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JEAN BAHR

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Raw average: 3.18/5 from 11 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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GEO106 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
I wish she was a more engaging lecturer. Every lecture and example she gave in class was taken directly from the textbook, making going to class useless, except that attendance counts for 10% of your grade. She seems like an interesting person, but she's not an interesting lecturer.
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GEOL627 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Jean is a very intelligent professor. This can often scare students because it seems like she is talking at a really high level. Go to her office hours or talk to her after class, she is great at explaining and will respect you for it. She wants everyone to do well.
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GEOL106 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
ridiculously easy class in general although it requires those stupid 'clickers' to monitor attendance by requiring you to electronically answer questions in class
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GEO106 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Ridiculous. Nothing in the lectures pertain to test material. My TA, as a graduate student said he wouldn't want to take our tests. Discussion is easy but doesn't pertain to anything you do in lecture. This class destroyed my GPA.
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GEO108 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Bahr's spastic lectures were really hard for me to sit through. This class is mostly about your memorization abilities. If you remember a single crystal structure shown on one slide out of hundredsm you'll do fine on the midterms. Not reccomended unless you absolutely love geology.
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GEO106 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Environmental Geology was not a particularly fun class for me. Bahr's lectures were fairly clear, but during midterms I questioned whether I was in the right room. The tests do not correlate well with the important concepts (or even details) of the class, making it a challenge. Bahr is obviously enthused about geology, but it didn't spread.
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