Jimenez, Alberto  

I respect that Jimenez is a calculus genius, but when it came to explaining principles in calc 141, he had us all lost.(essentially he's tooo used to dealing with higher caliber math) He tries to explain, but ends up making really complicated examples and references that make things worse. He's helpful in office hours, but expects that you'll figure it out for yourself. If you aren't an engineer, you will consider his lectures for the most part irrelevant to your field. If you've never taken calc before--either in high school or at poly, you're in for a struggle. Math 118 does not get you ready for this course with jimenez. If you're an engineer, you'll probly like him a lot.

Jimenez has got to be the worst teacher to walk the face of the earth. Now, I'm not saying this because he doesn't know Calculus, I am saying that he is a horrible teacher. One, he grades homework extrememly hard, Two, his quizzes in no way represent what you might see on an Exam, Three, for some reason, whenever I went to his office hours, the longer I stayed, the more pissed he got, FOR NO REASON!!!, Four, he gives hella homework, Five, he expects you to have remembered EVERYTHING (I stress EVERYTHING)from your past math courses. Face it, unless you are going to be an engineer or if you really like math, don't even THINK about taking this bastard's class. I f**king hate his ass. You will too if you take him.

Al is a great professor. He is incredibly intelligent so at times it will be difficult to follow what he is doing, just ask and he will give you a good explanation. This was my first time taking calculus and he helped make it a painless expeience. He is always available to help you one-on-one during office hours.

Mr. Jimenez is a very competent calculus teacher who relates well to students. His expecatations are high but rightly so as it is a college calculus course. Do your homework, pay attnention during lecture, make use of his office hour if you need clarification on ideas/concepts and earning an A or B is very doable. There are weekly quizes that determine 15% of your grade. If you do and understand the homeowork problems, the quizes should seem easy. There are 2 exams and a cum final. The exams and final are not easy but they are fair and representative of the material covered during the course. My advice: Do the homework and pay attention to examples covered during lecture as these problems appear on numerous quizes and exams.

Mr. Jimenez is an average teacher. His intentions are very good, but he fails when attempting to explain many concepts, most likely because he is used to teaching higher-division courses. His lack of communication skills is his biggest flaw. Be prepared for alot of graded homework that's hard to get A's on, even if you do it all. He is good about meeting with kids one on one, but be sure to understand somewhat the questions you'll ask him, because he'll expect you to be able to do most of the problem without his help. He tries to help students, but he's not quite clear enough in explanation.

I passed the AP Exam with a 4 but decided i should take it over to make sure i had everything down. Although i didn't get an A, im glad i took it over. He is VERY SMART. He thinks on a totally different level than anyone in your class will. His office hours rock and his test are totally straight forward and fairly easy if you do the homework, which isnt much, and look over the weekly quizzes he gives (which are very easy and help your grade). I learned a lot from him, and would take him again.

Professor Jimenez has got to be the worst frickin professor. I didn't think that I could hate anyone ( I don't use that word lightly), but he proved me wrong. His homework has to be turned in every day and he grades it HELLA hard. His tests aren't even what he goes over in class and they are so "nit-picky" that they make you wanna think, "..Ok, exactly HOW much crack did this moron do today?.." I vowed to tell all my peers about this asshole and I'm going to. DON'T TAKE THIS PROFESSOR!!!! If you value your sanity, please stay away and take some other prof. This guy totally failed as a profesor in my book. What a gyp.

Prof Jimenez was an excellent instructor and I'm dissapointed I can't take another class from him. Before this class, I hadn't taken any calculus at all and did well. His quizes were very straight forward as long as you do the homework. Usually the problems on the tests were easier than the homework problems. The exams were fairly graded, usually I got more points then I felt I deserved! The only down side to his class that I can think of is that the homework is graded very harshly! That's it though. Jimenez was a very effective teacher and I would definetly reccommend him to anyone who has never even taken Calculus before. Excellent teacher.

Jimenez was by far the best Calc teacher I have had so far. He worked as an Electrical Engineer before becoming a Prof here at Poly, so he always explained practical reasons why we needed to know how to do certain things. He is a really nice guy and fairly entertaining in class. I only got bored when I already knew the material from taking AP Calculus AB in high school, but my high school teacher was horrible, so that didn't happen often. He has weekly quizzes, but they aren't difficult. He also collects a homework at random (he rolls a die) on quiz days. If you have trouble with any sort of accent, then his class might be harder, but I never had a problem with it because it is so slight. Great prof!

Professor Jimenez is a very good math teacher. He gives real world applications of the concepts that you cover. He also makes sure you have a good foundation in each area before starting the really difficult stuff. There were a few times when he was somewhat unclear, or didn't understand what a student was asking, but they were usually quickly resolved. Professor Jimenez is very helpful in office hours and also usually arrives ten minutes early to class to answer homework questions.

He makes you turn in 1 of 4 homeworks(he rolls a four sided die on Friday to pick which one to turn in), he gives you formulas on tests and he isnt a gnarly grader. You still have to do the work, but he is a good teacher.

He is a really easy teacher!! He teaches the material in a very clear way. Just go to class and do all the hw (it is graded) and you will do fine on the test and quizzes. I thought he picked really easy problems on the test and he was very generous with partial credit. I did no additional studing besides the hw and i didnt take calc in HS.

Jimenez is a nice guy and I can\'t fault his enthusiasm, but he\'s honestly a terrible teacher. He provides unnecessary examples that not only aren\'t real-world applications, but they don\'t even apply to the hw assigned for the week or his own quizzes!! I did fine on all his weekly quizzes and the first midterm (B) but by the second half of the quarter I was constantly lost in his class and no amount of time spent in office hours or extra studying helped. It\'s basically a self-taught class because he doesn\'t show you how to do the problems he expects you to do on his exams...don\'t EVER take him. Oh and he collects hw for points which is a bummer because you have to do ALL the assignments then he flips a coin to decide which assignment to collect and grade for the week. AVOID JIMENEZ AT ALL COSTS!

He may be old, but he knows what he is talking about. He gives very good examples in class and loves to teach. Make sure you write down what is up on the board too. It does come in handy for studying. He also assigns daily homework (4) and picks one by chance (flipping a coin). So you really have no choice but to finish all your homework that is in the book. But he really helps prepare you for the midterms and final. Very Good Teacher.

The homework load is not that bad and quizzes aren't too hard, but the exams that you get are significantly harder and don't accurately reflect work done in that class. He has a tendency to assume you know everything and is really bad about explain things if you don't understand--he likes to stop in the middle of explanations because he doesn't think covering it fully is necessary. If you are not extremely gifted or interested in math, definitely avoid this guy.

If you have previously passed Calculus, it will be an okay class. If you have no prior knowledge, avoid. He assumes that everyone has already taken Calculus and just knows things. The quizzes and homework are manageable but the exams are not related at all. He is not flexible with grading even if you go to office hours.

