Jeffrey Tsao

School: Chabot College
Department: Biology
Location: Hayward, CA
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I think he is new. But a nice person. Sometimes ppl find it is too eazy to fall asleep in his evening class cuz, personally, I think his lecture is a little boring.......BIO 131 is really hard but I can tolerate his tests though. I guess the whole class was not doing well so he gave a lot of EC or "chose prob to answer" stuffs. So even tho its hard to digest all the materials from 131, he kind of make it eazier for you to get an A or B. I took his last year but eventually dropped out to ensure an A in another class. I am retaking him again this year.
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Even though it looks like this is his first year of teaching and it might not be his fault, HOWEVER, TRY ALL MEANS TO AVOID TAKING HIS CLASS. Bio131 alone is already a very hard course. You cannot afford such a person who can hardly teach. I almost felt sorry for him. Bio131 is loads of information and what prof. Tsao does is just read the ppt slides during the lecture. It is not helping with the memorizing so much info at all. I have been pushing my limit and almost killed myself to get a grade that is almost an A. However, I really have to make it an A on bio so I just had to drop the class. He is fine as a person but you are not gonna like his teaching. it is very important for a bio student to understand the vocabs and mechanisms of ALT. Prof Tsao won't be able to help you with that. BTW lecture quiz+lecture exam+lab quiz+lab exam=1~2 exam/quiz per week. Prepare for that if you r gonna take his class
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Professor tsao is an extremely hard teacher. His lectures usually go over the class time but only by a few minutes. His tests are on the lectures however they're extremely difficult then...he won't have a review in class or anything just a study guide. He doesn't give out homework besides self quizzes(which are in the back of the book) that are all due when you have the test. You have weekly lab quizzes so be prepared for that. He's very approachable if you have a question and need help.

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