# TERESA SPECIALE — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### departments

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## instructor

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### name

TERESA SPECIALE

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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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#### difficulty count

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## history

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## timeline

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## term

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## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Incredibly interesting class. She told us about 34 of the way through that simply skimming the readings is good enough and she doesn't expect you to read each article thoroughly. Keep up with the readings and go to class, and you'll be fine. ",
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