Peter Waterman - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Professor: Peter Waterman

Department: Mathematics

College: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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! Enough said. Transfer immediately. Get a useful professor class is mandatory, but is a waste of time. You are better of learning the content yourself.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH301
• 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:

He had to sub my class for a few weeks. Terrible professor.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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:

do NOT ever even consider taking this teacher. he is absolutely horrible and completely unfair. probably the worst teach i have ever hand in my life. not helpful at all! he can bearly even write or speak its almost impossible to understand him. and he thinks he funny and is not. he doesnt even know what hes doin. hes HORRIBLE!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• 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:

DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER!Unbelievably unfair in grading and final grade! does whatever he wants!!The worst in NIU and probably worst in ILLINOIS !! in teaching and fairness! I felt cheated in this class by the teacher and i want to complain to higher people in the department!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• 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 was one of the worst I have had in my life. He had a strange accent and was impossible to understand as he raced through examples as his form of teaching.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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:

"THE TUH!!!"

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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:

HE IS THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD. period. honestly he can not teach worth anything. if you find out you have him drop the class. he thinks he's better than everyone in his class, and if you dont understand something oh well he moves on.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• 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:

**DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR** I can't stress that enough! The worst prof I've ever had! "Teaches" by putting examples on the board then solving them too fast to follow along. Incomprehensible handwriting & accent. Calc is hard enough without having to deal with this guy. Thank God for TAs & alcohol, he's driving me insane! Hoping to switch classes

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• 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:

Stuttered a lot; always had this creepy sounding laugh/giggle whenever someone made an error in a math calculation, or whenever he made one on purpose. I suppose if there was any good thing to say about him, it's that during the second half, he won't ask students to focus so much on simplifying equations.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of my worst teach ever. He grades very strict for the exams.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• 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:

Doesn't teach a thing.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MTH121
• 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 guy is a shoe-in for the worse teacher in Illinois. How the hell this man got a teaching position blows my mind. I was a straight A student, then I took him and almost failed. You really want to risk your grade by taking him?

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH211
• 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:

probably the worst teacher I've ever had. Can't teach and grades test very unfairly. Avoid this class! It's a joke that this guy is teaching.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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:

This man is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. He stutters and pretty much doesn't teach a thing! No explanations for anything, just does the problem and expects you to understand. This class was a complete waste of time. He does take random attendance during the week for points.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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:

His class is an absolute waste of time. I learn more about math by watching Flavor of Love then listening to his lectures. If you are considering taking ANY class taught by him, DON'T!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH230
• 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 his class like the Bubonic plague. No teaching ability what so ever. Studied 12-15 hours a week, went to his office hours, still ended up getting 20% on his final...

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH230
• 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:

makes the class very difficult, grades unfairly, hard to read his handwriting, just overall terrible teacher.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH230
• 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:

Dr. Peter Waterman is a very intelligent man; however, he has absolutely no idea how to teach. He would come to class open up the text book and just do examples from the book. I can do that myself. He would change things to make problems "more fun". I only came to class because of his halarious manorisms, such as giggling to himself.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH230
• 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:

Horrible teacher, do not take his class unless you need it. He has forgotten to teach sections that you need for test. Gives a review sheet a day before the test, which really doesn't help. Basicly your teaching yourself and his notes really doens't help. I tend to find myself sitting in other classes rather than going to his to learn the material.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH155
• 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:

Stupid 350 limit. You dont have to go to class, but you will lose the 100 points. He has you do this ALEKS program, which is a tutoring online program. Your final score on that goes into your grade. (most people got to between 90-100)For tests, just to the practice tests, they are almost identical.