# Donald Stone — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Donald Stone

### email

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Don is a really nice guy. He's very accessible out of class and wants to see students do well. The issue is that he is a poor lecturer, but his accessibility outside of class and his being a pretty easy grader make up for it.",
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    "review_date": "2017-01-03 21:25:17 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "He is the worst professor in my life. Avoid him if you can!",
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    "comment": "Don Stone's lectures are completely useless, and arguably will confuse you more on the material. That being said, he tries very hard to engage students and wants people to succeed. He is a very easy grader.",
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    "comment": "Met him a couple of times outside class and he's like the uncle that you could count on if you want to prank somebody else in the family. Weird description but this is why - I get the impression that he's unaware of how clueless students are in his class during lectures. However, he let's you get away with it because he grades fairly well.",
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    "comment": "Don is an absolutely horrid professor. I hope that he never has the opportunity to waste anyone else's time or money ever again. He was never EVER prepared for class. he cancelled every exam due to disorganization and ill preparation.",
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