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WCDT: 2271-75 (10-14 September 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Doc:
"What? Those were first-years. Freshmen. I TA them."
What is TA?
Tit Assault? Temporary Annihilation? Therefore: Australian? Time Agent? Tai Analysis?
Soulsynger:
--- Quote from: Doc on 11 Sep 2012, 00:41 ---"What? Those were first-years. Freshmen. I TA them."
What is TA?
Tit Assault? Temporary Annihilation? Therefore: Australian? Time Agent? Tai Analysis?
--- End quote ---
travel agency? tangible agenda? trache assist?
Or could it be "teacher's assistant"? (srsly, no idea)
Mordhaus:
--- Quote from: Doc on 11 Sep 2012, 00:41 ---"What? Those were first-years. Freshmen. I TA them."
What is TA?
Tit Assault? Temporary Annihilation? Therefore: Australian? Time Agent? Tai Analysis?
--- End quote ---
Teaching Assistant.
Basically as Colleges get larger and more kids attend, it becomes necessary to allow graduate students to fill in for teachers on introductory courses.
Here is a better description: http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000022.htm
Tova:
I didn't know either, and decided to google.
And got the same link as Mordhaus posted above.
I kind of just scanned over it, figuring it would be something like that, without having actually figured out exactly what it stood for. Then totally forgot it was even there.
Skewbrow:
Yup. Gotta make them graduate students do something useful to earn their keep (been there, done it). They(we) also get some experience teaching at college level, and more often than not enjoy doing it (breaks the monotone of dissertation research/reading). Win-win, largely.
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