Worst teacher I ever had. Rarely answered questions and made me feel stupid for asking them. I ended dropping the class halfway through because she didn't know how to teach! DON'T TAKE HER!!!

Worst teacher I ever had. Did not teach well, did not explain, there was no clarity in her speech and worst of all she thinks she's funny. To make it clear to you out of the 40 students in her class 25 dropped.

people, please don't take her. She rambels on about worthless material that isn't even covered on the test. Her notes are unclear and labs are disorganized.

Worst teacher ever!!!!!! She is not supposed to be a chem 60 teacher she teaches the class as if it is 101 or 102

she should do something else than teaching. She should be a Military instructor. completely <anal< about everything. lol

SHE SUCKS!

She's cute, but very very very unclear and diffictult for those who are not able to memorize the material. If you don't have photographic memory, don't take this class. She likes to teach for those who are the "Cream of the Crop." She's not nice to persians, even though she is.

she is not a good professor at all, she is very difficult, she tries to go slow but does not answer your questions, try to find another teacher for this class :(

Shes a very hard teacher to understand.. and not very willing to help you!! I have a 3.5+ GPA and she made chem. soo confusing for me! Take Goodman hes great, not easy, but so willing to make you understand!!

She is a very hard professor. She is not helpful, and many students fail her class. Her tests are horrible and very hard. You don't learn well if you take her class.

A nice person, but her teaching techniques are poor, even though she seems to work hard. Lectures are boring, but tests are hard. She is not flexible. She does not announce important information and does not prepare needed chemicals for the lab. Makes fun of students, puts them down when they ask questions. Mixes you up with someone else, etc.

You spend hours to do your lab reports and get C. Taking points for minor mistakes. Her tests are hard, but if you study you might get a B in class. Don't dream about A unless you are a genius! Yes, she answers your questions, but it does not help you. Take Dr. Ogar!!!! He is the best!

Terriable teacher cant stay awake in her class barley passed DO NOT TAKE go to Moorpark or if Ogar is teaching take him otherwise do not take any PIERCE professors!!!!!!!!!!!

stay away if you value ur grade

She was the worst chem teacher ever. I dropped her class in the middle of the semester, cause she does not teach anything. In her class the book is the teacher not her. The tests are hard.

Bakshande is a very nice lady and always willing to help you.She is just not the best chem teacher on campus.What she teaches compare to what u are being tested on is just not fair

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Run as fast as you can she will ruin your GPA for you.By all means avoid her class or you'll regret it. She hardly even speaks English.

she is not good at all. she is hard and she is trying to be harder and harder,

The awfulest instructor I ever had.Very hard,not helpful,ungratful and ****.She is good only for persians.In other words highly not recomended just be away from this intructor guys.

I want to curse so badly!!! This teacher better learns English instead of teaching Chemistry.

I had to drop this class with a W because I was so lost. Students were forced to be in class due to attendance requirements. No one wanted to be there, she lacks clarity and the ability to keep things interesting. Favors students of her ethnicity. I'm retaking chem101 because of her and I studied and did my HW for hours,it was only time consuming.

terrible !!!!!!!!don't take her class. too much work and tests are so hard.. I thought I could get an A because I did well on the test and I did all of HW..... but I got an B. I guess only few peoples got an A... 3 or 4?? anyway, if you want to get A... do not take her class!!!! seriously.....

please don't take her very hard 3 midterm and quiz once two weeks. test is hard and the quiz is hard either there is a lot of homework on online ...it's terrible

Worst. professor. Ever. I had the worst time of my life just because of her. I regret taking her class so so much and I wish I knew she was so horrible before I took it. I hope she stops teaching for the sake of the students soon. I feel truly sorry for whoever planning to take her class. She does not even know what she teaches.

Do yourself a favor and DO NOT take her class. She doesn't know how to teach. Lectures are literal and don't explain anything. Tests are impossible. She thinks everyone should already master Chemistry in her class. Most of my class are C-D.

Your whole grade is basically based on the 5 tests that will be taken throughout the semester. They would be easier if she would have worded them differently but she makes them way more complicated. She usually goes back and forth on her lectures which makes everything confusing! Do not take this professor!

