# Finn Shepherd — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### observed at

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### built at

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### current instructors

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### term

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### departments

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| NTP       | 11    |
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| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
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| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
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| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
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| PLPATH    | 35    |
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| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 83    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### identity status

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### name

Finn Shepherd

### email

FSHEPHERD2\@WISC.EDU

### first observed at

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### last observed at

2025-11-16 05:32:31.273726+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

15

#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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### courses

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### instructor url

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "Finn was my teacher for Dutch 2. He was an expert in German, but not Dutch. He often had to look up answers to questions, or told us what the German answer would be, which was confusing. He was friendly with students, but also made multiple passive aggressive comments. At the last class he pulled up this site and waited for us to leave reviews.",
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    "comment": "Finn is a great TA and his teaching style focuses on the students and their needs. He is relaxed with grading and focuses more on the learning rather than perfection, which was great for me as sometimes language classes can be intimidating. Overall he made me very comfortable to learn German!",
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    "comment": "Very nice and accommodating as long as you communicate. funny and chill too",
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### courses

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