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...While Walfish says he noticed less of a barrier between his students and him, he says that such a situation was not necessarily negative...
...When [other undergraduates are] in your section and you're at the front of the room answering questions, I think they're going to naturally trust you," Walfish says...
Like Sandik, Walfish also found his TF job rewarding...
...What's cool is that...you have the chance to try to make sure that a group of students--namely the students in your section--can understand the material, and I think that's especially important in an introductory science course where students are often discouraged," Walfish says...
...Walfish also says that undergraduate TFs put a tremendous amount of energy into answering questions by e-mail, preparing assignments, grading, holding office hours and performing other general duties...