Reviews of professor Americo Motta

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is a funny; charismatic man and would be the life of the party at a family barbeque or public event. However,  his instruction was inconstant and repetitive, often forgetting what was taught the class before and not listen when the class tried to correct.  Assignments were not explained thoroughly and tests were incomplete.  Disappointing

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's caring... when he actually shows up to class. Canceled multiple classes in the first half- then at midterms handed his class over to another professor and left. If you essentially want to learn 100% on your own, this class is for you. Don't count on retaining anything from this professor.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof. Motta is a very pleasant, funny man. That said, he canceled class SIX times (sometimes minutes before it was to begin), he had us grade our own tests because he "couldn't find time" to grade them over a two week period, he assigned massive amounts of homework some days and had none for others... I could say more, but I have a character limit

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Very unorganized, would tell us we had an exam a certain day and then would forget about it. Attendance is 60% of the grade and homework is about 15% (done in class), so as long as you show up you can get an easy C in his class. He was disappointing, I thought I'd have learned a bit more after one semester of Portuguese.