Take this class if you enjoy being tested on material you will be "taught" in the following weeks. I studied for hours daily, paid for a tutor, went to the CAS multiple days/week, & as an A student was just so grateful for a C by the end. I told myself I could do it - the fact is her tests are nothing of what you have learned. WILL ruin your GPA.

Don't take this class, save yourself a semester of headache and wait for a better professor. This professor cannot teach properly, has an accent, does not explain concept fluidly, and tests are difficult. Her class is basically a self-study course, more than half the class drops before the semester is over. Character limit stops me fromlistingmore.

HORRIBLE PROFESSOR!!! DONT TAKE HER!!!!! STAY AWAY!!!! She is a very nice person but it does not matter because you won't do well in the class. She wastes your time and babbles on wayyyy toooo much!!! I worked my butt off outside of class and still got a B! I regret taking her so much! Just save yourself the trouble and don't take her

Entirely unhelpful. You ask for clarification on a lab and she won't tell you. Then she'll downgrade you for doing it wrong. She is choosy with her grading- sometimes. She will never tell you which. Either way, it will result in bad test grades.

Never take this professor! She doesn't explain good, but requires to know everything! Not helpful in anything!

There are professors who want their students to all pass with A's and B's and there are professors who think that the best students should pass with C's--she is the latter. Her tests are horrible because she gives you 25+ questions and 50 minutes for it. No guides, no curve, no mercy, no help. AVOID

Do not TAKE this class if you are afraid of getting a W or Fail, She doesn't care . Even if you study you won't pass ,She doesn't curve any grades and she is difficult so do not risk your grade ...

One of the worst professor's I have ever had (I have my Biology B.S. from UCLA). Purpose was to retake this class to do better, but ended up doing about the same and worse with more effort put in. She doesn't give answers to Chemworks and when you email her to correct, she never does. She tries to be "nice" but is stubborn in her teaching methods.

OH MY GOD.. DO NOT TAKE HER.. you could go home and read the book on your own and it would be more understandable than her lectures. She does not know how to lecture, and confuses you most of the time. barley goes over the important subjects in a lesson and spends too much time on easy lessons. very very confusing. i regret taking her so much.

Dont take this Professor. She doesnt know how to teach. She only goes over the easy stuff and not the hard stuff. Her tests r kind of hard and the problems that she goes over during lectures r not at all the same or even similar to what is on the test. Her lectures r all PowerPoint and just reads from it. If you ask a question she wont answer.

I had taken this class Fall 2017 and I didn't like how we were using majority of workshop time to go over lectures. We were assigned chemwork problems for practice, which we rarely went over and she would never give us the answers; so even if we did the problems no one knew if they were doing it right.

Worst teacher ever! Yelled at me in class in front of my peers on the first day of class. Had very unorganized.

I dont know how come she is teaching chem 101, even she shouldnt teach in pierce college, all i can say i took her cause I couldnt get another class, u take her unless u have no choice and can manage your study on ur own. Basically she even dont know the material, very confuse and too many off sessions, not available even in office Hrs. Dont take

Currently taking her class and wish I had dropped sooner. She uses workshops for more lectures instead of doing examples. Information is useless without application. Its absolutely ridiculous how much Ive spent time Ive had to spend outside of class figuring out questions. Please be warned. Its not an easy class unless you know your stuff.

Test questions are intentionally confusing. She gives almost no extra credit. Your grade is mostly determined by the test scores. She also is extremely unorganized. I definitely would no recommend. I studied for this class probably about 20 hours a week and was getting Cs and Ds on my tests because she makes them so hard and confusing. 0/10

Honestly a 2.4 is way too high for her. She doesn't know how to properly lecture, and during the lecture she decides to tell stories completely unrelated to class and then says that the class is short on time. Test question aren't fully covered in the lecture. She is the complete opposite of insightful, out right terrible.

Test questions have VERY little to do with her lectures. Goes completely off topic. You are way better off reading the book on your own time. She does not answer questions properly. Purposeful tricks you on test questions. HORRIBLE do NOT take over 5 week semester half the class dropped.

Taking this class will result in a low grade and no knowledge of chemistry. If you want to learn something take a different class.

Terrible experience. Never know what to expect on the tests, and it is impossible to prepare for them. Definitely the trickest exams for chem 101. Expect to fail and pray to pass.

