no helpful example or discussion. Tests are code memorization although not hard, he will find something so he can take points off. His lecture material is useless, find another source for learning and do all the code problems in the book.

Absolutely awful. Has no compassion of what is happening outside of class or how well your technology works/how well blackboard works. Isn't trying to get his students to pass, but rather counts off points for EVERYTHING. had an assignment where 1-2 parts of my program didn't work but the other 6 ish parts did. failed it with a 50.

Professor Polanco has no care for what happens outside of his class. He does not teach with explanations to why you got points off and how you can fix them. Instead he finds at least one or more things to take points off for. His tests are also code memorizations, which will impact your grade heavily if you cannot get a program working correctly.

AVOID THIS TEACHER. He doesn't reply back to emails so I can't rely on him even if I have questions. He grades really harshly and does not care. I told him my book got backordered so I couldn't do any of the assignments and still to this day I have yet to hear back from him. Emailed him around Feb 16 and today is March 3.

Just finished my Associates at ACC and this this man's class is still seared into my brain as one of my worst experiences in that time. The class itself is incredibly easy if you've ever used Microsoft Office, but his teaching style is horrendous. He is rude and short tempered. He asks for questions and then makes you feel stupid for asking them.

I took Programming Fundamentals II at the same time and got a much higher grade. That should tell you all you need to know. GRADES THE LABS EXTREMELY HARSHLY. Her ridiculously simple labs have ridiculous "gotcha" requirements. Other professors let you resubmit labs, she does not. So enjoy acing your tests and getting 50-75 on EVERY LAB.

You can create a totally functional program that follows all the requirements but he will find ANYTHING to take off points for. Inconsistent grading style that just seeks to take off as much points as possible. He will mark you off 5 points 4 times for the same warning in one lab, etc.

So far this teacher has been very bad, something simple as showing a picture of how slides should look would be nice. I have gotten a 78% on a tutorial for some reason and tried fixing it or if there are any errors to be made, I have not seen any. it's just following directions from a video that was step by step somehow I am doing something wrong.

He was very strict from the first day we started and there were no introductions from us, he just dove right into lectures.

Overall, the class was boring, and it mostly came down to reading the textbook. In this class, I read about 600 pages of basic coding. I didn't enjoy the online section. The feedback is poor and inconsistent; the professor's feedback is a single line at best. There's almost no help if you do it online. The textbook is 120 dollars and is acc unique.

Easily the worst online professor I've ever had. He has absolutely absurd grading criteria that docs points even if you are far exceeding the skill level of the class. If you are already familiar with the class content, you will be forced to write worse code and points will be docked if you even so much as slightly deviate from his stipulations.

Made A's on all of the assignments, B's on the first two tests, but missed one test so I failed the class. Refused to give any extra credit or let me retake the exam. Takes huge points off (15 for each misused function) for using widely approved methods for programming like using break and return in assignments.