Professor: Isabel Valiela
Department: Spanish
College: Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Rating # 1
Overview:
- Course: SPAN201
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Prof Valiela is a lovely person but her lectures are insanely boring and a waste of time. She assigns a lot of homework but most can be done during class. Her grading system (check, check+) is very unclear. Shes a tough grader and will take off points for the smallest mistake.
Rating # 2
Overview:
- Course: SPAN201
- Grade Received: A-
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 2.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
Not the best at explaining things but a pretty easy grader overall. Most of the homework is not mandatory as you will go over it in class and can just do it then. There will be quizzes based on the readings but she goes over all the information right before you take it so they are not that bad. If you struggle with Spanish, I suggest you take her.
Rating # 3
Overview:
- Course: SPAN202
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Doesn't teach her lessons in depth. Homework is not always required, but movies and compositions are often time consuming. She is a stickler with grading and it is sometimes hard to get A's on assignments
Rating # 4
Overview:
- Course: SPA101
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Boring. I would rather wash dishes for 50 minutes than attend this class, and I hate washing dishes.
Rating # 5
Overview:
- Course: WGS210WGS120
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 5.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: Yes
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Absolutely loved Professor Valiela. Easy to pass her class (and get an A) as long as you do the required work. Easy grader for sure. Doesn't explain things amazingly but that allows there to be more wiggle room in your work, which leads to higher grades for you.
Rating # 6
Overview:
- Course: SPAN102
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She was a nice person, but her teaching skills were definitely not good. Her grading was inconsistent. Uses the "check/check plus" system--very confusing. You have to read the book to learn it, and don't forget your book for class! I dreaded this class every day.
Rating # 7
Overview:
- Course: SPAN2
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: No
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She's kinda mean to some of the students. Gives a lot of homework (not all is collected). But she doesn't teach or explain the grammar; she just gives you worksheets on it. She's a tough grader. Not a good teacher- worst class.
Rating # 8
Overview:
- Course: WGS210
- Grade Received: B+
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Not Mandatory
Comment:
I don't think many people taking the class were prepared to do actual work. The course material was interesting, but there was just a large quantity of it-readings and movies. Usually you break off into small group discussions, and you have one big group project, and one partner project. Just do your readings and you'll ace the course.
Rating # 9
Overview:
- Course: WGS120
- Grade Received: A
- Overall Rating: 3.0
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: Yes
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
Easy A Class. Class is largely discussion based, so you need to have some idea what the readings are on, there is no "textbook." Kind of unorganized, we got behind schedule really early. There were weekly quizzes, but they're easy if you go to the forums. She's a really nice lady and I learned a lot in the class.
Rating # 10
Overview:
- Course: SPAN203
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very difficult to understand; English is not her first language. Grading is inconsistent, and her feedback on graded work is not helpful. Unless you have a prior knowledge of Spanish grammar, do not take this class, as she will not teach it and deduct from your grade. Outlines for assignments are unclear. Avoid class if you can.
Rating # 11
Overview:
- Course: SPAN202
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She is the worst professor I have ever had in my life. I cannot believe that Gettysburg hired her and kept her for so long. She actually killed my interest to keep studying spanish. She laughs all the time with nonsense. I am not a B student, but I really hate attending her class. And my spanish skill actually got worse than my 100 level.
Rating # 12
Overview:
- Course: LAS322
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 2.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not a bad person or teacher really... but I found her and her teaching style really annoying. She doesn't teach us anything really, she just assigns us things to read, then class time is just us talking about it. She really likes to hear our interpretations and opinions about things, which is what makes it really easy.
Rating # 13
Overview:
- Course: SPAN202
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
If you are not fluent in spanish and not majoring in it, DO NOT take her class. She plays favorites and you cannot understand one word that comes out of her mouth.
Rating # 14
Overview:
- Course: SPAN306
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 4.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very unorganzied. Plays favorites and despises everyone else. If you didn't study abroad, don't take her class. She indeed does love laughing and is not funny. Her english is pretty awful. Avoid her class, especially if grammar is not your forte.
Rating # 15
Overview:
- Course: SPAN2
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: Yes
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I had her twice...sort of. I had her for my frosh seminar and it was so terrible that I dropped the class. Then as a Spanish major I had to take her again because she was the only prof. teaching a class I needed for the major. It was awful. She's terrible to understand and plays favorites. I tried so hard to avoid her after my seminar...
Rating # 16
Overview:
- Course: SPAN104
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.0
- Course Difficulty: 5.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: No
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very unorganized, has no structure in lectures, worst teacher I've had in spanish. Every test and quiz are different then what she says, total idiot, and she laughs at everything she says, and none of it is funny. You can't understand her spanish or her english she slurs everything...
Rating # 17
Overview:
- Course: SPAN104
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 1.5
- Course Difficulty: 3.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
The worst professor in my Gettysburg College career. She slurs her speach to the point that you can't understand a word she says in English or in Spanish and then has large percentages of oral sections on tests. Horrible, horrible lady.
Rating # 18
Overview:
- Course: SPA104
- 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:
She is a really easy teacher and very understanding, she will do anything to help you and she loves laughing. Take her any chance you can get.
Rating # 19
Overview:
- Course: SPANISH103
- Grade Received: N/A
- Overall Rating: 4.5
- Course Difficulty: 1.0
- For Credit: N/A
- Textbook Used: N/A
- Would Take Again: N/A
- Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Easiest professor I've ever had, very fair, great senese of humor. Really nice lady
Rating # 20
Overview:
- Course: SPAN302
- 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
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