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Total bad teacher wasted $

To get any real attention from him, you have to be from Puerto Rico or somewhere close. Arrogant and full of himself. He doesn't seem to like students; I don't know why he is in the teaching business.

Professor Alejandro is a horrible teacher. He rants and raves for the whole class period while merely saying the same thing over and over again. He is rude and shows no compassion to students who are out sick. He treats his students like they are little kids. Frankly, he should find another job.

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Being smart and interested in what you're teaching does not make you a good professor! He was too focused on specifics and did not relate the reading to Political theory.Should be a classics/philosophy professor instead. Too focused on Nietzche and Plato and had no relevance to political theory. Bad time management and not willing to help students.

For an intro level theory class, this class was ridiculous. He talks in circles and barely addresses a point. Did I learn anything about American Political Thought? No. Did I learn a lot about the federalist/anti federalist? Yes. Is anything I learned in this class applicable? NO! Don't take this class. Don't take this class. Don't take this class

This class is the most disorganized course you will take at Umass. His slides are a bunch of quotes and he doesn't title them. Attendance is taken and he makes the class mandatory. He is very confusing and hard to understand as well. This class really goes nowhere. Don't take this class if you don't have to you'll just regret it

Do not take his Class he is completely unhelpful during lectures and gives you 5 days to write 6 page papers with about 10 hours of research behind it. The TA’s give no assistance in helping you understand the lectures and this class will just make you stressed.

He just puts up a bunch of random notes and phrases and then talks about whatever he feels like, I've learned mostly from my TA. If Professor Alejandro were to put up on a power point his grocery list and then go on to talk about his thought on racism in relation to professional sports during a class on American Politics I would not be surprised.

One of the worst courses I've ever taken. I understood about 50% of what he said due to his thick accent. When I did understand, I would try to participate & give my own opinions.. don't do this. He is not open to the idea that any opinion other than his own is correct. He also is technologically illiterate and is IMPOSSIBLE to get in touch with.

It is extremely hard to understand him and his power point slides make no sense. This would be fine if I could understand him, but with his thick accent it would be nice to have some kind of visual aid to help the class comprehend the point of his lectures. I rely on my TA to get an understanding of everything he lectures about. Lecture is a waste.

Had a bit of a crisis in my life while taking his class (a Major Depressive episode) and even though I explained the circumstances he still failed me because I didn't meet the attendance requirement. This isn't abnormal for UMass but I think its indicative of the type of Professor he is. If the class is big he wont care about the students.

The professor is difficult to understand, and his PowerPoints aren't any help as they are just as disorganized as his lectures. He treats his intro courses like higher level classes than they really are. You are graded through attendance, a couple quizzes and 3 papers. The papers are long and he only gives you a maximum of 5 days to write them.

Stay away is all I can say. Hesitate to give him a 1, deserves much lower.

Worst class I've taken at UMass. I took this class because it's required for PoliSci majors, but I would definitely recommend waiting a semester or two to take the class with another professor if you have the time.

If you think this will actually be a class about "American Political Thought," you're dead wrong. We started discussing Hamilton, Madison, and federalism vs antifederalism in late September, and we're still in the late 1700s talking about them. His notes are extremely disorganized and vague. Avoid this class at all costs.

One of the worst professor I have ever encountered. So incredibly disorganized. If you email him he will never respond. He never gives grades/comments back on papers. The syllabus does not mean anything. You will never know your actual grade or even what he expects.

Class itself kind of interesting, but he is so disorganized and doesn't seem to be leading anywhere in his lectures. The worst part is the assignments, there are a few pop quizzes and a few papers that are about 3 to 4 pages of writing with weirdly inconsistent formatting assigned and due in 4 days. Can't plan to work ahead of time, ridiculous.

Very disorganized. After the first few classes, the accent doesnt matter but his ideas always seem disorganized and can be hard to understand despite the readings. This is not an upper level course but he teaches it as such. Graded on a few things with inconsistent formats designed to trip you up. Overall a terrible class despite its potential.

AWFUL CLASS. Professor Alejandro and his TA both do not speak english well, which is no problem except for when you cannot understand the lecutres. He did not teach, instead he just made the whole class a discussion where people just stated opinion. Also the grading on the essays was impossible. He gave little to no instruction and then graded hard

Horrible course overall. Very limited time to complete papers, has a very thick accent that is difficult to follow, sends you readings in the middle of the night before class, lacks a clear organizational structure, has no express reasoning to support his grading procedure, was hard to nail down for office hours/appointments, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

Honestly, the class itself was incredibly interesting and the content was very engaging, but I cannot give Professor Alejandro more than a 1. The lectures are threadbare and random and the 3 papers that make the majority of your grades are given without grading criteria and with a short time frame. He doesn't explain concepts very in lecture either

This prof was very unreasonable when it came to the time we were given to complete 5-6 page papers and assigned them over the weekends every time. Super strict in attendance, only allows 4 absences total btwn the lectures AND discussions. Lots of reading too, likable guy but unorganized class.

