If you like to be insulted, barked at, lied to, and unfairly graded then you'll love Barrett. WORST human being I've ever met. This guy made the class 100X harder than it had to be. I don't have enough space to fully explain just how bad he was. Very rude. Very opinionated. Very unclear. Very BAD!

Tom Barrett has no place in the classroom where he can interact with students. I really think the material in this course was fascinating but Barrett ruined my experience. Barrett seems to get some kind of twisted pleasure out of seeing his students fail, and told us that we would.

terrible!! class avg. on 1st midterm was 50%!.. did not lecture material well.. did not review before tests.. explained it was normal for students to fail the tests. made rude and **** jokes in lecture, made test questions nearly impossible to answer, some with no answer possible! avoidatallcost!

Somewhere between his dumb jokes and unintentional racial remarks, Tom Barrett is supposed to be teaching physics. His teaching is just as bad as his humor. He gets kicks outta his students averaging 41 percent on exams. I say dump his ass!

Rumor has it Tom likes to take students to COAM with no basis. Terrible teacher, very unapproachable when you have questions, terrible class etiquette, favors students, and blacklists others. Tom constantly gets off topic and gives more information than could ever be fathomed. RUN FAST THE OTHER WAY

Unhelpful, Makes vaguely ****/**** comments during lecture. Acts as if students should know material before taking the course.

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I don't usually dislike any teachers, but this man is just a smug prick. If you have him, be sure you have a really good TA, because you won't learn much of anything from him.

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This guy seems nice at first, but as the class progresses one realizes that his attitude is one of a smug, unhelpful and discourteous professor who has a chip on his shoulder from when he was picked on back in high school. He knows the stuff but cannot impart that knowledge effectively but does have an aura of snide indifference.

thinks he's better than you, mkay

TERRIBLE. Lectures were full of stupid jokes and useless cartoons. It would have been helpful to see some application, after all we are SCIENCE and ENGINEERING majors. We need to know what we're doing, why we're doing it, and HOW to do it. He definitely falls short on that last one. 100% USELESS.

worst professor I've had so far. Lecture is completely useless. He throws the formulas which you can get from the book. He only goes over 1-2 examples a day, when the quizzes cover that much in 15 mins. He also teaches out of order from the book. Not very helpful via email (always replied in one word).Very disappointed overall, makes phys difficult

H ABSOLUTELY BLOWS! HIS LECTURES R USELESS AND HIS EXAMS/MIDTERMS/QUIZZES CONTAIN MUCH MORE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS THAN THE EASY BULLSHIT HE COVERS IN CLASS WHICH BY THE WAY U COULD LEARN BETTER BY JUST READING THE TEXTBOOK

Agree with last 4 comments above. Terrible experience

Terrible experience

Barrett, for starters, is a terrible teacher. His jokes aren't funny, his examples aren't helpful, and his quizzes/tests are impossible unless you sleep with your physics book nightly. Halfway through I stopped going to lecture and just reading the book, which will teach you A LOT more than what he can. AVOID.

One of the worst professors I have had here, even worse than the rest of the pathetic physics department. His lectures are boring and useless. He is horrible at talking to groups and has an incredibly annoying tick where he says mkay about 50 times per lecture. His only saving feature is that he is lazy, so he reuses old midterms identically.

Most useless professor I've had so far.

Worst teacher I've had here. His exams are so hard, he puts problems on that he doesn't spend a minute of time explaining. Definitely switch out if you are unlucky enough to get him. And hope you have a good TA if not...

Barrett is a terrible teacher. If you have any chance to, you NEED to avoid him. He briefly scratches the surface on all topics, and tells you not to write things down and basically read the book cover to cover. Some topics on quizzes and exams are NOT covered in class, and just are in the book.

Tom Barrett is without a doubt the worst professor i have ever had. All he says is "mmmnay". One class he said "mmmmnay" 96 times. Not only is he a terrible teacher, he also makes you want to kill yourself. If you find out you have him, drop the class while you can, mmnay?

Honestly the worst professor I've had at college. Examples in class are not related to quizzes, homework, or exams. Talks down to students and rarely clarifies any questions.

Nothing he teaches is actually relevant to what he gives in the quizzes and exams. None of the questions asked stimulate thinking. Worst of all, he is against using intuitive methods to go about Physics. If you get him don't panic; drop out or change your professor before its too late. Or you will get what you don't deserve.

His exams are insanely difficult, even compared to other professors' exams. When students do poorly on them, he gets disappointed as if it's our fault. No one has ever been prepared for his exams because the questions are ridiculously difficult. He is smart and seems like a good person outside of school, but DO NOT take him for physics.

Don't bother with his lectures. Terrible professor. Follow book chapters, and do homework. If you can understand the homework and do it, quizzes will be cake. Exams are around same level, maybe slightly easier than quizzes.

Lectures are practically useless. He has told me multiple times to just put down my pencil and listen. Quizzes and exams do not match what is taught in lecture. He does not finish in-class examples. And the only reason I have done well is due to prior knowledge from high school. AVOID!

Avoid him if you can. His lectures are confusing. He expects you to know too much prior to class. His quizzes are tricky. I had to go to another lecturer because he was that bad. He also barely answers his email. I only succeeded in class from prior knowledge in high school. AVIOD HIM.

Terrible experience, avoid him test & quiz average are in the "D- F" range, critizes if you ask questions.

Terrible teacher, lectures are useless and he is not very helpful in office hours. Drop this class or you will be driven crazy by his excessive use of the phrase "mNay"

Barrett is the worst professor I've ever had. He can't explain the material well, so you end up depending heavily on the book, which isn't that good in the first place. He wastes class time by making irrelevant jokes & giving long discourses on non-physics topics (like the weather) instead of teaching physics. Information density in class is low.

