J. Merenda - Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY

Professor: J. Merenda

Department: History

College: Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: HS33
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is the worst teacher i have ever had.I find his lectures useless.He gives way to much work but does little to help you.He has offended me on several occasions and often cuts off other students while they ask question.I cant even count the amount of times he has been wrong on various topics.Hes not even a prof. hes a hs teacher.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HIS103
• 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 am taking his American History class over a 5 week summer period. He has us writing 2 two page summaries a week and 4 essays a week the last week we have to do 9 essays as well as an extra credit assignment worth 2.5 points and two 100 question tests. If you do the math thats 10 two page summaries and 22 essays. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PSYCHO!!!!!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HIS33
• 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:

Merenda is a good professor. He gives a lot of writing assignments, but they are not that hard. Anyone who complains that he does not teach all of the test material in class obviously hasn't been in college very long. You are supposed to be doing your own work. He does not spoon feed you everything you need to know like in HS.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

do NOT take this class if you do not like to write, if you work, or are taking 3 or more other classes. he's a nice guy, very helpful at times, but does not understand that students are taking other classes and that their lives do not revolve around HIS101. I doubt I will ever get more work from one class again in my life.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: HIS12
• 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 can't emphasis enough how incompetent this man is as an educator. This is coming from a student doing well in his class. If you are working more than 4 hours a week, do NOT enroll in this course. You will be ripping your hair out. He makes statements almost daily that offend me and has actually used a girl's race as an example in class.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• 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:

He told us that robots were going to take our jobs. Then he taught the DaVinci code as fact. He was wrong about almost everything, and I was 5 minutes late once and he asked me to "stay after class" to get lectured. He couldn't pass his own tests. really hard. my friend took his class and nobody in the class passed.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I think he should stick to teaching us history rather than trying to give us all insight into the "proper way to live our lives". He doesn't take kindly to people who oppose his atheistic liberal agenda and I think that's completely ridiculous. I tolerate him, he should have the respect to tolerate me and my conservative background.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: HSWEST
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy, knows his history but not a good teacher.He thinks he's teaching at Cornell, giving way too much work to handle (12 essays). He acts like his class is the only one all his students are taking. The class itself is not that hard, its just a ridiculous amount of work. If you don't like constantly writing essays then DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: HIS9409
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher. Gives alot of work but if you keep up with it you'll do fine. Im not so sure about the tests. He does give review sheets and the test are open book but theres 100 multiple choice. Not enough time to do the test, for me at least. He deff knows his history and kept my attention.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

this is the worst professor you can possibly take. let me tell you wat to expect. 12 annual edition essays, one research paper, 1 major Mid term essay which consists of 3 parts. 4 quiz essays. and 1 final essay consisting of 3 parts. then 50 multiple choice on the MT and 100 multiple on the final. I wrote over 85 pages worth of essays in his class!

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: HIST101
• 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:

Worst professor ever! He is boring and goes completely off topic. He gives ALOT of work and is a harsh grader. I worked my butt of in his class and he did not care. Do not take him for any class (Western Civ)!!!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: HS12
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Ruined my GPA. Lectures are horrible, might as well sleep during them because nothing he talks about is on the exams. Old, jaded, and set in his ways. This is 2008 not 1968, he should get with the program. I handed in all the essays on time and got full credit but the exams were impossible because he fails to teach you the material. EPIC FAIL.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: HIST12
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

terrible. worst summer class ive ever taken. expects 5 essays per test (4 tests) and 2 essays weekly. does not speak about anything on the test. repeats terrible life stories. horrible class to sit through. strongly do not recommend.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: HS23
• 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:

Took him for Western Civ II in a summer class. Expected 3 essays and 1 test per week, all on the same day. That I could have dealt with, but it was his lectures that were agonizing. He was very preachy, and I have very different political views than him, and when I expressed opposing views he'd simply change the topic. Very offensive and arrogant.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: HS11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

he give a lot of notes but lets you use them on the multiple choice and he gives you the essay questions weeks in advance for the essay part of the final and the midterm. hes strict on attendence but if you do the work hes reallly easy.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: HS11
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: HS1618
• 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:

Good teachers loves history but only tachers 1/4 of the work on tests. there are 100 question multpile choice tests that seem impossible, he will give a study guide but he went over only about 10 words out of 100 on the list. Too many papers. I wrote a total of 18 papers for this semester not including essays on test. LOTS OF WORK. more work in thi

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

he is way too liberal and only grades your papers if he agrees with them. if he doesn't agree with them, he'll give you a bad grade. worst teacher i ever had. and he's really unfair.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: HISTORY
• 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:

too much work

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: AMHISTORY
• 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:

If you want part of your summer ruined or completely consist of history, then take this class. Took this in the summer. He assigns 7-8 papers per week that are very hard. His test was impossible. 100 multiple choice questions in one hour where some questions were your opinion. Once you hand in one assignment, he gives you the next.