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...remarkable role at the Red Cross, where he was the youngest national committee chair ever; his impressive work ethic, which seemed to make him always the most prepared person in section; even his ambivalence about how people should pronounce his name. (He liked NA-vin, but our Ec. 10 TF preferred the apparently more authentic na-VEEN...
...have been taught by graduate students outside the topic field of the class. Three were teaching fellows called in at the last minute to accommodate an unexpectedly large class size. At the time, I appreciated being able to take the class and didn't mind so much that my tf was effectively substitute teaching, but the overall learning experience suffered as a result (and I'm sure it wasn't that much fun for the TF, either...
...skunk showed me, those conversations must happen here too. It can be by talking with the man you sells flowers, with that TF who is truly impassioned about Macedonian life or that guy who lives two doors down whose name is still so elusive. The small investments of time will put markers in the rush of college, highlighting the moments that, unlike another Ec section, you will remember years from...
...second charge made against the Dartmouth students is even more preposterous than the first. Asking a TF for help on a problem set should not constitute cheating. The very purpose of having TFs is to help students understand the material that they didn't understand in lecture. Despite their best efforts, professors occasionally give problems to students that are too difficult for the course, and TFs often have to fill in the gaps of knowledge required to solve these questions. If a TF gives more help to a student than the professor wants, the student should not be held responsible...
Sheiber says he once interviewed a TF for the course who had himself graduated from the course. At the end of the interview, the alum begged to be let in on the secret--was the program real, he asked...