Professor
Hector Calderon
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Calder\333n is a very interesting person and professor also! He really puts a lot of effort into his Chicano M145B class and is truly passionate about his lectures. Even though he is softspoken he does a great job of delivering his message! The not so great thing are his exams! We had an in- class midterm and final and that was it, so 50% and 50%. From personal experience I can say that he is one of the hardest graders in the Spanish Department. He expects a very well written essay and doesn't really talk about the test ahead of time. So you kind of just have to be prepared on your own. Also he can be somewhat picky on personal interpretations regarding the texts so be careful on what you write!
Calder\333n is a very interesting person and professor also! He really puts a lot of effort into his Chicano M145B class and is truly passionate about his lectures. Even though he is softspoken he does a great job of delivering his message! The not so great thing are his exams! We had an in- class midterm and final and that was it, so 50% and 50%. From personal experience I can say that he is one of the hardest graders in the Spanish Department. He expects a very well written essay and doesn't really talk about the test ahead of time. So you kind of just have to be prepared on your own. Also he can be somewhat picky on personal interpretations regarding the texts so be careful on what you write!
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I took Calderon in Fall '08 and he's probably the worst professor I've had at UCLA so far. Basically, he's really flaky-he took a good 3 weeks to grade our midterms and it's the 2nd week of Winter quarter now and I have yet to receive my grade for Fall. It's been almost 5 weeks since we took the final. He just didn't bother to turn it in. He told us we could e-mail him questions about our term papers and then he didn't bother to respond to them. Besides the grading fiasco, he just doesn't seem to care too much about teaching. Our lectures almost always ended about an hour early, which of course I don't really mind, but it just shows his lack of enthusiasm and dedication. Also, he has an air of arrogance about him. He constantly name-drops and talks about the prestigious universities he's attended and taught at and is pretty rude and condescending to his students. Obviously, I didn't have a great experience in his class and I definitely would not recommend him.
I took Calderon in Fall '08 and he's probably the worst professor I've had at UCLA so far. Basically, he's really flaky-he took a good 3 weeks to grade our midterms and it's the 2nd week of Winter quarter now and I have yet to receive my grade for Fall. It's been almost 5 weeks since we took the final. He just didn't bother to turn it in. He told us we could e-mail him questions about our term papers and then he didn't bother to respond to them. Besides the grading fiasco, he just doesn't seem to care too much about teaching. Our lectures almost always ended about an hour early, which of course I don't really mind, but it just shows his lack of enthusiasm and dedication. Also, he has an air of arrogance about him. He constantly name-drops and talks about the prestigious universities he's attended and taught at and is pretty rude and condescending to his students. Obviously, I didn't have a great experience in his class and I definitely would not recommend him.
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