Instructor rating system may prove useful to students

Students have asked for a section on the website where students can review instructors, and those reviews be made public for a number of years now. The response has been a subtle no. The thought, many believe, is the teachers' union, the instructors, or even both - fear that having a public review site would only highlight the bad. However, there are many great instructors that would get highlighted, too.

The great teachers blend in the background, only getting highlighted when students talk among themselves. This is just sad.

Their great teaching skills deserve to be recognized, and by denying the review site, the administration is, in essence, denying those teachers recognition.

This is quite surprising when you think about it. The administration regularly hears complaints concerning the instructors, from the borderline bad to the downright awful.

Rarely do they hear of the instructors who have done their job well. One would think that they would desire to hear of those instructors that have made hard classes manageable, or even enjoyable.

Here is a partial list of some of MATC's best in no particular order:

1. Mohammad Kasraian teaches Economics at West Allis Campus in an easy-to-understand way, and patiently teaches students so that they actually learn the material.
2. Jay Lorino teaches Logistics and some Business at various campuses in a way that helps students easily understand the material.
3. Tom Jozwik (Oak Creek Campus) and Reggie Finlayson (West Allis and Downtown Milwaukee Campuses) both teach English and Journalism in ways that help you understand the importance of the subject, especially in Journalism.
4. Bob Stocki teaches Graphic Design at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus and provides students with insight as they prepare for their career.
5. Alkatrine (Trina) Patterson-Iyasele teaches Math at West Allis Campus in a way that ANYONE can understand.
6. Robert L. Hackenberg teaches Natural Science at Oak Creek Campus and provides a relaxed environment that has students desiring to understand the material, especially Astronomy.
7. Rose Lee teaches Sociology at Mequon Campus and has an unmatched ability to play devil's advocate to get students to understand different points of view.
8. Sandra Chavez teaches Human Services at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus and is great with reading students and knowing how to push their individual abilities.
9. Sandra Hendricks teaches Human Services at the Downtown Milwaukee Campus and is dedicated to putting students first, even when we don't think so.