Thomas Van Order

Van Order is the best. This class is very very hard for me, but I genuinely enjoy every day and the class time flies by. Van Order is very passionate and fun and you can tell he really cares about all of his students. Homework can feel very overwhelming, especially the second half of the semester. Weekly tests are hard, but predictable and grading is fair. The class is very fast paced because it is 3 semesters in 1.

Van Order is the best. This class is very very hard for me, but I genuinely enjoy every day and the class time flies by. Van Order is very passionate and fun and you can tell he really cares about all of his students. Homework can feel very overwhelming, especially the second half of the semester. Weekly tests are hard, but predictab …Read more

The best part about this class was no reading. Unfortunately that means a lot of watching movies in italian. Movies were not very enjoyable but supposedly classics. Good amount of writing outside class, but makes sense considering it is a CW.

Professor Van Order is tough but fair. Obviously super nice guy, but the class is accelerated so you definitely want to keep up. I have taken beginner Spanish and beginner Italian at Middlebury and for freshman considering one or the other, choose Italian. Their department is stacked with funny and engaging professors, and Van Order is no different. He tells a lot of jokes in class that are very rewarding when you understand them. (Bc they're in Italian) Highly recommend to freshman in particular.

Professor Van Order is tough but fair. Obviously super nice guy, but the class is accelerated so you definitely want to keep up. I have taken beginner Spanish and beginner Italian at Middlebury and for freshman considering one or the other, choose Italian. Their department is stacked with funny and engaging professors, and Van Order …Read more