Joan Boorstein - University of Massachusetts - Boston

Professor: Joan Boorstein

Department: TBD

College: University of Massachusetts - Boston

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She can barely teach. She just writes everything on the board rather than explaining it step by step. So, whats the point of having a class if the teacher is just talking to herself. Other than that, she grades very weirdly and honestly speaking it really is very annoying. So far, this is the worst teacher I have been taught by.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not a good teacher. She doesn't care about explaining to make students understand the subject. She just goes to work to write like a maniac on the board for a paycheck. If students as a question, then she gets upset and as a result, the response comes with sassiness and perhaps a C at the end of the course. Advise, don't take her lecture.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Please if you choose to do anything at all today take my advice and DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!! Her lectures are long and boring and she will spend the whole class writing on the blackboard. If you have a question, well good luck. Her responses are vague and when she does muster up enough energy and wind she will respond with a condescending remark .

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CALC134
• 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:

If you care about your GPA do not take this course with her. Unless you are math savvy get ready to start studying to pretty much everyday fail every assignment and exam. Even taking notes in class won't save you because she puts material not covered in class on her exams.. then she'll tell you it's in the book. How does she still have a job?

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH129
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor teaches but never shows steps so when you do an exam and don't show your steps she would take points off. Its not a hard class but the way this professor teaches makes it hard when the concept is easy to understand. If you skip a class and homework is due that day, you won't be able to hand it in unless you email her with you issue.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT134
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Reviews easy problems in class but the test questions were much more complicated. Won't tell you what will be on the exams which make up most of your grade. Youtube videos were much more helpful as she tends to rush through problems. Homework assigments took between 5-10 hours and she will take points off for the smallest mistake.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

she is very nice professor. If you have any questions, you can ask her, and she will gave you answers. She wrote everything in the black broad. It is easy to take a notes.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT134
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor ever

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

THE BEST teacher ever!!!!! LOve the class. Her work is not hard if you study it. This is an easy A if you work hard. omgosh i would taker her again FOR SURE!! PPLEASE pick her for M134, it is an AEWSOME CLASS AND HIGHLY RECOMMEDED

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: 134
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

IF YOU WANT TO FAIL IN MATH, THEN YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. PLEASE DONT CHOOSE THIS PROFESSOR

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor is just awful. I had straight A's and this was my only C. Half the class dropped after the first exam. The only good thing about the class is that she is so fat she doesn't move from her desk during the exam and cheating is very easy.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

It was a really hard class, you need to do your non-graded problems to pass the class.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH129
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Joan is a great professor. Absolutely knows her stuff. If you can handle the inevitable stench of her and are able to see her in the same two outfits every class, then by all means take this class. She tells you exactly what to know, and explained things in different ways than I was used to hearing them taught in math. She clarified a lot for me.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH129
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

dunno what to say, I respect the teacher but not her work

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH115
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst professor I've ever had. Never answer your questions, never explain the material, never interested in helping students, just write some examples on the board. Awful class. Don't take her!!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• 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:

NEVER TAKE HER! She doesn't answer questions, tests are barely based on what we do in class. I dropped the class while in class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• 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:

*WARNING*DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. She does not explain the problems she writes, and she gets mad if you do not understand it. Her back is to you while she writes, so you cannot see what she is writing. She grades hard and she makes hard exams. The only good thing I can say is that she is never absent for class.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH129
• 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 HER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! You will fail her class unless you are a math expert, she's a very tough grader and half the class had to withdraw before the end of the semester

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH134
• 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:

Worst teacher ever. She grade hard. Takes up the whole session writing on the board but you still can understand. She never answers your question but send you to tutoring for help.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH130
• 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 her at all..., please. final exam is very important for her, if you screw it up, you will get C- as final grade, even though you did good job during the semester and got A or B for the other exams. DO NOT take her so!