Welp, today's Monday. Along with having a severe case of the Monday's, today is also the first day of the fall semester for a great many people—myself included.

In the midst of my attempt to retrieve and print my schedule, I found the name of my professor for tonight's differential equations class. Partly out of curiosity, I looked at some of his reviews over on Rate my Professor. Hmm... looks like this semester is going to be fun. Here's what I found:

Class is not impossible, but professor is. Makes the material way harder than it needs to be, and doesn't understand that the material is difficult. Can have a condescending attitude when you ask questions he feels are "trivial," doesn't explains concepts in an easily-graspable way. He does definitely know the material.

Professor is very unclear. He words things differently on tests then how they're presented in book, and I believe this is where everyone trips up at. Because he teaches verbatim from the textbook, we expected some consistency. Grades progressively got worse. A third of the class failed test 3. There's no curve, which is absurd.

Not impossible class, but extremely challenging. Don't take if your GPA is hurting. Must be confident with ALL homework problems to do well on tests. No curve, extra points for attendance. He doesn't seem to understand how material is challenging, which makes it hard for him to teach it.

This professor expects you to be able to learn directly from proofs. If tedious complicated proofs are not your thing, steer clear of him. The grade plot for his class, after drop date, peaks at F and drops from there. The only reason I passed his class was because we had a really good student instructor who helped simplify the material for us.

After seeing all the negative ratings, I was a bit uneasy about taking his class, and it was tough for the first few days because of his accent. But you'll get used to it quickly, and then he's rather easy to understand. The class is not terribly easy, but if you attend class and pay attention to his lectures, you don't even need the book.

He mostly works example problems straight from the book. I felt as though he was treating the class as a review for former calc geniuses who needed a swift refresher course. If you get stuck with him, sign the attendance sheet, leave, and teach yourself. The book is pretty poor, too, and I spent a lot of time watching youtube videos to supplement.

The class wasn't easy by any means of the word. Professor Yong knows his stuff he wasnt great at getting others to understand.He does replace your lowest test score with for final exam grade if it's higher of course and you also get 3% added to your final grade if you dont miss more than 4 classes. It's possible to do well. The book is your friend!

I think I'm going to like this guy, although I'm not entirely sure if I'm being sarcastic or not.