AI Rate Professor

Music

Jeff Takiguchi

MUSIC170 · MUS105 · 2 lifetime ratings

AI rating
4/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
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Difficulty
5.0

The decision

unless you already know the material and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCondescendingUnclear ExpectationsVery DifficultUnpleasant ClassPoor Support
  • Both students report a very negative classroom experience.
  • Students say .
  • Comments describe rude, impatient, and condescending behavior.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

8/100

Students , and assumed prior knowledge, making an A seem very hard.

All evidence comes from two in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

10/100

The course feels difficult because students report falling behind despite preparation and needing prior music knowledge.

Only in-person reviews describe the course challenge.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

Reviews do .

The in-person .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Both reviewers strongly discourage taking him because of , and poor support.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

10/100

Pop quizzes and expectations are described as unfair or misaligned with instruction.

Format shift

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Workload

Overwhelming

8/100

One student says they never missed class and read ahead but still could not keep up.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Awful

10/100

Students describe him as rude, condescending, impatient, and reliant on stronger students to help others.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

The reviews mention pop quizzes and class performance expectations, but not enough to define a dominant assessment type.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews discuss assessment.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person , and a condescending classroom tone.

Main concern

Students felt unsupported and talked down to.

What students said

“If and talks down to you when you ask questions.”
MUS105
“He is also quite condescending and impatient and overall made the class very unpleasant.”
MUSIC170

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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Assessment risk is high because quizzes were described as covering material not yet taught.

Pop QuizzesUnclear Quiz Coverage

Assessment risk

Strict

15/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, but do not clearly prove exam book format or proctoring rules.

Pop QuizzesUnclear Quiz Coverage
“ yet to lecture on.”
MUS105

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If and talks down to you when you ask questions.”

Voice snapshots generated from 2 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, difficulty, and assessment fairness. Credibility rating: Low.

🚫 Recommendation Risk

5/100

“If and talks down to you when you ask questions.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

10/100

“He relied heavily on the " didn't want to deal with.”

📈 Difficulty & Fairness

8/100

“I never missed class, read ahead of the chapters and still couldn't keep up”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he is rude and talks down to you when you ask questions.
  • He is also quite condescending and impatient and overall made the class very unpleasant.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Expectations

  • I never missed class, read ahead of the chapters and still couldn't keep up
  • Takiguchi teaches the Bass class with the expectation that all students have knowledge of .

Theme 3

📝 About Assessment

  • yet to lecture on.
  • He relied heavily on the " didn't want to deal with.

Data context

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Analysis sample

2

Recent reviews read by the AI

2

Lifetime ratings

38/100

Evidence confidence

, but both are detailed and consistently negative.

Inside 2 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 52

Course coverage

MUS1051 review
MUSIC1701 review

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