Reviews of professor Prabath Silva

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Worst math teacher I ever had. Jumps right into solving without any background info/showing HOW to solve. All over the place which is very confusing, expects you to come to class already knowing the material. Thick accent and not the nicest hand writing so very hard to understand. Would NOT recommend, half of our class dropped/switch- I wish I did.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He know his stuff, but doesn't know how to get the concepts across to us. He assigns 20+ problems for homework, and gives misleading information about the content on his exams. The first test we took had an incredibly low average, and the highest score I heard someone get was like a 70. You're better off hiring a tutor or teaching yourself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst math professors I've ever had in my life. Lectures are hard to follow and barely relates to the homework. He's knowledgeable about math, but horrible at teaching. Do yourself a favor and don't take his class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DROPPED CLASS AFTER TWO DAYS. Silva has super high expectations for students. Grade is 3 midterms (15% ea.), final (30%), online lecture notes (5%), and weekly hw (20%). Weekly hw has 30 prob and submitted online with cover sheet. Notes must be taken from 2003 lecture videos (45 min ea. - 25 total) and questions posted online discussion. DROP ASAP!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very nice man outside of class but the worst teacher I have ever had. Our class went from 42 to 12 students. By the time to drop the class only 2 Homeworks and 1 midterm had been graded plus the homework would take hours just to copy. 10/10 do not recommend!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Taking AP calculus in high school should be a pre requisite for this calculus class, if you already know calculus you'll be one of the only people to pass, If you want to learn calculus you're in the wrong place it is not taught.. huge waste of time and money. This professor does not explain anything in relation to precalculus/algebra

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
VERY BAD teacher. He does not know how to teach/explain. Does not care whether you understand the material or not. Worst part, he is not going to change. Check out Indiana, UCSD reviews. He focus' on the theory and spends about 2% on examples. You will regret/get depressed if you take his class. Take it from someone else or at HCC/KCC. Not him.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is horrible in lecture as he tends to skip around a lot. The problems he works through in class does not correlate much to the homework and exam questions. Would avoid taking his class

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Silva is one of the most caring professors that I have had which is why I do not want to completely flame him. That being said, I made the worst decision of my life failing his class and taking it again. We had so much HW even the grader quit. More HW doesn't mean I learned either, more so struggled to keep up with other classes. DONT TAKE SILVA!!!