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he is in his own world...just pretend to listen to the stuff he says to brainwash his students--also very dishevelled

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Uses us and we when refering to African Americans... only wants to see his opinions on your papers... not readable handwriting

Did not show up for the final three days of class, including the final. Don't take him, he's a joke.

Not a good teacher.

Mean prof. Came into the class expecting everyone to know as much as him. Never really answered questions.

Worst professor I ever had. A very unorganized individual.

Probably the worst prof I've ever had. Avoid his classes at all cost, or it'll cost you either in the GPA or wasted money. I wrote two fairly well done essays and he flat out failed them.

the absolute WORST teacher EVER. did not teach and expected everyone to know what the h*ll he was talking about. it will either kill your gpa or make you lose money by dropping it. STAY FAR FAR AWAY

horrible...you watch movies and he never has anything prepared for class. very strong political ideas, you may feel uncomfortable because he plays it on you so hard. not a good class, grading system is off the wall, avoid.

I am not doing so good in class because it is too damn tough.

Horrible!!! He gets personal satisfaction out of failing people and has absolutely no idea how to relate to others. It would be an insult to every other teacher to refer to him as one.

He is very unorganized and really doesn't teach anything. He is a african newspaper telling us facts. Test were unusual but I am doing fine, because I like politics. If you have a high tolerance for rants about politics then take it, but if not then no

Not a good class to take, professor has his views and has no tolerance for the beliefs of others. I found myself offended by a lot of the things he said, he is very biased. Not helpful at all, and does a lot of white bashing. Dont take this class.

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Sterling is lazy, unorganized, and not nearly as smart as he tries to fool you into believing. It's really not that hard if you write him pages and pages of **** for every essay. He has no concept of objectitivy and will force his views. AVOID.

A college class room shouldn't resemble a Black Panthers meetings, nor do I have respect for someone who presents hatred towards any contrasting view point. If you believe learning should consist of weighing differing viewpoints, do not take this class.

Very ****. The only class I got a C in during my whole college days. There was a baseball player who sat next to me who didn't come to the end and got a better grade than me.

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No order to his class. There is no way to tell when tests or anything else will happen. He is single minded and doesnt listen to anything students say.

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If you like extremely hard exams, unclear lectures, and no willingness to help students, than this is the prof for you. Dont even think of emailing him cuz he wont repsond. He is very arrogant, cnyical and the biggest left-wing extreme liberal you'll ever meet. Dont take his classes EVER!

This guy has no desire to help you. If you aren't an expert in this subject he has no interest in you are helping you. i've gone to class everyday, done all the reading and still have no idea what he talks about. He jumps around so fast, it is too hard to keep up. Save your grade and don't take him

Sterling Johnson is the worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life, he is at some times offensive to certain groups of people and I wouldn't take this class. If at all possible take it with someone else cuz you dont want to deal with this guy.

Dr. Johnson lives up to the left-wing stereotype of college professors. He is very unprofessional and attempts to dump his liberal values on you. However, if you can block out his extreme liberal bias, he is a very knowledgeable professor and knows his stuff

Is growing more radical with age. Called a girl **** in a forum simply b/c she said she doesn't agree with Affirmative Action. Most knowledgeable person I've ever met, but also horribly closeminded as well. If you try to pass anything even remotely moderate, he'll either try and make an ass out of you or ignore you. He's also horribly unclear and gives long, meandering lectures that never relate to the syllabus.

The stereotypical left-wing professor. If you want to take a class on Bush bashing and learn what a horrible country you live in, take Dr. Johnson. His anti-American attitude is very disturbing.

All I can say is, if you have your CR/NC option available, USE IT! This class is not worth busting ass for because you won't get an "A" anyway. Professor personally informed me through e-mail when I disputed my grade that the course was designed so "everyone gets a B". Also, he assigns long essays that don't have anything to do with lecture. UGGGH!

DO NOT take this class. Yeah it's interesting, but the layout of the course makes it impossible to get a decent grade. You only get a few tests and they're essays only. The subject matter covered in class is never on the test. Save your GPA and avoid this class.

I am in the process of taking an online class of his, and wow, it's terrible. He assigns his own book (at 130 bucks) for the class, and no one apparently proof-read the text. There are errors all over it. It's blatantly biased and he makes no attempt to hear the other side of things. Not to mention the course is extremely unorganized.

This was the worst professor I have had at CMU! I have had several law and polysci profs in my program and by far he is the most difficult to work with. I am an A student with my undergrad from CMU and now doing a Masters program where I am also an A student. His class is impossible and his standards are unreasonable. Do not take this class.

Most unprofessional professor I have ever had. Instead of presenting both sides of an argument, he just gives you his Anti-American, Bush bashing propaganda and tells you that you are stupid if you dont agree him. If you like to here about what an awful country you live in, you will certainly enjoy his class.

