# ROBERT ROWLANDS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### name

ROBERT ROWLANDS

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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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## reviews

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    "comment": "He would send about 5 emails before his overall message was clear. My group would almost always have to ask for help in order to get any feedback. Still an easy A for the class.",
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    "comment": "Bob was a wonderful professor in my INTEREGR 160 class. The biggest challenge we faced all semester was decoding the not so legible, drunken emails that he sends out on a regular basis. All around hes an amazing guy and Id definitely spend a day out on the town with Mr. Bob. If you are a pro at reading friends drunk texts, this is the class for you",
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    "comment": "Amazing. Superb. Chill dude. Definitely would hang with Professor Bob if he'd let me. Easy going but productive at the same time. 10/10 would recommend ",
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