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McKinsey reportedly recommended that HLS refocus its programs on basic educational issues, hire more faculty, revamp its regressive grading system and improve quality of life. The new initiative, the brainchild of HLS Dean Robert C. Clark, addresses the first two of these concerns.
Blackman, a teaching fellow for CS161: "Operating Systems," says that because he already knew almost everyone taking the class, there was no way he could avoid teaching and grading his friends.
"The nice thing about CS is that you can be reasonably certain that you're grading objectively and fairly," he said. "No one's ever appealed to me as a friend for a personal favor when I've been a TF."
Kevin C. Gold `01, a teaching fellow for CS50 last semester, says he thought grading was the most difficult aspect of TFing his fellow undergrads because it occasionally required him to decide whether or not to pass students who are really struggling.
Despite the trials of grading, though, Gold says the experience has been very rewarding. He says TFing this year has not only given him the opportunity to try out teaching, but it has helped him decide whether or not he wants to go into academia.