I lucked into taking a class of his while in studying in NZ. From my experience having him as a teacher for one semester while studying abroad his class was by

I lucked into taking a class of his while in studying in NZ. From my experience having him as a teacher for one semester while studying abroad his class was by far the best one I took while there and one of the top ones all my time in university. His approach to teaching the subject was excellent, and his no bullshit attitude took the material and discussion to another level. I only wish the system there was not setup to encourage enormous class sizes, departments got paid per student per class.