I agree...I need to go talk to him. He is also my adviser in the department...I have one class left to go before I get my Spanish degree and I haven't even declared the major yet because I don't want to bother with him. He told us that we wrote the notes for memorization, but he hadn't even explained the material yet, so we were just memorizing 'words'. And class ended before he got the opportunity to explain it. It would have made sense if he had done it in opposite order. 40% of our grade is 'participation' also, which is impossible to gauge other than the impression that we make with him inside and outside of class. So...I will have to bite my tongue and go talk to him. I know the type of person that you're talking about...I just don't know if he is that person. I should get an idea soon enough anyway. Too bad he doesn't speak English.........blah.