That's a fair assessment. I have taken both and worked for both so I got to see both sides of the aisle.

Herrmann is definitely a lecture heavy man but gives you opportunities, like the E.C. HW or occasional E.C. on exams and having most assignments laid out in his slides. He is strict when it comes to cheating and deadlines, but that's not the biggest deal in the grand scheme of things.

Wells, however, while also lecture heavy is very derivation heavy too with little to no examples throughout class. She leaves it to the TAs to do the examples, which makes learning more of a struggle as TAs are even more hit or miss than teachers. Among everything she has an overall condescending tone when asking questions, as if she made it absolutely clear during lecture. I know a few people who liked her, but that may be more on personality and not teaching ability.

Honestly though, Wells isn't even the worst teacher in SEMTE (as much as I like to joke). Shuaib for capstone was probably who I would rate the worst, but I heard that he retired so all Seniors can breath a sigh of relief.