# Erin Brooks — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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    "comment": "I had her for music 101 in Fall 2014. She is a good teacher. This class was really easy, studied for about 3 hours for each midterm and final and did really well. Also, I am very confused as to why she is not rated on the hotness scale, she is very attractive for a professor. ",
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