# STEFFEN LEMPP — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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    "comment": "I suggest that he stops teaching. He just copies and pastes the textbook into his lectures. When he walks from one side of the stage to the other, he stops and heaves into the microphone. It's awkward to hear him breathing that heavily into the microphone. I only passed this class because my TA was great.",
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