One of the nicest people you will ever meet. I will never forget him.

He is soooooo good, i wish he could have taught Latin 020

Completely reminds me of Ross Geller

Difficult course, was easy years ago but it's much tougher now. Unless you love reading books and know the English language inside out, DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS!!

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Sweet, earnest, intelligent, and sexy as Hell.

Very excited about the material, even helped with classes he wasn't teaching us. Overall nice guy.

a lot of hair, a lot of knowledge, makes a mean spinach dip, once played "larry" in a production of "homefree." the best teacher of our time...a force of nature....the KING....a sort of GOD, really.

SO APPROACHABLE! and he really tries to make you understand...he appreciates active participation and inquistiveness. Very, very knowledgeable.

He is just so adorable and bright and funny. He and his wife are the best profs I have seen at Western.

excellent prof. Looks like Archie Bunker!

quirky, but in a good way. hates ppl talking while hes teaching! gets very involved in questions, enthusiastic...loves the material. can't really complain about him. odd dresser tho.

my fav uni prof yet...damn hilarious (says things you wouldnt expect a teacher to :|) ...REALLY nice and willin to help...makes himself available to help outside of class...can be a bit strange but that makes him all the more luvable :P...if hes ur latin prof your in for a fun year/semester :D

Great Prof, his lectures are fantastic, uses technology effectively (ex. powerpoint). Unfortunately, he chose a poor text book, the readings were painful. But nevertheless, still a great prof

amazing, hilarious, helpful, smart, one of the best profs at western by far. really cares about his students.

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A great prof: By far the funniest prof I've ever had, makes the class engaging and interesting, writes fair exams.

A nice and quirky man and a great prof. Very knowledgeable and passionate about Latin and Classics. He's very funny and a fair evaluator on assignments/tests.

Great at clearly answering questions but doesn't have enough class time to completely cover all the material. Very funny though and makes you want to do well.

ALOT of memorization required! If you're taking it as a bird.. DON'T!! It is very interesting nonetheless and is helpful with biology terms with Greek roots.

Very funny and interesting. Class always flowed nicely and he spiced up the boring stuff with hilarious metaphores.

My best professor yet! Made class interesting and always gave examples to help us understand and remember better.

He's really nice and tries to make his class fun. You can tell that he's really passionate about, you know, ancient stuff... Exams will be a total breeze for you if you attend regularly and take detailed notes. Oh, and, you have to be good at memorizing as well.

Lamari is cleary passionate about what he teaches, which he communicates very well to his class. I think I laughed the most in his class than in any other that year. Make sure to actually do the readings, and take detailed notes as you go.

I had his first year classics 047 class. He is one of the best teachers i'v ever had. He's funny and makes class intresting. he's y I got into classics in my 2nd year. "you ever been at a party and smoked so much pot you sit in one corner with ur friends and that place becomes a world of its own? well thats what sometimes happens at a greek party"

Ok, it's worth it to go to his lectures JUST BECAUSE HE IS SO FUNNY! He makes the funniest comments, and yet he relates everything back to the lesson he's teaching! I took his intro Classics course last year as my bird course, but believe me, it was THE BEST choice! It actually turned out to be my fav class!

Great Prof! Makes the class funny and interesting- he will help you after class if you have any questions. Classics 1000 is a great course and I recommend it for any major!

Incredible Prof. I can honestly say I never touched the boring textbook for classics, but his inspiring lectures got me through and gave me the greatest class experience of 1st year. HIGHLY Recommend!

Lively, fun, intelligent man!

Awesome prof- he really put an effort in to make the class good by making minor changes throughout to improve it. Very friendly and helpful as well as entertaining.

Amazing prof! Made me want to continue classics! Best first year class there is!

It's really hard not to love this professor. As a professor, he gets off track and doesn't always explain things clearly, and the textbook readings are brutal, BUT, he is STILL my favourite prof this year just because he makes me WANT to go to class every time!

