I could barely understand this teacher and unless you speak chinnese don't take this class. BYOI (bring your own interpreter). Upon completing the class go to Addmissions and ask for foreign language credit.

Good Mathematician... Terrible teacher. Knows his stuff but can't communicate it worth crap. If you don't have a natural mind for math... get a tutuor, or a translator. Take some english lessons Tao

the worst teacher ever. He is so hard to understand. I worked my tail off and he gave me a D.

I couln't understand a word he siad, not only that there were severall times he confused himself.

could not understand him! CONFUSING!!!! I had to with draw and the following semester took with Hesser got an A!!!

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Everyone drops, he knows his stuff, but explaining it is another story!

I had a lot of trouble understanding him. I dropped after the first class. That accent would drive me nuts all semester. Im sure he is a great guy, I just coudnt deal with the thick accent.

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does not speak english

I cannot understand him what so ever. He has a very thick accent and we cannot communicate. I don't love math but I don't hate it but I hate going to this class. I only go because he gives an extra 10 points if we attend everyday. I've been teaching my self this course and it really sucks. Unless you are a brainiac don't take this teacher for math!

Cant understand. heavy Chinese accent. If you don't teach yourself, you will fail

Its impossible to understand him through his thick accent. Class was boring at best.

Terrible class and teacher. I would not recommend taking him.. if you don't try and teach yourself the material, you might as well drop that class. I do somewhat like that he is lenient on tests. If you have no clue how to do the problem and you show your work, you'll get some credit for it instead of it all being marked wrong.

Does NOT grade assignments properly (constantly had to point out that he'd skipped problems when grading my HW). Also, I tried going to office hrs. once. The MINUTE they where over. Like, 45 seconds later, he kicked me out and told me he had to eat lunch. So much for caring about his students. Marks off for getting right answer but not "his way"

Cannot understand a word he says. Does not provide proper instruction in chapters. Algebra is one of my favorite subjects and I dread his class everyday and walk out angry. Avoid is possible

Man's brilliant, but a HORRIBLE teacher. I've never seen a class where, despite being allowed use of your book on tests, MOST PEOPLE FAIL. I got an A in Calc 1 with Dr. Gunsul, but just took a W to avoid a D in 2 with Mr. Guo. If this man where the only math teacher at RVC, I would take math somewhere else, and transfer it in. RUN.

His accent is very hard to understand. He also has a habit of dropping off in the middle of sentences, on top of speaking quietly, and laugh-talking (at his own jokes). I ended up buying a solutions manual in order to teach myself the material. I've been in his class all semester, and it's still hard to understand his explanations in class.

Mr Guo is very experienced in Mathmatics however, His accent is so think he is hard to understand and the fact that he mumbles every other word makes it impossible to learn anything. and his teaching style is poor at best. He has most likely not updated his style since th 70's. Overall, if you have him as your professor be prepared to teach yoursel

Horrible!! If you want to teach yourself take this class. He seems like a nice person, but no one can understand what he is trying to say. Just save yourself a hassle and don't take this teacher.

I usually give anyone and anything the benefit of the doubt, however, Prof Guo was one of the hardest teachers I have ever had! His accent is extremely strong and I could barely understand anything he said. Homework and Tests for each chapter so be ready to teach yourself! Oh and BUY THE ANSWER KEY he recommends, trust me it will SAVE you!!

wow. don't take him - drop him now. I am a B-A student here and do great with classes. His accent is terrible, he speaks too softly, and you cannot read what he writes on the board. If you're great with independent studying then take his class - he doesn't take attendance (only for EC). But if you're average with math or suck - do not take him.

Don't get me wrong, Professor Guo is a nice man, but his accent is too strong. Even if you can get passed the accent, his teaching style is very unclear. I had to drop the class because I was very confused right off the bat and he isn't very helpful. When you ask a question, he tends to get frustrated and ignore it. DO NOT take this class.

Tao Guo is the worst professor I've ever had. I do not recommend his class to anyone.

Terrible can't understand him and if you ask a question he makes you feel like an idiot. All you do each class is do three problems and he takes the whole time.

If you struggle at all with math, you'll struggle with Professor Guo. I am competent with math skills, but algebra isn't my strong subject. I was not expecting to be unable to understand my professor or have no actual teaching being done in the classroom. Prof. Guo flies through homework problems as if students already understand and mumbles.

You literally cannot understand a word he says. He has such a thick accent I ended up dropping the class because I couldn't learn anything. Never take a class by him if you can avoid it.

You cannot understand him at all. He doesn't answer questions. I would never ever recommend him. I had to go to his class to get attendance points but I would just read the book and do the homework. I could not understand a word he said because of his accent

Difficulty understanding him as well as poor teaching even when you can understand him.

This teacher is very hard to understand of you already have difficulty understanding math, his lectures are long and very hard to keep track of. If you skip you won't pass.

He's not easy to understand and he's less than helpful with questions. He isn't particularly helpful even when you go into his office during his office hours. Even after using the tutoring and math lab i was completely and utterly lost the entire time.

I have never met a teacher or professor that would purposefully attempt to ask questions meant to trick you. That alone is enough for me, but as everyone else has said, he is very difficult to understand and when you can, he is extremely vague. When you ask questions, he doesn't always give a clear, concise answer, as one would expect in math.

I have always been a straight-A student and easily picked up on things, but this class was impossible for me. Professor Guo is very difficult to understand and is very vague. The tests are made up of trick questions. They don't accurately measure your understanding. Would not recommend.

i want to cry

Took this class but ended up dropping, very hard to understand his accent and was usually very quiet and mumbling his words. He was very horrible at actually teaching us, as he was very vague and did not explain at all how he got answers, expecting students just to learn and do homework from the book. He didn't give us much to go off for notes too.

I could understand about 15% of the words he said due to his heavy accent, he always thought we understood him and no one ever did, and when we tried to tell him we didn't catch what he said he just kept going. Worst teacher I've ever had I have no idea how he teaches at a college.

He has a very heavy accent that makes his class so difficult. Hes a nice guy but this class is hard if math isnt your strong suit. If youre good at math, you can show up on the test days and pass. There are tests & 4 sets of homework to go with them. You can use a handwritten cheat sheet on all the tests, including final which isnt cumulative.