Reviews of professor Bob Saarimaki

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's very available outside of class but he's not helpful at all and will never understand if you're going through a tough time outside of class in your personal life instead he will hit you with "it's your responsibility" even if something that's not your fault happens.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not helpful or caring for students situations at all, replies to emails by not addressing the problem at all, and avoids it. Does not let us back track on mathematic tests, and does not give out proper study guides.  I suggests not taking the class because it is very possible it will delay your graduation, this goes for all the classes he teaches

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's a pretty good teacher. I would definitely take a class taught by him in the future.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Weird split format, emailing responses hard and for an online course asking to see all work and making it so that if you get the answer right, you only get half marks regardless. Work examples not the best easier to google your own and look at them

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Webcam quality was horrid, couldn't see examples, and he was not helpful at all when emailing him. Weird split class format, homework and test were due on different days of the week. The class hurt my overall mental health and I debated dropping out fully. Instead I may have to take it again and experience more awfulness.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best teachers I have ever had. Math has never been my strong suit but he made it so much easier than I expected. He does LOTS of example questions in class and speaks using very simple terms. ALSO YOU CAN USE A CHEAT SHEET FOR EVERY TEST/EXAM. If you are having trouble he lets you attend the other math classes he teaches for extra help.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Didn't want to answer any specific questions in class, always said email him... when you'd email him he'd say refer to the slides he shared, AND the slides he shares ALWAYS has incorrect answers/inaccurate examples that aren't helpful. If you wanted him to do an example in class he wouldn't and would say "you guys should know this stuff already".

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great teacher and an even greater guy, it's rare to find such quality profs like Bob here at Georgian.