It is almost the end of the semester. Students have begun giving their final presentations summarizing everything they did and loved during their two semester journey in UNIV 111 and 112. I have really enjoyed the presentations they gave, each one of them stood out in some way. They pointed out how much they learned and how much they are expecting what they learned in UNIV to be useful in future courses they may take at VCU.
As for myself, it was a pleasure watching each and every one of them grow mentally and develop their skills. I appreciate their interaction with one another, I appreciate the way they interacted with us (the professor and the TAs) and lastly I appreciate the effort they put forth to learn.
Some of these great students are going to move up to being TAs themselves next semester. As a TA, I had some input into whom I thought would fit the job. I was happy to see that the professor and I both agreed on those personalities that just popped. The personalities we thought would make great role models. I am looking forward to seeing the difference they would make.
As for the program as a whole, I am getting much more out of it than I had expected. I had previously thought that my journey would end here, at the end of the second semester. It is however about to extend for another semester or two! there is a new course developed for third year TAs who want to guide future TAs in their tasks. I am really excited in starting that course, and I am really grateful that I got involved in this opportunity.
It is opening a lot of new doors for me, I have learned a lot, and I would definitely recommend it to every Freshman in UNIV 111 and 112.
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