Known for doing an entire elaborate practice problem, which everyone is following along with, and then saying, "and that is how I absolutely do not want you to do this!" I definitely could have worked harder in the class but the problems on his mid terms and final were sometimes completely different from what we had been exposed to previously. His grading of homework was erratic, he is an absolute stickler for notation (he will take off LOTS of points) and tends to focus on the more useless parts of calculus (definition of a limit and that kind of stuff) and ALGEBRA. I took calculus in high school and got a b. His explanation of many things were so convoluted (especially u substitution) that I was better off looking up YouTube videos most of the time. He probably isn't as terrible as I made him sound, his teaching style just did not work well for me. Would not recommend, anyone who hasn't taken calculus will have a lot of trouble as well.

While not really a bad person, as a Calc teacher he leaves much to be desired. I had never taken Calculus before going into his class, and like other reviews have said, he is not good at explaining these concepts to people who have never dealt with them before.The work load is okay, the tests can be a bit tricky. He can sometimes be condescending to those who come to ask them questions. I was once told "I taught this, why aren't you learning it?" and another time, when I did not simplify my answer to his satisfaction, I got a "What, can't add two numbers?" written on my test. Avoid him if you can, if you can't, brush up on your Algebra and Calc, you are going to need it.

Dr. Jimenez is an extremely competent Calc teacher. He shows an extreme understanding both for his subject and students. He goes above and beyond by writing really usuful template sheets for some of the more difficult concepts. There is usually a quiz every Friday but he drops the two lowest at the end of the quarter. All his previous tests and quizes are posted on his web site which has a wealth of usuful information to help out. I would definitly recommend him to anyone, perhaps more so to those not extremely strong in Calc.

Professor Jimenez was in his first quarter at Cal Poly, and I don't think he was used to the quarter system, because he didn't seem to know how to balance out the work load throughout. Towards the end of the quarter we were covering tons of material a day. Homework is due every day, and quizzes are every week. 2 midterms and a final.

I had Jimenez during his first quarter at Cal Poly and I agree that he was unused to the quarter system. He assigns homework every day and collects it every day. He dropped the two lowest homework scores. There was also a quiz just about every Thursday, and he dropped the lowest of those two scores also. He is really picky about insignificant details and he will mark you off on the tests for these things (I really lost points on my second midterm and the final because of details eventhough the answers were right). There are two midterms and one final...they aren't too bad if you can remember to jump through all of his hoops. Don't count on being able to see the board when he is teaching though...he stands right in front of it so you have to follow along to what he says. If you don't get calculus then I would steer clear of this guy...he isn't very good at explaining things.

He made numerous mistakes on the board daily. Often went on Mathmatical tangents and didnt explain what he did afterwards. He does have a nice website which has past tests and quizes and a class grade graph. He loves to say "the Magic of Calculus"

Jimenez is a terrible teacher. He knows calculus well, but he needs serious work on everything else. First, he has a very bad attitude sometimes. For example, if someone asks a question that he thinks is too basic, he will talk down to you or refuse to answer it. Also, if you ask a question about the test, such as what it will cover, will it be curved or if the more complex formulas will be given, he will get indignant. Second, he grades way too hard especially on homework. Homework is supposed to be a chance to learn the material. Light grading is one thing, but Ds and Fs were very common on some homeworks. He also doesn't seem to believed in partial credit. Minor mistakes, including notation, will result in almost no credit. Homework is due everyday and there are extremely hard quizes every week. His class is non-stop punishment. Third, he makes students do pointless memorization. He does not provide any formulas, no matter how obscure or complex. You should know basic formulas, but he goes way too far. He tells students to "DERIVE" formulas when they are taking tests instead of memorization. He showed his own bizarre way to do this on the board. It took him about a minute to get one formula and he is the freaking teacher. Also, sometimes you are not sure which formula you need because you have to know the result first (like will this conversion make this equation easier to integrate). I would do anything to avoid this teacher. I'm sure most of my classmates would agree because exactly 40% of them got a D or F.

Mr. Jimezez is a great teacher. Although he is sometimes hard to understand because of his lack of English skills, he knows his stuff. Talk about straight forward tests, this guy can't get any more specific---which makes for an easy class if you put the work in and go to office hours occasionally. I highly suggest

Good teacher. Lots of work. Do the HW and you'll be fine. Take his class over those other profs'.

Good teacher who really knows the material. Expects a lot out of his students. Homework is resonalbe, and he always goes over problems in class if you are having trouble. Geared the class towards engineers, which is good as long as that is what you are taking the class for. Tests can be difficult, but as long as you study the quizzes and examples from class there should be no surprises. Can be confusing how he presents the material in class, but is always available and helpful in office hours. Not an easy A, but keep up on the work and you'll do fine.

"It's Easy" well not exactly. Looking back in retrospect, his tests were easy, but he couldn't teach the subject, so that was of little use. If you haven't had this stuff in high school, I'd avoid him.

The focus of my evaluation will be on how you can do well in this class. His class is pretty challenging. He does assign relatively difficult problems on the homework. The good news is that he will go over the homework if you come to the class ten minutes early on the hour. He will usually spend ten to fifteen minutes. Make full use of this time by doing your homework on time. The other good news is that the most difficult problems are optional (underlined on his syllabus). If you are not a wiz in calc you will have to come in to his office hours if you want to do well like I did. The homework problems tend to be harder than the midterms in my opinion. Also the weekly quizzes are easy. The trick IN MATH IS TO STAY UP WITH YOUR WORK. This is absolutely vital. I don

jimenez is one of the most confusing instructors there is. An example: He'll show us a "short-cut" and then explain to us that we do not have to use this short cut if it confuses us. Instead we should use the longer more teadious way. Then when he is going through a problem he uses this EXACT damn shortcut and it confuses the hell out of you. Most of the time I didn't even know what the hell he was talking about. This guy cannot teach this subject. Avoid him at all costs.

Al Jimenez is a realy good teacher. He knows his stuff realy well, and it comes across. He does a good job explaining problems from homework. He is also very aproachable, and will spend as much time as it takes to help students through problems. His quizzes and test are fair and test the material learned in class. Definately would recomend him.

Mr. Jimenez was a great teacher. He helped you during his office hours whenever you needed some. I think thats what helped me earn an A. His website was very helpful becuase he had examples of past weekly quizzes up and past exams up to study from. Weekly tests weren't too hard if you did the homework. He actually collects hwk and grades it. So that disciplined me in doing it! I definitely recommend him.

Prof. Jimenez is so organized: he always keeps you posted on what grade you're getting in the class, he provides extra help on his website, and he structures the class very well. Although he has the tendency to make minor algebra mistakes on the board, he knows his shit. He can be quite friendly -- just don't rub him the wrong way with stupid questions. Why some students would find him difficult is because he can go a bit fast or he may not help you as well as you expect. But yes, do the homeworks--all of them--because they are harder than his quizzes. His midterms are basically all quizzes put together. And his final is his midterms put together. A straight-forward teacher. Take him!

Though he didn't always teach very well, Big Al was a funny, nice guy. He collected homework so you actually had to do it. He sometimes confused himself in lectures on more complicated problems, but his tests and quizzes were pretty easy as he only expected you to know the material as well as he taught it.

