Reviews of professor John Kidd

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mr. Kidd is a great professor if you show up and care about the class. Be prepared to be writing in the lab and make sure to pay attention to formatting on these lab papers. The lecture assignments are fairly simple. Just make sure to not fall behind and DO THE SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS. Mr. Kidd was always willing to help and answer questions too!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Kidd is a good professor, but the TAs grade harshly, and the style manual is inconsistent. It's a weed-out class, writing heavy, with challenging tests. Be prepared to do the selected assignments (the extra credit will save you) and get lots of 50s on tech reports with no explanation. Mr. Kidd is wonderful, but the TAs make or break the class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not a professional. Heard he makes the course harder than it needs to be to "weed out" students, which is hazing and is not only unprofessional, but unacceptable and against SFA guidelines. Gives handouts of outlines and doesn't "teach" the course. It's a "figure it out" by using school resources. Zero leadership skills and very unorganized.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mr. Kidd is a wonderful professor. He will get back to you very soon about any questions you may have & has office hours & would love to to get to know you. There is a lot of homework for reading and memos and reports. Make sure you follow the Forestry Manual for those! Take lots of notes & review terms and definitions often to do well on exams!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I rather enjoyed his class. I was a junior when I took his course, so I understood how to study and what not but a lot of freshman were really having a hard time. If you read the textbook, pay attention and actually attend SI and tutor groups, you could easily make an A in this class. It's a weed out class, so if you're not strong enough, don't.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Kidd himself was a good professor, however I do have to factor the teaching assistant he hired into the rating. Assistant was horrible. Condescending, graded unfairly, and completely merciless, almost like he had something against us. homework load was unmanageable. papers not worth it... dont write them and you still get an A, and save stress

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Pretty calm teacher, he's not super hard, as long as you study for like 2 hours. The lab is tougher, the TA's grade like their life is riding on pointing out every minute detail and deviation from the style manual.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lecture was great! Very interesting, take notes on the minuscule things they are often on the exams. Lab was a NIGHTMARE! TA was awful to work with, failed many lab reports got very little feedback on why and was always behind on grading. Often didn't know what she was talking about and got angry at students when they didn't know either. Good Luck.