El Camino College Teacher Recommendations

mkcman17
Sat, 08 Jan 2011 06:25:23 +0000

After transferring, I have a compilation of good and bad teachers.

Look for:
Difiori, oceanography. Very sweet young woman that is a good instructor and lenient grader. Truly cares about your success. Awesome individual.
Doyle, music. Don’t take anyone but Doyle for fine arts. You won’t regret it. Funny, smart, and an awesome man. Honors classes too.
Watersworth, English. He’s a fricken trip. VERY funny, and forces participation. Very lenient grader, but you do learn too. Definitely an experience.
Carter, econ. Awesome teacher. Very knowledgeable and presents the material well. Made econ not boring. Take her! Easy honors A, and learned a ton.
Antoine, polisci. Her class takes some effort, but for most transfers it’s the last honors before transfer, so she’s a good median. Very sweet old lady, very smart. Interesting lectures and tries to prep students for UC.
I had a good math 180 teacher, but I can’t remember her name right now, which is sad because she really helped me through. I’ll edit if I think of it.

Avoid:
Ackerman, English. Very politically driven and biased. Set in her mindset, and any other opinion is considered misguided. Very frustrating class, with many blatant political segways.
Mascolo, psych. He is VERY scatterbrained, and although many found him endearing, I was embarrassed for the school. He lost my final paper among his jack-and-the-beanstalk 5-foot stacks of papers and gave me a D. Had to dig for my paper through his rubble and petition for the grade change.
Womack, anthro. Yes she is ‘easy,’ but she is a real nut. Really had to struggle through her sadly lame attempts at jokes and awkward sexual innuendoes.

Whatever’s:
Widman, polisci. smug man that repeats many of the same phrases. Many think he’s hard, but if you took AP gov and mildly paid attention this class is cake. Lectures are boring, and the 6:45am class was brutal but attendance is not strict.
Firestone, philosophy. He’s a decent guy, but I feel like he teaches the material in terms of his interests, and expects you to like the same ideas. Not easy, not hard.
Walker, math. Nice guy to be sure. He greets the class, goes about his lecture, and dismisses class. Tests were very predictable, and any tricks were accomidated for. Teaches quickly, I somehow was surprised with a C+, my worst grade at elco.
Ebin, French. Very irritating voice, and constantly trying to catch her breath. She was easy, but her high-strung tendancies stressed me out. She also made up weird rules.