Reviews of professor Nathan Smolin

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
I highly recommend taking this course with Professor Smolin! He teaches the grammar and vocabulary of the course's text very well with his strong grasp of Roman history and Latin. He is understanding of students' personal problems and gives weekly quizzes that are graded very lightly. Far from condescending and very approachable.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Nathan is great at teaching Latin and very personable. Participation is mandatory & he will randomly call on you, but he does not expect you to be right. There are quizzes every week and hw is occasionally collected. You can get by without doing the readings and only studying right before tests and quizzes if you have any latin background.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
caring is an understatement, he is quite funny in an endearing way, very knowledgeable and genuinely loves latin, calls on you in class but does not expect you to know everything, clear grading criteria, he always gave me a higher grade than what I thought I would get, understanding and great at teaching

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This is for 102. Professor Smolin is brilliant, and I enjoyed his class immensely. He gives good feedback and grades fairly. He makes class interesting by giving us frequent history lessons as well. Be sure to memorize the vocabulary.