I couldn't understand a word he was saying and he yelled at students if they didn't know answers to his questions

what should be a simple, gen ed fulfulling course becomes a stressful, pointless, and hopeless ordeal when this man is the instructor. simply put, he is far too intelligent to be teaching a low level course, and is unclear, hypercritical, and out of plac

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STAY AWAY!! He couldn't explain himself out of a tin can. He creates his own methods and leaves out the important steps. I have never been more confused in my life!

awful!!

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crazy crazy russian

This guy doesn't have a very good grasp of the English language...I don't think he knows what he's telling the students sometimes.

unclear, doesn't teach concepts and gets upset when students don't understand. doesn't come prepared to class, uses students calculators instead of bringing his own.

Horrible at explaining topics. Gives very poor, and unorganized notes...if any at all. More often no notes at all. He basically talks alot for someone that doesn't really say anything at all.

Don't take his class if you want to be taught.

doesnt teach just gives assignments. gets mad when you ask him for help. horrible. dont take his class. even though if you beg him for an A you will get it.

he is a professor and that is his job but he dosen't seem to want to be there at all. he is not understanding, does not explain well and does lisson or awnser questions well!

Is not willing to help his students. His accent makes him difficult to understand and will complain when students do not ask questions. However, when you ask a question he insults you. Difficult to talk to and does not seem willing to give extra help. Only grades from 3 tests/projects. Occasionally came prepared.

Is not willing to help his students. His accent makes him difficult to understand and will complain when students do not ask questions. However, when you ask a question he insults you. Difficult to talk to and does not seem willing to give extra help. Only grades from 3 tests/projects. Occasionally came prepared.

horrible teacher! he was not helpful at all! every time i asked a question or asked for help he would ask me how to do the problem. which i obviously didnt know thats why i asked the question in the first place. take any other teacher!

By far the worest teacher that I have had at URI. Makes you feel uncomfortable in class when you want to ask a question, never gives partial credit on tests, which seem are much harder than class work. He doesn't care much about his students, just wants to get in and out of class as fast as possible.

Worst professors ever, has a accent and really hard to understand at first. Gives test just about every class and gives you only about five minutes to complete them, Half I don't even finish. Does not teach from the book makes up his own methods. Please don't take this class it seems easy but this guys an ass.

He is a nut. I have never met a guy so pissed when you don't know his answer. Doesn't give 1/2 credit if you do the work right. I really do not get it. Maybe If I spoke some Russian I would understand but this guy is almost impossible. All and all if you do the reading you will get atleast a B

my advice to anyone considering taking his class=RUN! He is not all that bad if you go to every single class and pay attention. he is unwilling to help with any questions & yells at you belittling you infront of the class if you do. He also has a very thick accent and is hard to understand.

Im telling you right now, this teacher doesn't help you and teaches alot of things out of the book. If you are lucky you will get an 80 and get out of his final but 75%of people fail atleast one of his tests. He will teach you something then yell at you if you do not understand. If you can and I wish I would have known, do not take this class.

Do you want to do the professor's job for them? That's what you do w/ this guy since he never has a lesson plan and only goes over the hw he never collects. You'll basically teach yourself. Class had a quiz every time it met which was extremely stressful. One time sank as low as to say a student did poorly on a test while standing in front of them

the worst teacher ive ever had. If you take this class you will learn absolutly nothing. this is a 100 level math class. On the final test 3 students had different answers and he marked them all right. He is an ass and if you take his class expect to do well at first then get screwed. take any other math class

I understand the point of not giving partial credit; it breeds perfection and hard work to understand the material. However there are no lessons. Teaching style is very daunting and he seems to choose favorites early on. He made himself available once for help. But we had to go to BROWN in prov on a saturday, he wasn't there. Avoid him at all cost

HORRIBLE! I took math 108 because I'm not good in math and he did not help at all or answer questions. When you ask for help he gets frustrated with you and gives up. Most unfair and disrespectful teacher I have ever had. Stay away from him, this is the worst teacher I have ever had. As you can see by the other comments it's not an exaggeration

I went first day of class and he made me answer the same questions until I got the answer right. I've never taken Calc!!!! I dropped it the next day, absolute idiot!