Absolutely terrible lecture instructor. Learning in this class is completely up to you. Also good luck trying to learn anything useful. Lecture subjects, or the work given as practice is not on exams. All the good students I know barely passed her class. This class will almost certainly ruin your gpa and disappoint you. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

I usually like to give teachers the benefit of the doubt when reading their ratings on rate my professor, but listen to me and DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!! Her lectures are not helpful and she skips through important concepts without giving good examples. The work that she does give do not prepare you for any of the confusing questions on the test.

Took this class despite the ratings. She expects the students to have mastered the materials the next day. Professor is unorganized. Her lectures jumps from chapters ahead then goes back. If you're lucky enough, she will give two examples for that lesson. Otherwise, she will tell you to go over it at home. A trickster when it comes to exam.

Three words: don't do it. Will randomly jump around with the lectures so you have no clue what she's even teaching. Leaves important information out of the slides posted on Canvas so there's almost no use for them. Her practice exams are nothing like the test. Just skip chemistry for a semester and wait for literally ANY other professor.

Dont waste your time. She purposefully made the exam hard and flat out said that she expected everyone to get a D. She relies on the ALEKS homework which isnt helpful and will not respond to your email. She always say use ALEKS and you will succeed, but you wont. One of the worst professors out there. Save your time and take someone else.

Despite her poor ratings, I wanted to give her a chance. However, the reviews are very much true. Most of her lectures consisted of her reading off lecture slides, most of the practice problems she assigns are in an expensive textbook, she is not engaging, she can't teach well, and prepare to learn from Aleks explanations. Do not take her course.

thought I'd take her because it was the only chem class (now I know why). Will go through lectures extremely quick, never does examples, discussion is basically just sitting there for 3 hours doing ALEKS. ALEKS is also a pain since she teaches nothing so good luck trying to figure it out yourself. No reviews before tests. do not take this class!!!!

I tried to take this class for summer and I made a big mistake. I dropped the class within two days which shows what kind of teacher she is. She doesn't teach at all and all she does is read off the slides without showing examples. All she cares about is aleks. Trust me you do not want to take her.

Do not take this class! The professor does not know how to teach, especially for a 5 week course. Be ready to learn everything on your own, she dos not tell you what is going to be on the exams. The grade is based mostly on Aleks so make sure you finish with 100%. I'd give her a 0/5 is this thing would let me!

Real score 0. I say non mandatory attendance because it's a waste of time to attend her lecture. She doesn't lecture well and gives way too much work. She's honestly quite rude, she dismisses students concerns and becomes extremely close-minded and defensive. She's not accommodating at all, takes forever to grade, and is a generally awful teacher.

Do yourself a favor and just DO NOT take her class. Ive had plenty of different Science teachers and she is the most unaccommodating professor I've ever had. I have never gotten a C in my life, but her class will be the first. All of our exam scores were very low and the highest grade in the class was very low as well... did she curve you ask? NOPE

she is horrible at explaining topics and gives way too much homework. Be prepared to read the textbook to understand what is going on in the class.

As someone who loves science and chemistry in general this class was really difficult and unreasonable. The homework was ridiculous and the grading was extremely harsh. She did not prepare you for her tests whatsoever. Be prepared to give up sleep and your mental health. Take the class at another school if you absolutely need it

Before you continue further. Yes these ratings are accurate. This professor was not helpful at all and threatened the students several times for expressing their concerns toward her. Don't even bother taking this professor at all, it is not worth it. You will never know your true grade and stress out the whole time. Studying will not save you.

Never take a class with her. She is the unprofessional professor I have ever had, and she does not know how to answer your questions. In her class, you waste your time and never realize your true grade.

Chemistry 101 is a difficult class, but Professor Bakshandeh made it unnecessarily difficult. I mean, the average scores for exams 1, 2 and 3 were 58%, 51%, and a whopping 37%. I didnt even know such low averages were possible. If you end up taking this class, be sure to ace ALEKS and your lab otherwise a passing grade will be difficult to get.

Very unhelpful, especially during times when it's been hard for a lot of students. Refuses to admit any mistakes or listen to your concerns. Doesn't do live lectures, but the lectures she uploads are slow, and barely cover the basics of the chapter, let alone how to do harder concepts and problems. Students had to work together to (barely) pass.

