Sam Schimek can suck my big toe

I detested this guy. Bizarre speech topics given, thought very highly of himself, and was very unfair with the grading by taking off a lot of points for silly bookkeeping things that had nothing to do with your ability to give a speech.

He thought he was cool and always laughed at everything. He's very picky on what your speeches are about, basically you don't get a say in anything. His exams were ridiculous! Don't take this teacher!

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HORRIBLE grader. And he picks ridiculous speech topics that you can't even find information on.

He was not helpful at all when emailed, was not willing to fix issues with his material

Probably one of the worst professors at KU. Docked my participation grade because I had an absence. Let it be known that I wasn't ENROLLED in the class when this "absence" happened. Horrible at responding to emails and makes the class way harder than it has to be. Would not recommend him to anyone. Don't take this class.

Coms 130 isn't supposed to be a hard class. Every other student at KU I have talked to jokes about how easy their teacher was, but no one will say that about Schimek. Compound this with the fact that his lectures are boring and he doesn't respond to email and you have a recipe for disaster. I'd recommend literally any other teacher over him.

He is terrible. Makes what should be an easy entry level class, extremely hard. He does not respond to emails and is very hard to work with. Tough grader and his midterm and final are also hard. Do not take coms130 with him.

Do not take Coms 130 with him. He's a difficult grader and is very difficult to reach if you need help. He is not understanding at all about absences, and will dock your participation if you are even five minutes late, even with a valid excuse. He turns an easy class into a disaster.

Dr Schimek literally makes COMS 130 extremely hard for no reason. He seems cool on the first day, however, do not be humored. He will crack the hammer. If you don't try in this class(which you should not have to try in this class) you will get destroyed. Beware. If you enroll with Dr. Schimek, BEWARE.

I was not pleased with Dr. Schimek at all. He made an easy class into a class I dreaded. He gave no direction and does not seem to care about his students. Studying for the midterm and final exam was practically impossible because there was no direction whatsoever. I think that any other professor would have been better than him.

You must be in every class if you want to have a decent participation grade. He assigns busy work from the book that hardly helps with learning about public speaking. Very tough on grading speeches. His grading is hard to understand and when he does post grades it is at least 2-3 weeks later, so you might have already done your next speech.

This teacher makes a class that should be an easy entry-level class, your hardest class. Expect to feel as though you are in middle school with the amount of busy work worksheets he gives. The midterm and final are also impossible to study for because all he does to prepare you is say "everything is fair game". DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS WITH HIM!!!

Dr. Schimek made this class more stressful than it needed to be. He graded harshly, gave little feedback (the feedback he did give on speeches was almost exactly the same to every student, regardless of what grade they received). He changed his expectations often without notice, and never responded to emails - Not a great model for communication.

COMS 130 is an easy entry level class! If you dont have Schimek.

Dr. Schimek was an awful teacher. I made it clear to him that I have autism as well as a paranoia disorder that leaves me housebound at times yet he still docks me points for participation. He grades heavily with little to no feedback. I already dreaded taking a speech class and he made it even worse. Avoid taking this class with him if you can.

If you miss one class you will fail this class. Also be prepared to be an expert in public speaking before even coming into the class. Very strict timing rules on speeches. It's an entry level class but he makes it's as hard as he can. Good luck

VERY tough grader. He does not accept late work under any circumstances, I learned that the hard way. For some reason assignments are due at 10pm or 10 am instead of midnight. Makes an intro level class wayy harder than it should be. Also makes us go up in front of the class for random surprise speeches multiple times throughout the semester. ;;

He graded harshly and never gives you corrections, or tells you how to get a better grade the next time. He does not work with you when you have to miss class. Gives a ton of pointless busy work. Overall makes the class ten time harder then it should be.

It isn't a nightmare. He isn't directly rude or disrespectful, he isn't horrific in class. He expects a lot for a coms 130 class, and despite this being required for most majors he acts as if we should all be very intensely invested in it personally. Impromptu speeches are common, and he's very unforgiving for absences and anxiety. Beware

Whatever you do not take COMS with him, he is terrible lecturer and grading is so frustrating. 3 people in my class of about 20 got As, I changed the class to pass/fail. I think hes a nice person but this was probably the worst class I have ever taken across highschool and college. big fat no from me and most others.

He's nice but that's about it. The class is more difficult than it should be. I respect the guy, but c'mon.

Such a harsh grader for a speech class.

Provides way to much busy work, and the outlines he wants you to fill out are overdoing it.

I have never had a teacher care about their students less than this guy. He is on a complete power trip and makes this (mandatory) class a living hell. Attendance is mandatory, you'll have more homework in this class than your others, and you'll have pop-improve speeches. He is the toughest grader with no empathy to the students who were nervous.

Tons of busy work and very insanely harsh grader. Ive never had a teacher grade as hard as he does, please make sure to ready the fine print on EVERY assignment or else he will count off points for not knowing the smallest details. He has no sympathy to nervous speakers as well, and he made us do pop-improv speeches which really sucked.

do not take him. coms 130 is an INTRODUCTORY GE CREDIT CLASS. there's no reason i should be spending more time for his class than my stem major specific classes. this class was brutal and i recommend you to NOT TAKE HIM AS YOUR PROFESSOR

I do think Dr. Schimek cares about his students, but his class was pretty unbearable. The grading criteria was unclear and busy work heavy. For an intro to public speaking class, I was spending entirely way too much time on his course. If you have a heavy workload as it is and aren't passionate about public speaking, take someone else for coms.

soldiers, I pray for you if you have him .He graded a 0 on my NOTECARDS for speech, I DIDNT EVEN SHOW HIM MY NOTECARDS? Hate him, threatened you if you were absent more than 3 times. Take first semester so you go rather than second semster.extremely picky with everything, will have POP-speeches. You have social anxiety? then I pray for you soldier.

Sub 5 weightmaxxed and how he grades works like taxes, you will NEVER receive the full amount on any assignment, if you miss a class you get deducted points. Work load had me spending more time a week than my stem classes.

This class did not feel like an entry level comms class. He is an extremely tough grader on both assignments and speeches. There is also tons of busy work. He is not the meanest guy ever but is definitely not the most forgiving either.

Work load for this class was absurd. He also is an insanely tough grader especially on assignments like the peer reviews. Go to his office hours for clarification on grading, and be specific with your questions or you will keep losing points. Missing class really hurts your grade. If you have the option, take this class with a different professor.