Obie Porteous

Most challenging exams I have ever taken at Middlebury, the problem sets were also harder than normal. However, Porteous is a great, engaging, and funny professor. If you attend all lectures (there are no handouts) and stay ahead of the material, it is definitely possible to do well.

This class moves very fast and professor Porteus is a super tough grader. I would only recommend this class if you have a specific interest for the course material. With that being said, he is very knowledgeable about the topic.

I did feel like professor Porteous was very passionate about the course material and was clearly very knowledgable. The issue was that he was very unhelpful at office hours, and required a pretty high threshold for an A instead of an A- or B+, so it was very hard to attain given the lack of answering questions. I did feel like lectures were very interesting, but at the same time there were reading quizzes so you really have to come prepared.

I did feel like professor Porteous was very passionate about the course material and was clearly very knowledgable. The issue was that he was very unhelpful at office hours, and required a pretty high threshold for an A instead of an A- or B+, so it was very hard to attain given the lack of answering questions. I did feel like lectur …Read more