Joe Kirk - Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

Professor: Joe Kirk

Department: Mathematics

College: Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CALCULUS1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Obnoxious liberal that feels his political opinions are relevant to a math class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CALCULUS1
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Joe Kirk is a punk who censors Free Speech!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH2440
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He will let you know exactly what is on the test. You must master the material on your own, that is the nature of math, no one else can do it for you. Not the prof you want if you are the slacker or frat boy destined to work retail. Makes himself available for one on one time and is good at responding to questions as long as you make an effort.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH1430
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Math is a very unforgiving subject, like computing science you really do need to put in the hours and learn the material yourself. He is great at responding to questions and even better with respect to one on one time and office hours. The large number of negatives I see here are from peopke who have no business in any of the sciences.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH1420
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The weak will perish. You really do need to learn the material on your own, this is not summer camp folks. His lecture is the best introduction to limits and the deravative of f(x)1/x I have ever seen and I have read many books. Crystal clear as to what will be on the test. Takes time to anwser questions and meet one on one.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH1314
• 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:

HORRIBLE.. DO NOT TAKE!! CONFUSING, DOES NOT TEACH ANY MATERIAL THAT ARE ON HIS TEST.. tHE CLASS AVERAGE FOR THE OVERALL GRADE WAS 20. wORST PROFESSOR I EVER HAD. WISH I NEVER SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROFESSOR. AS A MATH MAJOR, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TAKING HIM.. DID NOT HELP AT ALL WITH ANYTHING.. hE TALKED ABOUT HIS KIDS MORE THEN MATH.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: 1304
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Was very unclear with material did not teach well. I do not mean to be rude but I am not sure how he is qualified to be a proffesor.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH1314
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This teacher at one time probably taught well. Our class he did nothing but talk about the same thing for 3 weeks and the rest of the time about his grandkids. Not focused at all. No help teaching the material, it became a teach yourself class

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH1332
• 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:

Terrible, terrible teacher. Very unclear with what he is teaching and takes forever to get to a point. Constantly gets sidetracked, and avoids answering questions. He is not helpful at all in your learning and makes the material harder than it should be. Avoid this professor.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH1332
• 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:

If you need college mathematics what ever you do do nit pick this professor. He barely knew what he was teaching, very hard to understand anything my entire class failed.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH1332
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Why this individual is teaching is beyond me. In all honesty I would not let this guy run a hotdog cart. DO NOT take this professor.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH1324
• 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:

HORRIBLE. The only reason I took him is because the other prof offered was rated even worse. This prof doesn't stay on topic, if you try to get him back on topic he's really rude about it. He goes into great detail about things that don't matter like how to change decimal into percent. He takes up a lot of class time avoiding the actual coursework.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MTH1314
• 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:

He draws off-topic almost daily and spends way too much time going over a single question, I highly suggest you take another professor.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH1324
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

DROP THIS CLASS!!!! you WILL fail. He is a good guy, but just cannot teach to save his life. If you ask him a question he will laugh and avoid it. He is an expert at avoiding questions.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH1314
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Not very good at keeping your attention and if you want to learn it's gonna have to be from the book on your own time. Just stick with it and you will pass if you attend class regularly and are respectful towards him and try to stay involved. He is a nice guy and does what he can to help you out when final grades are due. Just stick with it.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH142
• 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:

Seems like a good guy. But his teaching? Awful. Just awful.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH1314
• 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:

Okay so it's november 9 and we have had one test, which my entire class failed. He has been teaching us the same thing for 6 weeks and im still clueless! I asked for help after class and it turned out in argument. Seriously he is miserable, I leave class mad every single day.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH1324
• 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:

AVOID!! This professor is horrible. I would not advise anyone to take him. He does not teach anything and when he tries he even gets his own problem wrong. His test are impossible and he is very boring. He's always late to class and is rude to students who ask questions.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH1314
• 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:

He tries his hardest to teach, but he's one of those teachers who knows too much information so he just rambles on and on and so never makes any sense! Can't really say whether the tests were easy are hard because I dropped him. If you aren't good at math it is highly recommended that you not get him.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH1316
• 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 professor is HORRIBLE!!!! He only gave three tests for the whole semester and they each had only 15 questions on them, so if you miss one question then pretty much fail. He doesnt answer questions and pretty much makes you teach yourself from the textbook. Also every class he shows up about 15 min late, even on the final. DONT take him!