Reviews of professor John Talboom

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Didn't like him at first, but realized he's a really good teacher. All material is organized and when tests and exams come up, I know exactly what to study for. There are no big surprises on tests which means what I studied was on the test, some other teachers don't get that concept from what i've learnt. I recommend 1350 and 1550 to anyone.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really just an awesome guy. Super nice, cares a lot about his students

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are extremely hard to follow. Incredibly advanced material and methods skimmed through at the speed of light. One upside is he posts the chapters he goes over in class in more detail online in videos. Has a TA that grades very hard and seemingly unfair. Get ready to be burnt out from unending studying and lecture reviews

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Have NOT been a math person historically, but I honestly really enjoyed this course!! The key is just practice honestly and paying attention, asking questions, taking good notes. But I enjoyed it! Never thought I would say I enjoyed math! The vast majority is easy math and concepts, again practice is key. Great guy!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I found his lectures boring and very hard to follow. He often went quite fast, and his writing on the board was difficult to read.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lectures were great and helped students to prepare for tests. I really liked that John posted everything on blackboard, so if you miss a lecture everything can be seen online.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I've had John for multiple courses online and offline. His teaching just doesn't work for me. He either speeds through so much important content or spends 10 slides describing one not-so-important concept. He has a lot of tests and assignments that have around 6 questions with 20 marks total and are worth around 12% of your final grade.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
John is such a good guy! He really tries his best! Hi lectures are very definition based with less examples than you'd want but if you study the quizzes and test like he suggests you'll do ok. I found his test to be tough and they definitely brought my mark down, but I personally have never been good at test.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Part 2: John's cybernetic enhancements consist of lightning fast reflexes to write at blindingly fast speeds and the ability to do LaPlace expansion at a maximum of 4 nano seconds in his head. John has been quoted to saying: "There is no love... Only mathematics" which makes perfect sense aligning with his programming. End of Part 2.