Don Stone - Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

Professor: Don Stone

Department: Geography

College: Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: GEOG361B
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Geog. of Western Canada

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GEOG361A
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Difficult course!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: GEOG01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

difficult at times.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: GEOG230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Don knows everything. He's very intelligent. He's actually usually in a good mood too. You have to take a lot of notes. Tests have hard questions but he's an easy marker. Essays are another deal entirely with really difficult topics. But overall I like Don.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: GEOG230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I have only had Don for one class, but it he was a very difficult instructor. He speaks very quickly and interrogates students while they are madly writing notes and expects an answer right away. He does not give part marks - either right or wrong. I took another prereq for my major through an online university to avoid him. Kills the GPA.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: GEOG112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I agree with the cheese grater guy!! AVOID HIM TO KEEP YOUR GPA UP!!!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: GEOG112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This man is not in the right career. I am not questioning his intelligence, but he clearly does not like his job. I found the lectures very hard to sit through, and the exams always had questions that were impossible to answer unless you had knowledege greater than what classes or the text provided.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: GEOG112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

wow... stone is the worst teacher ive ever had im a deans list student and i struggled through to get a B+ labs are unclear and hard and he doesnt help anyone at all... also a bad/unfair marker some one word answers are worth 20 mks. awful teacher

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: GEOG112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He was hard. His lectures were straight from the textbook so as long as you read then you know what you're talking about. His exams were hard and his lab exams were even worse. He doesn't give part marks so if you make a mistake you fail the whole question

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: GEOG290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Brutal

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: GEOG290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good god, just stay away from him. Worst exams I've ever seen. Lectures from hell.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: GEOG488
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

don you are the man

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: GEOG290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Work hard and you can get a good/great mark. I did and got an A-plus. It ain't kindeegarden folks.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: GEOG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: GEOG112
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: 230290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HORRIBLE run for your life and for your GPA! If I didn't need those classes for the major there is no way in HELL I would take them! But if you have to take a class from Stone, study your ass off for the tests and work really hard on the assignments - the assignments are the only way to get an ok mark. Treat this class as a 4th year class. TOO HARD

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: GEOG230290
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Avoid him at all costs.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: GEOL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I don't think you're going to be getting many votes from students in this city election!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: GEOG230
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

difficult

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: GEOGRAPHY362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

boring...trivial for sure...never will take a class from him again!!