He is not a good professor at all. I would NOT take his class again. Its pointless to show up to his office hours because he thinks you should already know how to do the problem.

Do you have Barrett and have you lost hope? I know I did. It's like he's intentionally trying to confuse you because he thinks it's funny that physics is hard. Fear not! I learned all of our content from lasseviren1 on YouTube. He goes through the exact same curriculum; the difference is that he knows how to explain things. He saved my grade.

I really don't like this prof. If I had any chance, not taking him, I will run away from him as far as possible. He is the worst. Anything on his lectures, doesn't really related to what you will expect in quizzes and tests.

He doesn't know how to teach very well. I have already planed another schedule to go to other professors lectures instead of his so i don't get left behind in this fast pace class. For students that have not taken physics in high school i recommend to get out of class as fast as possible

Not a good professor. Doesn't teach concepts at all, just does random example problems on the board from which he drifts around and may start a second problem just to explain part of the first problem. Confusing and kind of condescending. Only reason I passed was because I started copying the notes from a different lecturer's section and used book

Don't do it. Find ANY other professor.

Do not take physics 2367 with barrett and wilkins if you care about your GPA. The course consists of writing a short paper every 2 weeks and giving 3 presentations over the semester. The presentations are horrible, the class avg for all 3 presentations were between 64 66 percent. They don't tell you how they graded it or what you did wrong either.

Never was really a good explainer and was a very difficult grader. if a decimal place was off you automatically lost 50 percent even if every step before then was correct. when asked basically tells you well tough Im in charge. Thinks he is hilarious but not even close. would not reccomend

Lectures do not correlate to material tested on. Extremely unclear on expectations of knowledge. Unhelpful and provided very few additional resources to do well in his class.

Terrible human being in general. Rude and sarcastic, doesnt help. I have him as my recitation instructor, and he insults people and doesnt help, instead making fun of them for not being able to learn what hes known for years. On multiple occasions is very rude to me, and makes he hate having to attend his recitation/lab. Beware having him.

Terrible person

Act as if hes the smartest guy in the room and every other people are idiot

Terrible teacher that shouldnt be teaching at all. Unwilling to help. Never really answer your questions. Hes shouldnt be teaching if hes not gonna be teaching!

Awful and useless.

One of the worst professor you can find at OSU without giving you feed backs and answering your question.

Would not recommend it.

Totally agree with other students comments. Tough person and rude. Never really trying to help. When I asked a question that he simply dont know to ask, he just gave me a mmmanyy sound as if its my fault. Worst professor Ive met.

His lectures are hard to follow and he barely explains anything, yet told us not to use the textbook because he didn't like it. He offers NO problem sets, practice quizzes, or any additional work which makes it near impossible to learn physics. When you ask questions you'll probably get a sarcastic or condescending comment as an answer.

Dr Barrett is the worst lecturer Ive had at OSU so far. He either refuses to answer questions or provide further explanation during lecture, or answers them condescendingly. I dont think he cares about any of his students. Definitely review other physics materials outside of his class - you wont learn the content from his lectures.

Bro email your counselor as soon as you can if you get his class. I have no f*cking idea why he calls himself a professor. He gives "lectures" opens his documents and just doddles. Like WTAF. He does not know how to communicate properly and sometimes he will throw extra stuff at you which not explaining properly confuses you even more.

Not only does the professor impart confusing and illegible online lectures, recitations are the only day you get to see the TA ask for questions, but you are instead forced to do group work with your teams, and then weekly difficult quizzes based on last week's lengthy and almost infinite homework on WebAssign. Avoid the physics dept at all costs.

It's very hard to understtand

Unorganized lectures followed by weekly lengthy homeworks and difficult quizzes. Low exam scores with a minimal curve at the end of the semester. I genuinely enjoy STEM classes but never want to learn about physics again after this class.

OMG he will make your physics experience 100000x worst. Going into the class I knew he was going to be bad, but I was still shocked by how bad he is. His lectures are hard to follow along AND you can't read anything he writes. There is a lot of homework and the quizzes are no bueno.

mmmmhmmmmm mmmmkay

Very outspoken with political views, which I didn't respect in an academic setting. He also has a very specific criteria for his papers, so if you write for him you'll get a good grade, but write it like a normal essay and you'll be below 50%. also yes the "mnnngkhay?" happens a lot (he's saying "okay?"). Lots of participation required as well.

Throughout the semester he would go on mini political rants (it's also very clear what his political views are). Even though its a writing class, there's a narrative that he wants, if you don't write for him you will not get a good grade in the class. Very blunt when student's are wrong and doesn't make the class very engaging. Obligatory mmmmmkay

I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk, I hate the way that you dress. I even hate when you say the word "mkay" but that's just me, I guess. Never finish your work and rely on students to finish your work and yet not even be clear on how to complete it.

Don't take, not coherent teacher

Claims that attendance is optional then gives top hat codes that literally affect your grade. Lectures he often talks on a tangent and handwriting is very hard to be read, no clear notes or defining parts that help you learn the concepts.

He's just not good at teaching. He goes off on tangents, and even when he does provide a question to work through, he does it in a convoluted way. I will admit he does use the board, but his handwriting is nearly unintelligible that you can't look away for a second. Also didn't post review materials for the final lol so good luck if you have him.

This professor writes very messy on the board and gives out very hard quizzes on Mondays. His midterms have low averages as well. He also doesn't clarify that well when you ask him a question. He also talks off topic half the lecture period which is not a good thing. He also says attendance isn't mandatory but then gives top hat questions.