Lampart, Wendy  

Absolutely the most disorganized teacher to exist. Cannot explain material, no matter how basic it is. She often makes mistakes halfway through problems and when she tries to correct them, she only confuses the class more. Puts topics we haven't covered at all on exams, tries to collect homework that wasn't assigned. The class is constantly confused as she fails to explain anything she says.

Highly disorganized. She's a genuine person but she has no idea what she's talking about. Most of the time we'd ask the TA for help because she didn't know how to explain concepts and there were a couple of times that she simply didn't even know the content she was assigning everyone to fulfill. Going to office hours was completely helpless. Doing all of the work required you to know things she wasn't teaching. She simply doesn't know how to explain concepts whatsoever. Highly recommend you avoid this class at all possible costs.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Lampart is without a doubt the worst teacher of any kind that I've had in my entire educational career. She has good intentions, but she just cannot teach at all. She goes into intense detail on the least important subjects, and brushes over the most important ones. She doesn't usually assign homework in class, but she will email you less than 24 hours before class with a massive amount of work for topics that she did not even cover in class that she expects you to thoroughly understand. Her labs are poorly managed as well, and she randomly collects them. She tells you to keep an excel spreadsheet of your grades, but she doesn't give any homework or labs back so you have no idea how you are doing in the class. It took her FOUR weeks to return our first midterm. She is absolutely the most disorganized person I have ever seen. TL;DR: Taking this class will make you dumber.

It is really difficult to say anything harsh about Lampart because she really is a nice person but she can not teach very well. I had her for a 7 AM class MWF. I went into this class hoping her poly rating would not be completely accurate but as the quarter progressed I saw that it was pretty much perfect. She is disorganized with midterms, quizzes, homework, and any "lab report" you have to turn in. Although her being all over the place is helpful for students that slack off and do not turn in homework, not getting any feed back through out the quarter was rough. MIDTERMS: For her midterms, she wrote them a few days before and she would give review problems that were somewhat similar but then she would lag to post the answers. QUIZZES: They were supposed to be weekly but that really did not happen and then the class would say how many points what questions or answers should be out of. HOMEWORK: Her homework was pretty much credit or not credit. LECTURE: Okay so this is the part that was difficult for my friends and me. Lampart is smart but she can not teach. She barely started having power points for her notes but they were ALL OVER THE PLACE. She makes a lot of mistakes in lecture, HW, quizzes, and exams. You have to rely on your book for this class which is fine if you learn that way but she will ask you RANDOM questions on quizzes or exams. In this class there was a lot of "When did we go over this?" moments. She is however helpful in office hours and she does care about her students success. It stinks because she has a good heart but I pay way too much for these classes to have a professor like her that is so scattered brain.

Wendy is so sweet! At the start of the quarter I had trouble learning material due to the slight disorganization and confusion (and the fact that chem is not my strong suit) BUT in the end she is INCREDIBLE. The tests were hard this quarter only because she is new and made the tests a tad too long. However, she wants you to succeed and will be super fair with you - usually meaning points back on midterms and test corrections. I wouldn't mind having her again for chem 2 if it was possible! SHE WILL ONLY IMPROVE NEXT QUARTER :) -side note: She is fantastic in office hours! And take a chem workshop if you really think chem is hard, she really listens to her workshop instructor(s) and her LA's

Don't. Just don't. Very unorganized, so jittery, thought process all over the place. She gets extremely sidetracked. Pulls lots of worksheets and practice exams from the internet, so she doesn't even have the answers. DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF.

One of if not the worst professor I probably will have at this school. Every day was an unorganized mess where you pretty much had no clue what was going on. Quizzes and midterms were utterly ridiculous given that both midterms were the length of a final yet we had half the time. Learning from online sources/ the book was way more effective than any of the lectures. Overall a super disappointing class.

Ahhh... this class. First off, avoid it if you want to have an interesting quarter. PROS: -Extremely nice teacher, really cares about students. -The TAs are very good. CONS: Uhh, where to begin. -Most disorganized class you will ever take ever. Expect random homework collections, emails with massive amounts of homework the night before, assignments not posted on polylearn 'till the morning of, then collected that day. First midterm took a month to return, was 2 hours long but was supposed to be normal length. -You will learn nothing in class. If you spent the 6 hours a week reading the book you would know so much about chemistry, but no, instead we sit in this class ... bored out of our minds ... not learning much. You'll have to read the book a lot unfortunately. -Quizzes/tests on stuff we didn't cover in class. -Occasionally get a ridiculously long homework assignment. We got assigned 120 problems (with some that had a,b,c,etc) one day and only got it reduced because someone begged the TAs to ask about it. -Never know what your grade is. -Hundreds of pages of labs due at end of quarter. All in all, an incredibly frustrating class that made this quarter very unfortunate.You make a lot of friends though because everyone is just as confused about the class as you. The material is actually really simple if you read it in the book but this class will make it seem very complicated. Basically ... avoid this class. The professor means well, but ... just don't take this class. Six hours a week of this is not worth it.

