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...Head TF Megan R. Luke e-mailed students in the course Saturday morning to explain the issue and offer the option to drop the first section, with a deadline of noon yesterday. Seven students had opted to drop Part I from their grade as of late yesterday morning, she wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson...
...Gittleson ’08, a student in the course, said that she received a Jan. 16 e-mail from her TF, Tamar Abramov, that detailed which readings students should study in preparation for the exam’s first part...
...purpose of a section varies across disciplines. But in many courses in the humanities and social sciences, it should not be for the TF to summarize readings and provide context. Sections should be sites in which students learn to argue cogently about the arguments and perspectives of the readings. If they do not learn such skills here, where will they learn them? A good section is one in which students are listening to and arguing with each other. Such interchange is not as useless as O’Brien implies. To achieve it requires a good TF and students willing...
...inbox-choking e-mail lists, e-mail blunders are a part of everyday life. But while students might endure embarrassment for accidentally replying-all to a House list, or for sending sensitive information to the wrong e-mail address, most don’t expect their Teaching Fellow (TF) to broadcast section feedback to their entire class. Last Thursday, Joshua S. King, the head TF for English 13, “The English Bible,” accidentally sent out an e-mail meant only for TF Eliza E. Young to all 166 students enrolled in the course. King...
Rather than pose hopelessly vague questions to students who have skimmed sections of a 500-page assignment, the TF should have a concrete plan for what to discuss, and stay in touch with the students throughout the week...