Reviews of professor Chris Mercer

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His tests were pretty difficult and that's because it was hard to nail down what to study for. Even when we asked him what was going to be on the test he would give us a vague answer. I did learn a lot but the amount of study time for this class was more than more 4 other classes combined.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The combination of this class only being taught in the evening and the heavy lecture makes for the perfect cure for insomnia because I wanted to hop into bed half way through the many stories he told. The test were challenging for everyone in the class, I know this because he had to scale every single test we took because the average was so low!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This lab class was not what I was expecting. Mercer makes you work your ass off for a one unit class that he treats like a three or four unit class. The lab book is used every class and turned in at the end which is a complete waste of time. This man also makes rude comments about women and goes off topic at least 5 times every class. AVOID HIM!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do not take his lab class, it was basically a lecture course and he went off topic with his stories. Lastly we had a workbook that we rarely ever cracked open but had assignments in there that we have to turn into the department.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I wanted to give him a good review because i did learn a lot about Anthropology and its importance, however the jokes and off topic stories got old after awhile and it felt like a waste of time because he would repeat them. Getting an A is doable, the extra credit assignment of going to the zoo to me was complete baloney.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
First off if you're thinking about skipping his class don't! You will do poorly on the exams because his test come from his lectures, so pay attention! Also he talks fast and softly at times which makes it difficult to follow. Trust me the last thing you want to do is end your night listening to this guy project his opinions on to you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I felt like he belittles instead of teaches, I was so let down because anthropology classes are usually fun but not with this guy. You have to show up to class or else you will miss material that will be on the exam.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hardest one unit science based class I have taken in my life and it wasn't the work that was the hard, it was him running class as if it were a lecture course. I though lab meant we would be handling bones and doing activities, No I was wrong, lab class in this case meant listening to boring stories and bad dad jokes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Without a doubt the most difficult 1 unit class that I've ever taken at any of the Peralta campuses. It would've been nice to know that i was signing up for a lecture class instead of a lab class. Test and extra credit were just as tough as listening to him lecture. was hoping for an A, but in the end I just wanted a B and to never see him again.