PHYS 1425

Before I start, I will preface by saying that all of my grievances are related to the way Yoshida has chosen to structure his course and not his ability as a lecturer. Yoshida is very knowledgeable, and his lectures are actually quite good. That being said his exams are weird. The guess your score thing is stupid and most of the questions are designed to be trick questions. Despite this if you are moderately good at physics or actually study there is no reason you should be scoring below a 40 on these exams. Yes that is still bad, but the individual midterms aren't worth that much and the group exams bring your average up some. My biggest problem with this course is the fact that Yoshida refuses to give an indication of how he is going to curve the class, so no real indication can be given on how the course grades will turn out. If you want to get an A, try getting into Zhang, but this class will not kill you. Physics is hard anyway, all engineers have to take it, and if you try you should get at least a B. Keep in mind this whole review could change if the curve sucks.

Honestly I think he was a nice funny guy during demos and cracked some jokes during lecture that were funny and corny, but when you get those first quizzes/exam it feels like you just got slapped. The content is nothing like what is gone over in lecture, and all he does is talk about how to derive the equations but not how to actually use anything like he asks on the quizzes or exams. And yes the exams are horrible and traumatizing and it feels like no studying can help you. I considered myself good at IB Physics HL in high school, and my HS teacher would agree but this class takes all the confidence away.