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Bottom Line: smart guy, good professor.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1670622","quality_rating":4,"difficulty_rating":3},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:56:53.810311+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI4OTA2MzQ1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1670622","instructor_name":"Alexander Tahk","course_label":"PS417","course_id":null,"course_uid":null,"review_date":"2017-11-15 15:14:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Tahk was the worst professor I've ever had. It is simply very hard to follow what he is saying because he speaks incredibly slowly and non-cohesively. Nice guy, but if you want to take an informative judicial class that is engaging, this is not the class that you want to take.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1670622","quality_rating":1,"difficulty_rating":3}],"total":7,"page":1,"courses":[],"matched":true},"socialImage":false}}