Carlos Rivera - Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Professor: Carlos Rivera

Department: Languages

College: Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: SPA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

As said before, extremely loud, but a nice guy and a fairly entertaining class. Not very challenging: his tests test how few errors you can make as opposed to how much spanish you really know.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: SPA102
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Rivera is just your typical crazy Puerto Rican man-- loud (ridiculously loud) and unclear but passionate. His tests are quite long, so be prepared. Participate in class, laugh at his jokes, and teach yourself from the book if you actually want or need to learn anything about Spanish grammar and vocab.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Wonderful teacher. Nice guy. He can sometimes get off topic while talking about book themes, but he is always a welath of information. I was not looking forward to the class at the beginning, but I will never regret taking it with Rivera. It's worth taking an 8:30 just to take it with him.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: SPA270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I had him for a Tuesday Thursday at 11:30 and I still had trouble staying awake. Class is boring. He talks the whole time and there is very minimal student discussion. Tests are arbitraray. Class structure is horrible. We spent over half the semester on poetry, and half of a class on essays. Tests are hard and very specific.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: SPANISH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His tests are ridiculous. Period. The review sheets are no help whatsoever; they are very misleading. He decided very quickly who he likes and dislikes in the beginning of the semester, and if you are not one of those lucky four, you're screwed. Good luck.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SPA270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This man is completely out of his mind.His voice is so loud I get headaches during class.I have no idea what he talks about not because his Spanish is hard but because he just doesnt make sense. He yells for no reason and treats his students like babies.Even if you give a right answer hell say your wrong just to give the same answer reworded.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

There are several times during class where his accent blurred what he was trying to say in English, and he often doesn't completely answer the question you're asking. He's pretty easy and if you respond in class he'll love you forever, at least till the end of the semester.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SPA302
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dr. Rivera is a really nice man and also pretty funny. The actual material in spanish 302 (grammar) is difficult but Rivera as a teacher is easy.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

he's funny and really easy

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: SP490
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He wa my advisor for my Sp Senior Thesis and was really helpful. He guided me through the whole process and I ended up getting an A on my paper and presentation. He's more artsy than others. I'd take him, though his spanish is difficult at times to understand. He's a really nice guy, as well. Take him if you can

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: SPA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I was disappointed in the way he taught this class. The materials he used don't help you to learn spanish, and the stuff he teaches doesn't help either. He is a really easy grader, and there is very little "conversation," he talks a lot about what he thinks. If you want to improve, don't take him.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: SPA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Rivera is really easy as long as you can speak some form of Spanish. The tests are really easy: just know the vocab words inside and out. You don't really have to keep up with the daily assignments, either. He's entertaining.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: SPA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His class consists in reading aloud answers from a workbook.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: SPA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I like Rivera a lot. Nice & lots of experience, both as a spanish(PR) guy who moved here and as an actor. He's easy & predictable if you do the work. Some peeps have beef w/him - 'hard to understand'. He doesn't speak english & they don't speak spanish!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I really liked the material covered and his approached showed me that my conversational spanish was decent.... but going on i am not sure i trust my grammar etc. he's nice but doesnt seem very accesible, although i never did need to go see him.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's intense...a pretty fun guy. His class is hard if you weren't well prepared in Spanish, but if you were, you'll. be ok.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

hard to understand, uptight, just relax Carlos! class is fairly easy to person who already knows a lot of spanish

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: SPA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: SPA201
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Really hard to understand!!!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: SPA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a great person to chat with and practice your spanish.