Joseph Trout

School: Drexel University
Department: Physics
Location:Philadelphia, PA
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 Pros: Teaches in a way that is easy to learn.
Nice guy.
Cons: If you understand something early on, his repetitiveness gets redundant.
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 Such a nice guy and easy exam! Not the best lecturer though, but meet him during office hours and he helps you a lot and you will get an A.
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 Pros: fairly easy
Cons: boring
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 Pros: Understandable
Willing to help
flexible
Cons: all about powerpoints
hes all about pwoerpoints, and goes through them fast, so pay attention.
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 Pros: He covers all the material on the exams and is direct with his questions. None of the questions are out of ordinary or tricky. He also has review sessions.
You are given everything you need to get an A.
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 Pros: He's a good lecturer
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Cons: Hard classes and exams
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 Teaches well and the practice exams are identical (essentially) to the actual exam.
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 Dr. Trout will always go out of his way to help you understand the material he teaches, his lectures may not be the most inspiring but they will prepare you for the test. All you have to do is put in the time and Dr. Trout will help you as much as you need it.
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 if you're a bio major and you're only taking physics because it's required-trout is the guy for you. HIS TESTS ARE EXACTLY THE REVIEW SESSION/PRACTICE TEST...if you don't ace this class then you didn't put the effort in learning the material that's basically spoonfed to you. reading quizzes are cake-just get the gist of every chapter (don't read for actual formulas just read the non-math parts)...lab quizzes you kind of have to study for...he only assigns like one homework problem a week so its pretty cake. HES EASY SERIOUSLY TRUST ME YOU DONT DO ANY WORK aND ACE THE CLASS TAKE HIM. IM NOT EVEN THAT GOOD AT PHYSICS AND I ACED IT.
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 Trout was the best physics teacher I ever had! He has an amazing willingness to help students after class and has plenty of review sessions. He made 2 review sessions, two hours each, on the same day so that students could find a time to come...his wife sat in the back waiting for him b/c it was their anniversary. This is how incrediably devoted this professor is to his students. The tests were really fair and he even gave some of the problems and concentrations at his review sessions (to help out the hardworking students). Lectures were a bit long and boring but that is because he had a lot of slides. I was so mad to find out that he was not able to teach our physics152 course. Finegold's class was just all over the place. Trout gave great preparation for the MCATS!
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 this guy is awesome. i had to retake physics III and he made it so much easier to understand the 2nd time around. ended up with a B+ in the class. he's willing to help students if you ask him.
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 Dr. Trout is probably one of the best teachers you'll get in college. He makes Physics pretty easy to understand with the review sessions he holds (which by the way tell you the exact kinds of problems on the tests). He's very understanding of the hectic schedule of students; I thought the labs were not, and unless you do the homework problems before recitation, it's pointless to go. The lectures are dry (I had him once a week for two hours) only because he used so many slides per lecture, but in an effort to make sure the material was clear. He wants all of his students to do well, even if he has 150 students in his class. I highly recommend taking his class if anyone has the chance.
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 Its not easy, but insanely hard. Labs are very enjoyable too. Great teacher
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 His in class lectures maybe a little dry, but he has a gazillion review sessions to help his students out. Great teacher and very understanding, but be warned don't play around or you'll fall behind quickly
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 great teacher, definately take this guy
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 hes really cares about his students and is insanely prompt to reply to emails and once put some test scores online with 9hours of taking it
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 Great teacher, really caring. Wants everyone to get a good grade, very helpful.
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 Trout is a really caring teacher. There are lots of resources for students that aren't good at physics. Joe Trout wants everyone to get an A+. The tests can get difficult if you don't keep up though, as in any class.

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