Jimenez isn't a math genius, and that's what makes him a good teacher. He operates at students' levels, but doesn't assume you're dumb. Got really tired of hearing about "error pits" but that's ok, it was useful information. Good Overall Teacher

No offense to Jimenez as a person- his resume is impressive and all BUT- He has this knack for being offensive and pointing out your mistakes in the rudest manner, instead of helping you overcome them. He is not helpful during office hours. He is completely arrogant and expects students to know everything. His lecture was hard to understand- not because of his accent but because of the way he taught. Personally, when I realized I was doing badly in the first couple of quizzes and went to his office for help, he did the opposite. He insulted my knowledge and talked to me about switching majors since I had no future in it... no buddy, I\'ve been getting B\'s and A\'s in all my major classes, thank you. Don\'t take him if you can avoid it. If you end up stuck with him- study A LOT. And \'remember your algebra\"

Overall excellent math teacher. definitely most underrated teacher as someone else mentioned

Sometimes, I felt as if Professor Jimenez makes too many careless mistakes in his lectures. He would give us some examples only to have to go back to the beginning and fix those mistakes, changing the whole answer. His examples he gave us are very clear, yet they seem to be easier than the homework assignments he gave us. The quizzes are pretty easy and reflect problems much easier than the homework. You are given seven quizzes every Friday, consisting of about two-three problems each. Two of them are dropped from your grade. Each week, he gives you sets of homework. For us, homework was worth 5% of our grade. On Friday, he randomly (flips a coin) chooses one of the homework sets to turn in. One-two problems on the homework are to be graded. You have two midterms and one final. On the finals, he lets you choose one problem to not be graded, out of the twelve problems. In the beginning of class, he goes over two-three homework problems. Overll, I found this professor to be straight forward and not challenging at all.

I had Jimenez for 142 and now I'm taking him again for 244, and he is seriously a great teacher. He's energetic and presents information in very straightforward ways. He's an EE, so he approaches things very systematically which can often make working problems much easier. Take him if you can!

Prof. Jimenez was an awesome teacher. His quizzes and midterms were more than fair (although he had a difficult final). Even though the final is difficult, he grades on a curve so the class average equalizes the difficulty. Anyone that says 143 with Jimenez is too difficult obviously didn't put the time and effort in to studying and doing homework. This class isnt supposed to be easy or attempted with no outside effort; however, if you put some reasonable time into homework/studying he will reward you with similar questions on tests and quizzes. He also takes ample time to answer questions and review problems. Take him if you want a fair teacher who will explain problems in an understandable fashion.

Although I got a bad grade in his class, Jimenez is by no means a bad prof. If you slack off, don't expect to be able to get back on the horse. It clearly didn't work for me. Anyway, what I liked most about him was that his background is in engineering, not math. His degree is in EE and he worked in industry before becoming a teacher. He likes to put things into perspective, and give examples of how various methods are used in the "real world". I dislike how most math prof's expect you to love math "because it's beautiful", and enjoy doing problems because they think it's fun. Jimenez is down to earth in lectures and is very fair when it comes to grades. He also grades all the tests and homework himself. He is very approachable in office hours and is more than happy to answer your questions and work with you until you get it, especially if you schedule some other time to meet with him. Homework is worth 10% of your grade, and he picks two problems at random to grade, so make sure you do it all. The homework load is less than most math classes I've had, which is good, but as with all math classes, staying on top of it or even a little ahead of the ball is the only way to survive. He drops the two lowest homework and quiz grades, which is great if you mess up a few times. There's one quiz every week for 8 weeks, two midterms, and the final. Watch out for the final, it's on a higher level than the midterms. I would definitely take him again if presented with the opportunity.

Prof. Jimenez is great, just attend class and if you stay attentive you'll get everything. He does his best to apply sometimes abstract concepts to real-life situations, so you don't feel like you're learning this stuff for no reason. The class is difficult, and no teacher will change that, but Jimenez's accent (with the occasional word jumble) and his great sense of humor about that very accent make the class a little more interesting. His office hours are helpful if you can squeeze in, just like most other professors, I assume. When I visited there were two people asking him every question they could think of, just to ask questions, so I barely got any help. But he's a good guy, worth taking.

Read everything on that stupid website he gives you on the first day of class. Often times he would not explain something and would just say look at the website. While he is lecturing he will skip a few key steps here and there and the lecture will make no sense until someone asks a very simple question about how to do a particular step, then it makes sense completely. He won't verbally explain something if he assumes we will know what he is doing, it makes him hard to fallow in lecture. Ask questions and correct his many algebra errors. He is a fair grader, his tests and quizes often are similar problems to the homework. You drop your lowest 2 quizes and 2 hw. Hw: 5%, quizes 20%, 2 midterms 20% each, and final 35%. On the final he let us chose 1 problem to not be graded. Final is same difficulty as the midterms.

Professor Jimenez is very enthusiastic and does a decent job of presenting the material in a variety of ways. He has good intentions and cares about his students and their understanding.

This guy is great! He talks loudly, unlike some math teachers I've had that practically whisper to themselves. He gives weekly quizzes on friday but they are fairly easy and are from the class notes. He gives about 5-10 homework problems a day, you have 2 days to do each assignment and on friday he rolls a dice to see which homework assignment he will collect. He is a very fair grader, and on his final will give you ~10 problems, where you only have to do 9 of them. Highly recommend his class.

A very good teacher if you pay close attention to the lectures. The midterms are not very hard, and neither are the quizzes. I got an A on almost every quiz and midterm. I ended up with a B+ in the class though, because I missed one too many homework assignments (he assigns a lot and collects randomly). Also I performed terribly on the final, I got a C- because I did not study the material after the second midterm, and I didnt review the earlier stuff either. However, if you stay on track and find time to do all the homework you should be fine, and get a Super Easy B, and an easier A than the other 143 classes.

Jimenez is AMAZING! Both as a person and as a professor. His lectures are very thorough and always allows for questions. He starts each class with doing some homework questions, which end up being really necessary because he collects homework. You have to do the bookwork and do it correctly! There are about 4 assignments a week and he randomly collects one of them for a grade, but the assignments aren't too long so it's really not that bad, but it you're the kind of person that doesn't like to do bookwork you'll get really annoyed with the class. If you end up needing extra help from the lecture he is really nice and ready to help during office hours. He's also really flexible about making up quizzes. You do need to give him a heads up that you are going to be missing the quiz, but he has no problem with you taking it early. Take him!!

Dr. Jimenez is a very nice guy. His humor is quirky but still a breath of fresh air in calculus class. He teaches pretty fast, but that's just because it's a fast course. He learns everybody's name is the first few days of class, and he really wants everyone to get an A. He gives a quiz every friday, and three exams throughout the year. He assigns four homework assignments each week, but only one is due. He rolls a flips coins every friday to see which one you will turn in. He is awesome for partial credit on exams and quizzes. He cares more about how you do a problem, than the actual answer. If you do the problem correctly but get the wrong answer, you'll get 8 out of 10. If you do it wrong but get the right answer, you get 2 out of 10. I would recommend him.

