# KIRK SIDES — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### built at

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### term

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### departments

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## instructor

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### name

KIRK SIDES

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### courses

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#### prior weight

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### grade statistics

#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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#### sections

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### current

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### courses

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### revision

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id       | title                                    |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| 1264 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |
| 1264 | course\_371877f281e33d45defd8bfc | ENGL 245         | SEMINAR IN THE MAJOR                     |
| 1262 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |
| 1262 | course\_b5a979b542cc82cc51617dab | ENGL 825         | TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
| 1254 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |
| 1254 | course\_e030d317387f67c1d318a8c0 | ENGL/ENVIRST 533 | TOPIC IN LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT  |
| 1252 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |
| 1252 | course\_db639c718f5831ee23b35acf | ENGL 379         | POSTCOLONIAL AND WORLD LITERATURE        |
| 1244 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |
| 1244 | course\_b5a979b542cc82cc51617dab | ENGL 825         | TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
| 1234 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |
| 1234 | course\_e030d317387f67c1d318a8c0 | ENGL/ENVIRST 533 | TOPIC IN LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT  |
| 1232 | course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174         | LITERATURE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE            |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1232 | 1       |
| 1234 | 2       |
| 1244 | 2       |
| 1252 | 2       |
| 1254 | 2       |
| 1262 | 2       |
| 1264 | 2       |

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "This my dawg Kirk honestly best at all of the whole university ecosystem he changed my life Mr Professor Kirk is the best juicer I was lost in life before I took this class there is so much useful and important stuff we talked about during the seminars I felt truly enlightened like I really understood why I was put on earth Thank You Kirk Sides ",
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    "comment": "Passionate, caring, and witty. Class is run seminar style and it's pretty go-with-the-flow. Lots of reading, but the conversations about said readings were always in-depth and enjoyable. Literatures of decolonisation are, by their nature, heavy to deal with, but Prof. Sides did a fantastic job. Kind and accessible outside of class too.",
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    "comment": "One of the best classes I have taken. ",
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    "comment": "One of the best classes I've taken in college! can't recommend it enough. It's easy to get an A in this class, but you have to be comfortable participating and sharing thoughts. You get out of it what you put in. ",
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    "comment": "Kirk Sides was a wonderful professor and I genuienly looked forward to his class each week. This was my first college English class (needed a literature credit) and I truly feel like I got so much out of this class. Definitely reccomend!!!!",
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    "comment": "One of the reasons I took this class is because of how well Kirk was rated on this website; I will say it is true of how passionate he is on the topic, it shows through his discussion during lectures. However, I will say to enter this class with some strong experience in writing (as there's a midterm and final paper) that he grades a little harsh. ",
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### page

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### courses

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| -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| course\_39fefba0a669aa998796c9ae | ENGL 174   |
| course\_db639c718f5831ee23b35acf | ENGL 379   |

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