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John Vanderkooy
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  • PHYS115
    Mar 28th, 2011
    Quality
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    PHYS115
    Mar 28th, 2011
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    COOL PROF, I LIKED HIM. BUT OVERALL I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND PHYSICS. I LIKE THE COURSE THOUGH. WHY IS HE SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
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  • OPTICS
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    Brilliant man, approachable, helpful, good choice of text. One of the best profs in the phys department.
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  • PHYS115
    Jan 24th, 2006
    Quality
    3.5
    Difficulty
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    PHYS115
    Jan 24th, 2006
    Should do the "show and tell" at the end of class if there is time because often there is only like 15 minutes worth of lecture material in a lecture and he doesn't even have time to answer student's questions.
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  • PHYS115
    Sep 28th, 2005
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    PHYS115
    Sep 28th, 2005
    Very funny guy, but hard class :(
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  • PHYS115
    Jun 23rd, 2005
    Quality
    4.0
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    PHYS115
    Jun 23rd, 2005
    This man LOVES what he does! You can tell right from the first day! He involves the class by bringing in fun toys, and is a great guy! Only thing is that he is incredibly intelligent, so he runs through difficult concepts, not realising no one understands! Great guy though!
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  • PHYS115
    Oct 22nd, 2004
    Quality
    1.5
    Difficulty
    4.0
    PHYS115
    Oct 22nd, 2004
    Attendance: Mandatory
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    Extreamly intellegent individual, only word of warning is the stuff he is teaching come more natural to him then breathing, so he moves fast with little thoery. Ironically when he talks about quantum mechanics and theoretical phyic, I follow 100%, course material, he loses me 100%.
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  • PHYS115
    Oct 17th, 2004
    Quality
    4.5
    Difficulty
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    PHYS115
    Oct 17th, 2004
    Awesome prof.... actually makes physics interesting. Goes fast in class, but has lots of demos to make everything interesting.
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  • PHYS115
    Sep 26th, 2004
    Quality
    5.0
    Difficulty
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    PHYS115
    Sep 26th, 2004
    I just love teachers who are IN LOVE with the subject they teach and eventually make U fall in love with it too! He's in love with physics! You see it in his eyes & his smile, and the passion with which he talks!
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  • PHYS115
    Mar 14th, 2004
    Quality
    3.0
    Difficulty
    3.0
    PHYS115
    Mar 14th, 2004
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  • PHYS115
    Nov 8th, 2003
    Quality
    3.0
    Difficulty
    5.0
    PHYS115
    Nov 8th, 2003
    When hes not shooting rockets at us, whipping play dough **** at the wall, telling us about the space time continium, or showing us old british films hes a pretty good prof. Keeps us awake in the back row, thats for sure.
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  • PHYS115
    Nov 5th, 2003
    Quality
    2.0
    Difficulty
    5.0
    PHYS115
    Nov 5th, 2003
    not enough theory!!!
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  • PHYS115
    Nov 3rd, 2003
    Quality
    1.5
    Difficulty
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    PHYS115
    Nov 3rd, 2003
    Ectremely knowledgable and smart, funney, does go a bit fast at times, and the class is ****** hard, but prof is grea!!
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  • PHYS115
    Nov 1st, 2003
    Quality
    3.5
    Difficulty
    3.0
    PHYS115
    Nov 1st, 2003
    a little more clarity.... that'd help
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  • PHYS115
    Oct 28th, 2003
    Quality
    5.0
    Difficulty
    1.0
    PHYS115
    Oct 28th, 2003
    Excellent Physics prof. Entertaining works at a good speed, since we can talk about interesting unrelated topics in class, and still end up ahead.
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  • PHYS115
    Oct 27th, 2003
    Quality
    3.0
    Difficulty
    4.0
    PHYS115
    Oct 27th, 2003
    RUN!!!
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  • PHYS115
    Sep 19th, 2003
    Quality
    4.0
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    PHYS115
    Sep 19th, 2003
    Very knowlegeable. Very entertaining. Hard to keep up with (as in he writes to fast to fully digest it all). Lots of work.
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  • PHYS256
    Sep 8th, 2003
    Quality
    2.0
    Difficulty
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    PHYS256
    Sep 8th, 2003
    Very unclear, hard to follow what he's talking about. Uses too many examples, not enough theory. He's very friendly but teaching was not his call in life.
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  • PHYS256
    Jun 8th, 2003
    Quality
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    PHYS256
    Jun 8th, 2003
    He is such a nice guy esp when you go bug him about assignment.
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  • PHYS256
    Jun 4th, 2003
    Quality
    4.0
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    PHYS256
    Jun 4th, 2003
    Great delivery, but he can get off track sometimes, and can also go a little fast at times, skimming over details. Interesting demos.
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  • PHYS115
    Mar 26th, 2003
    Quality
    5.0
    Difficulty
    3.0
    PHYS115
    Mar 26th, 2003
    very fun prof
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