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...could argue that some TFs, if forced to attend lectures that go over material they know backwards and forwards, won't get any benefit from going. Instead, they will be bored and will fall asleep. But we believe that it is far better for TFs to fall asleep in lecture than to fall asleep at home...
Admittedly there will be a certain amount of flexibility when it comes to enforcement this rule. Certainly some courses are less in need of having TFs attend every lecture than others. If some-one is teaching an introductory course in a discipline where there are only a few basic ways of approaching the material, perhaps having TFs at each and every class meeting would not be necessary...
...that by requiring attendance but leaving enforcement to professors, it places the decision about the necessity of TF attendance in the hands of professors. The proposal achieves an important goal; it removes non-attendance at lecture as a possible bargaining chip in the negotiations between professors and the TFs they want to hire. It sends the strong message that attendance at lectures is something that is required of TFs, not something that is above and beyond their duty...
...agree that granting TFs permission to skip out on lecture should not be available as a possible concession for professors to make in order to secure the best TFs available. We hope the Faculty Council approves the proposal to make attendance at lecture mandatory for TFs...
...staff assumes that it is easy for professors to get the best TFs available. Professors work long and hard to recruit and maintain a stable of hardworking TFs who teach classes year in, year out. If a particular TF has a conflict with the time a class meets one year, they should not be kicked out if they can watch the classes on tape. It is in the interests of the class's students to have that TF available to them...