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Admittedly, there are hypothetical situations in which your feelings might be worth sharing. Occasionally, a TF might ask for some personal responses about the value of assigned readings to gauge whether or not they should be included in the syllabus next year. These are, in a sense, feelings rather than thoughts as you don’t actually know the effectiveness of the readings. But I feel like that’s just, like, your opinion...
...question hangs in the air like the stench of vomit in the New Quincy elevator. My fellow section mates and I glance downward, furiously writing notes. We don’t want to get put on the spot. The seconds tick by. The TF waits...
We’re all guilty of trying to sound like we cracked our $60 sourcebooks by bullshitting, but some people just cross the line. The extreme bullshitter is under the impression that he’s fooling the TF (who has done the reading at least once—maybe). In reality, though, the TF is rolling her eyes with the rest of the class...
...what?” says the TF, looking to the smartass for elaboration...
Maybe that worked back at Roxbury Latin, but this isn’t your four-person seminar about Fitzgerald. This is Harvard. Your TF is smarter than you are. And if you think you can fool her by dropping Weber, you are an even bigger tool than that weird bearded kid who always sleeps through section...