Bruce Tesar

  • 4.2Overall Quality
  • 4.2Helpfulness
  • 4.3Clarity
  • 4.1Easiness

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Date
Class
Rating
Comment
1/31/12

Ling441

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest5

Incredible teacher, may seem boring at first, but once the class gets going he will really draw you in. Expert on the subject, and is very inviting if you go to his office hours

1/17/12

Ling441

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest5

Absolutely amazing. Crystal clear in his lectures, and very thourough. Just take good notes and the material will be very straightforward. He is the nicest man in the world and will offer as much help as needed. Very enthusiastic about the material, and has a witty sense of humor. I'm cog sci, know little about ling. and got an A b/c he's so good!

12/26/10

ling441

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness5

Clarity4

Rater Interest3

Bruce Tesar is my favorite teacher ive had at rutgers. Hes brilliant and hes an easy grader. Just attend his classes and you wont even need to study for exams. Hes really helpful!

2/5/09

LING441

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest5

Bruce Tesar: Certified Pointdexter

1/26/08

ling101

Good Quality

Easiness5

Helpfulness4

Clarity5

Rater Interest4

such a funny guy and really easy. as long as you can do the homework and understand the concepts the tests are really easy. the tests are open book and open notes which are lecture slides you download. don't buy the book because its a waste of money. sometimes he curves final grades but already easy to get an A. def take his class

12/21/07

LING101

Good Quality

Easiness5

Helpfulness5

Clarity4

Rater Interest3

very interesting and enjoyable. he likes to makes funny little remarks NO NEED FOR BOOK. posts notes online. tests are open book/notes.

5/7/07

Ling101

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness3

Clarity5

Rater Interest4

Great GPA booster, and interesting material. Exams are open book/notes, and you really only need the textbook for its charts, which are online. If you don't go, the only thing you'll miss is Tesar's little jokes and Beatles references. (How could you think you were taking a language? What language? Read the course description, dummy.)

11/14/06

LINg101

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness4

Clarity4

Rater Interest3

hes such a weird funny man! all his notes are online. whoever said this class was hard is just a lazy bum. yes there is a homework assignment every week, but i never use the textbook and always get perfects on my homework... midterm and final are open book. just listen to him, hes very clear, and go to recitation and youll have no problem

4/30/06

linguistic
s 101

Good Quality

Easiness5

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest5

easy class, posts notes online, weekly hw, funny teacher, open book open notes midterm & final. no need 2 go 2 class...good class 2 take & study interesting material

1/16/06

Intro to l
ang

Good Quality

Easiness2

Helpfulness4

Clarity3

Rater Interest1

This class sucks. I thought it was going to be easy but its definitely not. Theres a homework assignment due once a week and its not east at all. I thought i was taking a foreign language..i didnt understand anything that was going on. Do urself a favor dont take this class its garbage

12/21/05

LING 101

Good Quality

Easiness5

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest4

Extremely easy. Lectures aren't at all necessary to attend, as he puts all the notes online (BEFORE class) - and they are exactly what he goes over in lecture. One easy homework assignment a week, exams are open book/open notes and are easy as well. He is clear and easy, and nice!

11/1/05

Ling 101

Good Quality

Easiness2

Helpfulness4

Clarity4

Rater Interest3

Nice guy. Puts notes online before the classes. Homework assignment due every week at the beginning of class before lecture (no exceptions). Only Midterm & final. Really boring class, but it fulfills a nonwestern requirement. I thought the midterm was pretty hard.

10/31/04

Ling101H

Good Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness5

Clarity5

Rater Interest4

What a funny little man. Exams were pretty fair (for some reason, final was significantly easier than midterm). At end of semester, gave us this group project that counted for a huge chunk of our grade that was super easy and ensured As for all. Again -- what a funny little man.

4/13/04

Lang 101

Good Quality

Easiness5

Helpfulness3

Clarity4

Rater Interest 

Class is pretty easy, all lecture notes are online (he pretty much repeats what's on his powerpoint slides in class), and exams are open note, open book. Just gotta get to class on time to hand in homework or you're screwed.

2/5/04

Ling 101

Poor Quality

Easiness4

Helpfulness1

Clarity1

Rater Interest 

Horrible horrible man. I was 5 minutes late to class once for the first homework and he wouldn't accept it. This guy is just incredibly mean and he's a smug little nerdy guy who is hopeless in life.