Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Assets as Liabilities
Assets as Liabilities
I am about to absolutely blow my top.
My teaching assistant, one of the "perks" of the job here, somehow has managed to make my job MORE DIFFICULT than it would be if I was doing it alone.
You know, he wasnt great last semester. I remember handing back the first assignment and realizing that they were all graded wrong. Clearly the assistant hadnt read the reading and only graded things correct as what I said verbatim in class after the students had turned them in.
As the semester went on, though, it seemed like things were getting better, and I was certain that this semester, since its the same class, it would be smooth-sailing. I was wrong. The first test I thought that he was WAY too easy on the students, but didnt say anything. I strongly believe that you dont contradict what your TA says on an exam or the students will lose respect for them. But this most recent test, its the opposite. He clearly didnt read, or read his notes, and doesnt seem to possess the knowledge on his own, and so he marked one essay question wrong over and over and over again, diligently writing the "right" (read: wrong!) answer above the students answers. Then, he miscalculated the scores, giving everyone much lower than they should have earned. I am so flipping frustrated.
My partner told me to call him in and have a meeting and tell him that his work is unacceptable. I was going to go the other approach, avoid him, and try to keep myself from killing him before May, when hes out of here. Maybe its because hes leaving and hes not invested in the department, but hes just getting worse every day. Im scared to see how bad it can get before its over.
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