# Keith Woodward — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

Keith Woodward

### email

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    "comment": "Comm B Class and the papers aren't hard, they are scaffolded but the grading was horrible. The TAs do a lot of the grunt work and the grading. but I don't think I can tell you one thing I really learned from this class, lectures were simply long tangents and slides weren't good for taking notes and he would only do top hat for halt the lectures. ",
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    "comment": "Lectures are boring and hard to follow. He talks and talks but rarely gets to his point. Exams and essays are not difficult. It's an okay class.",
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    "comment": "A super smart and nice professor. He doesn't just teach facts, but values ideas which I appreciate.",
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