Neil Smith - Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

Professor: Neil Smith

Department: Education

College: Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PB500
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Neil only enduring quality is his positive personality. The rest of professional attributes are useless. He is an incompetent teacher as evidenced by his disorganization on many levels, his ineffective grading technique. He was so spread thin that it was impossible to find the smallest strand to assemble any usefull knowledge. He ruined my BEd.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ED417
• 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:

Oh, please. If we conducted our classes the way he does his, we'd all fail practi**** and you know it. His product IS his process, and both are awful.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: EDTE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very passionate about teaching to student teachers. Somewhat unclear about expectations but more than happy to help you if you go see him. Super nice guy.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: EDUCATION
• 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:

Unorganized goof. Assignments are a mess and instruction is all over the map. In the end, feed the monkey his sh*t and move on to the next class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SOC
• 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:

Very disappointing--I was very interested in the subject area and Neil's philosophy and experience, but the man delivered chaos. He was disorganized and frantic, and when that is added to a pressure cooker program the results are hard to accept. Inretrospect his ideas are pie in the sky.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ED417
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Neil is the man. Awesome!! Just nice to talk and learn. Fun, but tons of knowledge.

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

again, people who weren't paying attention will not understand proper criteria and critical thinking. remember, not product but process. This guy is a great teacher, always has time for you and really is a master teacher. listen up, morons!

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I enjoyed Neil's class,despite the fact sometimes his classes were boring.Not a waste of time though.A lot of ED students disliked him because they got poor marks from him-so they started to complain.You decide-but his passion for teaching is contagious.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: TEACHER
• 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 one of the few teachers who actually listed to us. Very insightful and easygoing. He's excellent teacher who really knows his stuff.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: EDTE424
• 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:

This guy is a joke. Don't listen to these morons on here that say he's passionate and enthusiastic. Bottom line is this, give him what he wants, even if you don't agree with it. He's constantly unorganized, always running around and doesn't shut up.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: EDTE
• 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:

While he is very high energy and a little hard to take some times, his enthusiasm is amazing and infectious. I wish all teachers were as passionate as he is about teaching, about the education of young people, about SS and about establishing a body of ver

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: EDSOCIALS
• 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:

Very confusing - rambles incessantly - leaves you wondering what you are supposed to be doing. Assignment criteria will be pages long. Cannot sit still or calm down. Like a teacher with serious ADD. Sketchy would sum it up. Good luck with assignments...

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Thank you for listening to us. thank you for trying to incorporate what we say into to a class outline you have already made; that can't be easy. Yes, he seems a little disorganized (ok, maybe a lot) but overall I would prefer him to many of the others.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: EDTE5
• 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:

UNORGANIZED, class is very confusing.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: EDU
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

packs a lot into one class-high energy in a negative way some days

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: EDTE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Do as I say and not as I do... poor classroom management and extremely bias. A disgrace to the education world.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: EDTE
• 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:

very understanding, creative, and inspirational --- thanks for being real!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PDP
• 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:

Do as I say, not as I do...