He is knowledgable and smart. Very clear and very funny and a very swift mind. Assuming the Chinese chick came to 1 class and sat at the back is his gf, this guy has taste and I am jealous cos she is hot. The only complain: the quiz, we have too many. Make sure you read the text and you should do alright.

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Makes you glad you went to class - a very funny guy.

Amazing professor, every lecture makes you look forward to the next, I wish all my other professors had such a passion for their area of study, and made YOU feel passionate about it.

One of the best teacher's at UWO, hand's down. Nobody talks in his class because we are all so into it. He'll make you love the class and want to do really well.

Fantastic professor. He is so excited about what he teaches, and while some lessons are a bit dull, he gets that and tries his best to keep you focused. Everyone gave him a standing ovation at the end of the year, and he deserved it.

Excellent professor who engages his audience. He is so funny, and his tests are extremely fair. If you are in science and used to writing thousands of multiple choice exams you will do extremely well in his sport in antiquity course. His textbook questions are fair, and they are chosen from memorable passages in the assigned readings.

Amazing prof. He manages to engage students even in a 250 person class. He tries to make students think and get them involved. He's always suggesting extra readings for students who are interested. Unfortunately he has a class immediately after so he's not available to talk after class.

Amazing prof. He manages to engage students even in a 250 person class. He tries to make students think and get them involved. He's always suggesting extra readings for students who are interested. Unfortunately he has a class immediately after so he's not available to talk after class.

Highly enthusiastic about material, very engaging and fun. Grades are absolute and entirely theory-based. Tests aren't HARD, but his grading of them is. Esp. if you're taking Latin or Etymology. Not a class for great marks, but a class to have fun in and to learn.

Great lecturer; witty, funny, keeps the class engaged, draws intelligent conclusions from the source material, writes very fair exams that draw both from lecture and reading material. He even said in class he won't ask a question on an exam he thinks 70% of the class won't get right (what other prof would say that? hmm?) Highly recommend CS2300.

hes easy and nice

My favourite prof this year. He was very interesting and I would always be shocked that the hour had gone by. Somehow makes every feel involved even in a 250 class, some class discussions would have 50 raised hands. He had another class right after so unfortunately couldn't talk to him after class, but I am sure he would have stayed if he could.

For some reason, this 40/50 something nerd of a professor is very, very attractive! Probably because he teaches so well and really loves what he does! I'd recommend his course to anyone, even if Classics isn't your thing!

Awesome Prof! Do the readings, go to class, participate and you'll get an A no problem. I hate classics and I got an A without even trying.

loves his job. do all the readings, heavily linked to lecture. exams are fair if you've gone to class and read. great prof

HE WAS AMMMMMMMMMMMMMMAZING! I just found out I have another class by him this year and I legit squealed. Best prof, took him in first year and he made me love classical studies (now I'm doing a minor in it) yay lamari!

Lamari is amazing! Absolutely love this professor. He is hilarious and down to earth, gives great explanations to help students understand! Exams can be tricky, but study and read. He is very approachable, eager to help students and super easy going to chat with. Definitely take ANY classics course he teaches.

Omg this guy. Actually laughed out loud at least once a lecture. He is so funny and really puts effort into his lectures. Wish I was able to take another classics course just so I could have him as a professor again.

I was really interested in the course content for Classics before class began, and can say afterwards I am even more interested in the subject matter.

Great prof - makes boring concepts interesting. However, tests heavily on the textbook which is unclear, boring and poorly written.

Interesting course, passionate prof, do the readings, take notes in class and just memorize.

Great professor. He cares about students and also takes in consideration that some are not majoring in his subject.

Held good lectures, but expected a lot of reading from the textbook. The midterms were difficult as they asked a lot of questions from the text. In order to do well you must study the textbooks!

Professor David Lamari is absolutely awesome! He has a wonderful way of engaging his students in his lectures that makes you want to learn more! If you can't learn from Professor Lamari, you can't learn at all! Remarkable teaching style! Kudos to you Prof. Lamari! I am so fortunate to have you teach me classical studies :).

