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Marcus Roper
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Spring 2025 - Class content itself wasn't terrible but Professor Roper was not great. Here is why: 1) Flipped Lecture: You have to watch videos beforehand and come in for questions / review; not bad in itself but I personally prefer learning in person for math classes. He also does not even post the worksheet solutions because "he doesn't have the bandwidth". Really? You're being paid to teach; I think that is the bare minimum. especially if you aren't even teaching live and you're using pre-recorded videos from the past. 2) Weekly Quizzes: not bad either but some quizzes were not given enough time, stressful every Tuesday night. 3) Piazza: Piazza exists for getting quick clarifications but Professor Roper takes ages and sometimes does not even respond. What is the point of this then? This is the worst part. He additionally takes too long to post the lecture notes that include what the quiz content would be. 4) Homework: Workload is a good chunk; homework assigned PER lecture (usually 10 multi-part questions) so we had to like what 10 weeks x 3 homework each week. Not typical of any 31 series or 32 series I have taken. Overall, he's not a bad person but he is just not organized nor responsible in having the student's learning experience in mind. This class would be bearable if he could just routinely post lecture notes right after class and respond on Piazza.
Spring 2025 - Class content itself wasn't terrible but Professor Roper was not great. Here is why: 1) Flipped Lecture: You have to watch videos beforehand and come in for questions / review; not bad in itself but I personally prefer learning in person for math classes. He also does not even post the worksheet solutions because "he doesn't have the bandwidth". Really? You're being paid to teach; I think that is the bare minimum. especially if you aren't even teaching live and you're using pre-recorded videos from the past. 2) Weekly Quizzes: not bad either but some quizzes were not given enough time, stressful every Tuesday night. 3) Piazza: Piazza exists for getting quick clarifications but Professor Roper takes ages and sometimes does not even respond. What is the point of this then? This is the worst part. He additionally takes too long to post the lecture notes that include what the quiz content would be. 4) Homework: Workload is a good chunk; homework assigned PER lecture (usually 10 multi-part questions) so we had to like what 10 weeks x 3 homework each week. Not typical of any 31 series or 32 series I have taken. Overall, he's not a bad person but he is just not organized nor responsible in having the student's learning experience in mind. This class would be bearable if he could just routinely post lecture notes right after class and respond on Piazza.
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