Worst. Teacher. Ever. Seriously, if you enroll in one of his classes. drop it! The only class I failed in my entire life.

Absolute worst teacher that I've ever had. I only went to class twice because I couldn't stand to listen to him for an hour. Doesn't teach anything, just tries to be funny. Class is a waste of time.

I have never enjoyed a class or professor for that matter LESS, in my entire academic career. How anyone could give him a half-decent rating is beyond me. My painstaking efforts to comprehend the material, flawless attendance and genuine attention proved useless. He couldn't care less about his students. Worthless.

RUDE RUDE RUDE!That explains him. Class is out of control (students talking and calling out loud all class.)No control over class.Does not use the text, but teaches own methods;Thus making it hard to learn at home.(1.his accent is thick,2. he makes you feel stupid for asking questions.) URI should fire him, he is an embarresment to our university.

hes horrible, honestly the worst teacher i have ever had. he makes NO SENSE, he doesn't help students and does not prepare you enough for any exam or text.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASS WITH THIS PROFESSOR. In the beginning I had an A. However, I had to miss a class due to an illness in my family. When I asked for help he just ignored me, and I ended up failing the 3rd test. Because of that I had to take the final for which 90% of it was on the last test. From that one test I went from an A to an F.

Worst professor ever. Barely speaks English, doesn't care about whether his students understand the material or not. Students walk all over him and we could never get through a lesson in class. DO NOT take this class.

Doesn't really give notes or homework. Hard class to understand when you don't have either of these things. Hard to understand with his accent. Poor teaching style.

This class was one of my worst experiences at URI. Once you can understand his thick russian accent you will find that what he is saying still does not make sense. He is rude and unhelpful to students and his grading system is unexplainable. I would never recommend this class to anyone.

Worst teacher I have had so far. Did absolutely nothing to help his students or make sure they do well in his class. You would think a college professor would want his students to do well. Did not give you serious answers to questions. Really made me angry and I dreaded going to this class.

Probably the worst professor, in terms of teaching, that I've ever had. He's hard to understand and tries to be funny during class but you won't learn a thing .The course material is pretty tough. There are daily quizzes that aren't even graded and no homework, the lecture is pretty much a waste of time. Be prepared to teach everything to yourself

Possibly one of the worst teachers I have had in my life. The fact he still works at URI is shocking. You wont be able to understand him, and whn you ask for help he never truly helps you, only makes you more confused. DONT take a class taught by him.

He is a very nice guy, but a terrible teacher. He provides virtually no lecture. Also, he is an engineer, not a mathematician. He discusses more with the engineering majors about their statics class than he does talk about calculus.

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. he is adorable. Be prepared to teacher yourself in this class! he is funny but some people in my class get very annoyed with him! I personally think he is a very genuine man who wants the best for his students! Heavy accent but you get used to it. If you do not attend a class you will be LOST

No office hours, slow to respond to emails, changed class schedule one week into class. He is a very nice and funny guy, and seems to be a decent teacher, but his inaccessibility combined with the fact that he wrote a useless textbook made him impossible to learn from.

Doesn't answer questions and gets frustrated when students don't score well on tests but can't explain the grading behind them.

Not only is Vladimir very unhelpful, but he gets mad when someone doesn't understand and asks questions. He does not give an partial credit on tests, therefor if you get one thing wrong on a test, the entire problem is wrong. He means well and wants to see his students pass, but if you do not understand the lecture, you're screwed. Avoid this class

I found Dobrushkin to be among the worst professors I've had at URI. Lectures are very disorganized and unclear, and he did not seem interested in helping students understand the material. There was no syllabus for the class, and lectures skipped around the textbook with no pattern. Would recommend avoiding him, especially for MTH 215.

Avoid Dobrushkin at all costs. Worst in-class examples I've ever seen, almost no support is given to students. Be prepared to learn CAS software in class and on daily quizzes, only to have 50% of your test made of highly detailed theorems that were never covered -and the book is "not required", so you are expected to learn these from thin air.

He was the WORST professor I have had in all of my years here at URI. You can barely understand his thick Russian accent, and even if you make out the words he is saying, they make no sense! You go to the lecture and leave more confused than when you went. None of the things he teaches is relevant to exams and you end up having to teach yourself.