Professor David Lamari is absolutely awesome! He has a wonderful way of engaging his students in his lectures that makes you want to learn more! If you can't learn from Professor Lamari, you can't learn at all! Remarkable teaching style! Kudos to you Prof. Lamari! I am so fortunate to have you for my professor! :).

Professor David Lamari is an absolutely awesome instructor. He has a wonderful way of engaging his students in his lectures. You hunger for more. Professor Lamari has a remarkable teaching style, and if you are fortunate enough to have him as your prof, you will have an enjoyable class and a great year.

Classics with Professor Lamari is my favourite course! The exams were straight forward and in no way does he try and trick you. Yes there's a lot of textbook questions but he told you that before hand. If you don't find the work fair you probably should have studied more. Really clear and engaging class!

It was a great course.

The amount of work won't correlate with your mark. Tip: Don't waste your time and study the main points and events that actually make up the history. Just take careful note on all the little tiny irrelevant things he mentions in passing during lectures. You'll be good to go for exams!

i had lamari for classics and it was by far my favorite lecture and that's saying something because it was from 7-10pm. I would stronly reccomened attending lecture if you don't you better have a damn good friend that will give you all the notes, it's 70% lecture based

Best prof I've ever had

Good sense of humour, interesting use of anecdotes to elaborate on concepts and events, clear passion for the material.

Great prof! You can tell he is very passionate about what he teaches and seems to thoroughly enjoy talking about it. Hilarious at times too! Definitely go to the lectures, as 70% of test questions are about points talked in class and he doesn't post any notes online. I would love to have him as a prof again!

Lamari is so passionate about his subject, and it is awesome! I loved him! Everything made sense! Make sure to do the readings, 1/4 of the questions on exams are taken strictly from there, 1/2 from just lectures, and 1/4 from both. It's mostly memorization. Take good notes and look for main ideas, especially in text book, and you should be good!

I would highly recommend Lamari. He is very passionate about his class (I took CS 1000) and it shows. He tells jokes, anecdotes and makes the class come alive. Despite the fact it is a large class (probably 300 students) you feel comfortable participating and asking questions. He is a fair marker, put in the work and you'll do well. Got an 85%.

You absolutely must do the textbook readings. Half of test questions are directly from the textbook.

Lots of reading. He seems to change the reading schedules and lectures alot which made his lectures hard to follow without the background, at times. He's an interesting professor. He tries to relate terms/events to modern day. He makes his lectures pretty funny. All exams are multiple choice. Do the readings before hand and you'll be fine.

By far the best prof I have had. He is hilarious and makes lectures super interesting! If you do the homework and readings and go to lectures there is no reason you won't get a 90 at least! Before exams he offers a question period so you can ask as many questions you want! Recommend 100%

Attended every single lecture- definitely a must to pass, but looked forward to it. Absolutely fascinating and hilarious, wish I could take it over again.

Lots of reading, but he clearly tries his best to help you succeed. He is very fun and animated during classes. He goes through the exams and makes sure he improves on it every time. Funny and great!

It's the class you get excited to go to

The course overall was great if you can just keep ontop of your course and so if you can just memorize the homework assigned and make flash cards you should be able to do well in the course. Lectures are 3 hours that usually don't reach 3 hours and are once a week so it's very chill

Very engaging! Looked forward to lecture.

Lamari was hilarious and really knew what he was teaching it inspired countless students. Actually inspired me to continue on in Classics

I Always loved classics and this prof made it that much better, he made me want to go to class and I never missed one all year. Pay attention in class and do a bit of reading, it's extremely fair difficulty and easily achievable. Take any of his classes.

