Reviews of professor Lawrence Smith

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lawrence is a terrible professor who will not teach you a thing. Furthermore if you have any problems he will not help and then blame you for them and gets very hostile very fast towards his students. This class is a joke for your sake take it from a different professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Awful! If your trying to find a easy class this isnt it! You basically teach your self from the textbook and its a lot of reading. If you dont read you wont pass!!! Doesnt give study guides, super harsh grader, isnt understanding at all. Gives you little time to complete exams.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prepares you for the quarter system if you think of it like that. 4 discussions, 2 quizzes, and 2 exams. Some XC. Does not give you a study guide, just tells you to read the textbook. Doesn't teach. I was super excited to take this class given the issues that this nation faces but the textbook teaches for him. Hard to fail if you want an easy B

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Lawrence is a very amusing teacher. I was never into history but hearing his lectures draw you in. He is an understanding teacher but he wants you to also work hard and do your part. His grading is fair. It is an EASY class. It's really stupid to drop this class. Just read and go to lectures! He has very few online assignments and two exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
it's honestly so rare to find a professor that actually enjoys what he's teaching, professor Smith is funny and passionate. If anyone tells you that they don't like the way he teaches it's because at some point they probably felt uncomfortable because he doesn't sugarcoat the history. He actually teaches and its not just you reading the textbook

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I did not like his way of teaching, specially when he corrected our discussion questions.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Ah, where to start. He doesn't like when you email him through Canvas, there were literally only 8 or 9 assignments the whole semester, his reading quizzes are significantly harder than the actual tests, and he makes a lot of spelling mistakes. However, you can tell he really cares and connects with the material. Class is prolly better in person!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Save your time and avoid this "teacher" at all costs. He is absolutely one of, if not, the worst at this school. Only take him if you enjoy bs.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
PROS: few assignments, Dr. Smith is awesome and funny, and offers extra credit if he feels like the class is worthy CONS: few assignments so doing well is important, need to read outside of class, and the class has very few points