Samuel Lightwood - Western Connecticut State University

Professor: Samuel Lightwood

Department: TBD

College: Western Connecticut State University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MAT281
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Emailed him multiple times the first few days 9f class. No response. Took about 4 weeks into the class to get a single email from him. He posted 5 assignments at once. Haven't heard/seen anything from him since. Midterm grades were due this past week. There is no midterm grade. He hasn't graded a single assignment. Theres been no exams. Wth???

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The reviews on this dude talk about how he is a bad teacher, but him in online school is so much worse. He hasn't communicated to the class in 3 weeks. lmao bad teacher, but probably easy online.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• 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:

Loved to talk about aliens. Loses his markers every class and rants about it the whole lecture. Everything was online including the textbook. I had to have my classmate teach me everything because he does not explain how he gets to the answer and then says there is no wrong or right answer but then fails us all. Switch out of this class of you can.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very uncommunicative, highly disorganized, constantly late for class, unprepared -takes 30 minutes on average to start the lesson. OH, AND HE DITCHED US THIS SEMESTER!!! no emails, no updates, no communication, no grades, no response, blackboard is empty. Maybe the aliens he speaks of so much took him back! VERY disappointed!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Lightwood is a smart man! Approach to teaching is unique and if you're not on the same level, it may be difficult (if you've done acid, you'll see where he's coming from). He makes sure that we understand the material, which is why he answers a q with a q so we can work our way to the solution ourselves. Learned a lot! I'll most likely get an A!

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Don't take him if you're a non-math major. He's one of those people where he makes zero sense, even though he clearly knows what he's talking about. But if you're smart, or a math major, take the easy A.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAT115
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dr. Lightwood is so smart that he understands his concepts but is not the best at explaining. He will not give out answers but makes you work for the understanding of the concept. He is a very easy grader as long as you do the worksheets. Ask for clarification if needed, and your class will be your support system. Everyone passes or everyone fails.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very confused as to what I am supposed to be doing in his class, and we are in week 10 of the semester. He has yet to post any grades onto blackboard or banner web so I am not sure if I am doing well or need to step it up.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MAT115
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The worst professor I've had at Westconn so far. He still has yet to post any grades and it's 2 weeks past midterm. Whenever you ask him a question he always answers it saying something about the cosmos and then he starts rambling and walks away leaving you clueless. He also takes the whole class to explain something very simple, a waste of time.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very rambly, unclear, seems knowledgeable but not a good teacher. Avoid if you're bad at math. And this is someone with an A in junior and senior year math.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He answers every question with some form of "in this universe and cosmos, there is no right or wrong answer..." while slowly proceeding to back away from you, leaving you even more confused.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

not enough characters to even describe how bad this teacher is. HE IS SO STUPID DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• 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:

The worst professor I've ever had he answers your question with a question. He also does not teach you anything, we are in class for no reason. He says that there is no right answer yet we failed our first exam that we took two weeks ago, mind you that spring semester is about to end in a couple of days. He claims the whole class is failing.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• 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:

We told him we didn't know what we were doing and his reply was "You don't really need to know what you are doing in order to answer these question" Then he wonders why we failed the first test.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• 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:

There's two weeks left of the semester and we just took our first exam. The week prior to that we took our first quiz. No midterm grades were given and he has just told us that we are all failing. DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• 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:

He does not explain things well, gets off topic, doesn't give back any work, we have one month left and we still haven't gotten our midterm grade yet. Awkward to talk to. Overall, don't take this class with him Im so stressed out. RIP my GPA.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MAT181
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

horrible. just run away.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Lightwood is a good guy, he cares about his class and wants students to learn an exceed, but his elaboration on topics is very minimal. Homework is your best friend, because he does not give out a lot of quizzes or tests.. this semester 1 quiz, Midterm, and Final. He's not a stickler on attendance. Class participation is minimal.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MAT181
• 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:

Laughs when you ask questions and loses his markers and cant stay on track

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MAT120
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He made stats so hard because he is trying to make you think differently but all he does is confuse you. HORRIBLE lectures, does not give extra credit, once he knows your name he will ask you 10 questions in the same class.