Reviews of professor Machiko Hayasaka

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I went into this course after reading the reviews thinking it shouldn't be that bad, I can probably survive. Nope. Reviews were definitely correct, it is so hard to learn from her due to the lack of communication and her heavy accent I wasn't able to understand the material at all. Learned mostly from online assignments. The final was terrible.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't take this class. Had her for pre-calc, Fall 2020. Here are my complaints: -Wouldn't show up on time or even show up at all. -Got angry at people for asking clarifying questions. -Didn't teach the relevant topics for the departmental final (causing the entire class to fail the final) -Didn't curve. Before the final I was an A student :(

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
this is the worst professor i've ever had and i do not say that lightly. i've had other great professors at brooklyn, but not her. we are over zoom as it is, and to make things worse she does not know how to teach. then every sunday, pounds of homework are due. im talking 20-30 questions... TIMES 3. 3-4 assignments of questions due every week.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I very highly suggest you find another professor. Sometimes shows up late to class, is quite disorganized and has trouble understanding how computers/the internet works, and blames students for these problems. SUPER strong accent, which is quite hard to understand, along with abysmal handwriting that is barely readable. Barely teaches, just reviews

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Skip this professor at all costs!!! I repeat!!! Skip this professor at all costs!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Does not like to be asked questions, seems to get agitated when asked something. Due to her strong accent she has trouble articulating words, and it's just hard to understand her as it is. It seems like she does not teach, but rather just does problems throughout the whole class. Does not understand technology well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
great for independent students, you'll be on your own on this one. there is the confusing accent, a small screen used for "lectures," a children's level drawing, poor grammar, a stream of practice problems, overlooked emails, disabled camera + chat, and if i were to go on, i'd reach the character limit.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Despite the reviews I took this class thinking "It can't be that bad", It was actually worse than expected. AVOID her at all cost.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
i had her twice and each time got worse. PREPARE TO TEACH YOURSELF. the website she makes you use lets you can retake quizzes/hw and gives examples so that essentially taught me. its the only good thing about her class. boring long lectures where she can be confusing. expect VERY LONG emails.