# JAMES LAWLER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

JAMES LAWLER

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    "comment": "Worst professor Ive ever had in all of college, high school, middle school, even my elementary school teachers were better at teaching. If you attend the lectures I promise you will leave more confused and have less iq. But attendance is mandatory so youre screwed. In the first lecture he went over Lab 1, and then proceeded to assign lab 7 for hw",
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    "comment": "If you have Lawler for 307, prepare yourself to be confused for the semester. His lecture notes are basically just essays and are unhelpful. He gives his lectures before the lab session, which doesn't help because nobody know what he is talking about. The lab instructions are incredibly vague and unhelpful. Hope for a helpful TA to explain the lab!",
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    "comment": "Professor Lawler's lectures may perhaps be less than exciting for some students, but he genuinely tries to pick subject material that he believes to be interesting. He is very nice and cares about the lectures he presents.",
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    "comment": "Professor Lawler is one of my favorite professors I have taken a class with so far.  His lectures are very interesting.  He relates the lab work to research in the past or what he is currently doing.   The actual labs are easy and TA's are usually helpful.  Do not save labs for end of semester because there is little time to catch up.",
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    "comment": "He's easily the worst physics teacher I've ever had. It's obvious the entire class has no idea what's he saying when he's talking, and half the time he doesn't even address the class, he just mumbles to himself and writes on the board. DO NOT take a class with him unless you're desperate and willing to do a lot of work.",
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