Worst professor I have encountered at Cal Poly. Spends the entire class explaining simple concepts, then cannot answer questions or explain the homework. He is a nice guy, but CAN

Professor Jimenez is the bomb! He is funny and understands that his Life Science students aren't all math whizzes. He does give a lot of homework, but it prepares you for the weekly quizzes and the tests. He only expects you to know the basics and doesn't try and trick you. Going to office hours is helpful, especially as the quarter progresses. Having had a horrible experience in Calc I, I was scared for this class... but ended up loving it! I will always be grateful to Jimenez for that.

Don't get me wrong Professor Jiminez wants you to do well and will be concerned if you don't pass his class. However he does not know the means to get you to succeed in any of his classes...my friend took math 221 with him and said he confused the good calc background he had. Granted I do not have a good calc background but any knowledge I did have on the subject was confused by his convoluded ways of approaching the subject. A normal day of class looks like him writing on the board rambling on about some calc thing that has no relevance to anything on the homework or on the tests. All the stuff you need to learn by yourself if you take Jiminez because he doesn't teach you application he teaches about the brillant ways they came up with the formulas, WE DON"T NEED THAT, the time should have been spent teaching us how to actually do problems. His tests are hard because he throws curveballs all the time at you and you have to think which isn't wrong but when he doesn't curve the class or the tests you're screwed. Don't take this teacher if you can avoid him.

First off, the class was a lot more close to 142 than expected, and so if you expect this to be an easy, architecturally-related calc class, think again. However, Mr. Jimenez is a dedicated, intelligent professor who perhaps can help make this boring subject interesting. Grading is difficult but fair-do the assigned homework (one is collected randomly each friday) it is usually very relevant to quizzes and tests. Homework is just 5% (do it to learn it, but don't worry about its point value too much). Quizzes are each friday, and have two or three problems from the most recent chapters. At the end of the quarter you get the two lowest quizzes and homeworks dropped (this helps you out a ton!) Questions on quizzes can be tough, but not unreasonable... your quiz grade ends up being the same value as a midterm, so it can really benefit you to do well, in case you blow a midterm. Speaking of midterms, there are two, and each is difficult (about 8 problems give or take). Study up on your quizzes and make sure you understand HOW to apply concepts. MAKE SURE to study even concepts you think are obscure (like the Pappus Theorem for example) they can show up and make or break your grade. Final exam is basically the first two combined, with very similar problems. Luckily you have three hours to do it. BE ADVISED the first two midterms, you will be rushed for time to finish! Final is about one third of your final grade. Mr Jimenez is thorough in his teaching, and don't be afraid to ask for questions or slow him down. Also, if you can make his office hours, they are usually not crowded, and you will get personalized attention that really makes a difference in your understanding of concepts. Overall, a challenging course with a challenging professor, but regardless of your final grade, you will actually learn and understand calculus if you do what is expected of you.

He's not a difficult grader, but he does talk fast and presents material very awkwardly. He definitely knows what he is talking about, but the way he understands concepts is completely different than the majority of the class. Read the book, don't take notes, and just pay very close attention to the examples he does on the board. Yes you heard that correctly. If you take notes, you will miss a lot of important things that he does very quickly while you are looking down. Read the book for notes. Just some advice.

Jiminez was a very good and reasonable teacher. He loves math and he really enjoys teaching. If you show up to class everyday and do your homework every week you should have no trouble getting n A or B. He doesnt take attendance which is nice, and what i liked best about his class was that he understood that we had lives outside of math. He knew we werent plannning on making a career in math or engineering, so instead of ramming math down our throats he genuinely worked hard to make sure we understood concepts. He is a much better teacher than he is given credit for.

Jimenez was able to get the main points of the course across, but his teaching skills lacked a little bit when trying to answer students questions. It was hard to learn when he kept making mistakes and doing the problems wrong, then getting corrected so we had to waste valuable class time redoing a problem. He is an engineer so if you are an engineer then you will be able to deal with him more easily, but as for teaching a business math course he was not the easiest teacher to understand. His head was in the right place, but I think he needs to work on his student to teacher skills so you better understand what you are doing or find others to ask questions of because he will not serve very helpful outside of the classroom.

Quizzes every friday, goes way too fast, gets lost and confused on his own material, often doesn't understand the subject he's teaching, poor teacher, only good thing about him is that he's pretty nice but he's a terrible teacher, the funny thing is he admitted to us that he wasn't that great of a teacher yet, very hard exams, highly recommend do not take his class.

He's a nice guy and he definitely knows his stuff, but it is extremely easy for one to get lost in his class and then just go downhill from there. Take him if you need to, but if you have another option go with it.

he does not teach his subject well. he teaches like two examples from the book and then you have to learn all the other problems yourself. dont take him if you dont have to.

Not reccomended. Not organized, makes several mistakes on the board, does not really seem to understand some of the material...gets confused alot when working problems. Unclear explanations when I asked questions. Skips many steps when working problems on the board, very confusing! Cool accent, but a little difficult to understand. Arrogant during office hours, not friendly or helpful. If this is your only choice then go for it however make sure you are an algebra pro and be prepared to teach yourself everything from the book, which is difficult because the book lacks clarity and sufficient examples.

I don't really know why all the other Math 221 students disliked Jimenez so much. I thought he was an excellent teacher. Calculus is a difficult subject, that's why we are business majors, but he really could not present the material clearer than he does. He's extremely helpful in office hours, and his quizzes and tests are no surprise. The homework can be challenging and have questions that he himself struggles with but his quizzes and tests are different, very basic, very doable. Just like every math class, if you go to class everyday, stay on top of the homework, visit office hours when you're behind and take notes, I gauruntee you will get an A in this class. I would definitely take Jimenez again, any day. Overall wonderful professor!

Professor Jimenez was an ok teacher. He is a nerd, but in a good way. His teaching style was ok I guess, but he went kind of fast, and then when you went into his office hours made you feel kind of stupid, like if you didn't know something basic, or you forgot something we had already learned in class that you were too slow to understand anything, and that was kind of aggrevating. I went to his office at least once a week for help, and a lot of other people went that often as well. But all in all an ok teacher, I would recommend him to others if there wasn't anyone better with an open class.

Very nice guy, and very understanding that Business students don't need a lot of the material usually covered in a Calculus class. He tried to make all the problems applicable in the "business world." The class consists of homework collected every Friday (1 assignment randomly selected from the 4 you completed that week) and 3 midterms and a final. No trickiness involved in the tests, but he does make a lot of mistakes when presenting material.

Al really tried hard to make sure we knew the material. He really did seem to care about his students and how well they did. The homework, however, was not an accurate representation of the material covered on the exams. I really don't think that students had nearly enough practice or exposure to certain types of problems that showed up on the exams and quizzes. His tests are difficult....but if you really pay attention in lecture and make it a point to visit his office hours when you are confused on the homework...then you should do fine. Sometimes he gets confused in lecture...but it's understandable. Not the greatest instructor but he really made an effort to be a good teacher. I think he will improve as an instructor as time goes by.

