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Isaac Goldbring
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DO NOT TAKE 3C WITH GOLDBRING!!! He is definitely the worst math professor. I was one of the people who dropped during 10th week. I am taking Math 3C again with another professor this quarter. I can say that Professor Goldbring just made 3C so much harder. The professor I am taking now is much more clear on what he wants you to know for the final exams. Goldbring did give out practice midterms but they were nothing like the actual midterms! The actual midterms were 10 times harder than the practice midterms he gave you. I got A's for both Math 3A and 3B, but this professor screwed me up.
DO NOT TAKE 3C WITH GOLDBRING!!! He is definitely the worst math professor. I was one of the people who dropped during 10th week. I am taking Math 3C again with another professor this quarter. I can say that Professor Goldbring just made 3C so much harder. The professor I am taking now is much more clear on what he wants you to know for the final exams. Goldbring did give out practice midterms but they were nothing like the actual midterms! The actual midterms were 10 times harder than the practice midterms he gave you. I got A's for both Math 3A and 3B, but this professor screwed me up.
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Goldbring is an unfair and unjust professor who has a binary grading scheme and doesn't curve the class. I missed two negatives and that took me from a B+ to a D- on the first midterm. ON the second midterm i ran out of time but described what i would have done which was correct and i ended up getting a 53 on that test. This guy is a jerk and pretty much reads verbatim from the book and uses those examples too. If you go to office hours he just repeats what he says in lecture and says nothing of use and nothing new. He is not helpful and doesnt care whether you know the material or not just if you come out with the right answer.
Goldbring is an unfair and unjust professor who has a binary grading scheme and doesn't curve the class. I missed two negatives and that took me from a B+ to a D- on the first midterm. ON the second midterm i ran out of time but described what i would have done which was correct and i ended up getting a 53 on that test. This guy is a jerk and pretty much reads verbatim from the book and uses those examples too. If you go to office hours he just repeats what he says in lecture and says nothing of use and nothing new. He is not helpful and doesnt care whether you know the material or not just if you come out with the right answer.
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I really liked the way Goldbring taught the class. It's worth bearing in mind that it was an upper div logic class, so the style might not translate to classes like 33B or 3C, but if you're looking at one of the other 114's he would definitely be a good choice. The lectures usually started out by explaining the intuition informally before going over the rigorous proofs, so I found it a lot easier to understand why certain ideas were being formulated the way they were. He was also open to questions and able to fix any misconceptions that arose. Personally, he's a really nice guy. Since he was an undergrad at UCLA not too long ago he was easy to relate to. The grades were pretty low on the first midterm because of the nature of the material and the time constraints, but Isaac was willing to switch the final to a take home test so that it would be both comprehensive and doable. There are a lot of professors that really aren't that flexible.
I really liked the way Goldbring taught the class. It's worth bearing in mind that it was an upper div logic class, so the style might not translate to classes like 33B or 3C, but if you're looking at one of the other 114's he would definitely be a good choice. The lectures usually started out by explaining the intuition informally before going over the rigorous proofs, so I found it a lot easier to understand why certain ideas were being formulated the way they were. He was also open to questions and able to fix any misconceptions that arose. Personally, he's a really nice guy. Since he was an undergrad at UCLA not too long ago he was easy to relate to. The grades were pretty low on the first midterm because of the nature of the material and the time constraints, but Isaac was willing to switch the final to a take home test so that it would be both comprehensive and doable. There are a lot of professors that really aren't that flexible.
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Took 33B, 131A with Goldbring. He explains things well! He's also helpful and approachable. In 131A, the exams were similar to the homeworks. In 33B, there were a few curveballs! But study the hw problems and class notes and the exams should be okay. BEWARE, in 33B, he gave an insane amount of homework. It's good practice though.
Took 33B, 131A with Goldbring. He explains things well! He's also helpful and approachable. In 131A, the exams were similar to the homeworks. In 33B, there were a few curveballs! But study the hw problems and class notes and the exams should be okay. BEWARE, in 33B, he gave an insane amount of homework. It's good practice though.
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