Tim Gearty

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  • #192884
    shanek327
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    What do you think of this guy??

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    2 Corinthians 5:21

    Our value does not come from our skills and abilities, as good as they may be; it does not come from our GPA, our job, a promotion from that job to a better job, our success on the CPA exam, or anything of the like; but our value comes from the fact that we have a Creator who loves us, cares for us, and desires to help us navigate the rough waters of this life in a way that provides security, hope, and true, everlasting joy while we anticipate the life to come, with Him.

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  • #687341
    Skynet
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    Heard that he's a Playa with his smooth CPA talk.

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    #687343
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    It's astounding how he's supposedly a rich, big-time CPA, yet the suit jackets he wears are ludicrously over-sized. A good tailor is NOT that expensive.

    #687344
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    he graduated from highschool with my mother

    #687345
    Anonymous
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    He's not my favorite of the Becker instructors but not my least favorite either. The thing that bothers me the most about him is his obsession with highlighting every freaking thing in the book. I, eventually, learned to put the highlighter down and actually focus on the material and not on highlighting.

    #687346

    I stopped watching lectures that he taught, aside from maybe the cutaways they do where they go away from the books and just talk. There simply was no point because he would make you highlight the entire page and just read you the text. As ridiculous as Olinto can be at times, when he did go over the book, at least he would explain things/try to break them down. Gearty was neither super selective in what he makes you read, nor did he explain things in a novel way. Needless to say, I was not a big fan of the guy.

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    AUD - 76 (phew)
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    DONE!

    #687347
    y_u_no_pass
    Participant

    He certainly seems to be the most “famous” instructor.

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    #687348
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I actually preferred him for REG videos. For FAR, I'm getting more out of Olinto.

    #687349
    jmhassell21
    Member

    Gearty has mansions and wives half his age, according to Olinto. 🙂

    Peter Olinto is much more engaging, I think.

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    "And I am reminded, it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea, by which the heights and depths are measured." James A Garfield

    #687350
    Megatron
    Participant

    I don't mind Gearty or Olinto so much, but if I have to listen to another lecture with Michael Brown… Luckily he isn't in Reg.

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    -Megatron

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    #687351
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @BelowScope, it's not that he can't afford a tailor, he probably is stuck in the 80's/90's style of bigger suits. It seems like when suits got more slim, rap artists took over with the baggy look.

    #687352
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    ….but the guy is alright. Every time I hear him say hhhhhighlight, it sounds like he's yackin' up some old man stink breath though.

    #687353
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I don't understand his obsession with highlighting (seriously, what good does it do to highlight the title at the top of the page that is already in large, bold, all caps font?), but the dude's CV alone pretty much suggests I should shut my mouth and learn something.

    #687354
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    As boring as Gearty may have been, when it came to the final review I found that I remembered a lot more from the chapters he instructed than Olinto. Olinto is fun and engaging, but there were some topics that it seemed like he skimmed over or didn't speak on at all. I also found his highlights easier when I was flash-skimming the book before going into exams.

    That being said, everyone learns differently. As far as fashion, these videos seem pretty old in some parts. I would imagine they only reshoot or reinstruct the videos that the content changes.

    I would recommend that if you dislike the highlighting or find it tedious, try making note cards or writing out your own notes as you read the lecture. Sometimes that helps you focus on the material and retain more from it, especially with FAR since it is the longest study-wise.

    #687355
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I don't mind Gearty, I've sat through much worse in College.

    #687356
    Kettlepot
    Participant

    He says “again” so much, even when he's saying something for the first time! He'll say it several times in the same sentence even!

    He's alright in my book though!

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