Oh Wendy, she was so unorganized, but the nicest teacher I've had in a while. She knows her stuff, but doesn't translate it in her lectures very well. She gives generous curves, but the learn assistants were more helpful than she was. I really hope that she becomes a better professor in the quarters to come. Her midterms were challenging, very unclear parts, but the curve made up for it. The common final at the end wasn't bad at all, I have to give her some credit. If you take her, there will definitely be days where you'll wonder how she got a PhD, but she's not the worst teacher in the world. If I had to choose between taking her or pushing off Chem 124 until another quarter, I would take her.

Sorry Wendy, you're a very nice person, but a horrible teacher. It is better to not take the class than to take it with Dr. Lampart. I had done some chemistry in high school, but if it wasn't for that I would have failed the class. Her lectures are hardly lectures, jumping from topic to topic that don't even relate. Random homework assignments on things we hadn't talked about in class, and Quizzes that were way to long for the time she gave us. I did Ok on her midterms, but I bombed the common final. The curve is generous, but mainly to make up for the poor job she does at teaching. If you have to take this class, make sure you are connecting with other students in different classes, you'll learn more from them and the Lab assistants than you will from her.

Very sweet woman. Pretty disorganized. I don't think I learned anything. But I'm pretty sure she curved the class like 15% because I thought I failed. So getting a decent grade was nice. But if you actually wanna learn, would not recommend. If you just need this one class, I'd say take it because there was not that much work.

Dr. Lampart is a relatively new professor and she tries her best to convey information. She is a very nice person, but her teaching skills are not very good. Her class has a pretty nice curve so that is a plus but overall it will be a struggle in her class. Good luck if you do end up in her class.

I would highly advise avoiding Lampart unless you really have to take her or you already know all there is to chemistry. She is very nice but is not good at explaining concepts at all. I will say that she made attempts to try to see what we weren't understanding, however, we did not understand many things. If you are stuck with her not all hope is lost because she did administer a hefty curve at the end of the quarter. You may not be stuck with a bad grade at the end of the quarter, but going to class seemed very pointless because you were always confused after wards.

Dr. Lampart is not only a terrible teacher, but her extreme disorganization makes it very difficult to know what you're supposed to be doing. She puts out a syllabus the first day of class like any normal prof would; however, it would be in one's best interest to ignore the syllabus completely. The dates are all wrong and it's just confusing. She'll tell you homework is due on Monday, and then postpone the due date to Friday when a couple people say they didn't know it was due Monday. My class has fallen so behind this quarter, we probably won't be able to cover all the material. This is unfortunate because chem 127 has a common final, meaning that every 127 class takes the same final regardless of the competency of the prof. She also teaches the learning assistants like shit. She never tells them what we are learning beforehand, so they can't really be prepared to help us. tldr: AVOID DR. LAMPART IF YOU WANT TO LEARN GENERAL CHEMISTRY

If you want to understand any part of chemistry, do not take chem from Lampart. She constantly complains about how tired she is, never has her class planned ahead of time, and does not know how to teach in a way that is understandable. She always moves around due dates and sometimes she will add assignments at the last minute, hours before class. I have never been so confused with a class in my life, and this shocked me since chemistry was easy for me in high school. I spend hours and hours at office hours, but still barely know what is going on. Also, a lot of the homework problems do not actually relate to the readings she assigns, so you have to go above and beyond to teach yourself. Our entire class is probably going to fail the common final.

she is probably one of the worst teachers I've ever had. We move at the slowest pace and theres no way well get through everything, literally i learned at a faster pace in high school chem. She never makes sense ever and is super awkward. Her poor teacher assistances could probably teach the class 10x better than her. sorry wendy go home.