Dr. Jiminez knows calculus. The only problem is, he's pretty new at teaching it. He'll be a good teacher for you if you're one of those people that just "gets" things, but don't expect to get much out of his lectures. Like others have said on here, he is a new professor, and when I took 241 from him it was his first quarter teaching it (Winter 2002). Because of this he had trouble really anticipating what students would get and what they would have hangups with. Anyways, I've had much worse math teachers and Jiminez is a good guy overall with great intentions and really has an enthusiasm for teaching calculus, but what it basically boils down to is he just needs more practice. Expect weekly quizzes and homework collected daily.

Nice guy at heart. But he can not teach at all. He is always making mistakes and just copies his note onto the board directly. Most the times he does not even know what he is copying. His tests are not too hard. I would not recommend him, unless you already understand the class you are taking.

Al was an ok teacher. He just couldn't teach the course material well. He just assumes everyone gets it and continues. He pretty much copies his notes on the board and gets himself confused sometimes. I think he is good but doesn't have that good of an experience in teaching. Office hours are sorta helpful but it's just like his lectures in class. Homework is collected once a week, mostly on fridays before the weekly quizzes. The homework assignments do not reflect exam problems. They are a lot harder. If you are a slow learner and don't "get it" quickly, avoid him. If not go for it. I got a B in the class after putting in a lot of effort. Be ready to do that if you take him.

This is a very good instructor. He is very direct with his teaching material, and what you study is what is on the exams and quizzes. He gives a weekly quiz every Friday, which covers the preceding week's homework and material exactly. Always know what to expect. Two midterms, and one final. Second midterm is not cumulative. Final is cumulative. He is extremely fair in his grading. This can be good and bad. He will not give you hints on tests if he thinks they are unfair to other wtudents. But then again, you know he is not giving advantageous and unfair hints to students other than you! The curve is given at the end of the quarter, and is based upon how well the top students do (my quarter there was no curve, because there were enough students who got A's). The class is relatively easy as long as you do all of the homework. Do be prepared to work at this, as there is alot of homework. But if you keep up, you will do well. He has an excellent website with much helpful information, and he understands applied math, as he is an EE major and not a math major. (Good class for you EE and ME majors!) In math, there is no substitute for practice (besides a possible freaky innate skill for it). Excellent professor overall.

Jimenez is a nice guy, but cannot teach. He is bad at explaining problems and answering student's questions. He assigns the hardest problems in the book, but when asked to work it out, even he has trouble with it. To add frustration, homework is only worth 5% of the grade anyway. There are weekly quizes, two midterms, and a final. They are fairly straight forward, but are worth a big chunk of the grade. His worse attribute (besides his annoying voice) is that he is unaccomodating to his student's needs. He doesn't give make up quizes or midterms, even if you have other midterms on the same day. Only take this guy if he's the only decent one left, otherwise, there's plenty of better of math professors out there.

This guy is an average math teacher, like most math teachers at Cal Poly class is spent going through a bunch of theories (like 90 percent of the time) and some example problems ( 10 percent of the time). He gives old tests and quizes on his website so use them to do well. Also download the teachers solution manual because it will save you hours of your life as the homework is really time consuming (even just coppying it took forever!) I recommend studying from these examples, at least thats how I did it. I could have easily had an A in the class, but I stopped going because I thought it was pretty worthless (who cares about theories, you just need to know how to do the problems thats it). So I had an A+ then failed the 2nd test and then basicly lost motivation and ended up with a C+ after studying half heartedly for the final (which by the way was kind of difficult). I really haven't met an excellent math teacher at Poly yet, but this guy was pretty fair. For instance, he grades on a perfect bell curve there are a predetermined number of A's B's etc.

Nerd Alert. Jimenez would attempt to wow the class with his latest math lab crap that pretty much had nothing to do with the material he was presenting. He doesnt curve any of his tests. which sucks. He collects a fair amount of homework weekly, weekly quizzes, 2 midterms and a final (pretty standard). I did horribly on the two midterms (due to the fact that I had some SERIOUSSSS shit going down in my life, which i went to office hours and talked toh im about), did all of my homework, and had a B average on my quizzes. My midterm grades were so bad that the possibility of me getting a C was "at about a 20% chance" to him. I studied my ass off for his final, got a 100%, didnt miss a single point, and I got a C. He's not one of those teachers that you can cut "deals" with and try to finesse yourself out of a bad grade. I wouldnt reccomend him. Take Retsek, White, or Hesselgrave

Jimenez is a okay and reasonable guy. Although some of the material on his quizzes and exams is a little difficult, he is generous with the amount of partial credit he gives on the EXAMS. I had a B average on his quizzes and came close to getting B's on both of the midterms. The main downside to his class is that he randomly collects weekly homework and had it not been for this i might have actually pulled a B in the class overall. So considering this and the fact that I was taking some other hard classes along with this one, and still pulling a "C" without giving 100% effort, this is actually a pretty okay professor.

Jimenez seems like a pretty nice guy but it is SO hard to understand what the hell he\'s talking about during class. He\'s not very good at explaining things at all... he also gets sidetracked sometimes and gets lost in his own examples. :/ ... Most of the time I ended up just teaching myself the material because class would be completely useless

I thought this guy was a nice guy ( but a bad teacher ) from the start, but I was wrong - he has absolutely no understanding for student difficulties with the subject nor is he willing to understand any conflicts students may have with the class. Along with that, he\'s absolutely horrible at explaining the material - I go to class just to sit there with my book and teach MYSELF the material, and I know of students who choose to just show up for the quizzes. Do NOT take this guy for 241, there are a lot of better teachers for this subject or any calc subject really. Choboter, Riley, anyone.

Jimenez is way too confusing. He's not into all the theory crap and so he couldn't explain it to us properly. Nice guy, but couldn't answer student questions straight and I wouldn't recommend him for this particular course.

First of all, I've had Jimenez for MATH 143, 241 and now 244. I still believe that Jimenez is one of the better teachers here at Poly and I highly recommend him to everyone. The biggest difference between Jimenez and other math teachers I've seen is his drive to present the most relative material to his students. He WILL NOT show you something he truly doesn't believe will help you in your engineering career. As much as possible, he will give each math topic a common application, as well examples to go with them. The lectures are average. Take notes as much as possible, especially the examples. There are times when he could use an example or two to get his point across, but the homework usually answers all questions. Jimenez also gives an adequate workload. It changes slightly now and then, but he usually gives you 4 homework assignments per week and collects only 1 randomly on Friday. He will then grade 3 questions on the homework and give you a score out of 10. The homework can be difficult, especially if you wait until Thursday night to start the 4. But I found spacing out the homework throughout the week to go with his lectures makes them very easy. Get to class early; he will also answer any questions you have for the 10 minutes before the class starts (take advantage of this!) Every Friday he gives a quiz to go with the week

I earned an A in this class and I would never have guessed that possible in the middle of the quarter. Every day I felt confused beyond belief by the material. After every lecture I wondered what the hell he was talking about. I had a lot of trouble with many of the homework assignments and went to many office hours. He definitely needed to do more examples on the board instead of writing out the verbal definitions of span, dimension, etc. This class caused me a lot of stress and hopefully the next class will have an easier time because this was his first time teaching 244.

