Reviews for Jose G. Suarez
Average Rating:| Anonymous Course: BMGT364 Grade Expected: April 12, 2012, 7:58 am | jose is a nice guy, tries hard and means well for his students. that being said his slideshows are useless and lectures cover his life story, nothing related to the book. his exams are challenging and vague he expects you to magically know all the material. he is also terribly disorganized. avoid him |
| Anonymous Course: BMGT364 Grade Expected: C April 10, 2012, 6:51 pm | Please do not take BMGT364 with this man. While he is a nice guy, he is not very good at teaching and often gets off topic, trying to give motivational speeches about why we were accepted into the business school and how we should want to learn. If you think that this will be easy because he give 93% A's, that is for his engineering seminars and very high level business courses, not 364. This is the kind of class where the disorganization and ambiguity of the teacher works against the students. He often does not notify us when certain"in-class assignments" are do, as well as different case write-ups. He calls them in-class assignments, but he says to finish them before class and turn them in at the beginning class. And if you don't turn one of these in, you're SOL, because he accepts nothing late for a portion of the grade. If it is late, it doesn't get graded and you get a zero. His tests are also pretty difficult. The short answer/essay portion is rather straightforward and predictable, but the multiple choice answers can sometimes come from nowhere and often have more than one answer. I think I am going to get a C in this class, and I can honestly say that it is not my fault. I studied for the first exam for about two hours, thinking that the material was basically common sense (it is), but he found a way to make it difficult. I studied for the second exam for six hours, and walked out of it feeling negligibly better than after the first one. All in all, Jose is a great guy and his heart is in the right place, but his disorganization and poorly written tests ultimately hurt the students. |
| Anonymous Course: BMGT390H Grade Expected: A December 25, 2011, 12:11 pm | Suarez 's ability to keep you engaged with his glorious stories and above-average sense of humor makes him a decent lecturer, in the sense that you at least won't be asleep for 75 minutes. However, he has this hint of superiority around him at all times and that really annoyyed the shit out of me. Like the reviews below me, make sure to laugh at his jokes and tell him how great his speeches are. |
| freethinker Course: BMGT390H Grade Expected: A+ December 13, 2011, 9:40 pm | Hey, the guy below me. Your review is a bit extreme and we can think of only one person who would write like that. Yeah, that's right. Neighbors know your name. If I may add my few cents, it's absurd for us to judge him based on our conventional way of thinking. Dr. Suarez comes from a new school of thought called systems thinking. If you hadn't noticed, he has been teaching us systems thinking since day 1. Some of us found it a tad difficult to comprehend it at first. However, once you think outside the box and actually try to understand, you will realize that it makes sense and acquire a new way to approach problems, thereby opening yourself up to a whole new world of opportunities. On a different note, it is very obscene and incongruent to compare Dr. Suarez with Mr. Hitler. Whereas Mr. Hitler was a fine political orator but a terrible military commander who had no idea what he was talking about, Dr. Suarez is not only an eloquent speaker but also fully understands his knowledge and comes to his lectures prepared. (And why are you suddenly mentioning about President Obama? I think it was very inappropriate for you to bring politics here.) However, as many others pointed out, he does have a huge ego, perhaps "one too big for the classroom." In addition, he picks favors in the class and gets upset when he disagrees with (or dislikes) the answer or presentation. This trait probably comes from the 12 years of his tenure at the White House and/or his reputation in his field; this is common for people who are well-established in their careers. Nevertheless, it could come as very annoying and would certainly make students feel like the class is about nothing but his career. It's like listening to a war veteran's stories. Overall, I would give him a 4 out of 5. Although some of his stories were discordant with the overall course and his pride certainly came as a bit disturbing to some of us, his class was an invaluable experience for me. Systems thinking really taught me how to approach problems holistically. This new way of thinking has allowed me to understand issues more comprehensively and more clearly. Some of his lectures were also very inspirational. Protip #1: He cares about his students. Try to visit him during his office hours or stay after class. Protip #2: Write down his quotes. They come in quite handy. |
| Anonymous Course: BMGT390H Grade Expected: November 9, 2011, 7:35 am | Totally agree with the review below me. Hitler gave great speeches (and does Obama), but I wouldn't ever pay tuition dollars to either one of those two to teach me one of the more educational classes in the QUEST program. I really hate the way he teaches, and although there's no way around taking BMGT390H with him, be sure to kiss his ass like everyone else does in order to get a good grade. |
| Anonymous Course: ENES390H Grade Expected: A May 25, 2011, 10:42 pm | Dr. Suarez is great presenter and speaker but that's about it. He spent a majority of the semester giving motivational speeches and left only less than a month for the "semester long" project. He also picks favors in the class and left a few teams hanging with no help whatsoever. He does have a HUGE ego and perhaps one too big for the classroom. Get ready for HIS stories and HIS experiences and tell him how great and important HE is if you want to be on his good side. |
| Anonymous Course: ENES190H Grade Expected: A December 26, 2008, 6:32 pm | Dr. Suarez is a really good speaker. He knows his stuff, and he presents it well. He has a HUGE ego and he talks about himself and how important he is, and everything he's done (he does know how to cover it by saying he's given up all that fame to teach... but yeah...). Anyway he does have some inspirational lectures and he does get you to think differently. |
| Anonymous Course: BMGT498X Grade Expected: A May 16, 2008, 6:08 pm | Dr. Suarez is one of the wisest teachers on this campus. I definitely recommend this class, not because of the grade I will get, but because of the invaluable insight I gained from his wisdom. |