Virginia Braxs

I was a solid Spanish speaker before I came to her class but began to struggle with grammar. I would attend her office hours for extra help, and instead of actually helping me learn the Spanish language, she went on and on about how she couldn\'t give me detailed feedback because of the "integrity of the assignment" everyone else cheated on. AVOID!!

3/22/2023

Gets on your nerves very quickly. She nitpicks every sentence you say for grammatical errors but almost in a judging kind of way. She takes forever to grade and her discussion questions are always weirdly worded. Again really easy, but her nitpicking makes me never want to take another class from her.

3/2/2023

The class is really easy and you just have to show up basically. The syllabus is clear about what you have to do. Sometime she kind of goes off of the syllabus but its not that big of a deal. The only problem was that she graded everything like 2 weeks after the semester was done which was a bit annoying but oh well.

1/11/2022

I loved Braxs. She grades very fairly, she's organized, she's super engaging and she's got a great sense of humor. She also makes her expectations/what you need to know on exams very clear. Just make sure you participate!

12/31/2019

Absolutely great Spanish professor -- extremely kind, always available during office hours, and good and explaining information. The class is definitely more difficult than I thought it would be and is fast paced, but if you study you can do well. Does take a bit to get back tests/compositions and such, but not ridiculously long.

4/5/2019

She was my first Spanish professor at WashU and she set the bar really high. The class wasn't incredible difficult but it also wasn't a joke. She made the class enjoyable and helped to increase understanding. Only downside is that she takes awhile to grade essays/test/etc...

12/7/2017

Ok, so she's a very easy teacher. Her grading is lenient, and she never checks for homework. BUT, she absolutely sucks at teachingdoesn't teach. Also, she sometimes will blatantly treat a student badly if she doesn't like them (speaking from personal experience). So, easy teacher, but can be moody.

4/18/2015