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NANCY KAISER

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Raw average: 4.17/5 from 6 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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GERMA362 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Wonderful Professor, even when you are not that great at the subject! =]
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GER222 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
I don't believe the person who claims Nancy told them "Your German is horrible, etc" - probably someone who thinks they're fluent but sounds like crap. UW Madison is full of them. Nancy is a GREAT Professor and obviously loves Ger… Read full reviewShow less
I don't believe the person who claims Nancy told them "Your German is horrible, etc" - probably someone who thinks they're fluent but sounds like crap. UW Madison is full of them. Nancy is a GREAT Professor and obviously loves German literature. I would recommend her to anyone! Lots of reading but low, low expectations. Class discussion is fun!
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GERM225 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Very nice and good professor. I would highly recommend her
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GER225 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Helpful and reasonable, assigns a lot some weeks and not much others, class wasn't too hard but I did test into a higher class and just wanted some retro-credits, knows the book cover to cover, when correcting papers she gives you the exact section that covers the error you made, just try a little and you'll be fine
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GER225 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
This is one of those people that makes everyone else feel stupid and bad about themselves and loves to showhow "brilliant" she is. She told me to my face once, "Your German is horrible and no one else in the class understan… Read full reviewShow less
This is one of those people that makes everyone else feel stupid and bad about themselves and loves to showhow "brilliant" she is. She told me to my face once, "Your German is horrible and no one else in the class understands you when you talk." Great thing for a teacher to say, especially when I am often mistaken for a native speaker. She al
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GERMAN 612
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Through, passionate and intellectually curious. Was always avaliable outside of class even though it is obvious that she works like crazy on her own research. Did a good job of promoting discussion in class.
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