Word: tfs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bright side: Pinker’s brain is as big as his mullet, if not as big as his ego, he’s a dynamic, entertaining lecturer, and he plays bizarre clips of himself and cute toddlers that feature Alan Alda for literally no reason. TFs of varying degrees of competency do the dirty work of actually conveying the nuts and bolts of information, and are generally helpful...
...names of T-Rex and stegosaurus body parts, information is flowing, and straight-up memorization forms the backbone of the class. At midterm and final time, every word from Marshall’s mouth is up for grabs—students were grilled about total minutiae from lecture, and TFs were picky with what answers were awarded full credit. Basically, though, if you crack open the damn book, do your reading, and actually study for this one come test time, you’ll be okay...
Science B-29, “Evolution of Human Evolution,” boasts two professors–Richard Wrangham and Marc Hauser–but their combined forces aren’t enough to make this course any fun. Hauser is the better of the two, but the TFs are largely terrible, and don’t like answering tough questions beyond the all-purpose “It won’t be on the final.” That’s fine for English concentrators doing their time in hard science, but if you?...
...students can elect to take just one semester of the previously indivisible year-long course. Ec10’s infamous structure, however, appears to be here to stay: the course only meets for lecture about ten times a semester and is primarily taught in section by graduate students. Competent TFs are a rare treat in Ec10, so much so that one popular section leader from the Law School drew nearly 100 desperate undergrads to her final review session last spring...
...Yenching, which is a killer walk for the lazy), and when you stumble out into the light, you realize you’ve taken about five sentences of notes. Yup: Watson literally said nothing.Basically he shows slides of his farm in Iowa. But the TFs can be cute and a lot of fun—high marks go to Joon, a laid-back West Point grad who showed Conan O’Brien clips in class—and the term paper topic is wiiide-open. One senior wrote about marijuana and food in stoner movies like...