Reviews of professor Gustavo Jimenez Vaquero

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Best Spanish teacher I have ever had. Makes classes fun and keeps everyone engaged. Doesn't matter how much knowledge you have of Spanish. Very understanding and definitely a professor I would want to have again. In class, you participate a lot just remember to laugh at his jokes. He just got his PhD, so I recommend calling him Dr. to boost his ego

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Don't get me wrong, Gus is a good guy, but the other reviews are very misleading. He is the furthest thing from an easy A. You have to do a lot of work, and he takes off points for the slightest things. Funny guy, but enter his class with caution.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a nice guy, but his attendance policy is outrageous. I've never had a professor at this school who has cared so much.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a really nice guy that cares about students. He doesn't care if you mess up while speaking Spanish. He wants you to try and speak it. He's really funny and really engaging, he doesn't allow phones, but I didn't even notice cause I was distracted the whole time. I recommend taking him, He understands stuff happens.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's funny but extremely tough grader and will gaslight you into thinking you're not doing enough. There are better options if you're not interested in having your GPA take a big hit. He is not empathetic about students struggles.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would not recommend taking him at all. He was very rude and not understanding. He takes attendance too seriously; even if you have an excused absence he takes points off. He also barely teaches. The class consists of going over homework, and he never even lectures. I had to teach myself everything. He also grades very hard

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Nice guy overall, and a little condescending. Needs to fix attendance policy. I know multiple people who have almost failed this course bc they were absent one too many times. Makes you submit documentation from deans office to have an excused absence (if you have anything that doesn't require a hospital visit.. good luck)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pretty standard spanish class. Great professor very funny. I hate Spanish class as a whole but he made going to class worth it. Takes attendance every class and absolutely no phones or laptop in class.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a very nice guy but a hard professor. Strict on no technology in class and if you try to find information on the readings, he expects you to have them printed out (even though some of them were 100+ pgs). He expects a lot out of his students but is also helpful in pointing them in the right direction. Reading heavy but few graded assignments.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Definitely overrated. Strict about attendance and participation matters. Does not prepare super well for tests. Most of what we do is textbook activities in class. Not first choice, but not too bad if you have him.