# Manish Patankar — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

Manish Patankar

### email

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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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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Definitely knows what he's talking about, but isn't the best at teaching it. He pretty much teaches straight out of the book so comprehending the reading is the most important part. His exam was a lot harder than expected.",
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    "comment": "Manish clearly knows what he's talking about but when he writes on the board it's impossible to write it down before he erases it. My advice is to just write down what he says and look at the slides he posts after lecture. Overall a fair professor.",
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    "comment": "Hard understand his accent.. What's worse, the notes on the blackboard is totally a mess, impossible to track what happened when you failed to follow his speaking. Also I was always confused about what points are required in the exam..I admit that he does have an excellent command of cell biology- well he is just not so good at teaching..",
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    "comment": "Straightforward professor, his exams were very reasonable. He was also really helpful if you actually took the time to go to his office hours, which most people didn't, since his office is in the hospital.",
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    "comment": "Hard to understand his accent. Doesn't matter anyway, all he does in lecture is regurgitate the textbook. Read, skip lecture.",
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