# ROBIN FORBES-LORMAN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### importer version

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### built at

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### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

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### term

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### departments

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| PORTUG    | 33    |
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| RADIOL    | 11    |
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| SRMED     | 21    |
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| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### source

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### identity basis

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### identity status

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### name

ROBIN FORBES-LORMAN

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

5

#### 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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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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### courses

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### revision

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "Tough class but I learned a lot.",
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    "review_date": "2017-02-28 17:40:28 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Taken at evergreen for M2O Worst microbiology professor ever. She talks too fast, and is incredibly unclear. Exams were over very specific things when her homework was asking very vague questions. She didn't give good study material. Do not take a class from her",
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    "comment": "This professor is nice, but she is not very clear when she explains concepts in Biology. She avoids answering the question being presented to her by a student and rambles on about something that has nothing to do with the question. She goes over mechanisms briefly and expects a lot of detail in exams, and her exam questions are very broad.",
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    "comment": "Robin is a very wonderful lady. She really does care about her class and does her best to bring a lot of information into lecture. However, her lectures are often unclear and a bit confusing. Many times when I would ask for help, I would get feedback like \"I think you're doing well in the class, you should be fine.\" Even though I was getting a C.",
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### page

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### courses

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