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Dr. Li is generally unclear in all aspects of his teaching. His expectations are nebulous, and his lectures are confusing. Asking for clarification after class is another dead end. I advise extreme caution!

Dont take his classes

My class had a c average (this should explain it all). His syllabus doesn't follow his announcements and he makes tests very difficult-20 mins. Studying will not help because he test what you can find in the book with-in 20 mins, not what you know. Take this class if you like jumping through hoops just to get a "C" in the class.

Not very clear.

Horrid, unlikeable, unclear, unsatisfactory! My 1st on-line class and it's a joke, he wants regergated text book answers with no elaboration on his part. His imput is asking questions. I especially do not appreciate his curt and often degrading attitude!!! He should be kicked to the curb by TCC, he does NOT meet their excellent standards!

Terrible teacher. Probably the worst I have EVER had. He makes no sense at all, and expects too much. He should not be teaching.

The worst history teacher I have ever had. His quizes were confusing and all the work to prepare for them was not helpful. He was unclear and very hard to get in contact with. Obviously not computer literate and was unclear about submitting work. He also only focused on Asian history even though it was world civilizations. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!

I took Dr. Li's online 'Asian Philosophy' class and hated it. The text material was interesting but the only teaching he did was summarizing the chapters. He made the class page inaccessible the day after the final, so I never got ANY grades or feedback on my final test or paper. It was hard to be motivated when he never gave personal feedback.

Horrible teacher. His tests are ridiculous and there is no need to study for them because guess what....it's not going to do you any good. He has 2 discussions a week which consist of regurgitating what you read and telling someone else you liked their post. He writes in poor English, and does not communicate. Don't bother.

For the love of gpa....do NOT take any classes from this guy. He doesn't care, won't give ANY feedback and will give you an awful grade without explaining why. I have emailed him 8 times over this class to get clarity and ask what I'm doing wrong and he hasn't given me an answer. I'm taking his online class and it's like he doesn't even exist.

We had class members meeting with board members and the dean in an attempt to get some help on the grades they received from Mr. Li. These students emailed him repeatedly for clarification about why they received lower marks, and did not get a response. I do not recommend Mr. Li as a teacher.

I do not recommend taking this class! He is not helpful at all, and expects everyone to write like him. In-class essays have little to do with his lectures. The only good part about this class is the unlimited extra credit. You'll be lucky to get 2 points for a two page essay though. Do not take him!

Extremely unhelpful. Discussion questions aren't "hard"—he is just vague on what his expectations are, and his grading seems arbitrary. All tests are taken from the book, but reference specific sentences, so even if you've studied the chapter, unless you remember a specific sentence, you might still get a question wrong. My B- was the highest grade

Dr. Li while passionate about chinese history lacks a world perspective. Everything in history is always tied back to China via some obscure reference. He lacks clarity with his lesson plan and ultimately you get slapped with a poor grade when you give him what he asked for. Once you have recieved your grade he's happy to point out your errors.

Taking this course online, and there is absolutely no guidance whatsoever. We are reading and teaching ourselves, only to receive vague and negative feedback. I have never felt so hopeless in a class. I study so hard only to fail my test! I typically get A's in all my classes! Do not recommend at all.

Worst teacher ever. He doesn't grade any of the discussions. When I asked what my grade was or why I couldn't see my grade all he says is "Ask tech support." Doesn't tell you what pages to look on for homework. Vague. Not helpful. Just an awful teacher. He has no idea what he is doing. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

Dr. Li is extremely knowledgeable and is nice. However, he is the worst professor I've ever had. I am an A student and love history.His class was extremely unorganized, he doesn't teach, at all. AT ALL. Syllabus reads like a text book and isn't really class focused. Expect to teach yourself. I taught myself, learned NOTHING from class instruction.

Very rude and unorganized the entire course.while teacher tends to fail at written communications multiple times, has commented on many of the students research papers including mine to "Get a writing tutor" which is insulting considering I was an B student in both English 101 and 102 classes. Has posted students grade publicly for all to see.

This teacher was uninvolved, did hardly anything but post a syllabus and quizzes. Most of the discussion questions were taken from the book. He was rude and not encouraging at all.

did not grade any of my essays, presentation or research paper and officially turned in my grade at a 50% showing only online graded quizzes as credit, he left out half the course work to be graded and I did ALL the course work. My advisor has an academic complaint filed on him. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASSES!!!!!!!!

