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Hiroko Takagi

JAPN102 · JP102 · JAPN201 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Avoid unless you already speak Japanese well and can protect your grade carefully.

Best fit · Self Taught ProPlays favoritesUnorganizedHarsh grading vibeNitpicky on testsHit or miss
  • Multiple students accuse her of favoritism and unfair grade handling.
  • Organization and mid-class forgetfulness hurt lecture quality.
  • A few students find her thorough or easy, but overall tone is strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Some call her easy, but , and high difficulty ratings make a fair A unreliable.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content level varies; attendance and , and higher levels lean Japanese-heavy.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

One detailed review says missing class causes you to fall behind quickly.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students warn stay away due to favoritism, harsh vibe, and lost motivation.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Reports of favoritism, nitpicky test deductions, and misplaced graded work dominate.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

50/100

Homework and attendance matter; vocabulary load is real but not always overwhelming.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Forgetfulness, favoritism, and demotivation outweigh occasional thorough or easy comments.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and class participation all appear, with .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

but mostly negative reports of favoritism, disorganization, and demotivation.

Main concern

Favoritism and alleged grade skewing can tank your interest and your score.

What students said

“Takagi-sensei is a miss. She would forget what she was talking about in the middle of class, TOTALLY played favorites”
JAPN201
“Definitely plays favorites, if she does not like you she will try to skew your grade.”
JAPN102
“EVIL LADY!!!! made me NOT wannt learn japanese....”
101

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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; one review says books were forced for the .

Nitpicky testsRequired books for final

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; one student said books were required only for the final.

Nitpicky testsBooks for final only
“Can be a tad nitpicky for small errors in tests and .”
JAPN201
“Forced us to buy books to use ONLY on the final.”
JAPN102

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Definitely plays favorites, if she does not like you she will try to skew your grade. Stay away.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 , and mixed teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

👎 Favoritism Risk

20/100

“Definitely plays favorites, if she does not like you she will try to skew your grade.”

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“Takagi-sensei is a miss. She would forget what she was talking about in the middle of class”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“Stay away.”

⚖️

22/100

“she 'misplaced' enough of my graded materials to put me at a D, even though I had a B in the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she is a
  • forget what she was talking about in the middle of class
  • Classes are are interjected with cultural lessons, stories and experiences.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Can be a tad nitpicky for small errors in tests
  • she is one of the easiest teacher I've seen here.
  • Forced us to buy books to use ONLY on the final.

Theme 3

💔 About Character

  • TOTALLY played favorites
  • made me NOT wannt learn japanese
  • complete female dog if you know what i mean.

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eight older reviews show consistent favoritism themes with enough detail, but grades and recency are limited.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

1012 reviews
JAPN1022 reviews
JAPN2012 reviews
1021 review
JP1021 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values