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First of all, let me state that this review does not come from someone who "sucked up" to the professor or someone who was a favorite in the class - Por has not favorites. This is an honest, impartial review of one of the math instructors of Western Kentucky University. With that said, if you are interested in a FAIR review for Attila Por, then please continue reading. If you are looking for a bash fest from someone who did not try in one of his classes, please read all of the other negative reviews.
If you are still with me, here is the deal. I had Attila Por for Multivariable Calculus and I must say that I was OVERLY pleased with this professor after reading the reviews written by everyone else. First of all, he is from Hungary and he is extremely hard to understand when you first listen to him. It will take at least a week to catch on to what he is saying. Also, he will ask ambiguous questions in class to the students in which the answer he is looking for may not be completely obvious. However, you will get used to these two setbacks for the class within a week. Dr. Por is a very laid back professor who loves to have fun in his classes. He is constantly trying to be funny (and he usually is due to his remarkable laugh and his ability to make some of the greatest faces that you will ever see on the face of the Earth). The man is always smiling and never does make a student feel uncomfortable when he is approached with a question. Sometimes he has a hard time understanding questions, but if you keep rephrasing your question, he will eventually understand. Dr. Por will go over any questions in class over the homework and will show two or three approaches how to work a homework problem. While I never went to him for any reason after class, some students in the class had said that they did go and that he was extremely helpful whenever he was in his office.
What is his typical class like? He assigns between 5 - 15 problems every night but will go over most (if not all) of the homework the next day in class before he moves on to another section. This is very helpful in case you do not understand the homework. The homework does not count towards your grade, but the problems on his tests come straight from the homework, so it is good to do each assignment. He also gives a quiz on a weekly basis, which consists of one question that he gives the class the opportunity to choose what it will be over. Whatever your class decides to have a quiz on, that will be on it. No tricks or gimmicks here. He also drops the two lowest quiz grades that you have. His tests are usually 6 - 8 problems long and are very similar to problems found within the homework. He will most likely give out a study guide two days before a test and go over the study guide a day before the test. There is no extra credit available, so it is important that you do the homework in order to do well on the tests and the quizzes. However, he gives a LOT of partial credit on tests and quizzes! He gives more partial credit on tests/quizzes than any other math professor in the department. Last but not least, before our final exam, he held a study session the day before the exam (which was not class hours) and allowed anyone to come to help prepare for the exam; he did more example problems, answered questions, and joked around in order to wish us luck on the exam.
Folks, he is an extremely nice professor who is laid back and very helpful. The man deserves a lot more credit than he receives on this website and needs to be a professor that people try to take rather than avoid. Do not avoid this professor at any cost. He is a great math professor, he does know his stuff, and he is always helpful regarding grades and homework. You get tests back the day after you take them and he goes over the tests the day after you take them. Rather than BSing for 50 minutes, assigning homework, and moving on to new material the next day, he will not go on to the next section unless the class feels comfortable with the material.
He is a good professor and one who I (along with many of the other classmates I talked to) would take again if we could.
I hope that this detailed review helps you and let's you realize that sometimes bad reviews come from the morons who simply refuse to try.
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