<p>I'll be taking math 20b in the fall and I would like some advice on which math professor I should sign up for 20b.</p>
<p>MATH 20B professors for the fall of 2008:
Chow, Bennett
Linshaw, Andrew Ross
Tesler, Glenn
Staff??</p>
<p>not effective/effective?
incompetent/competent?
nap time/pain in the ass?
more sleep/more coffee?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance! =]</p>
<p>I took Linshaw for 20A 2 years ago... He was pretty boring, and I didn't like the way he taught (he had more words on the board than math...) I think that was his first quarter teaching, so he may have improved since then...</p>
<p>I took Tesler for 20C. He was an alright lecturer, and had super easy tests. But I had a friend who took him more recently, and she had a hard time (and she is better at calc than me) so he may have become more difficult. But either way, I like him more than Linshaw.</p>
<p>I had linshaw for 20a, he was pretty monotone and quite, but it wasn't too bad. I had tesler for 20c as well, and I thought he taught it well. He doesn't go too much into proofs that we don't need to know and the tests weren't bad either.</p>
<p>do any of those students who took math 20c wish they would have taken 10c instead?</p>
<p>lol i wish i did, but i'm taking 20c at a cc</p>
<p>I actually really liked 20C (for some weird reason...). The last 2 weeks or so of 20B was when I wished I had taken the 10 series since the 10 series doesn't cover infinite series (what I thought was the most difficult part of the entire 20 series).</p>
<p>no, 20C was fine ... then again, i kinda like math. :)</p>
<p>has any one had Chow? I think he got good evaluations from students on the ucsd website...</p>
<p>i had chow for 21D ... pretty average guy. decent lectures, good exams, the only downside of the class was that we had a crazy religious guy for a TA.</p>
<p>i ran into him (chow) at the gilman parking office four years after i took his class and had a nice chat with him while we waited. he had no idea who i was, but was really cool about it.</p>
<p>and to answer a common inquiry concerning professors of non-caucasian surnames: he doesn't have an accent.</p>
<p>I had Bennett Chow for Math109</p>
<p>I ended up dropping him</p>
<p>He seemed like a great guy and very friendly, but he expects a lot out of his students and accelerates his curriculum moreso than other professors</p>
<p>does anybody know anything about either: Bucicovschi, Orest
or Chan, Ping-Shun
They're supposed to also teach Math 20B this fall.</p>
<p>are visiting profs. generally easier or harder or does it make no difference?</p>
<p>took tesler 2 years ago for 20c.</p>
<p>went to class half the time. A+. tests are so easy.</p>
<p>he's kinda weird though. he's really excited and writes fast. one time to demonstrate double/triple integrals, he brought in potatoes and cut them. another time he lectured on gradients and brought in a mixing bowl. his 'suitcase' is a trash bag...</p>