Reviews of professor David Pinkston

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor I have ever had. The class is test based and there is no opportunity to bring up your grade. Lectures are very boring, and long, and if you don't take the notes in advance you will not get the info! Avoid at all costs, he will not help you at all, and will laugh about you being confused instead of being helpful.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The worst professor I have ever had. He should not be a professor, and should instead take up a career in ruining students lives- oh wait, that's already what he does. His tests are difficult, and he doesn't not prepared you for it in the slightest. You would be better off teaching yourself online than listening to his monotone voice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Pinkston's class was rough. He uses slides made by Pearson, but he just reads the slides. The homework is long, takes forever, and is really difficult. Some HW questions were irrelevant to the exams. The exams are the majority of the overall grade. He will do examples only if you ask for them but there is a review the lecture before the exam.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
David Pinkston is a pretty bad professor. If you don't have Chegg, you will die on his homework. I had Brad Haubrich for CHEM121, so Pinkston was a slight upgrade. Pinkston was never clear on what you should expect for his tests. All of the tests were half conceptual/half math. His lectures are pretty useless, try to avoid his class if possible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
All of these ratings are stating the truth behind Pinkston's teaching methods. Its an awful course that shouldn't be as hard as it is. He is a terrible professor who does not care about his job and it shows. He just regurgitates powerpoint slides that the text book made. AVOID THIS CLASS! Truly unfair to students who are just trying to succeed.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not helpful, I have to retake the class and I'm usually not bad at chemistry. Every person I know in the class is failing or is barely passing, he does not seem as though he cares. Tests are incredibly hard and worth a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst teachers I have ever had, if you are reading this I suggest getting on a waitlist.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This dude is super soft spoken & often gets disrespected but goes above and beyond for his students. The outside viewing DVD's may be outdated but the class is intriguing--if you don't participate (even though the beginning seems elementary), you learn less. I've learned a lot about art direction, treating people with respect & kindness on set, etc

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Pinkston cannot explain concepts to save his life. One class, he put up two questions and stared at us for twenty minutes, then answered one of the questions and ended class five minutes after that.