Reviews of professor John Talbot

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
lecture heavy class with LOTS of reading. has a rude personality. makes you buy three textbooks for a level 100 class then tells you halfway through the semester than he told you to buy the wrong book. teaching style is not helpful and it is very hard to do well. this class would be so much better with another professor!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Withdrew from his course. The reading is heavy indeed, but it's nothing new for college standards. The reasons I dropped were because of his rude and sarcastic persona, unclear grading criteria, and disorganized course structure. In summary, you have to memorize 3 whole textbooks with no study guide. He won't care about you or your recommendations.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Yelled in response twice over student feedback & mocked students for suggesting alternative teaching methods. Final was hardly covered/reviewed despite being nearly half the overall grade. Lectures sometimes had nothing to do with what was on the final. Questions on the final were far too open-ended for a short answer. Teaches like a level 400.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He told everyone to leave class for giving suggestions on how to improve his teaching and the final.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Is supposed to be an Intro course but, teaches as if it were a level 400. Lectures with no activities so it's extremely easy to get distracted. Pop quizzes don't count toward the final and are formatted based on lengthy readings. Refuses to listen to students and actively mocked them in class for suggesting other teaching methods.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Laughed at students and shook his head as they walked out of class. Also laughed at someone for telling him to have a nice summer.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Not a level 100 class if hes teaching it. A level 400 class with the ridiculous work load and tough grading. Sets you up to fail do not take any classes with this guy. Blames students when they fail, laughs at them when they suggest ways to help them do better. Doesnt acknowledge what he is doing wrong as a professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT TAKE!!! Worst professor I've ever had! if you don't write down the answer he thinks is correct then you get the question wrong. I wrote a paper for him and got it back with some comments that made it clear that he literally did not read my paper! Had to withdraw because I care about my GPA. Only take if you can memorize 30+ stories.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is the first time I have ever taken a course and felt completely helpless. He is disrespectful to his students by consistently laughing in their faces and shows little to no understanding of what an introductory course is. He kicked out our class (2 times) all because we asked for help. He's sending us into the final blind, and does not care.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst teacher I've ever had. He will blame you for failing. It's not worth trying to talk to him either because he won't do anything to help you or change what he's doing. Do not take any classes with him