when Professor Lucas asked me to be her TA at the end of Spring semester 2008 I was really excited and honored that she had chosen me to do it.
I really had no idea what to expect because I had never been a TA before, but the idea excited me, so I accepted.
I accepted the offer for many reasons;
first of all, It is a really great feeling to know that you are a role model for an entire class of freshmen in their first encounters with college. It puts some pressure on you to be the best you can for them as well as giving you a sense of accomplishment for always helping others and playing the role of a friend as well as a mentor.
also, no one can deny how good a teacher assistant internship would look on your transcript.
the tasks the other two TAs and I had to perform in the first semester were not complicated nor did they require a lot of time. it is hard to say what exactly would be required from a UNIV TA because each professor tailors it differently than the other.
to explain it in the simplest form possible, a FI TA is a person who serves as a model for the rest of the class through out the semester, answering questions they may have about the class and the assignments, offering encouragement and support, and giving that final boost of confidence that will ease the new Freshmen into the college experience.
in the upcoming posts; I will talk about the experiences I have gone through being a TA.
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