Reviews of professor Manuel Sanchez-Cabrera

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's nice I guess, but he gives us super difficult in class quizzes and grades very harshly compared to the other 204 profs. He also adds homework assignments in the textbook that aren't in the syllabus, and he's very unorganized and confusing when it comes to expectations. In summary, do yourself a favor and just take a different prof for 204.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Manuel is a very nice professor, however, when there was a grammatical aspect that was difficult to understand, he was never able to explain it and would often tell us the answer but not why. Also, he is unorganized and would never post assignments on time and strayed from the syllabus schedule. On the papers, he did not give clear instructions.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's a really nice and understanding person. I had a lot of issues this semester with illness (both physical and mental) and he worked with me to make sure I was able to complete the work and learn without undue stress or having too much to do at once. That said, I really do not vibe with his teaching style and I didn't learn very much in his class

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Very knowledgable and nice but also disorganized. We often fell behind the syllabus and lectures were all over the place; he took a very long time to grade essays and a lot of feedback was unhelpful. One good that was he allowed English in class, and he was often flexible on deadlines. I would take him again but in a different course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Manuel was very nice and lenient with deadlines, he always worked with you to get your assignments in on time. He was a bit disorganized and most of the time he only picked on 3-4 of us to answer every question. Aside from that, he was always available to help on homework or essays and wasn't a tough grader.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Manuel's SPAN 261 is very challenging and there's a lot of work. He's also not great at communication and can be a bit disorganized. Still, he's very passionate and kind, and he drastically improved my Spanish skills and my confidence in myself. If you're ready to work, he's a great SPAN 261 professor for incoming first-years.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This instructor is pretty all over the place. Nice person, but tended to go on long tangents and did not teach the content well. I honestly liked it when his wife substituted for him, it was the only lesson I learned. Be prepared to teach the content yourself from the textbook.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Manuel seems like a good guy, and he's definitely caring. But he makes the class way harder than it needs to be. Also, besides him, the class in general just sucks. Whoever is the head instructor for 204 makes the exams wayyyy harder than 203 or 105. I loved learning Spanish before and wanted to keep taking it, but this class made me change my mind