I took math 33b with Greene for 2022 Summer Session C. Although his teaching was a bit disorganized at times, he is not nearly as bad as what his reviews say. He is very helpful during his office hours and thoroughly answered everyone's questions. However, I do agree that he would probably be more suited to teaching an upper div math course, as the material from math 33b is simply way too easy for him.

The homework assignments were for the most part straightforward, as they mainly came from the textbook. Only the last homework was written by Greene himself. I found TA sessions helpful for completing Greene's written homework, as the TA does a good job clarifying what exactly each problem means and what we're supposed to include in our solutions.

Exams were fair and heavily based on Greene's lectures. It's important to attend lecture to do well. A lot of what Greene says in class cannot be found in the textbook. I personally made an effort to thoroughly review Greene's lecture notes and attend office hours to clarify concepts I felt unsure about.

The grading schema was 30% HW, 30% midterm, 40% final. Overall it was fair. But be warned. The final was 20 multiple choice questions, so even missing a single question could have a significant impact on your final grade. Also, homework is worth much more than in a regular school quarter.

I was really worried by the other bruinwalk reviews and I agree wholeheartedly with the others - do not take this class with Greene if you have a choice.

His lectures were incredibly confusing and he didn't explain things well. I relied heavily on the TA and the textbook. The worst part of this class was that Greene wasn't very fair in terms of grading. The final was worth a considerable amount and it skewed a lot of peoples grades, bringing them down 1-2 grades lower than expected. The Sapling homework's were easy and the written homework's were also okay (the TA helped a lot in explaining his wording since the questions were incredibly vague). The first midterm was decent in terms of difficulty and the second midterm, which was on Sapling, was very easy. I had a 95% average before the final and I was expecting at worst an A-.

The final had a class median of 62% and I got just below that (61%) which shocked me because I'd performed well throughout. I asked for a breakdown of my mistakes on the final and he was incredibly critical for final and was very specific in what he was looking for (but the questions weren't nearly as specific). This brought down my percentage an incredible amount and since the class performed comparatively worse I thought that it would be accounted for with the curve. Greene did not curve but just accounted a very small amount for general class percentage. Overall, the weightage of the final and general performance was not accounted for and it was unfair to a large degree the impact it had.

Essentially, if you have a choice and would like to properly learn the content from the professor, don't take this class with Greene.

I was worried when I first read Professor Greene's reviews, but after taking his class, I think Bruinwalk was a little harsh. His teaching is somewhat eclectic and doesn't work for everyone. However, I really enjoyed how much he emphasizes the intuition behind the material. This definitely makes his exams and homework problems sets difficult though, and I would not have been able to survive without help from my TA. During this quarter, probably due to COVID, most of our homework assignments and even one midterm were done on Sapling. As a result, our grades were inflated going into the final exam. The final was considerably more difficult than anything else we had done previously for the class and most people were thrown off. The average was about 60%. All in all, I appreciated Professor Greene's teaching but he makes 32B a lot more intense than other professors and I probably wouldn't take another class with him. He's more well-suited for students who have a talent for math.