<p>Kids went to classes today TAs nowhere to be found for various classes? TAs teaching math and English courses instead of professors. Might as well have gone to community college and not pay $50,000 grand a year for Cornell?????</p>
<p>Fridays are for sectionals for many large classes. TA’s lead sections. Sectionals are not lectures.</p>
<p>TAs are teaching Calculus and English not sections Gomestar.</p>
<p>I meant the grad students in math and English are teaching actual classes not profs? Disappointing to say the least.</p>
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<p>Some freshman writing seminars are taught by professors, others are taught by TAs. If you are unhappy, see if you can switch to another one. As for calculus, it might depend on the college but I have only come across professors teaching lectures with TAs for sections.</p>
<p>i’ve never heard of a calc class being TA taught (unless it was a sectional), and I even lived with a calc TA.</p>
<p>FWS are TA, but these are writing seminars not english classes.</p>
<p>Gomestar: Check out who is teaching Calc II, almost all grad students.</p>
<p>I only have public access to calc 2 honors. </p>
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<p>doesn’t look much like a TA to me. In any case, I wouldn’t be surprised if TA’s handed the first class. It’s mostly administrative crap that has to be dealt with (getting the syllabus out, checking enrollment, going over class procedures, etc.)</p>
<p>In Engineering Calc it’s either an assistant professor or a graduate student lecturer.</p>
<p>I don’t see what the problem is, you are learning the same material. Not to mention, some lecturers who are closer in age to you have an easier time remembering what it was like to learn the material, and are therefore more responsive and more self-aware.</p>
<p>Seriously, if you don’t like it, go to TC3.</p>
<p>I’ve had a grad student as my discussion leader the past two days for French, and he’s actually pretty good. Much better than I expected. I’ll probably learn more french in discussions than in lecture so I see nothing wrong with it.</p>
<p>As far as them not being there, a lot of things have lecture on monday and then lab/discussion the rest of the week, which are taught by TA’s. I know my chem lab and discussions don’t start until next week.</p>
<p>a professorship just means you’ve gain admission into the old boys club within a department…</p>
<p>i’ve learned much more from TAs in my experience than from any professor! </p>
<p>cadmium: i hate to insult you but you seem to be one overprotective/concerned parent! let your child take the courses he’s interested in!</p>