The worst teacher I have ever had. He cared very little about his students and when i went to his office to ask for help he told me i should just quit because he didnt want to help. I have had tough teachers, but they at least were approachable. He was horrible. take the class from someone else

bad teacher... i had to drop the class part way through because i had a d (i've retaken the class with a diff teacher and had one of the highest grades...). he's a very unfair grader and takes points off on tests for stupid things. i really didnt like his class...

He's so good at overcomplicating stuff. He makes you hate mathematics.

This is the worst teacher I have ever had. He knows the material, but does not know how to teach it to you. He makes you explain every problem you do in your homework assignments, just showing your work is not enough. Ridiculous. Stay away from his class

***Please if you have Ted get out of his class. I breezed through Math 124 but when it came to his class I found it to be the hardest class I have ever taken. Horrible at explaining, takes of points for stupid mistakes, grades homework like it is a test. This guy has no life. DON"T TAKE HIM!!!!!

Not a good teacher at all. Needs a huge explanation for each question. I have not yet passed 1 assignment, test, or quiz. He only tells you what you're doing wrong and commonly made errors but never tells you how to correct them. Save yourself & NEVER take a class with him. He will spend SO many classes lecturing on the "importance of equal signs."

demoralizing and patronizing

Clearly an intelligent man with no idea how to instruct. If he were teaching an advanced calculus class I could understand his methods but this is PRECALCULUS you have to teach not just assign and grade...

Absolutely do not take this class if you want to feel like you belong in college.

This guy is no good. I will give it to him that he knows his stuff, but does not know how to teach it! Because of his inability to instruct, homework seems like rocket science. I'm the type of student that loves challenging classes, but this is awful. Do not take him if you actually want to LEARN.

This guy has a real problem with both grading and teaching. He will give bad grades on homework if he doesn't like it. It doesn't matter if it is correct. He puts RTI for read the instructions but on some papers he puts RTFI, this shows how much he wants to work with the students. It is beter to repeat a semester then to take a class with this guy.

WARNING!Do not take his course even it's honor section. No focus in teaching. You always have to learn by yourself.And the exam always cover what he didn't teach. So for GPA's sake, drop his course as soon as possible.

Professor Laetsch is the most condescending professor I have ever had. He teaches the material in the most basic form and then expects perfect knowledge of more complicated variations in the homework and docks points for absolutely everything. Unless you feel the need to repeatedly write out his Homework Policy page for homework avoid this class.

He is the most hypercritical teacher I've ever seen. He didn't teach too much thing in class and asked you to learn by yourself. HW grading is ridiculously harsh. You have to do the homework EXACTLY satisfied his willing. Otherwise points lost .Sometimes you have to do the SAME problems several times just to satisfy his fastidious demands.

This guy is ridiculous. If you plan on doing the same homework multiple times and getting zeros on every homework assignment with "No" written all over it, do not take this professor. Soon to receive my first fail in a class in my entire life :) :) :)

Laetsch's class is ridiculous. Math 122B was really easy for me, but he destroyed every student in our honors section. His answers are super vague, homework is graded like exams, and you are penalized for the most pedantic of errors. He doesn't use D2L either, so you never know what your grade is. drop this class ASAP, even if you're good at math.

This class had 2 sections with 70 students. At the end only 30 were left. His is no help what so ever. Using his T.A for was worthless, if she showed us how to do a problem and we did it on the test is was marked wrong. If you asked him how to do a problem he wouldn't show you. Be prepared for 60 plus hw assignments that do not help.

I would NOT recommend taking this class with prof. Ted Laetch. Good and funny guy knows what he is talking about but terrible professor. You'll do the same homework again and again without any specific reason. Mostly talks about how to submit your homework rather than teaching. If you understand what he wants you'll pass or else you won't

This had to be one of the hardest Professors I've ever taken in the 3 years at the University. Clearly knows the material, but has no clue to how teach. Destroyed many people's GPA. Started with a class of 70 dwindled down to about 20. Avoid him at all costs.

Professor Laetsch assigns insane amounts of homework per night (2-3 assignments) that take up to an hour for each assignment. After completing entire assignments, if the words you used aren't the exact words he wants, you can easily wind up with 576 on some homework assignments. Terrible lecturer and I would never recommend this class

Laetsch is the pickiest professor. You are docked half or full credit for any mistake on hw/exams. You don't know how you are doing until he curves the class at the end because the grade distribution is so horrible on every exam. I'm a senior with a 3.8 GPA and this is the first class that I will fail here.

He says he teaches primarily through homework. However, the "feedback" on homework is typically, "NO." Figuring out what he wants to see is more important than actually learning to read mathematics or how to write proofs. Also, he is frequently sarcastic and condescending in class-wide emails. Even if your math GPA is high, avoid this teacher.

I've always loved math but this professor made me hate going to class every day. He takes points off for trivial things and spends more time in class complaining about the way students stapled their papers wrong and made simple formatting mistakes than lecturing. Tests are on a curve but he takes points off for tiny errors. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

He taylors to auditory learners. If you are a visual learner or a kinestic learner take another person if possible. Half the class notes are posted online, and he does not go over them in at all. But he references them all the time. He did not really give good feedback on the homework. Material at the end of the class was really rushed through.

Laetsch does not really explain things well in class all the time. There are many times where you have to teach yourself many topics he goes over in class. I learned most of the material in this class from other sources since Laetsch never really explained things well. He is grades very harshly which at times is unneeded. AVOID THIS PROFESSOR.

I'm interested in Math. Thanks to him, my enthusiasm for taking such courses in U of A has gone entirely. If you want to get 20/100 for answer not fulfilling his 'criterion' or 50/100 for inappropriate margin, feel free to take him.

Despite the harsh grading of the prof, the course itself has serious problem. Actually I'm confused why the university make such proof course mandatory. To be honest, 80% of students in the math dept are just trying to get a degree and delve into a field which has nothing to do with serious math.

1. don't take math courses at UofA. 2. drop if you get this professor. He is such a tough grader and will roast you, but not in a good way. His office hours don't help. He doesn't teach in class; all he does is give pop quizzes and goes over homework problems.

This may be the most condescending person I have come across. Writes a handful of proofs on the board but spend most of his time telling you something that is trivial to the course. 55 homework assignments, he will ruin you for missing something as simple as a word. Will do trivial examples and turn the material up 10 times on the exam. Stay clear!

This professors lectures were the most pointless things in the world. He would go over the homework in class for an hour, yet I would leave feeling no better about my knowing of the material. His office hours are also very unhelpful and he is not a very willing to help in class. Tests were made on word documents off the top of his head. DO NOT TAKE

probably the worst professor Ive had in college so far where class time was meaningless and homework was pointless because if you messed up on one part of a question he won't give you any credit for the problem. tests were made up of 8 free response questions that were hard to do and if you messed up on any you pretty much got an F on the test.

Worst professor ever. You will lose point for any detail you miss on homeworks and exams.

Honestly one of the worst professors I have had at any level. Grades homework in an extremely unusual way. If any part of the problem is wrong you will receive 0 points, and the feedback he leaves on your homework is extremely unhelpful. I am very disappointed that professors like him are still hired by schools. Horrible asset to the school.