Good guy. He saw that we were having trouble trying to grasp some of the more abstract concepts and went and wrote a thorough summary full of examples. The exams aren't too hard, and tghe homework never takes more than 20 minutes to do but its assigned every night. Theres alot of material covered, and i know i felt pretty overwhelmed during finals week. He never really makes it clear whats going to be on the exams. He's a really nice guy though and really wants his students to succeed. I'd recommend him.

Dr. Jimenez is a marvelous math professor. I have taken him for 143, 241, and 244; and he did a great job in all of them. He presents the material clearly and gives plenty of examples. Dr. Jimenez is an electrical engineer and whenever possible explains how the math is applied in industry. Also, he does a good job displaying the beauty of mathematics. Furthermore, he is helpful in office hours and a friendly guy.

Al Jimenez is undeniably the best instructor I have had at Cal Poly. Don't let his overall rating fool you- he deserves something in the neighborhood of a 3.7. I should know- I had him for 3 quarters of math (143, 241, and finishing with 244 last year). Honestly, this guy actually cares about how well you learn the material in his class. There are quizes every week and homework due almost every day, but doing the work insures that you're nearly ready for the tests. He also tells you what your current grade is every week so you know where you stand- most professors dont let you know all quarter long. Jimenez is also very passionate about what he teaches. He loves the subject matter so much that he uses words like "beautiful" and "marvelous" to describe certain math theorems. This definitely provides some comedic relief to a math class, especially because he's actually serious. I won't say that Jimenez is an easy teacher, but he is a good teacher. If you take the time to do the work and visit him during office hours when you get stuck (he is very helpful and friendly during office hours), you will do well. I give him my strongest recommendation.

Jiminez was the worst teacher I had at poly. Avoid him if you can. The material in Math 244 is too advanced for him to teach. He makes lots of errors on the board and his notes are unorganized. He never explains his steps and his voice is damn annoying.

I've taken over 10 math courses at poly, so i've had ALOT of math professors at poly. So this is not one those typical angry rants at a professor. In my 3 years at Poly, I've never left a polyraing before, but this corse was taught so terribly, i had to leave one. I had to teach myself the material the whole quarter. Where do I even begin? First off, his lectures had no structure or organization whatsoever. He would just put random problems on the board, and fly through them without even explaining the steps or theorem/concept behind them. Not only did he fly through them, but he'd make stupid mistakes all the time. So you'd be taking a whole page of notes in lecture, only to find out at the end that he screwed up in the begining of it. This happens almost at every lecture. Also im pretty certain he hates when students ask questions or go to office hours. Because everytime you ask a question, he makes you feel stupid and says 'you dont know that?' or 'im not gonna answer that, you should know that.' And to top it off, he grades his exams harshly when you make little mistakes. One little algebra mistake on an exam, even if you show the right procedure, and your likely to get a 6/10 on that problem. Quite hypocrital coming from the professors who screws up at least 2-3 times a week in lecture, if you ask me. And lastly, you have to put up with his voice the whole qtr which is reminiscent of a whining goat if you ask me. Enough said. AVOID at all costs.

ok the class isnt that hard, but compared to other teachers his 244 class is much harder. other teachers midterms looked like his quizes. hw is due on fridays and theres a quiz every friday. his voice is really annoying and makes u not want to go to lecture. overall i dont recomend him

Easy material, easy class, easy quizess/midterms/exams. Do the hw and you wont get any suprises

He gives one quiz every week on friday. He randomly collects homework on friday as well. (He doesn't collect all of the assigned homework, he only collects 1 out of the 4 assigned sets of homework.) Which means you're forced to do all of the homework because you never know which one is going to be collected. This is good, considering he's an INCOMPETENT professor, who is horrible at giving lectures. Do the homework and you'll do fine in the class. The quizzes are not difficult if you've done the homework and understand the material. He grades these fairly. The tests are somewhat difficult, in the sense that the algebra can get very messy. He grades tests harshly. Any algebra error can get you as much as half the points off for that question. Honestly the worst part about his class is just the lecture. He makes so many mistakes while doing examples and doesn't even really explain what he's doing as he goes along. It's kind of like he's trying to prove he can do the problem, which in the end he just proves that he can't teach because he makes so many errors. *****HE HAS THE MOST ANNOYING VOICE EVER.***** Do yourself a favor and avoid taking his class.

Not great, but could be worse. His grading style was easy and straightforward. He wasn't altogether good at doing arithmetic and, therefore, didn't take off many points for failures in addition or multiplication. He made lots of small mistakes in lecture and didn't show us the underlying theory, but still explained the process very well. He is definitely an applied mathematician as his degrees are in double E and focuses on the processes(he always had a dramatic way of saying EE.) Easy class, you'll learn from someone who has been in industry and (mostly) knows his stuff.

jimenez is an ok teacher, he likes to talk a lot. He likes Oyler's method a lot...so pay attention. he tends to work problems on the board and talks to himself while he is doing them, half the time you don't know what he did. Ask questions and do the homework, they reflect his weekly quizzes. He has two exams, which are not too bad. The book stinks, but you end up doing the same thing througout the class but in different ways.

This class wasn't supposed to be that hard but it WAS. And I'm good at math, but this guy seemed to have this other agenda while teaching it - like, he stressed weird things when he didn't have to. I made the mistake of slacking off after I breezed through the first couple of weeks. Then I stopped doing the hw and there were some new things that I wasnt too familiar with and then suddenly it was like a struggle to understand what he was doing and saying. Read the book and do your homework if you take this guy. I wouldn't reccomend him though.

I can\'t decide what to make of this guy. On one hand he is one the hardest teachers to understand, lectures way to fast and doesn\'t really help at all if you ask him a question. But, on the other hand, he cares more about his students than any other teacher on campus. He doesn\'t try to make his tests and quizzes hard at all and claims he doesn\'t try to trick you. Though, sometimes, he will add a problem on a quiz or test that is just not at all representative of what we have learned in class or the hw. And yes, he does collect hw. This is an annoying, yet pleasant surprise about his class. Weekly quizzes and hw due on every friday (thursday nights absolutely blow if your not caught up)! But don\'t stress too much, he drops the lowest two hw\'s and quizzes. Basically, if your a good self-taught learner, take him. Otherwise, don\'t or find an exceptional tutor.

