This guy is absolutely awful. Not recommended at all!!

Do not take this teacher. I never have any idea what he's talking about because he makes no sense. He is not helpful and gets flustered if you ask him a question. Unless you're ok with teaching yourself, avoid him.

pretty ****ing bad

if i didn't take this class last year id be so lost. i hate it

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I feel bad but oh my gosh...He shouldn't even be considered a teacher. This guy is pretty new so I understand how it can be rough but he was awful. He didn't know what he was talking about half the time and he could never explain anything if you had a question. Unless you're REALLY good in calc, you do not want to have him as your teacher.

I had to drop this class because there wasn't any way i could have passed it. The best part about Troy is that he's got dreads. He mumbles everything, and is constantly late for class. I wouldn't reccomend him to anyone

I did so well in his class, i took notes, did the homework i could do, and got a 17 percent on the test, i love this guy, he is the man! take him if you want to a. fail b. hate life or c. sleep... trust me hes a good pick for anyone who doesnt care about their grades or doesnt mind failing out! Hail Bob Marley

Banks is by far one of the worst teachers I have experienced. He mumbles while "teaching", ineffectively helps me when we ask for help, is intimadated of our small class of 15, we spend a lot of time just trying to read the illegible words he scribbles on the board! Nice guy, but its hard to understand!

If you are not prepared to teach yourself DO NOT take this class...walk away QUICKLY he mumbles, you can't read the writing on the board and you scare him when you ask questions. Should not be teaching...

Worst professor I've ever had. Do not take Banks unless you're taking a lower-level math course. I can't even imagine taking a calc class with him. Great guy, but a terrible teacher.

He is a really nice guy but is quite easily one of the worst professors. He mumbles and cannot write. He never understands questions therefor you must teach yourself

Learn to decipher his writing on the board and the mumbling. Or... read the textbook and be prepared to teach yourself. I don't think he had any idea what he was doing.

He is a nice quy, but an awful teacher. He copies notes straight from the text book and does not give examples very well. Seems very nervos in front of class and has a hard time answering questions. In fact, he does not really answer questions at all just repeats them back to you. Try to find another teacher for this section

AVOID! Doesn't really teach anything-copies straight out of the book, mumbles incoherently, and seems very nervous standing in front of a class. Can't answer your questions. Hard to know whats on a test or quiz. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

The class blew and he didnt teach he talked to himself at the chalkboard the whole time cause no one understood what he was doing. If you ask a question he answers it with a question. If you ask for help you wont get any. The textbook is everything you literally teach yourself math. Do not take this class.

Terrible teacher! Doesn't answer questions--repeats them back to you and think's that's a good answer. We have an exam coming up and we've all demonstrated that we don't understand the material, but he's not offering any leeway for us, so we're all going to fail by no fault of ours. Teaches straight out of the textbook, which is also unhelpful.

He doesn't know how to teach the material to the students in a comprehensible manner and is awful at explaining ANYTHING. Doesn't really do anything to help the class with our troubles. Ask him a question about what he explained and he chuckles, then explains it the same way before and asks "Does that make sense?". If possible avoid taking him.

I'm in the same class. I think he's nice but he's awful at discrete math. That test that the student two spots below mentioned was taken, and the class avg was a 60! And then he just went on like everything was OK!? wow! I had calc1-3 Dif EQ, Lin Alg and got B's or better. This class is insane! He's unprepared, hard to get ahold of, rushes...

This teacher is by far the worst teacher I have ever had for any class. I am fairly good at math and I couldnt understand ANYTHING this guy was talking about when it came to discreet math. He is very hard grading homework and grades for accuracy. He also cannot explain ANYTHING you asked him.

terrible teacher. Cannot comprehend any question asked, needs to go back to what ever country he was born. Never EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER take this teacher!!!!

This teacher is possibly the single worst teacher that Salisbury has to offer. The Math department already is lackluster. I am very good at math and statistics, receiving A's in all other courses related to math and stats. I couldn't pull a C in this man's class. He lacks a grading rubric and likes to take points off for no reason.

**DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS** TROY BANKS IS THE WORST TEACHER IVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE... HIS QUIZ/TEST/HOMEWORK ARE graded so hard and he does not know to teach.. I had to withdraw because every grade i had was below 40%.. and I studied for his class. RUNN!!!!!!

Ok, i am going to keep it simple. Unless you know math (i.e college Calculus) very well, take the class. But if not, and you are new to this, DO NOT HAVE HIM AS A TEACHER. He puts up no examples, his helping after class is useless. And my transcript is horrible thanks to the one F I got from him. Heed my advice, future students.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASSES WITH HIM. He can't teach and doesnt want to help you. He should not be teaching.

mumbles in class and doesn't have a clue how to explain anything.

He is one of the worst professors I have ever had. He doesn't know how to explain anything at all; literally the entire class had no idea what was going on all semester. And he is so awkward, it made me uncomfortable to talk to him. And I have to take him next semester too!! This class is confusing anyway, but take it with anyone else!

DO NOT take this teacher. He mumbles and does not know what he is talking about. He rarely answers his email, so its hard to get help. I recommend taking another teacher.

Literally the worst professor I have ever had. He doesn't teach, doesn't answer questions (just laughs awkwardly), and is completely scatterbrained. He would leave class randomly for 5-10 minutes without saying anything. He forgot to give us our final project, so we had half the time to complete it we were supposed to. DON'T TAKE!!!

