Ralph Taylor - El Camino College

Professor: Ralph Taylor

Department: Mathematics

College: El Camino College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Out of all the teachers I've ever had, Ralph Taylor is the worst one by far. I took AP Calculus 1 in high school and even got a 5 on the AP test, but this class somehow managed to be so hard and confusing, even for me. I felt really bad for everyone else in that class, especially since the first exam averaged a 45%.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He actually doesn't check his email

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Would not recommend his class. Does a disservice to math lovers. He's a nice guy but a horrible teacher. Super boring. doesn't know how to explain the subject. You're honestly better off reading the book by yourself. Horrible communicator, Makes mistakes constantly. Sometimes takes one hour to do one question, yet nobody knows what he's doing.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Mr Taylor is really nice but I wouldn't recommend taking him as a first time instructor. He's in depth and goes over everything the Math book has to offer, sometimes losing track of time. There is no HW credit, so people slack off. Exam study guides are on point with questions on the exam, 1-2 a bit harder. Overall gotta be self sufficient to pass

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH191
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

If you take him you'll most likely have to teach yourself the material. He tends to over explain and go into too much detail of complicated topics before ensuring students first have basic principles down. This often left the class confused.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH180
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Ralph is definitely a nice guy, but his teaching is definitely the worst. He always sounds annoyed when you ask questions, constantly makes mistakes which he may or may not catch, and always does his own ways instead of off the book he asks you to buy. The only way to keep your grade is by passing his tests which test his methods, not the books.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH191
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Let me just say that he seems like a nice enough guy. I do not doubt that he is very smart and knows his stuff. The problem is just that he isn't very good at explaining things. If you are looking for a teacher who will go step by step and be clear about what they are doing, this is NOT the teacher for you.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No homework which is bad for a math class. Makes easy topics hard and hard topics harder. Boring and gives tests harder than the textbook. Would not recommend.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH130
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Nice guy. However, very slow and takes approx 30 minutes to teach you a problem. He makes you buy a book and teaches something way different then what the book shows. I had no choice but to give up on this class.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH191
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pros - If you can teach yourself, his quizzes and exams are easy. - He genuinely cares to help. Cons - Ineffective communication skills. IE He may interrupt you before he actually knows what your problem is. - Poor time management. He often loses track of time. - Some minor nitpicks when he grades. - Makes concepts more complicated than necessary.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH165
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ralph skipped 4 classes this semester. We would only met 2x a week, which means we fell way behind... and rather than cut the material he jammed it in and put it on the final... worst final ever. The questions are hard and he is very particular on the answers. You lose points fast and easy and the only opportunity for points are his exams.. avoid.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH23
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst choice to make if u really suck at math, still trying to recover from this class

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Listen to the reviews about him! DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. I thought I could pass by studying hard, but nooo, he grades very tough and some of the test questions don't correlate to his notes or the homework. His voice will put you to sleep and he takes 30 mins to answer a single math question with a bunch of confusing mathematical proofs.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Older reviews of him are fairly good, but he has clearly gotten much worse over time. Not much I can say that hasn't already been covered. Most of the class dropped which made sense for his unreasonably hard tests. Do not take his classes unless you have to.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Missed 5 classes so we were 2 weeks behind. Instead of having 5 exams 3 review days and a final, we had 4 exams no review and a take home final. Terrible class.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

REALLY bad. super boring and seems like he doesn't do any work for school when he isn't on campus. 0/10 do not take him.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This guy looks like Benjamin Franklin died and came back to life. I honestly couldn't tell you if he was pregnant or not. I don't understand how he is still a teacher as his memory is slightly better than a goldfish. Actually that comparison is not fair to goldfish. He wold look at least 100 times better if he was bald. If he bends over, look away.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH190
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Do not take this professor unless you have no other choice. His teaching style is very boring and monotonous, as all he does is read the textbook for his lectures. His tests are unreasonably hard, but he basically copy pastes each test from recent years. He doesn't show up to class a lot and takes months to grade tests. Do not take this professor.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH191
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Essentially reads the text book to class. Practice problems done in class are the example problems already done for you, step-by-step, in the book. This makes his lectures only worth going to if you think you will get your test back that day (you wont) or you just spend the time teaching yourself from the book. Retests are same as original easyA

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH23
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Professor Taylor is alright. He is just really slow at doing things. You won't get your quizzes or tests back. The entire semester I got one test back, out of 4. I did not receive any of my quizzes back. I still got an A, but it was torture just sitting in there.