Larry Xue - Bradley University, Peoria, IL

Professor: Larry Xue

Department: Mathematics

College: Bradley University, Peoria, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: STATS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

While he is a very nice guy, I would totally not advise this class for two reasons. 1) I am TERRIBLE at math and the material seemed like Rocket Science 2) I could not understand most of the words that he was saying, he has a very strong accent. I dropped out 2 weeks into the class if that says anything.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Class was based on lessons given and homework. This class is easy if you show up and care to learn. Larry does a good job of explaining and giving notes.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Larry is a very nice man with a very strong accent. The class starts out easy and then suddenly its rocket science and your professor can't pronounce "zero." I deserve a foreign language credit for this class. If you're a math person you will be fine. Otherwise, kiss your GPA goodbye. But Larry is nice.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: D-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He has a very strong accent. I had to drop his class. It started of easy but then it started to get harder. He got mad for asking many questions. And you basically teach yourself.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I had him for Math 111 my sophomore year, he has a very thick accent and is hard to understand. The first few quizes are easy, but the matierial gets harder. Avoid at all costs, I dropped the class because he is a bad teacher and is impossible to understand. Better off taking math at ICC.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MTH404
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Bless Dr. Xue, but he's a bit of a mixed bag. My main criticism is that his coverage of the material for this class wasn't quite as geared towards conceptual understanding as I think it should have been. That being said, I did learn from the class and he is more than willing to help both within and outside of it. ASK QUESTIONS! You will need to.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

hard to understand at first but overall wonderful teacher

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I'd be lying if I said it was easy, but overall, he's a great teacher and funny too. There's only 10 quizzes (9 total), 2 exams, and 1 final. The beginning was pretty easy, but then it went bad as I struggled with populations and sample sizes. For the final, he allowed us a cheat sheet (make sure to ask for it). There was difficulty understanding.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I learned more from reading the book than I did from his lectures. That has nothing to do with the accent, which I picked up on pretty quickly, but more to do with how little he discusses the concepts by themselves. Everything is hidden within giant examples he puts on the board which makes it hard to follow the concepts you're trying to learn

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: STATS111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He's a great teacher. He may be hard to understand sometimes, but none of the topics are too hard to make it confusing. Just read the book and do the examples and you'll do well on the exams and quizzes. He's a very funny man with good spirit. It's not one of those classes to stress over, unless it's com 103.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

His accent is very hard to understand at first. It does get a little better, but never was able to fully understand him. He wants you to do well and ask questions, but when you ask a question he gets slightly frustrated and is very hard to understand while he is writing and looking at the board.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Always answer students' question.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He is really nice and always willing to help.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His accent is very hard to understand but did get clearer. However, even though I could understand his english the class still made no sense. Anytime anyone asks questions he looks at you like you're stupid. No one got better than a 75 on our last test and he still refused to curve it. Maybe it would be doable if you're a math person.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Larry has the thickest accent of any English speaker in the world. He seems like a really nice guy but I could not understand anything he said during lectures. The book he chose was not very helpful either so unless you have a background in math or love the subject make sure you have help from somewhere else.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He obviously knows his stuff, but if you ask a question most the time he talks down to you. Quizzes every Friday. Do some of the homework and you will be fine. Pay attention in class and take good notes and you will be fine. Overall it was fine. His accent isn't horrible.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH110
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Larry is a great professor. Don't let these other ratings confuse you. Larry will teach your everything you need to know about math. His accent is almost non existent and he is easy to understand. He will help you and is very approachable

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MTH110
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very difficult to understand. Never really interested in helping you, and when you ask questions he acts like the question isn't a very good one. Not very approachable

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Larry has a somewhat thick accent making it a little difficult to understand what he is saying. if you follow what he writes on the board, it is easier to understand.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MTH111
• 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:

Yes, he's hard to understand but once you're used to it, he's really funny! As long as you can read the board you're fine. He is very helpful and he gives good examples.He doesn't give too much homework, a couple problems everyday which really aren't too bad.