Diego Gomez

SP1 · SPANISH101 · GER2 · SPAN1 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 2.0/5
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Difficulty: 3.6

The decision

Avoid unless you already know Spanish well and have no better language professor option.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear ExpectationsPrior Spanish RequiredHigh Dropout RiskDisorganized Lectures

, and high course attrition.
Class is much easier with prior high-school Spanish and much harder without it.
Tests and quizzes are frequent and often feel unfair or disconnected from instruction.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and many students say prior Spanish is required for a good grade.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is treated like review for natives or prior speakers and confuses new learners.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Reviews mention mandatory participation and class.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Most reviews urge students to take another professor due to poor teaching and high dropout.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report and little care about grades.

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

42/100

, and an oral presentation without being described as endless busywork.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

, and unhelpful teaching methods.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Students repeatedly cite tests, quizzes, finals, and oral work as grade drivers.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Predominantly negative in-person language instruction with confusion, high dropout, and dependence on prior Spanish knowledge.

Main concern

and hard assessments punish true beginners.

What students said

“the problem is we don't understand what Mr. Gomez wants from us we studied from quizlet as he said.”
GER2

“very unclear and that account for at least 5% of your grade, and at the end of the class only 17/40 were left.”
SPANISH101

“ ! Prof. Gomez is absolutely horrible!”
SPAN1

“The only way I am maintaining a B is because of my prior knowledge of high school Spanish.”
SPAN1

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and quizzes that often use material students say was never taught clearly.

Hard TestsQuizzesOral PresentationChapter Tests

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and an oral presentation, with little evidence of student-friendly open-book policy.

Hard TestsQuizzes1 FinalOral Presentation

“2 Tests, 1 Final, some quizzes, some HW, 1 Oral Presentation.”
SPAN1

“ and contains words youve never heard before.”
SPAN1

“ , but didn't teach by the chaps.”
SPAN1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ ! Prof. Gomez is absolutely horrible!”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 reviews, highlighting unclear teaching and prior-knowledge bias. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“he uses a word document the entire class and just writes random words on it.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

18/100

“ !!”

📉 Beginner Unfriendly

25/100

“dropped this class because the teacher favors native spkers or those who already knew spanish.”

📝 Assessment Pressure

32/100

“ and contains words youve never heard before.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

and unorganized
uses a word document the entire class and just writes random words on it
his teaching methods are just horrible

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

must have prior knowledge of Spanish to get a good grade
and contains words youve never heard before
only way I am maintaining a B is because of my prior knowledge

Theme 3

🚪 About Class Retention

we were 30 students and only 6 stayed
at the end of the class only 17/40 were left
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Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve in-person reviews spanning 2008-2016 are consistently negative on clarity and beginner fit, giving strong confidence despite age.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

4 out of 50

3 out of 52

2 out of 55

1 out of 54

Course coverage

SPAN19 reviews

GER21 review

SP11 review

SPANISH1011 review

Reported outcomes

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