# MICHAEL GRIFFIN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### name

MICHAEL GRIFFIN

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### last observed at

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### ratings

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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### courses

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id  | title                                                               |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1194 | course\_952a6908e3aff9ccb53d706b | SPANISH 311 | ADVANCED LANGUAGE PRACTICE                                          |
| 1184 | course\_39f8b7da4f6f69e86e91c88f | SPANISH 226 | INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH EMPHASIS ON WRITING AND GRAMMAR |
| 1182 | course\_39f8b7da4f6f69e86e91c88f | SPANISH 226 | INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH EMPHASIS ON WRITING AND GRAMMAR |
| 1174 | course\_026b59931ebbbc470da4c068 | SPANISH 204 | FOURTH SEMESTER SPANISH                                             |
| 1172 | course\_026b59931ebbbc470da4c068 | SPANISH 204 | FOURTH SEMESTER SPANISH                                             |
| 1164 | course\_026b59931ebbbc470da4c068 | SPANISH 204 | FOURTH SEMESTER SPANISH                                             |
| 1162 | course\_22471592cae15095f64341f1 | SPANISH 203 | THIRD SEMESTER SPANISH                                              |
| 1154 | course\_22471592cae15095f64341f1 | SPANISH 203 | THIRD SEMESTER SPANISH                                              |
| 1152 | course\_22471592cae15095f64341f1 | SPANISH 203 | THIRD SEMESTER SPANISH                                              |
| 1144 | course\_22471592cae15095f64341f1 | SPANISH 203 | THIRD SEMESTER SPANISH                                              |
| 1142 | course\_ca21dfebcee94f7ab3587795 | SPANISH 102 | SECOND SEMESTER SPANISH                                             |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1142 | 1       |
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| 1162 | 1       |
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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Profe Griffin is incredible. He makes an effort to get to know you while enabling you to succeed, and makes class enjoyable and funny. While I think he could do more to enforce a Spanish speaking environment among students in the classroom, I can tell that he supports his students' learning styles, however different they may be.",
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