Thursday, September 28, 2006

evaluate your TA

This past summer I was a TA for Human Physiology lecture class. My role was strictly administrative. I shuffled answers, made copies, ran scantrons, graded short answer and checked student IDs upon them turning in their exams. The latter being my only real student interaction. I did not attend lectures, I did not hold office hours, I did not respond to intellectual emails.

Our department now automatically activates the evaluations for students to complete online regarding their TA. Most students said something like, "We had a TA?" or "She returned exams promptly." However, one student wrote:

"Seems too be too tense, needs to relax, and when someone asks for help she shouldn't pick on them becuase they don't understand."

Seriously! I have NEVER even had a student ask me a physiology question! So funny.

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