# Erika Marin-Spiotta — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

Erika Marin-Spiotta

### email

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    "comment": "She's super nice! She is very welcoming when attending her office hours. I took my accommodated exams with her a few times and was very open to any questions I had. Super easy to clarify my confusion. ",
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    "comment": "Dr. Marin-Spiotta is a great lecturer. Her lessons go by quick and she's thorough in everything she teaches. The discussions are pretty good too, I had a great TA this semester. However, I struggle to understand the point of the writing assignments we had to do this semester, as they didn't prepare us for the actual material at all.",
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    "comment": "This is one of the \"easier\" science courses to take however thats the biggest lie ever. We had 4 exams including one 2 days after we came back from Spring Break. The professor is boring, nobody attends lecture and are either on their phones. Not to mention the amount of work assigned in discussion, its never that serious its a class about rocks lol",
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    "comment": "Tests were based off lectures (recorded/no attendence) but still omg this class is so bad. So much busy work, weekly writing assignments, worksheets, and quizzes. My TA has not come to half of the discussion sections and literally knows nothing. everyone is in a constant state of confusion and communication is lacking between prof TA and students. ",
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