Peter Mueller
Data based on 4 reviews.
What kind of test questions does this teacher use most often (choose one):
Multiple ChoiceIs the teacher available for extra help during study halls, lunchtime, before or after school, etc.?
Almost AlwaysThe teacher responds to emails promptly. Do you...
Strongly AgreeThe teacher posts in-class materials online for reference (slides, etc.):
Almost AlwaysThe teacher lets us know at the beginning of the course and along the way how much each part of the class (homework, papers, quizzes and tests) counts towards our total grade:
Strongly AgreeHow much homework does this teacher assign?
Way too muchThe amount of writing required in this class is:
Very HighThe teacher allows us to use technology in class (e.g. laptop, calculator, smart pen, etc.)
Almost AlwaysHow much memorization is required to do well in this teacher’s course?
Very HighWhat advice would you give yourself if you were just starting the class now?
Class of 2021
At least for the past year, he used exclusively Code. org for his APCSP class. There’s tons of online reference material and tutorials if you need help. As a senior taking the class, I found it extremely easy. Very little outside work required. AP exam is also super easy. Only issue I had with the class was the Albert. io. The questions on there we’re often poorly written and designed to make you confused. There were a few times in the second semester were mass amounts of these questions (40-80) were assigned 8th period, then due at midnight. They could take 2, 3, even 4 hours to do and were for accuracy (on a curve). As someone who would get out of school, then work until 8 or 9 at night, I was pretty much forced to take 0s on these and it tanked my grade.
Class of 2020
Avoid taking this class altogether. He gives a TON of work, mostly in-class but which can often seep outside of class time too if the labs are particularly long, difficult, and unexplained. Although the material is not that difficult itself, every measure is taken to unnecessarily make the class harder than it should be and without teaching you any more. Tests are not a measure of how well you can code but how quickly you can read questions and do a series of simple math problems like a computer. The class is poorly taught, brute force work, and very draining.
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Class of 2021
Coach is a very strict teacher but he is very friendly most of the time. He tends to talk to you like you’re 5 which was super annoying to me as a senior (there are freshmen in the class now and he has a bunch of young kids so I get it). He does a good job “teaching” the material. Code. org does the majority of the heavy lifting, but he does know a lot about the material and can clear up any confusion you’d have. He is ironically not very tech savvy (ie leaves mouse over the pause button on YT videos and doesn’t close pop up ads) but he is good at teaching the material since most of the stuff covered in APCSP has been the same since windows 95. Overall, I do recommend Coach Mueller and his class. It is all very useful and he’s a pretty good teacher. He has his quirks but if you learn to laugh it off, you’ll be fine.