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KENNETH LYTHGOE

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Raw average: 4.33/5 from 3 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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COMMARTS360 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Kenneth is really light but knowledgeable, doesn't waste your time in discussions. They're required so you have to go anyway. Took a long time to grade exams and papers, and I never got feedback on either paper except on a small proposal I did for the last. It was helpful though, so even tho it'd be overwhelming it'd help to get more feedback.
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COMARTS 100
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Expect a lot of busy work in this class. There are four speeches you do which is the easy part, however writing them is brutal. Ken is actually a pretty hard grader. Don't expect to see your grades until the end of semester. He never graded things on time so that was a bummer. His lectures though were super helpful especially before a test.
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CA100 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Good Class but also required. He doesn't grade the speeches until the end of the semester so you don't ever know how to improve them. Other than that, good teacher with good speaking advice
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Spring 2016COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Fall 2015COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition
Spring 2015COMARTS/RELIGST 374The Rhetoric of Religion
Fall 2011COMARTS 100Introduction to Speech Composition

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