Leigh Phoenix - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor: Leigh Phoenix

Department: Engineering

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

spent most lectures doing example problems on the board with no explanation as to what he was doing, and usually made so many mistakes he forgot what he was doing. Was often corrected by his co-lecturer.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH293DE
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Great prof. I'm scatter brained too so I understand where he's coming from. Just read the book after class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: TAM3100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The lectures are long. However the notes he presents are clear and allow one to do the homeworks. He is fun to have in class. His side stories and mannerisms keeps me entertained in class. Good class and fair tests.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: TAM3100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Best class ever. Friendly prof, will be glad to help if you ask. Lectures might put you to sleep, as they are 75min long.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: TAM310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

A nice guy. Lectures can be a bit dry, but he is actually kind of funny at times. Rambles sometimes, so it's difficult to follow him sometimes. However, he's not any worse than most of the other professors in TAM.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH294
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Phoenix was NOT A GOOD math professor. And I don't say that to be mean -- he seems like a pretty stand-up, classy guy who cares for his family and crack jokes; he just can't teach. I could have taught the class more coherently.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't listen to the positives - those were from some annoying, rude, naive little boys who like to play with numbers instead of girls. If you would like to have a life outside of school, you better get yourself a better professor than Phoenix because he won't teach you anything. I repeat: he cannot teach. Avoid him at all costs.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Phoenix only gets a bad rap because he's an eccentric old man. Perhaps not the best at teaching, but he's very entertaining and gives real world examples. Very funny - Just wait for his phone to go off in class, maybe it's NASA calling. Also, he rips on the annoying kids, like that one girl. What a B@%ch. Good if you like math and hate her.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 293
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

I disagree with all the negatives. He is a very nice and entertaining professor. he keeps everyone entertained. plus he makes fun of the annoying people in the class, praticularly one girl. I reccomend him to students who are good in math and want an enteraining professor. go for it

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I second everything negative written below with the addition that he is especially useless and unclear during office hours. He once tried to "help" me with a problem and instead spent the next 30 minutes bumbling around with arithmetic errors. If you get stuck with him, get used to that or try to attend another lecture.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• 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:

Absolutely the work professor I have ever had. He is not fit for teaching. I don't go to office hours so I don't know how helpful he is with that, but in lecture, he is barely able to do one problem, and constantly makes mistakes. Horrible. Avoid him.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• 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:

Avoid him at all costs. I only wish I had been able to schedule with a different prof. There is no point in going to his lectures as he likes to ramble on about nothing for the entire lecture.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Horrible lecturer. Do anything you can to avoid getting him.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• 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:

He's such a nice guy but may the worst lecturer ever. You don't really learn anything in his lectures, and his office hours are just as scatter brained. Genuinely likes his students though, so you can talk to him if you're struggling in the class. Try to get Strogatz, he's the best 293 teacher.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH293
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I was always a student who did well on HW, took the practice prelims before the actual one, and always got A-/B+ in math. That was before this class. He's a nice guy, but a horrible lecturer. Takes him forever to do an example because he digresses so.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAE326
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

good guy

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH294
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He's just the frickin best!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: TAM310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He goes VERY slow... should speed up. We are always behind on the homework schedule. But a nice guy, but I didn't learn as much from the course as I should have.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 1419
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

the best theacher ever hes so cool

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH294
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

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