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Participation gets you out of your comfort zone, which is perfect to becoming comfortable and better with speaking Spanish","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1044555","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:21:18.241556+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MzkwMTk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1044555","instructor_name":"Marcelo Pellegrini","course_label":"SPAN326","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2022-05-22 16:53:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class and his other classes are like the same thing repeated over and over again. Exact format copied. Downgraded for missing a single class or not talking every single class. Exams are hit or miss, sometimes easy sometimes hard depending what he feels like asking on the essay questions and grading on those is subjective. Wouldnt take another","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1044555","quality_rating":3,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:21:18.241556+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MzgwNDE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1044555","instructor_name":"Marcelo Pellegrini","course_label":"SPAN326","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2022-05-20 05:02:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Possibly my favorite professor in the Spanish department! I don't even like literature but he made discussions so fun I looked forward to each class. He's very generous in his exam/paper grading as well. For a full participation grade, you have to speak up once or more in each class, which I found a bit unusual but I appreciate the objectivity.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1044555","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":2},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:21:18.241556+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1ODAzMDgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1044555","instructor_name":"Marcelo Pellegrini","course_label":"SPAN363","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2022-01-27 07:58:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"One of my fav professors, lecture based and graded on exams and papers. Exams are easy if you take notes, I didn't do some of the readings and still got A's on the exams. He is very helpful and is always willing to talk after class, he even gave me an extension once when I was struggling to get my essay in. V cool dude who really loves literature","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1044555","quality_rating":5,"difficulty_rating":2}],"total":29,"page":1,"courses":[{"course_uid":"course_c1a43eafd755977069626300","course_id":"SPANISH 326"},{"course_uid":"course_da75f2f0a1881d00745c4332","course_id":"SPANISH 460"}],"matched":true},"socialImage":true}}