EHeller comments on Deliberate Grad School - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Academian 04 October 2015 10:11AM

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Comment author: gjm 12 October 2015 11:24:36AM 4 points [-]

literally no one cares if you do [TAing] poorly

I have heard rumours that students are actually people, and that they care about the quality of the teaching they receive.

Comment author: EHeller 12 October 2015 07:04:35PM 3 points [-]

You'd think so, but office hours and TA sections without attendance grades are very sparsely attended.

Comment author: anna_macdonald 17 October 2015 02:08:52AM 2 points [-]

When I was in college, I almost never went to office hours or TA hours... except for one particular class, where the professor was a probably-brilliant guy who was completely incapable of giving a straight explanation or answer to anything. TA hours were packed full; most of the class went, and the TA explained all the stuff the teacher hadn't.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 14 October 2015 04:45:59PM 2 points [-]

Not in my class.