09-08-2011 at 01:21 PM
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Dr. Ben Mares good prof?
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So i had my first lecture with Dr. Ben Mares But i was hoping to switch to Mclean
But I did and now I have a conflict with 1D04 and i am struggling to find a good time for it
Did any one have Dr. Ben Mares as First year eng math? is he any good? easy hard? is he better then Mclean?
anything you heard about him
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09-08-2011 at 01:29 PM
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I had Ben at first, and he is really nice but since he is new he is not the best lecturer. I switched to Mclean halfway through the year and I thought he was one of the best profs I had first year but I know some people did not like him.
Like any class, if you dont like your prof or you find your not learning anything after the first few lectures, go to a different class. Especially in first year engineering where there are usually 2 or 3 profs for each course
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09-08-2011 at 01:47 PM
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Thanks for the tip
So i am going to try and get mclean
But to do that I have to swich 1D04 to second semester and 1C03 to first semester
I got a question for 1C03
is it better to have lab first or tutorial first?
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09-08-2011 at 02:10 PM
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Ben is cool - I liked him a lot. He was much better than McLean.
Childs is the best, by far. But Ben, while new (Second year teaching now), is good too. Sometimes a bit long-winded examples, but overall good.
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09-08-2011 at 02:14 PM
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Ben is cool - I liked him a lot. He was much better than McLean.
Childs is the best, by far. But Ben, while new (Second year teaching now), is good too. Sometimes a bit long-winded examples, but overall good.
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09-08-2011 at 02:45 PM
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How hard is it to do well in a course when you can't use a calculator. :O
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09-08-2011 at 02:52 PM
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he's funny and a good guy, but I found him hard to follow and he'd fly through some things since he knew it so well but would take enough time to explain what was going on, if you're good at picking things up quick and what a fun class then I'd go with him
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09-08-2011 at 02:55 PM
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How hard is it to do well in a course when you can't use a calculator. :O
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09-08-2011 at 03:30 PM
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Mclean is funny as hell and seems like a great prof had him today he is great...
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09-08-2011 at 03:31 PM
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How hard is it to do well in a course when you can't use a calculator. :O
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Real men do math without a calculator.
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09-09-2011 at 01:59 PM
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is it better to have lab first or tutorial first?
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It doesnt matter for 1C03 if you have lab or tutorial first since (at least for us) they werent related at all but for 1D04 its better to have tutorial first, otherwise your basically learning it in the lab then listening to someone describe how to do it on the computer in lecture form.
Based on what other people said, i would stick to my original statement to see what math prof you like better, so attend each for a bit and see what you think. From the people i talk to its rather you like Mclean or you hate him so dont go around changing your schedule till you know for sure
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09-09-2011 at 05:44 PM
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I had McLean for za3 and Childs for zb3. In my opinion they are the best professors for first year engineering math. However, I went to a couple of Bens lectures, and hes not that bad of a professor. Another thing you could do is just visit other lectures if you have time.
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09-09-2011 at 05:46 PM
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How much trig is there in 1ZA3? :s
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09-09-2011 at 07:48 PM
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How much trig is there in 1ZA3? :s
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Lots of trig, but thats one of the easiest parts of the course. Most of the course was fairly difficult, but the last section for most people is the hardest, so make sure you stay on top of your work!
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Lots of trig, but thats one of the easiest parts of the course. Most of the course was fairly difficult, but the last section for most people is the hardest, so make sure you stay on top of your work!
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So if you're bad at trig, one can assume that they would have to work really hard to understand trig and on top of that do it all without a calculator? :( |
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