I read the comments before hand and didn't listen. He is exactly how everyone described him on here. He doesn't teach you at all, he'll write problems on the board and solve them himself and doesn't go into the actual steps of solving. He'll say "Does this make sense?" and it never does.Akward laugh, weird guy.Should not have a job in teaching.

Goes to fast and does exactly what everyone else has said. He anwered problems on the board himself and expects you to already know everything.

His handwriting is awful. He does not explain anything and jumps all over the place when teaching. His homework assignments are super long and challenging.

Pretty useless in terms of providing clarity. Most of his explanations are either irrelevent or further complicate the topic. I ended up having to visit Dr Shannon in her office hours to have her explain the material out of the book (since she wrote it) in order to understand anything that confused me.

By far the worst teacher I've ever had. Takes 10 minutes to make an example in class. These examples don't help at all on the homework or quizzes. If you know what you're doing at all don't go to class because he will end up confusing you. He is so uncertain about himself that it's comical. And on top of everything his handwriting is impossible.

Banks can barely write legibly, Constant clarification is required to understand what he is writing. I took Calc 2 with him at 2pm, only 8 kids are in my class, and on the most recent test 1 kid got above a 75%

Dr. Banks was the most unclear professor i have ever had. He mumbles constantly, writes chicken scratch on the chalkboard, and to top it all off he moves at an insane speed making it impossible to understand anything due to the fact that you are writing non-stop. Grades homework harshly. If you have to take this class, make friends to study with.

One word: AWFUL

Not the worst, but far from the best. He comes late every class and teaches to the last second. Throws quizzes and exams in randomly. You have to teach yourself; online videos saved me. He writes sloppy. Grades easy, lots of partial credit on exams.

Without the practice exams and partial credit, and YouTube math teachers, I would have failed this class. I dont know who pays these people to write positive things about this man but I would advise changing majors before you take him. There was not a single time I felt he knew what he was talking about.

This man shows up late every day. His lectures make me fall asleep, terrible at including students in lecture. His handwriting is god-awful. It's better to rely on YouTube math teachers than him. I don't go to class and I know as much as people that have not missed more than three. Essentially avoid this man at all costs for the sake of your GPA.

Never have I ever had the worst experience in a class due to a professor. This man comes into EVERY class 5-10 minutes late. He also lectures during the whole class with such a quiet voice and even mumbles which makes it very hard to understand. Not only can you barely understand him, but his handwriting equivalent to a 5-year-old. Avoid him!

I understand people say not to take a professor and sometimes you think "oh well he can't be that bad". For the love of everything holy do not take this man.

I've taken Dr Banks once for Calc 1, and twice for Linear Algebra, once as covid began and once online during covid. I dropped him both times. All three times have been the most miserable classes I've been in since starting college. Very smart man but my god he does not know how to teach. Would rather drop out than take another class with him.

Shows up 10 mins late every single day teaches directly out of the textbook so if you wanted to you could just skip everyday and learn from that and is just horrible at explaining things and giving notice for exams and test dont take this mans class drop it while you can

Would never take it again. He is probably the worst professor I ever had. He teaches out of a textbook and nobody knows what's going on in the class most of the time.

WORST PROFESSOR EVER. ID ADVISE YOU TO SWAP CLASSES WITH A DIFFERENT PROFESSOR. He teaches out of a textbook. JUST OVERALL A HORRIBLE PROFESSOR. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. He is so hard to hear (mumbles all the time), his handwriting is terrible, every class is literally just rewriting notes he writes on the board. Doesn't put in grades on time, there's a quiz every Friday and he always tells you about assignments last minute. I didn't listen to the reviews and they were all true.

Late to class, mumbles terrible handwriting. All class consists of is a lecture where you cant hear him or understand what he is writing. He teaches out directly out of the textbook. Tons of quizzes and homework he announces last minute. Calls on people all the time and is angry if you dont know answer.

The lectures given to us had close to no relation to the course material we were constantly being quizzed on. He seemed almost clueless on the material he was teaching constantly needing to be corrected by students. Me and my peers needed multiple study groups and group chats to pass this class. Not sure how he still has a job if Im being honest.

Simply put do not take a single course this man tea

Dr. Banks is an awful professor. His lecture notes are illegible, and most students have to teach themselves through the textbook. His quizzes and exams are challenging and he gives only 1-2 days' notice in advance of quizzes and exams which throws off many students. Overall I would not recommend any courses he teaches.

Nice professor but good luck passing his class without a tutor or already taking this class in high school. His handwriting is worse than a 1st graders, mumbles, always late to class (typically 6 minutes late but 25 minutes late once for 50 minute classes), does not respond to emails hardly ever. There for the research not to be a teacher.

I dropped out of bury first semester of 2021. Bank's a nice dude but he sucked at teaching. He couldn't write properly and was corrected for mistakes in his math by students. Our class had a gc for his class because we had to cheat our way through since it was so hard. I went to cc then another 4 year and it was better than bury in general.

I could barely understand anything he was teaching.

horrible professor. his lectures are completely useless. he gives much clearer instruction if you go to office hours, but his office hour times aren't super consistent. avoid at all costs

You can't hear him. I had to teach myself. Awful time overall.

dr. banks was probably the worst professor i've ever had. he was very nice, but you can't understand a single thing he's saying, or writing. he left assignments ungraded since early october, only graded exams, and then graded the past assignments after the final, making it hard to calculate what i needed on the final to pass. avoid this professor.