Really good guy... terrible teacher. The 1st 3/4 of this class is really simple and straightforward... the last 2 weeks or so blew, hard. By the beginning of the 8th week, I actually had an A in the class. After the 2nd midterm, I had a solid B. After the final... C. Awesome. It was moslty my fault but this guy tested us on the easiest/most basic concepts on the quizzes and midterms, then the final he decided to just bend us over. My class only had 1 or 2 A grades and maybe 2 or 3 B grades. He gave out lots of C\'s this quarter. All of this tells you that there is no curve, and he does NOT round (I actually got a 77.5% but earned a C, not a C+). He drops the lowest 2 quizzes/hw scores... again quizzes and midterms are super easy/simple/straightforwad. HW is 5%, quizzes 20%, each midterm is 20%, and final is 35% and you get to pick a problem for him not to grade. My roommate/classmate/lover brought to my attention that the reason he wasn\'t the best teacher, was that he didn\'t go by the book which made it really difficult to do the HW. You definitely have to be confident enough to teach yourself, but if you can do that then you should have no problem with Jimenez... until maybe the final. Overall he is a really good guy, but not the greatest teacher. He\'s 50/50 on my recommendaton of him... it\'s not the end of the world basically if you see him 4 days a week for 10 weeks. But lecture is ridiculously boring... so the motivation is not there to see him.

Al Jimenez.. I definitely would not recommend as a professor you should take for Math 244. Supposedly Linear Analysis is less difficult and strenuous than previous courses, but with Jimenez\'s poor teaching technique, this class was very difficult. My roommate had another professor and explained the material better to me than actual lecture. He makes too many mistakes during example problems which really doesn\'t help when presenting new material. Honestly by far the worst professor I\'ve had in the math department, so only take him if you are a victim of the rotation.

Al Jimenez.. I definitely would not recommend as a professor you should take for Math 244. Supposedly Linear Analysis is less difficult and strenuous than previous courses, but with Jimenez\'s poor teaching technique, this class was very difficult. My roommate had another professor and explained the material better to me than actual lecture. He makes too many mistakes during example problems which really doesn\'t help when presenting new material. Honestly by far the worst professor I\'ve had in the math department, so only take him if you are a victim of the rotation.

From the first lecture that I had with him, I felt like he is a really smart guy. He likes what he does and he loves to teach. in the beginning, he was just talking about his own background and his syllabus and then the reasons why this course is his favorite materials. he sounds a bit dorky, but i think he really wants to help the students to learn the material. as i was listening to him, i really liked his grading style, it contains quizzes, homework, two midterms and a final. it is a very standard system and he says he doesn't do any strange crazy tricky questions. but then when he started teaching the first section of linear, i didn't really follow through. his teaching style is based on what is on the book, he didn't really explain everything and he picks and chose things to teach. however, i wouldn't think he's the worst teacher but i have better ones. if you really put hard work to it and ask questions (don't talk about physics stuff, he is really into that)... you will do fine...

Al is a good teacher, he wants everyone to understand the class and to be able to use it in the future. If I had any math classes left to take, I would try to take him again. He has quizzes every Friday which are easy, and he drops the lowest two which allows you to skip classes without any harm. He also collects homework weekly, but it's only 5% of your grade and two of those get dropped so they aren't overly important.

I don't know why Jimenez has such a low rating! He is one of the best professors I've had here! He is very straight-forward. The examples that he does in class are just like the homework assigned. The homework problems pop up on quizzes and tests. There are absolutely NO surprises! I thought that the midterms and finals were easy because they were just like the homework! If you do the homework and understand it, you're set for Jimenez's class!

most underrated teacher at cal poly, he is at least a 3.5

His Quizs are really easy, also are homeworks. Midterms are straightly coming from the quizs and homeworks. If you go to the office hours he eagerly try to teach you

Don't be taken back by his poor rating! Jimenez isn't the best math professor out there, but his class is really easy. In his lectures he just plows through example problems so if you can stay awake and kind of follow what he is doing you'll be fine. Do the homework, it doesn't count for much but it's pretty easy. His quizzes are usually 1 or 2 easy homework problems and his tests are basically just a couple quizzes combined. If you understand the basic concepts and can work out simple problems you should have no problem getting a good grade in this class. This class was easier than all of my calc classes that I took at Poly.

He has his BS, MS, and PhD all in Electrical Engineering yet he claims to be a "hidden math major." Interesting. For Linear Analysis I, his midterms, quizzes, and the final weren't difficult, but some of his lectures were hard to follow when he presented newer material-- Gaussian elimination, Variation of Parameters, Undetermined Coefficients, Homogeneous/Non-homogeneous differential equations, Linear independence/dependence, solution spanning sets, "vector" spaces, and much more. To an extent, his lectures went beyond the scope of what he tested us on. However, these concepts tended to repeat themselves throughout the entire quarter. The majority of his two sections this quarter were averaging 90%'s (54/60) on the midterms so that in itself should hold some merit for him as a professor. I found him VERY helpful in office hours though occasionally he would give snappy remarks such as, "I already taught this in lecture. I'm not going to go over that again" or "It sounds like you need to study more because your solution is incomplete." If I could summarize this professor it would consist of the following: Anything Euler-related, shock absorbers, and Gaussian elimination. "I wanted to name my son EULER... but it was a girl." "If your car does not have the SHOCK ABSORBERS then it will oscillate under inefficient damping systems." "When in doubt, perform GAUSSIAN ELIMINATION." I feel as if Jimenez makes an incredibly difficult class bearable. He doesn't even teach by the book. For me, this class was significantly easier than Calculus 4. The only reason why I didn't get A's on the midterms was because I would make the dumbest mistakes. But I got A's on the quizzes. Highly recommended!

After 3 quarters of calculus with average or below average teachers, I was really stressed about starting a new math class, when I felt like I barely scraped by with my calc classes, (btw shapiro-no bonini-eh ok camp-no) I was pleasantly surprised by Jimenez's teaching style, maybe it's just linear in general, but everything seemed much more straight forward. On top of that, he told us exactly what we needed to know for his class, often just telling us straight out if certain theorems were just plain useless. His lectures and hw were on par with his exams. He collects weekly homework in class, he has a whole schedule he has layed out that he follows, the sucky part is, he assigns about 3-4 assignments per week, collects one, and then chooses 1 problem to grade, and this is all random, so if you want hw points, do all of them, or do one and hope it's the one he chooses at the end, I ended up doing most of it, I learned that that is my best way of studying since I suck at actually studying. for my exams I really didn't study as much as I should have and I also started getting test anxiety, something that made me panic a little during tests, but I knew I had an understanding of the material because I aced all of my quizzes, and the bad exams were what got me the B- in the class otherwise I would've had an A- from the Homework and quizzes.

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Professor Jimenez is a fantastic professor. His lectures are interesting and thorough. He also makes a point of stressing things that will be on the tests. He collects homework and has a quiz once a week on Friday. There are two midterms and a final, which are all quite fair. If you get an A on the final he will even give you an A in the class. Jimenez is also an Electrical Engineer so he likes to connect concepts to engineering problems, something very fitting for this class. All this said, I did struggle in the class. I went to his office hours after each midterm and he essentially pointed out the same things his answer key did about the problems with little additional help or advice. Overall, he is well worth taking.

