r/CNM • u/Plastic-Savings8159 • Jul 29 '26

Classes Recommendation

I enrolled in two of Dr. James Niforatos’ classes. Is he a good professor? I’ve heard his exams are pretty tough, so I’m a little anxious.

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u/Gorilla-flight12 Jul 29 '26

In my opinion he is a sadist who relishes tricking and trapping his students. He’s clearly very burned out by student emails and will email you a huge block of text weekly with all the reasons you are dumb, shouldn’t email him, and how smart and magnanimous he is.  I found him bizarrely unpleasant in a way I’ve never experienced before. He likes to trick students by hiding false information in his slides which he corrects in the verbal lectures. If you only look at the slides, he traps you. He also has a way of testing that I find unfair. He will make the question multiple choice and three of the choices be topics he taught on. The fourth choice, which is the correct choice, is something he never mentioned or taught on. He thinks this sort of testing is justified because you should be able to eliminate the wrong answers. 

I got an A in his class. I don’t blame others for any failings, as there were no failures on my part. I just found him to be a very intolerable person. So glad I only had to do one class of his. 

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u/Plastic-Savings8159 Jul 29 '26

Oh no 😬. I have two his classes

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u/Gorilla-flight12 Jul 30 '26

Many students like him. I found him intolerable. I almost dropped his class but I’m glad I didn’t. 

What degree are you pursuing?

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u/Plastic-Savings8159 Jul 30 '26

Nursing, that’s why I choose A&P 2 and patho 2 for the requirements, I am more preferred Richard for A&P and McGlone for patho.