# Joshua Armstrong — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

Joshua Armstrong

### email

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#### quality

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    "comment": "Great professor,  very passionate about the subject which was reflected into interesting lectures.  Took French 211 just to fill a credit but it ended up being the best class I have taken.",
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    "comment": "Super chill dude and a great professor. Funny but very knowledgable about the class content. Easy A if you attend class for attendance points, I never did the readings but could still do well on papers. Honestly what made the class was my TA (shoutout Fabian) but there's another who was awful. Usually didn't pay attention and was completely fine",
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