Reviews of professor David Surmick

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He cares. He's a crystal clear example "Extremely smart, but can't teach". He has no patience for anyone that doesn't understand something. He has an extremely short temper, and has no shame at embarrassing a student in front of the class. All of this being said, he cares a lot about how the students do. Although he is caring, the teaching is poor.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
David Surmick was the TA for one of my Recitation ( Discussion) classes for Physics I. He was very helpful by explaining the concepts that covered in lecture. He gave us great practice by giving us problems that spanned from fundamental to very challenging problems. He was a fair grader on quizzes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not the best professor ever. All he wants is that students should gain knowledge by magic. Please avoid him at all costs. Also, he is very rude with people and doesn't tolerate interrupting him during the class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
In my experience, Professor Surmick was a good recitation professor. Out of all the members of the UML physics department I've had to deal with, he's the best at his job. I didn't have him for lecture, so I'm not qualified to judge him there.