Don Manley - University of Vermont

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Don Manley - University of Vermont

Professor: Don Manley

Department: Science

College: University of Vermont

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: ASTRO23
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

150 year old def man SCREAMING at you about vietnam for the first 5 minutes of class and than leaving to remove fallen trees from his house. nice enough guy and funny, but its because he's useless that he's funny

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: ASTR023
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This class, Measuring the Sky, the lab to go along with the astronomy 001 lecture course, is AWFUL!!!!! Under no circumstances should anyone take this course. Way too many hours of work for only one credit. Manley is impossible to understand for he is nearing senility, the material is difficult to grasp, and the final project will kill you. BEWARE!

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: ASTR053
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Crazy old guy that screams at students and kicks peoples' desks (all in good fun of course). Terrible lecturer and knows it, but homeworks meant to have you research astronomy rather than just listen to him. Didn't make sense to grade on a bell curve in a class of 20 people. Exams are tough! Challenged class to a "chalk throwing" contest for bagels

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: PHYSH095
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: Yes
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Don Manley himself is amusing and incredibly interesting just to listen to; however, his teacher in pretty much incomprehensible. Unfortunately Don did not teach one thing/fact/subject properly the entire semester. I'm not even sure what he talked about.

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: AST23
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: PHYS095
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: No
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

dons a little nutty and his grading system is a little wack but i had fun in the class. hes pretty scatterbrained but the work is easy and you can just ask him the questions on the HW in class and hell answer it for you. only 2 exams and 3 HWs plus 1-2 papers

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: ASTR43
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

YES!! THE MANLEY! Don is thEE shiznizzle. flippin hilarious just to be in the old guys presence. If you need a lab science- DO THIS ONE. ABSOLUTELY GREAT. serioulsy- hes gotta be the funniest old dude in the universe- and he knows all about the universe too... just ask him (actually, dont bother asking- he'll tell you anyways)

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: ASTR5
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

this guy loves his stuff and will help you get the same feeling. However his organization of assigments,homework,tests are crazy, his syllabus is indecipherable with a grading system that is by far the most complicated and challenging ever devised, the work load also for an intro class was just plain insane.

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: AST55
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very easy class but it could have been so much cooler and he was just all over the place and all the lectures were just random discussions and there was no plan whatsoever.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: FORGOT
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is a little bit crazy and difficult to understand. Don't take his class b/c you'll be extremely lost. He caters to students who already know material. The work he gives is unlike any other teacher I have seen. Smart but out there.

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: ASTR05
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's an old guy, but he's pretty funny. A little dissheveled at times, but he knows his stuff and seems to really love astronomy.

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: 48
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Don is Fun to talk to during lectures and funny to watch teach. However, it's extremely easy to get lost and once you are lost you are gone for the rest of the class. Grading is weird. You can fail both exams but still end up with a C if you did all HW

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: ASTR04
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 1.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Don is awesome!

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: ASTR005
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is a nice guy and very funny, but as a teacher he is hard to follow. He only handled the observation part of the course, but when he did teach the class it was much better than having Prof. Rankin who's rating you can go look at now.

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: ASTRONOMY
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Material was hard, and he was often unclear...despite bad grade on midterm I got an A. Only thing harder to understand than his teaching is his grading....

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: ASTR5
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 4.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This was the hardest class I have ever taken, I didn't try as hard as I could have, but I got an A-. Such is the weirdness of Don Manley. Not worth the trouble.

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: ASTR05
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 5.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very enthusiastic about astronomy, you'll get a kick out of going to class

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: ASTRO5
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: AST05
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

For Credit: N/A
Textbook Used: N/A
Would Take Again: N/A
Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy's really funny, easy grading scale, he knows his stuff

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