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Chila Hidalgo SPAN302 Anonymous 05/20/2014	She was okay for the most part. But when I emailed her after she claimed that I had only turned in 1 homework after being absent, I told her that even though I had threw away some of the previous homework (because the semester was over) I had some of the last one she had graded in red pen. She refused to even look at it, stating that she was very organized and had noted everything I had turned it. She also doesn't post stuff on ELMS so I had to email her to get information about why I got the final grade I did. I would make sure to keep everything from her until the final grades are posted.
Chila Hidalgo SPAN302 Anonymous 05/04/2014	I don't know why no one has reviewed Chila yet. She was by far one of the best professors I've ever had at UMD. As a somewhat shaky Spanish minor, she was always very accommodating to all of her students and constantly placed an emphasis on respecting her students and their diverse ideas. You can tell she genuinely cares about all of her students. As far as grading goes, she is a very fair professor. This class was pretty easy as long as you did the assignments and participated occasionally in class. You shouldn't have trouble getting an A-/B+ in this class. If you're looking to take any Spanish classes at UMD, DEFINITELY take them with Chila!
Ana Acedo Garcia SPAN302 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/15/2012	She's pretty nice. She tries to make class interesting although the subject matter is really boring. She calls on people entirely at random. Expect to participate every class. My one major complaint is the hw. She added homework to the class that was not written on the syllabus literally every single class until the last two weeks of the semester. Sometimes it was multiple assignments. It could be hard to keep track of, and it made the syllabus almost pointless. She should just write it down at the beginning of the semester. It was a reasonable amount of homework, but it was hard to remember what was actually due.
Ana Acedo Garcia SPAN302 Expecting an A terp13 05/20/2011	Ana was great! She does pick favorites and there's no raising your hand in this class -- she calls on people. But she does try to make things interesting with movies, songs, pop culture, etc. Three papers, a few quizzes, a midterm, and a final.
Ana Acedo Garcia SPAN302 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/16/2009	I had Ana for 301 and 302 and she was entertaining and very fair for both courses. She's really nice and approachable and has realistic expectations for the class. She makes otherwise boring grammar and composition somewhat fun with songs, games, and group activities. I'd definitely recommend taking her class!
Ana Acedo Garcia SPAN302 Expecting an A rbterp 03/08/2009	Overall, Spanish 302 is a kind of boring course, but Ana was a pretty good teacher. She's from Spain, so she's a little gruff, but she's organized and grades pretty fairly. My favorite part of the course was preparing for the final b/c groups design different review games for the class.

Chila Hidalgo
SPAN302

Anonymous
05/20/2014

She was okay for the most part. But when I emailed her after she claimed that I had only turned in 1 homework after being absent, I told her that even though I had threw away some of the previous homework (because the semester was over) I had some of the last one she had graded in red pen. She refused to even look at it, stating that she was very organized and had noted everything I had turned it. She also doesn't post stuff on ELMS so I had to email her to get information about why I got the final grade I did. I would make sure to keep everything from her until the final grades are posted.

Chila Hidalgo
SPAN302

Anonymous
05/04/2014

I don't know why no one has reviewed Chila yet. She was by far one of the best professors I've ever had at UMD. As a somewhat shaky Spanish minor, she was always very accommodating to all of her students and constantly placed an emphasis on respecting her students and their diverse ideas. You can tell she genuinely cares about all of her students. As far as grading goes, she is a very fair professor. This class was pretty easy as long as you did the assignments and participated occasionally in class. You shouldn't have trouble getting an A-/B+ in this class. If you're looking to take any Spanish classes at UMD, DEFINITELY take them with Chila!

Ana Acedo Garcia
SPAN302

Expecting an A-
Anonymous
05/15/2012

She's pretty nice. She tries to make class interesting although the subject matter is really boring. She calls on people entirely at random. Expect to participate every class. My one major complaint is the hw. She added homework to the class that was not written on the syllabus literally every single class until the last two weeks of the semester. Sometimes it was multiple assignments. It could be hard to keep track of, and it made the syllabus almost pointless. She should just write it down at the beginning of the semester. It was a reasonable amount of homework, but it was hard to remember what was actually due.

Ana Acedo Garcia
SPAN302

Expecting an A
terp13
05/20/2011

Ana was great! She does pick favorites and there's no raising your hand in this class -- she calls on people. But she does try to make things interesting with movies, songs, pop culture, etc. Three papers, a few quizzes, a midterm, and a final.

Ana Acedo Garcia
SPAN302

Expecting an A
Anonymous
05/16/2009

I had Ana for 301 and 302 and she was entertaining and very fair for both courses. She's really nice and approachable and has realistic expectations for the class. She makes otherwise boring grammar and composition somewhat fun with songs, games, and group activities. I'd definitely recommend taking her class!

Ana Acedo Garcia
SPAN302

Expecting an A
rbterp
03/08/2009

Overall, Spanish 302 is a kind of boring course, but Ana was a pretty good teacher. She's from Spain, so she's a little gruff, but she's organized and grades pretty fairly. My favorite part of the course was preparing for the final b/c groups design different review games for the class.

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