Word: tfs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Teaching fellows." Who are they really? Through a rigorous study of TFs in at least 25 Core classes, I and my colleagues at the Institute for the Study of Teaching Fellows and Prokaryotic Life have conclusively determined several facts about the life cycle of the common TF. In the larval stage, young TFs-to-be squirm through high schools nationwide, leaving oozing trails of teacher recommendations and bibliographic references in their wakes. Pupating during their undergraduate years, many emerge from their pre-university cocoons as some version of that smarmy first-year in your section who always does the reading...
There are countless breeds of TFs, and many (including mine, of course) manage to rise above their larval roots to become great instructors and, hopefully someday, great professors. But others, through either intense training or abnormal mutation, distort into a subspecies taxonomically known as Bad TF-hood--that is, one to look out for after handing in that paper. Because Bad TF-hood is a highly developed and cultivated state requiring great tenacity to achieve, we at the Institute have developed the following manual, originally published in the New England Journal of Semiotic Hermeneutics of Lower Academic Ecosystems, designed...
Part I: Sections are a crucial part of a student's education. Not all sections are equal. Some will be filled with enthusiastic future TFs who can't keep their mouths shut, while others will merely have two such students who shield the others from your attack. Don't fall for this ruse. Use the following tips to make the most of your fifty minutes of fame...
...says, "for the most part TFs were good so I don't feel like I lost anything."CrimsonMelissa K. Croaker...
Todd says that he supplements the CUE evaluations for TFs with visits to the class sections...