I don't understand why Jimenez has such a low polyrating. He genuinely cares about his students and really wants them to understand the material. He presented 244's material in a straightforward manner and does not bore you with excessive details and off-topic side-points. You will learn about how to solve problems in the most efficient way possible (he probably said the word efficiency 100 times over the quarter). His quizzes and tests will ONLY be on homework problems he assigned, with some problems were ripped straight from the book with slight numerical changes. There is no reason why if you show up to class, pay attention, do the homework, and go to office hours why you won't get an A or at the very least a B. That being said, if you are lazy and don't want to do quite a bit of homework a week, then you won't like Al. 4 homework assignments a week are assigned, with one homework set selected to grade by random chance (flipping a coin) on Friday. However, if you are willing to put in the work, Al's class will be a breeze. I'd recommend him for any math class.

Jimenez is a great professor. He really knows his stuff and knows how to convey it. One of the reasons I really liked him is that he realized that everyone in the class is an engineer and not a math major, so he taught it in a way that was related to engineering. He did this really well too because he is an electrical engineer. The class wasn't really too hard either and he made it make more sense than it sounded like a lot of the other professors did.

Overall, Al is a pretty solid teacher. He always makes sure you know how the math you are learning is applicable (sometimes he spends too much time on it). He is also very approachable and will take time to make sure you understand the material. Also, he creates his tests for you to succeed, putting only things he's gone multiple times that you really should know. As he puts it, he expects someone to be able to ace each one. If I had to do it again, I would choose to be in Al's class.

Al is like the grandfather I wish I had. He's an interesting elderly man with a real passion for math and engineering. I like that he connects material back to engineering concepts when he can, and he also points out when something is completely impractical in day-to-day life. I'm very comfortable with math and algebra, so his linear analysis class was pretty easy for me. He's a fairly typical math professor. His lectures were pretty good, so I didn't have to go to office hours. He was organized and stayed on schedule, which I appreciated. He collects homework regularly, but only one random assignment out of all the work he assigns for the week. This means you don't have to do all the homework, but you'd leave it up to a coin flip whether you get credit for it or not. Luckily, homework is not a big part of your grade. There are weekly quizzes and four exams. Questions are clear, and they're pretty fair. It was possible to get perfect scores on his exams, and I believe class averages were around B's. Overall, I'd recommend him, especially if you're comfortable with math.

Pretty heartless. I am glad he is gone.

This guy is TERRIBLE. I can't believe they let him teach this upper division course. In class, he always says, "Well this is the first time I'm teaching this class." He doesn't even have a degree in math! The sad part is that they only offer this every other year. He think he knows so much, but his examples are EXACTLY from the text. He CANNOT convey the material to the class. The math department should be ashamed of considering this guy for the class. Numerical Analysis - it's important, but Jimenez is a joke.

i had this class for two weeks and i worked on the hw for 4 hours a day, 5 days a week, no joke, and i was in office hours 4 days a week (with like 10 other people) and i still wasnt getting it, but it isnt just me, everyone in this freaking class was lost, in lecture he would just go so fast the whole class would get so lost. i think that he is just so smart that he cant relay the material to people that just dont get it...well, whatever...good luck, with those of you who stayed in it...

This class was really hard because Jimenez confuses you in his lectures with so much theoretical jargon and not enough examples of how to do the problems. When he does give examples, he cuts the corners and assumes that you know how to get from point A to point B. But he is very willing to help you out in office hours and explain how to approach the problems. So basically, you will learn as much in office hours as you do in lecture since he is obsessed with theory, so going to class is practically useless. He assigns really tough homework problems to be turned almost every class that required me to go to his overcrowded office almost everyday, but at least his tests and quizes are easier than the homework. He also understands the problems other students have really well, so that he could adjust the pace as necessary. But if you don't do your homework, they will be impossible. Your grade consists of homework (10%), 7 quizes with 2 of them dropped (15%), 2 midterms (20% each) and the final (35%). Overall, Jimenez is a mediocre teacher who cannot lecture (then again, Jimenez is inexperienced), but can help you in his office and his tests and quizes are easier than the homework problems.

Jimenez is a bad professor. He knows what he is talking about but is terrible about conveying it to the students. He often goes off on tangents that aren't important and will waste time covering them. He makes so many mistakes, that the notes are pretty much worthless. If you use your notes to study for the tests you will not do well because he makes so many mistakes. He doesn't even try to explain what he is doing on the board. I'd say he's probably the worst math teacher at Cal Poly.

Some of the comments on this page seem to describe a different person. I took Jimenez for 244 and chose him again for 344 because I found him to be practical, fair, and experienced. He has a strong electrical engineering background which is unusual among Poly\'s math teachers but is perfect for linear analysis. The methods we learn in this class are directly related to real-world applications and he makes the link that much clearer with his insight. The grading system is very straightforward: homework and quizzes are 5% and 20% of your grade, respectively, and he drops the lowest two of each. Each midterm is 20% and the final is 35%. There is no curve. I admit that his lectures can get confusing on occasion because he tends to say only what he is writing down and not so much what it means (if you missed it the first time). Also, though he gives generous partial credit, the written feedback given on quizzes and exams can be rough (like \"what a disappointment.\") Bottom line: Jimenez is not the best teacher out there, but he definitely deserves better than the comments below.

Dr. Jimenez is the best math teacher I have ever had. He explains things clearly, relates them to real-world applications (which is pretty much unheard of in math), and is clearly a mathematical badass. I anticipate taking my next math classes with him if he is teaching them. Everything about his class is comfortable and helpful. His tests and quizzes are very straightforward, and he clearly cares about all of his students. One of the best teachers I have had at Cal Poly. If you are taking any Linear class, take him.

I haven't taken the final yet so I'm not sure of my grade, but I'm going into it with a B. Jimenez is unlike any math professor I've ever had. As the other ratings say, he's an ex-EE, and because of this he teaching style is very different. He heavily emphasizes examples and 90% of class is just this. The pro of this: you have examples to look at to model the homework so you can do that, and this allows you to be prepared early on for the midterms. The con of this: I have absolutely no fucking idea why I solve the problems as I do, the basic reasoning of the class I have is that "well I solve this problem this way because that's how he solved this type of problem". So I'd say this quarter I didn't struggle as much on solving problems in each HW set, which saved me time, but later in life if I need to solve a problem-type from this class I will have absolutely no clue why I'm solving it as I did in this class. As many others have also said, he makes a lot of mistakes in class, so be on you A-game and point them out to him (he'll like you more for it and it'll also make your notes useful for later). Tips for his class: The homework problems are WAYYY harder than his quiz and exam questions, so if you spend the time and do them correctly you'll do quite well. P.S. He grades like a Nazi on the exams, but go to his office and ask him why he docked so many points and he'll give you some back. P.S.S. He has trouble recognizing student difficulty so you just gotta accept that sometimes he'll think you're an idiot :/

Missed the first day, went to the second day. Went to the midterm. Went to the Final. Three days of class total. I got a B, easy. This kind of shit gives our school a bad name.