Makes classics very fun to learn, makes classes very interesting but you need to read a lot

Is nice to take if your schedule is very essay-course heavy but you HAVE to do the readings and attend every class. He makes it interesting and it very funny though.

i wasnt interested in classics before i took his course, he is enthusiastic and passionate about what hes teaching that it makes the student feel the same way, he is a god

Thought this class would be SUPER boring, and it wasn't exactly thrilling but Lamari made it as interesting as possible. Wish I had put more effort into memorizing the vocab, as that's the main thing it takes to do well on the tests. I wouldn't skip class with this one, he posts his lecture slides but they're not very explanatory. Good prof.

when i started the course i was doing the readings but by the second half i stopped (and i got better grades)... i would recommend just going to class and paying super close attention and definitely record the lectures if u can. Overall, i think hes a really good lecturer- the content can seem dry but he makes it interesting

Don't listen to the recent reviews about Lamari and 2300 - a lot of people expected this course to be an absolute bird, put 0 effort and expected a 90. I never thought I would be interested in Classics, but Lamari makes every lecture very engaging and relatable (his references are great). Record every lecture and take good notes - no need to read

Really solid, entertaining lectures. Seems like a prof that actually cares, he goes to the effort to learn student names and make himself readily available outside of class. Solid course for broadening your general education.

Good at explaining stuff, but the course itself is pretty boring. There's no need to read the textbook, just record the lectures instead. One thing though: he likes to make test questions on the smallest details, so study early !

Guy's a superstar, gives over 100% on the classics exams, totally awesome & really weird-funny

As long as you memorize the vocab this class is an easy A

You can tell that hes really passionate about what he teaches and explains things clearly to make sure everyone understands.

funniest prof. pretty interesting content. he acknowledges that everyone is new to the vocab, content etc. and makes a point to explain everything clearly. discusses quizzes immediately after and will accept multiple answers if class was confused about a question. lots of reading but as long as you do it it's an easy enough course.

Very engaging lecturer and delivers the content in an interesting manner. I'm quite surprised at how much I enjoyed the course in retrospect and I think it can be largely attributed to him.

Funny lectures, decent amount of reading, but as long as you memorize the facts the exams are pretty easy.

Lamari is a fantastic lecturer. His lectures are worth going to just for entertainment. If you go to the lectures you don't need to read all the textbook because he'll tell you the specific parts you need to read. Take lecture notes and study for the midterms and this will be the easiest class of your life. If you don't study you're screwed though.

Very sharp witted and eloquent

Although the full year course is not done, he is honestly so amazing. 3 hr lectures do not feel long as he is quite funny and the content is interesting. Sit at the front, take good notes, read the textbook, and everything will be fine. Good bird course.

Amazing lecturer, as long as you go to the lectures and take notes you will get an 80+!

Prof. Lamari is an amazing professor, I had him for CS1000 for the 2023/2024 school year and it was amazing. I'd recommend at least skimming the textbooks, but I was able to easily get an 80 just by going to lectures.

Fantastic professor. Not only was he hilarious and kept me invested in his lectures at 7 at night, he also explained his topics extremely well. The people posting badly about him clearly didn't attend the lectures or keep up with any of the assigned readings. He is an amazing person and professor who deserves a MUCH higher rating.

Such a passionate and funny prof. So engaging even at 7-10pm. Clearly loves his job and genuinely cares about his students. Whole grade is made up by 4 exams, very textbook heavy. Definitely go to lectures for notes, skim textbook after. Overall great class, great prof, easy A by just memorizing key facts.

lamari's lectures were probably the only ones i consistently attended last year. listening to him is like listening to a david attenborough documentary on greek/roman history (in a good way). he's also a very lenient grader, and often curves textbook exam questions. overall very reasonable and amazing prof

So passionate and funny, he clearly knows what he is talking about, he has so much knowledge.

Prof. Lamari has made me extremely interested in Classicsl studies due to his very entertaining lectures imo. Exam questions are fair, take good notes as practically any observation he makes in lectures is testable. Beware that he directly references the textbooks in exam questions so you can't just not do the readings and expect to ace the tests.