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Chuck Nicholson

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Quality 1/5Difficulty 2/5
Chuck rambles all semester, repeating the same few points over and over. Lectures are redundant, and grades rely on subjective short answers with no rubric or clear grading standards. The class feels very much like a high school class. Absolutely unproductive and disappointing for a 300 level class. Laptops were not allowed to be used at all.
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Spring 2027AAE 990Research and Thesis

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