Reviews of professor Diana Torres Silva

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Torres is very nice and well-meaning, but she is a ridiculously difficult grader and expects thorough preparation for every single class. Be prepared to study and do the supplemental material she requires.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Nice lady, kind of a harsh grader but not terrible. She's new to teaching here so she was not the best at explaining things but she was better than my last spanish teacher.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Pr. Torres is terrible. She has high expectations, clearly has class favorites, and does not grade by the rubric at all. She cold calls and talks in circles, unwilling to explain concepts, and acts as if the class should be fluent rather than simply taking to fulfill gen ed. Her biggest thing is participation and grades in an unreasonable manner.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I love her. She cares so much about her students and genuinely wants you to succeed. She is also super funny and gets so excited when students are getting answers right. Like will jump up and down. She's adorable. There are lots of homework assignments, but all are easy and due once a week. She loves participation, even if you get it wrong!! 11/10

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The reading really isn't a lot, just make sure you've done practice problems ahead of time to be prepared. She's fair, but she'll catch you if you've been lazy and didn't study. She was pretty understanding since the class is only intermediate Spanish. Participation is really important; it's better to give a wrong answer than no answer at all.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Good teacher, but explanations are not always clear. The class was very work-intensive but she was very supportive and answered all my questions. Definitely a tough grader, but has very interesting lectures. She is really enthusiastic about teaching and presents the content well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Torres is a good professor. Span203 is mostly a review/solidifying topics covered in earlier spanish classes so class is entirely practicing concepts read the night before. She was very clear of expectations and enjoyed talking to us and helping anyone who was struggling. Highly reccomend

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Omg dont take her! Shes nice but its like youre expected to know Spanish before even taking this class and there are so many exams its scary. Constantly feel like set up to fail

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Shes horrible. Had her last semester and she completely didnt care about her students. Her tests are hard and really heavy and attendance is ridiculous. She gave one student an assignment without directions even though she was sick???