This class is literally a Highschool AP US history course with way too much detail 1. Tons of dry, old English material 2. Professor has unorganized or difficult to interpret thoughts 3. Accent is an issue (Take it from someone who studies foreign language) 4. Does not care for student concerns My TA is the only thing that saved me

He is so unclear. Like impossible to understand. Super disorganized. Absolute mess. Moodle page and syllabus were an absolute joke.

Has a really strong accent, its impossible to understand what hes saying half the time. Lectures are VERY vague/conceptual so its hard to keep up, or stay focused with how monotonous his voice is. I never knew when he was going to randomly upend my week with a random paper or quiz. 0 compassion for his students. Avoid at all costs.

The class was so boring. He drones on forever about the same 4 boring points. I learned a lot from my TA though. Honestly if she taught the class it would be way better.

Hes very disorganized and gives little to no instruction. The paper topics were confusing. My TA helped me to understand them, but the professor did not seem to care about us as students at all.

Normally get great grades in PoliSci courses.... this class was hell though. I had heard some things about this professor, but decided to disregarded it because it was one of the only 200s open that semester. DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE. Avoid at all costs. Ended up P/F with a B+ putting in maximum effort.

Just don't do it. That's it, listen to me and don't do it.

Seemingly wants to set students up for failure. He disables chat which prevents any and all kinds of student organizing in the class. He also seemingly gets upset with students who ask too many questions. Takes a long time to respond to emails and speaks with zero direction in his lectures, which regularly go over the hour and a half class time.

Being forced to take another of his classes, here are the persisting issues. Thick accent and monotone voice. Disorganized thoughts and slides. Difficult to interpret his thoughts/questions. Quizzes and Test questions are poorly written, difficult to understand. Tangent prone. Dry material. Zero creative thinking. Answers are his alone.

All lectures, not engaging at all. Be prepared to be bored out of your mind as he talks for the whole class about things that don't make any sense.

There's a lot on here about his accent, and I was worried I wouldn't be able to understand him, but people love to exaggerate. The real problem is his teaching style. 100% long and un-engaging lectures and he'll often go off on tangents about nothing. If it wasn't for the TA and classmates, I would've had no clue what to write for his assignments.

The man and his TA's are the toughest graders I have ever seen. They require textual evidence, but not too long, but don't paraphrase, explain the quote, but you have only a paragraph to do so, but your explanations are never detailed enough. Not to mention their personal interpretations of the work always affect your grade. Don't take this class.

The material for this class is fairly easy but the professors lectures are borderline nonsensical in their rambling length. The most boring class Ive ever taken.

This has got to be one of the worst taught classes I have ever taken. His lectures are impossible take good notes in because the slides he uses only have a couple bullet points, and when he speaks he uses a monotone voice that puts everyone to sleep. His class is based off of 3 major assignments all worth huge parts of your grade. Avoid him.

Don't take his class, his classwork is based entirely on lectures which he doesn't provide videos or give slides for. He's stern, and has a very thick accent which makes taking notes very difficult. Then his assignments are based on 3 big projects which are barely spoken about.

i considered dropping out of college every time i sat through one of his lectures. id rather work at mcdonalds.

I am really shocked Roberto is still allowed to teach here, it is just really really difficult to understand him/ follow his teaching. PowerPoint's are terrible they are just random quotes that make no sense. Not to mention this class was supposed to be AMERICAN political thought, and we have not talked about a single aspect of American politics.

Lectures extremely difficult to understand. Pop quizzes during the lecture, mandatory discussion sections that grade on participation which is frustrating when taking this class as a gen-ed and you aren't super familiar with the topic beforehand. 3 "papers" which are really just a bunch of open responses.

Incredibly knowledgeable, yes, but teaching is not his strong suit. His lectures put people to sleep and are sometimes incredibly difficult to understand. The discussion sections are good thanks only to the T.A's. All that said, the class really isn't difficult, and while it may be hard to see while taking the course, it's a pretty easy A.

CHRONICALLY ILL AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES STAY AWAY! Would give a 0 if I could. Miss more than 5 classes = fail. Lecture ONLY- no slides, no notes online. He gives you answers in class but the only way I survived was by transcribing the entire lecture. Unaccommodating to even documented illness. Will lash out or ignore you. Lowkey sexist vibes?

Highly recommend this class! anyone can pass! boring lectures where half the class stops attending mid semester, so much so that attendance becomes necessary. Fortunately, that doesn't matter because you can cheat! Proctors apparently have glaucoma, so u can cheat during exams! like my classmates sitting next to me writing straight from their phone