Worst teacher I have had at TCC. I took his online and he was completely useless. The class was very unorganized and he was condescending and unhelpful in his discussion replies. It felt like he put no effort into the class whatsoever. I will never take another class from him again.

This guy will not cut you any slack and the final is very hard.

People, if you see this guy's name on the class schedule, DON'T SIGN UP! Horrible teacher. He'll ask you to turn in assignments on time, which don't even have due dates! Very unorganized and confusing modules.

This class is very hard to keep my attention, every day is a long lecture with no activities or assignments. If you enjoy just lectures than this class is for you. He is not very clear with instructions or expectations. Very tough class but he means well.

This class is very hard to keep my attention, every day is a long lecture with no activities or assignments. If you enjoy just lectures than this class is for you. He is not very clear with instructions or expectations. Very tough class but he means well. You really have to work and pay attention to earn an average grade.

Absolutely the worst teacher I have had during my whole time at TCC. The hardest tests and not to mention very rude feedback, no constructive criticism, very sloppy lectures

Worst teachers I have had so far.

This professor is terrible. He gives no feedback and when he does its very critical and he never tells you when you did a good job. He grades extremely hard and unrealistic. I would not recommend taking this class especially if you are taking it for credits.

The worst professor on the campus. He is extremely tough on grading, gives no feedback on how you can improve, and is misleading on quizzes and essays. He shows up five minutes late for class. Then in his lectures, he speaks on nothing that is on the quiz. If you want credits do not take any of his classes.

Quizzes are very difficult to complete within time frame allowed. Very little criteria was given for the final paper but he docked me for not using footnotes? Had he specified, I would learned how. He also argued a point I used in my essay, and when I was proven right, he didn't change my grade, just ignored me. He doesn't like being wrong.

THE WORST PROF I HAVE EVER TAKEN IN THE HISTORY OF HISTORY. I dropped this course the fourth week in, because he was so difficult, & grades so hard. I studied so hard for the weekly quizzes, but would fail. If you want to lower your GPA, take this professor. He is literally the worst. I'm a 4.0 student, & his class was Hell.

I was expecting this class to be interesting and influential. Boy was I wrong. First of all he is a very tough grader so even if you do the assignment and think you know the material you will most likely not receive full credit. He encourages other students to nit pick everything you're saying which doesn't help anyone learn. Do not take his class

DO NOT TAKE THIS PROF. I currently take him and I have got to say that he is by far the worst instructor I have had. He does not grade my any criteria and he does not give good feedback. If you ask him a question he talks to you as if youre dumb and he always is off track with his lectures. Also all the content is online even tho were in class

Rather than a textbook, all he prescribed for our class was a collection of disjointed articles and videos which rarely fully addressed the topic, before asking discussion questions which required outside reading to answer. The only reason I was able to pass the online class, let alone get an A, is that I had a textbook he used to assign by chance.

Have you ever just wanted to go in a class 3x a week for an hour and feel like you absolutely didn't learn anything? Professor Yi Li is your guy! Be prepared for the whole quarter grades to be based out of 100 points. You can either get 100, 75, 50, or 25 each week. You can only earn 8 points a week. If you mess up once it's along road to recovery.

Every point is 1% of your grade, he will give 0's despite you doing the work if he deems you give who/when/what/why to his satisfaction. Final was essay questions 20% & he's a hard grader Expects you to read discuss question the course handouts each 30 pgs x 15+ quizs are multiple choice and you can take each 2x Would not take this professor again

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS! Worst professor ever. I have straight As for 29 classes and his class I barely passed. 3-5 hours of reading and an assignment due on the readings EVERY OTHER DAY. Pop up quizzes without notification. If you dont log in multiple times a day you will miss them. My history major father helped and I still barely passed.

He likes communism and will try his best to make you like it too by the end of the class. He gets things confused because of Enlgish not being his native language and it makes it hard to take clear notes. Thankfully the quizes can be taken twice.

Took him for HIST230 online and it should of been an easy class overall but it was not. He gives no rubric and the textbook is written by him and other colleagues and it SUCKS. I have stayed in contact with him the whole quarter and have asked numerous times for criticism but he provides absolutely no feedback, and then he grades harshly.