Wendy Lampart, as rumor has it, was thrown into teaching Chem 127 at the very last second. This is evident as 94% of the time she does not actually go over in class what she planned on going over. She expects us to teach ourselves everything, we have only had 2 formal lectures in the past 8 weeks (classes are 3 times a week for 2 hours). Her teacher assistants (a spectacular shout out to Sonny and Karoline) are part of the only reason I have not completely lost my mind in that class considering those two actually know what they are talking about. We consistently have to correct Lampart's errors, and when she does make an error, she justifies it as "sorry guys, I'm tired". We are all tired too. Half because we have to get up at 6:30 in the morning just for this class and half tired because we're just tired of the class in general. We are mostly likely the farthest behind class in the 127 series, and we are by no means anywhere close to finishing the curriculum in the next few weeks. To put this all into perspective, we are currently learning right now what we should have learned around week 3 or 4. It's week 8 people. WEEK 8. Do yourself a favor and do not take her class. If you see Lampart, Wendy on your schedule, shudder and enroll yourself in the next Chem 127 class you see. And if you can't...it's too late. There's no turning back. Get a tutor now. Have a nice quarter!!

Dr. Lampart is, without a doubt, the most confusing and random teacher I have ever had. Her assignments have nothing to do with what we are covering in lecture/in labs. Come to think of it, we don't even do much of anything in lecture. She will spend the whole class (2 hours) talking about one concept (meanwhile making countless mistakes) and end up confusing us all and sending us assignments and chapters to teach ourselves what she failed to. Homework assignments are not collected 95% of the time, and she provides little help for what to do for labs. Our TAs are the only reason I know how to do the labs, because they luckily know what they're doing and help us. Our grade book has not been updated since week 2 or 3, so I have no idea what I have in the class and the final is in about a week. I am even in a study session for this class, which I attend twice a week, and it's still hard to keep up with her nonsense and jumping around. Unless you are a chemistry genius/have a tutor or are straight up teaching yourself for hours everyday, there's no way that you will do well the department's common final. DO NOT take this class if you want a professor who can cover material in an organized and understandable fashion.

Wendy is a very sweet lady. Kind and really tries to personally know her students. Terrible teacher.

Dr. Lampart is a very sweet teacher, but she just did not come through in the teaching department at all. She was RARELY prepared for class and actually shortened our test time because she had only printed off about a third of the amount of tests the class needed. While she did show enthusiasm for teaching and being there with the students, she did not convey the information well AT ALL which resulted in our class being about two weeks behind the other CHEM 127 classes. This having been said, we are nowhere near prepared for the department written final. All we do in class in sit around while she jumps back and forth between concepts and tells us to look up the answers to worksheets online and then share our answers with our table. What is the point of me paying roughly eighty dollars a class for something I could have done at home? I was expecting a well-planned out lecture that would clearly explain what we were learning. Instead her class feels more like free for all. My chemistry teacher in high school far surpasses Dr. Lampart and, frankly, is the only reason I am passing the course. Had I not already had some history with the subject I would be most likely be falling behind with those other students in my class who had not ever seen chemistry before due to Dr. Lampart’s erratic and confusing teaching style. Consider me very disappointed. Good luck to anyone taking her.

Professor Lampart is a very nice woman and does want all of her students to succeed. That being said she is without a doubt the worst professor I have had at Cal Poly. She comes to class completely unprepared, constantly changes due dates, and does not follow her syllabus at all. On top of this, she is horrible at conveying information and explaining concepts to her students. She constantly complains about how tired she is and spends the entire two hour lecture jumping from concept to concept making absolutely zero sense. This class was the biggest waste of time and anyone looking to take Chem 127 should avoid taking Professor Lampart if they want any sort of understanding of chemistry at all. Literally any other professor would be a better option than taking Professor Lampart.

Wendy, you suck. By far the worst professor I have ever had and probably will ever have. She was late to every class and NEVER came prepared. We were weeks behind all other classes and she was beyond confusing. Her grading is more than inconsistent and she is all over the place in every single way. While I will most likely get an A in the class because her tests were not that bad if you had the time and energy to completely learn the whole class own your own. She has no please teaching at Cal Poly. Do not take her.

Dr. Lampart was ill prepared to teach a high level college course. She was an extremely frustrating professor because she couldn't focus on anything and could never follow through on lectures and labs. She was somewhat helpful in office hours but I usually found myself asking the LA's and other 127 professors for help. Overall I do not think Dr. Lampart belongs at Cal Poly and I am extremely disappointed that the Chemistry department would ever hire someone as unprofessional as her to teach.

