TA Stuff
This quarter I am TAing a junior level basic undergrad course. Mostly coz QoH doesn’t have a dime for me. Anyways. I had my first TA session this morning. I was trying to explain the lab procedure to a group of about 18 students. After 30 mins of diagrams and equations, not a mention a really really really parched throat, all I got were 18 blank faces. Not confused, not convinced, not thinking, not bored,… just blank. I dont know what to think of it. Anyways, once I broke out of “normal” flow of things, it got a bit better. I officially hate undergrads now. They know nothing, and they think they really dont need to know anything. Somehow we have to find a way to diffuse our knowledge into their pig headed, lead stuffed brains without any effort on their part.
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By mistaken grad student, April 18, 2006 @ 1:23 am
Welcome to the world of teaching.