Jacob Erickson

This TA has taught: MATH113

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Jacob Erickson MATH113 Anonymous 08/30/2022	Very unkind :(
Jacob Erickson MATH113 Expecting an F Anonymous 05/16/2022	This class should not be as profoundly difficult as it is. He is not helpful in the slightest and he is extremely condescending. He is not kind and does not explain things well at all. Overly complicates simple concepts and scoffs at the suggestion of simplifying them down. At such a low level, the instructor should be understanding and want to explain things in ways that their students will understand, rather than waxing poetic about their own intelligence and making you feel small for not understanding. This is an incredibly frustrating class as it's structured now, but it's even worse with someone like this teaching the course. He would probably be a better fit for a higher-level math course. If you can avoid it, do not take his class.
Jacob Erickson MATH113 Expecting a D+ Anonymous 05/14/2022	This class can either intensify or give you depression. The teacher is not helpful at all and never willing to represent his students interests to his supervisors. The most you will get is « I can’t do anything about that ». He explains the class poorly and his office hours will only make you feel less than. The exam review is a waste because most likely than not whatever you’re reviewing will not be on it and same for the final. There will be times in class where he would explain things by just found hand gestures and saying things like « if it goes this way (with no illustrations by the way), then it gets bigger » and he will constantly ask if anyone has any questions but trust me you won’t have any because you won’t even know where to start.
Jacob Erickson MATH113 Expecting a W Anonymous 05/05/2022	unkind and makes you feel small when asking honest questions about the material. This class shouldn't be as difficult as it was.
Jacob Erickson MATH113 Expecting an F Anonymous 04/18/2022	I would give him 0 stars if it were possible. He isn’t the best explainer, when answering questions he will confuse you more than you already are. If you go to his office hours he will be little you because you don’t understand the material fully. There is also a weekly quiz that 9/10 you aren’t prepared for because what he told you to study doesn’t match with what he said was going to be on the quiz. Take his class if you have time to dedicate to teach yourself the material so you can pass because he doesn’t grade on a curve. As a person he is okay, but as a professor, I would avoid him.
Jacob Erickson MATH113 Expecting an F Anonymous 01/04/2022	Would not recommend taking any class with Jacob Erickson as the teacher. Very condescending and rude towards his students. No matter how hard I studied and reviewed for quizzes (there's one every Friday) and exams (3 major ones and a final), I, along with many of my classmates, did poorly. He gets frustrated when students ask questions insisting that he doesn't know "how much simpler he can explain the lesson" and suggests that his students just "do better and try harder". Often times we would go into class and he would start a lesson without even telling us what we were learning. If anyone asked to review quiz or exam material either before or after we took it, he would scoff and roll his eyes and occasionally go over one or two questions that most of the time ended up not being topics on the quiz/tests at all. I could go on and on about why you shouldn't take a class with Jacob as a teacher but my one piece of advice is, if you take his class, get a tutor!
Jacob Erickson MATH113 Expecting a W Anonymous 11/29/2021	A very nice person but honestly the worst learning experience I have ever had. At one point just suggested we just do better with no real help on how we could. I would avoid taking this class with Jacob. Can't say how many times they walked into class and didn't have a structured lecture. It's a real problem when half the people drop the class.
Jacob Erickson MATH240 Anonymous 04/21/2021	One of the most condescending TA's I have ever had to deal with. Repeatedly sends strongly worded emails at their students belittling them for making errors on exams. Instead of working through a problem so that students understand, degrades students' work and tells them to "write better answers next time." I hope they never EVER get to teach an actual class because it will be a trainwreck.