# THEODOROS REKATSINAS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## instructor

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### name

THEODOROS REKATSINAS

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### difficulty count

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#### courses

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### courses

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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": "Take too long to respond. There are hundreds of student in this course,but his office hour is only one hour and twice weekly. Slides lack of too many details and hard to understand. Lecture is dry and he explains idea unclearly. No cheat sheet allowed for a cumulative final. Slides are copied.",
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### courses

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