When I had him in class,he acted like we couldn't possibly understand the lives or perspectives of others,so he didn't really ever teach it.He kept marking me ab, though I turned in all of my work, becuase he had me confused with another student with the same 1st name...we LOOKED nothing alike (white & asian) So glad he took time to get to know us

You could save the tuition money and just read the books because he does not do one iota of real teaching. In fact, the class would be easier if all you had to do was read the books but instead you get to listen to his unorganized, incomprehensible, rants that i laughingly refer to as lecture. He should have kept working for the government.

Worst class out of all classes taken at CMU.

The worst teacher i have ever had. He owes me a grand cuz i had to drop out because its so hard. All essay question tests which are impossible to pass. Dont bother taking unless u wanna fail. Btw he looks exactly like Samuel L. Jackson if that interests u at all lol.

It is too hard for me. The class just like a joke. This teacher only read power points in class and find some clips from youtube. There were three test in the whole semester. four questions for each test and you need to write 700-1000 words for each question. the questions are hard for the students who are not major in law.

DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF. I have been an excellent student with at least a 3.5 and I'm a senior now. NOTHING about this class makes sense. Unless you already know about PSC, you're screwed. He'll give you a new (bitter) perspective. He also seems to enjoy embarrassing students and passing out withdrawal request forms with graded exams. Just. No.

The worst teacher I've ever had. I used to pray I'd get hit by a car or something so I could die instead of seeing Johnson. The. Actual. Worst. AVOID IT!

This class could be SO AWESOME. But avoid this professor at all costs. If you enjoy paying upwards of $300/credit hour to watch hour-long Frontline videos for every class and hear him rant about how much America sucks, this is your guy. If you're planning on learning or succeeding, do yourself a favor and take 351 (or whatever) with someone else.

It wasn't a hard class, but definitely take notes and at least skim over the reading material!! Most of the time I ignored what he "taught" since all he would do was give his opinion on everything (which usually made no sense) and embarrass people. Only 5 or 6 other students showed up to class out of 53 seats available.

Class consisted of watching videos EVERY DAY. He goes on rants that are interesting sometimes. The tests are huge take-home essay questions but if you incorporate all of the terms he lists with each question, you should get an OK grade. He's a very interesting guy but I could have learned as much about the Civil Rights Movement from my couch.

Professor Johnson is really nice guy, however he should not be teaching. His lectures were very unclear, and mostly consisted of rants about how awful America is. His exams are take home, however you are required to write three to four essays each of 1500-2000 words. He is very unclear about his grading criteria. Also he does not update Blackboard!

Dr. Johnson is a very intelligent person who is well versed in poli sci and international relations. However, I am convinced that he doesnt know how to use a computer. Rarely replied to emails, 1 sentence replies to emails, 1 sentence feedback on discussion boards, we basically had to teach ourselves.

Dr. Johnson is nice but should not be teaching. He seems like he has a lot of knowledge but all we do is watch videos every single day. He rarely responds to emails, even on days before exams are due, and when he does it's one word responses and doesn't answer questions. Very unclear grading criteria and presentation. Also he doesnt use blackboard.

This professor taught almost nothing. We would watch a movie every single day in class, and none of it was ever on the exams. I have had bad professors before, but no one even comes close to this level of bad. I would not recommend his courses to anyone.

He obviously knew a lot about political science, but I found his lectures very difficult to follow. He never updated grades on Blackboard, so I never knew where I stood in the class. He was also very unorganized, and once taught the wrong lecture to our class. Wouldn't take again.

Exams are the only points really in the class. Each exam is 12+ pages written if taken home or if in class there are three essays to respond to. Prepare for exams as they are the only thing that matters. Include the 20+ key points for each essay prompt or you wont pass. He does on rants that dont make sense. This class deserves a better prof.

Very unorganized and is not clear on expectations. The class is not a WI and I have already written 9 essays (it's only week 10). He is very nice, but does not always stick to what he says. For example, he made an extra credit essay a real assignment without even telling us. Maybe he'll be better since this was his first year with this section.

DONT TAKE THIS CLASS! Lectures are so off topic and irrelevant there is no point listening to them. You watch videos every class that are also very pointless. The only assignments are 3-4 essays and he didn't even put my scores into Blackboard so I wasted my time even doing them. He never uses Blackboard or answers emails so good luck passing :)

He is the absolute worst. The videos and lectures are a waste of time so just do yourself a favor and drop out. He never puts in grades so you'll likely fail anyways. The essays are on topics never discussed in class so you have to put in SO MUCH work and teach yourself just to never get a grade back. Take the class with someone else!!!!

Dr. Johnson is an excellent lecture and he is very inspiring to listen to. HOWEVER, his class was run very chaotically and none of the assignments have been very clear. The lectures never went along with the discussion boards and are way too long to be just a regular course. This class made me realize that I don't actually want to study poli. sci.

Sterling Johnson at times was interactive with students during lecture, but this is rare. You could honestly not go to any lectures and pass the class easy with an A. There were only two essay assignments that were based on incorporating the vocabulary terms. My advice: go the first day and find some people to make a group chat