The class itself isn't difficult, the teacher's teaching style is what makes it difficult. It shouldbeconsidered a self-taught course. Mr. Li doesn't "have time" to answer questions/explain grade given, (his words). His OER is spoken in what seems like code, because he doesn't write in complete sentences, so everything feels like a trick question.

I took this class amidst the Corona Virus, and my stress was doubled. Dr. Yi Li writes all of his own works and it's important to do all of the discussions, or you will fail without a doubt. In this class, you must do everything above the unclear standard in order to succeed. It's stressful and overwhelming. The teacher isn't helpful and is rude.

I took the course during Covid, this class required me to read an absurd amount of text just for one question that showed little relevancy overall. One of the worst parts was his grammar, his grammar caused me to lose 3 points on a 10 point assignment which dropped my grade to a b- from a high b+. When I asked him about it he doubled down on it.

Highly recommend avoiding this teacher at all costs. +Homework is weekly readings and questions done in discussion posts -Grading is EXTREMELY subjective. teacher will say "great" as feedback but proceed to give a B- without explanation. -Unclear criteria. -Teacher does not elaborate well when asked clarifying questions -A is 95% or higher

Hand writes every reading. Includes a few grammatical errors in every reading. Not super responsive outside of class and I can't recommend enough that you avoid him at all costs. Instructions for the final project were pretty vague too.

He has broken English that doesn't read well. If your opinion doesn't match his then you fail. Study guide even states that people will go to his dean and he acknowledges it. He knows there are issues and doesn't attempt to fix it.

Unfortunately, due to site guidelines, I am unable to fully express how I feel about this professor. I advise you to stay clear of Yi Li. His lectures are extremely hard to follow, he's an extremely tough grader and he's just straight up rude.

This teach was THE WORST. He is extremely rude, non responsive and doesn't give clear instruction. He would tell us to use what we learn in English 101, yet that is not a prerequisite for this class, and if he would get to know his students even a little he would know I never took English 101. I would steer clear of him at all costs.

I do not recommend this professor. He is rude and has no respect for his students. You're given less than 12 hours to do a quiz and essay that covers ~90 pages of reading every week. Rubric is vague. He does not do extensions. I try to look for positives in every class but I don't have any to include for this one.

As stated by another review, do not take this professor as it seems simple and clear at the start but gradually becomes more confusing and hard to understand as you go on, things such as less than 12 hours for quizzes and short essays with a good amount of reading to do and on top of it, vague information on the final assignment it seems.

This is one of the worst online courses I have ever taken. This is possibly the worst way to teach history. This course consists of 3 discussion posts and then a quiz per unit. The reading is a large block and piles of irrelevant information and no other resources. This class fails to address the most important question, why should I care?

AVOID AT ALL POSSIBLE COSTS! He understands history but not the English language and all the course reading is written by him. He's not just a tough grader, he's unrealistic. I got the highest grade on the final exam - it was a C. I got the second highest grade on the final paper - it was a C. Find a teacher who prioritizes learning not perfection

This professor is the worse professor I've ever had! First of all, he is very rude, and his quizzes are pretty much impossible ! You have less than 24hours to do a quiz that requires to read at least 5 pages! The questions make no sense and you only have 20mins and 1 attempt to do it. No extension possible..

Seemingly ignores email/canvas comments. Only gives vague comments when grading. doesn't respond to comments when/if he does, tells you to "speak to him after class" even though the messaging system exists for this sole reason. Quizzes and essays open & due same day as most lectures, not allowing any time to study. Losing any points will drop grade

This instructor is overly focused on China, often off-topic, and shows a poor grasp of history. Lectures are confusing and poorly structured, with almost no one attending. Grading seems random and lacks clear criteria. Avoid this class if you want to actually learn something meaningful.

Unbelievably long readings without citations, with random details clearly lifted from Wikipedia, maps in different languages for some reason, all written by him. Refuses to give extra credit even though he said he would (worst part because he lied). Quizzes are long with too many details, even if you use the readings you won't score 100%. Beware.

Lecture reading are filled with minor unnecessary details that crowd what you do need to know and the quizzes are extremely difficult. I will say the prof. is very quick to reply and straightforward which is good. However the rubrics for the final essay and video were practically nonexistent. And good feedback was minimal.