LOOK FOR OTHER OPTIONS TRUST ME. She never taught anything in her pre-recorded lectures, and never explained very well when any of us students had questions. She never admitted to taking fault in some situations. Your grade greatly depends on the use of ALEKS and and your lab grade. Really think about taking a chemistry class with her.

She is a very bad professor. Don't take her class if you want to learn. She has poor communication skills and horrible attitudes toward students. Her tests don't match the lectures at all. She always puts a lot of pressure on students. Her class average is very low. Avoid Her!

Professor Bakhshandeh is the worst professor that I had. It doesnt matter if you are a good student or a bad student, she is not helpful at all. Just trust your knowledge, not her knowledge. Dont Waste Your Time.

WORST PROFESSOR I'VE HAD! Pierce College should be embarrassed to employ such a rude, dishonest, poor communicator, technological incompetent & horrible professor. All ALEKS based. No live lectures. Weekly discussion assignments you have to attend. She will lie and say something is extra credit, but will count it for an actual grade. DREADFUL!!

HORRIBLE LECTURE

AVOID HER IF YOU CAN! Her lectures are not helpful AT ALL, most of your learning relies on Aleks. There are only 2 tests, class average for the first was 61% and the second a 54%. Also gives timed quizzes weekly (1 minute per question); you have 3 attempts but Canvas will take your average score for all 3 attempts which can really lower your grade.

She manages to actually make concepts MORE difficult and confusing, not less. Her lectures are hours long, and her power points are all 150 - 200 slides. Her tests are brutal. On one test I got a 74, the highest grade was a 76, and the class average was a 46. I still got a C for the class. Her class was the last one open for a reason. Avoid.

She's not a good teacher. As someone who took her class. Online? Yeah, no thanks. Never again. I have so far learned nothing in her class. Her tests? Three of them. Two of the are each worth 10% of your grade and the final is 20%. My class average for the two tests was 40 to 50%. Test Heavy and she counts Aleks quiz on grades Beware.

Ew just seeing her name gives me flashbacks to how horrible her class is. She is way too old to still be teaching, and has a heavy accent that makes it difficult to understand what she's saying. Actually, there's no point in listening to what she's saying anyways because her lectures are absolutely useless. I'm convinced she enjoys ruining GPA's

Nice Professor, but no...just no.

Would not recommend her at all. So strict and her lectures are not understandable at all.

Horrible at time management, uses up an hour and a half of lab time talking about nothing useful, leaves no time to do the experiments, and then blames it on us. She'll make you feel dumb for asking questions, or she'll go on a 20 minute tangent and never answer the original question. Stay away if you can. She had my therapist working overtime.

She requires a textbook for the course but never uses it. You don't even need to pay attention during lecture because you honestly learn more reviewing the lecture slides by yourself. She also goes extremely fast so you can't even finish taking notes before she's onto the next slide. Attendance is mandatory and she keeps track if you're late.

Stay away If you can. I spent hours studying for this class and it was such a waste of my time since I still failed anyway. Ive always been relatively a good student and have never had to drop a class until this one. She actually can be humorous at times but doesn't make up for the tears I shed. If you haven't started studying yet your cooked.

THE hardest professor ever!! She reads off the slides during lectures and often makes mistakes within the calculations she presents which can be very confusing, does not drop the lowest exam grade, doesn't even offer extra credit, randomly picks on students during lectures, and assigns an insane amount of ALEKS homework with weird deadlines.

Horrible lectures, zero extra credit, no curves (the only thing that remotely resembles a curve is extending the percentage you need to get a C which is ridiculous) huge amounts of homework in aleks, you're better off studying by yourself during her lectures, exams not always resemble the past exam provided to study, DO NOT TAKE

DO NOT TAKE HER!!!!! if there are no other professors left please just wait until next semester or crash another class. Unforgiving curve. nonsensical slides. practice exams do not match actual exams in material nor difficulty.

Loads of homework, generally unhelpful lectures, merciless with grading, study guides that don't actually cover exam topics, callous "help" and targeted comments, often loses train of thought for minutes, and so on. Try to take anyone else, and if you must take THIS class, prepare to do everything by yourself.

She's a bad professor. Her lectures don't teach anything, other than a summary of what you read in the textbook. You can't miss class cause she cares so much about attendance. Half the class dropped before the 2nd midterm. She's nice when she wants to be; other than that, she can be rude when you decide to ask questions. Don't take her class.