The previous reviews on Wendy are pretty accurate... The start of the quarter was rough: -she didn't teach the material and assumed we knew it already, and her later attempts at teaching it were extremely unorganized, fast-paced, confusing, often incorrect, etc. -she assigned insanely long hw assignments (that took even longer because we had to teach ourselves what to do) -she was pretty easy to persuade to extend deadlines/due dates -she never followed the syllabus -incorrectly graded assignments -rarely entered grades into polylearn -we rarely did labs, etc. As the quarter went on, she slowly started getting her stuff together and became more organized and helpful. -she began sending email reminders about hw that was due (though she often added more onto the assignment) -she sent out study guides & offered office hours on the weekends before tests -though she wasn't the best at explaining things, she tried and she was patient with her students though they were almost always rude to her All and all, she has potential, but she definitely hasn't reached it yet... she is a nice lady that is obviously passionate about and interested in chemistry, but I think she needs to take a deep breath, slow down, and figure her stuff out before she decides to teach it. She wasn't the best at grading, so be sure to double check your papers. From my experience, taking Wendy's class was extremely stressful and proved to be a lot more work than it should've been....but it's definitely passable and you can learn from it. TIP: make friends in the class, it makes the class itself more fun and makes studying and staying organized in the class way easier

Dr. Lampart was extremely disorganized teacher. Her teaching style was very fast paced and confusing. I learned very little from her and had to teach myself most of the subjects that she covered. I am very disappointed that a professor as unacceptable as her is teaching at Cal Poly.

Lampart was not a qualified college professor, but you guys have to realize she is teaching GENERAL chemistry for freshman... I didn't study for any of her tests and got an A. She's nice but I can never tell if she's too smart for her own good or if she knows nothing and makes up lectures as she goes

It's really frustrating because Lampart honestly wants to help and teach. The problem is that she does it so poorly that the entire class becomes a joke during the confusing lectures and scattered labs. You will have to pretty much teach yourself any of the material you will be attempting to learn. Extremely nice women but awful when it comes to teaching.

So you read these and are like there is no way she can be that bad she has a phd. But she is that bad. Her answer for any question is to google it. After the 3rd week I think she gave up trying to lecture so she gives us these activities and tells us to get into groups and separate out the workload so each person learns a certain part and then comes back together with the group to teach them what we just learned in a half hour because we are now "experts" as she likes to say. People do say she is nice, which she is, but there comes a point where being nice doesnt cut it anymore and she is far past that point. Just do not do it to yourself. Avoid her at all costs. I would rather undergo chinese water torture for the whole quarter with no breaks than take another class with her and that is not an exaggeration

Dr. Lampart is honestly the worst professor I have had here at Cal Poly. She is a sweet lady don't get me wrong but she is always so scatter brained, disorganized, can never tell us what is due and what isn't due, she never can answer our questions correctly, she doesn't have good classroom management, and honestly I don't see how she is allowed to be a teacher. She is sweet and wants to help us but the more she explains things the more confused the class got. Khan Academy online taught me more in one hour than I learned the whole quarter. To understand this class you need to have a pretty firm background of chemistry before entering. I would not recommend her to anyone having to take chemistry because she is AWFUL!

As long as you do better than the average of your peers, you should be getting at least a B. If you want to truly learn, don't take this class. Chemistry is already a tough question and if you learn in a straightforward and organized way, she won't be as helpful as you'd like. I learned a lot of the material from khan academy and notes from friends who've taken it. Dr. Lampart is extremelyyyyy smart but she can't explain things to students who have never taken chemistry. She curves a lot because the average scores for an exam are way below a C lol. This class will require a lot of learning on your own or with others. I would say if you're trying to get a grade without completely mastering the material take this class.

I am currently taking a chem 150 class at Allan Hancock college. Our first professor, Madrid, was an extremely enthusiastic, approachable, well rounded teacher who was excellent at clarifying all of the confusion that any student had about chemistry in a quick and concise way. Too bad she had a baby in the middle of the semester so now we are stuck with dr lampart. She seemed nervous on the first day and unorganized. It was forgivable since it was the first day of her actual teaching. The longer I had her, the more I realized that this is how it’s gonna be. We have a clear schedule that madrid created with quiz dates and test dates and labs that se are supposed to be doing, and now lampart is deviating from it, without telling us what’s going on. For example, she says we will take the quizzes online now and then forgets to even make the quiz. She is movies the next scheduled exam a week back because she hasn’t made it yet. And the labs are rediculous because we always do a preñan for the lab on the schedule, but lately she has been making us just do worksheets on excel, which our computers at our school can barely handle. So we spend half the class trying to figure them out. And no one knows there grades. She’s left them exactly the same way since dr Madrid left. If you have a chance to take her, don’t and save yourself the frustration.

BOYCOTT!!!