Reviews of professor Jerry Pence

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Labs routinely had horrific spelling errors and grammatical mistakes that altered students ability to properly collect data. Most out of class assignments were busy work with no real educational value. This professor is the department head and tenured. He is clearly phoning in all his teaching.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Pence is known for upholding a standard of education that earns STLCC's horticulture program great respect with industry leaders. Expect to study for tests every week and write a paper. He is a kind person with a passion for ecology. The job/intern board is always overflowing with opportunities, which demonstrates the program's reputation.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Jerry is knowledgeable about plants but not good at teaching about them. His lectures are long and hard to sit through. He makes plants not fun to learn about. His ID courses are unreasonable. He expects students to learn years worth of plants in weeks time. (Concured by experts in education and plant taxonomy) Avoid his courses when possible.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jerry is a wonderful person and knowledgeable teacher to learn from. Tests are challenging and if you don't study you won't pass. You'll do best if you come to him with plenty of questions and show him you care. He's the only full time prof. in the department and works really hard so I have sympathy for any mistakes that happen in his classes.