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Ed Sikes

IEDA · ELEC1 · ELECT5676 · ELEC60 · ELEC60A · ELECT156 · ELEC53 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the material and can self-teach around .

Best fit · Self Taught ProOff-topic lecturesHard to understandShows up lateDisorganizedNeeds prior knowledge
  • Lectures wander off topic and leave questions unanswered
  • Late arrivals and long breaks waste class time
  • Only workable if you already know electricity or electronics

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

One review calls it an Easy A, but others warn of bad grades and confusion without prior knowledge.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Material becomes hard because and confuse rather than because content is advanced alone.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

; one review says he is late but punishes student lateness.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most call him the niche praise if you already know the field.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

50/100

One Easy A comment exists, but others report bad grades and .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Light

65/100

, yet the bigger issue is wasted class time rather than heavy load.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Students report off-topic lectures, unanswered questions, lateness, and disorganization.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

waste study time.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Most students call him nice but incomprehensible, off-topic, late, and a waste of time for learning electricity.

Main concern

, and little help during class.

What students said

“overall the worst and most boring teacher I have ever had.”
ELECT156
“Incomprehensible, wanders off on tangents.”
IEDA
“Shows up late for class, and then sits there and doesn't help or .”
ELEC53

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Tests are mentioned and often postponed, but .

Postponed testsIn-person class tests

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Tests get postponed after study time is spent; .

Postponed tests
“almost every time he says there will be a and I waste .”
ELECT156

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Quite possibly the worst teacher I've had at 3 colleges in 20 years. Incomprehensible, wanders off on tangents.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews, highlighting off-topic teaching and poor organization. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“overall the worst and most boring teacher I have ever had.”

🌀 Off-Topic Lectures

25/100

“he cannot keep himself on topic. The first three weeks of the class he spent ”

👎 Recommendation Rate

22/100

“Waste of time, and you will get a bad grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Easily side tracked
  • has a
  • Incomprehensible, wanders off on tangents
  • Ed would drift off to whole different topic and never got my question answered

Theme 2

⏰ About Professionalism

  • Shows up late for class
  • takes long breaks one time 45 min
  • Lazy and disorganized and unprofessional
  • Does not get to class ontime but if u r late u bad

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Nine in-person reviews from 2007-2013 are detailed and strongly consistent on poor teaching.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 54

Course coverage

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