SPAN 1060

Loved this class! Professor Street is one of those professors that actually cares about your learning and will make sure that you do. It is definitely challenging, but the class consists of nightly homework, projects, and ~3 exams. Expect cold calling. Overall, a great class that I really enjoyed, learned Spanish, and got to know my classmates in. Wouldn't want to take this class with any other professor.

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This class was extremely difficult, and I dreaded going to each class; however, I survived, and you definitely will too if I can do it, trust me! Professor Street could be kind and helpful during office hours, but how he sometimes behaved in the classroom is a different story. While he wasn’t rude every day, there were enough instances where his tone was condescending, impatient, and discouraging that it negatively affected the learning environment for both myself and many others. He knew many of us had not taken Spanish in years, yet sometimes expected everyone to grasp new material very quickly simply because we were “UVA students,” even though the course covered both SPAN 1 and 2 in a single semester. The workload was especially heavy and overwhelming at the beginning of the semester, though it did ease somewhat as the semester progressed. He also made comments such as “You’re a UVA student, use your brain,” expressed that he was “shocked” by how slowly students were working, and called students out in front of the class for moving too slowly. He made remarks like telling a student they should already know how to pronounce a word because it was “easy,” told a group they should have gotten an answer right because they “get good grades,” and even told a struggling student to “stop pausing and looking at him for reassurance after every syllable.” These instances completely contradicted his claim at the beginning of the semester that the class was meant to be a safe and inclusive environment where “mistakes were encouraged and welcomed,” which explains why many students were hesitant to participate as the semester progressed. Overall, this was a hard course, and I would strongly advise testing out of it if possible. If you cannot, you will make it through the course, but do not let his comments or attitude discourage you. You’ve got this, and best of luck!