<p>I am a psychology major, have attended three different public universities, and have never had an actual class taught by a TA. One of the schools I attended had a completely separate honors college, meaning all of the courses were honors courses, and all my professors just taught at this honors college, which was separate (and rather far) from the main university campus. In my two years there, I never visited the main university, and for the honors college, TAs did not exist.</p>
<p>Of the other two schools, one was a relatively small (and rather prestigious), and I only remember TAs assisting in large lecture courses (with grading, and emailing the class with updates), but not actually teaching.</p>
<p>The last (and my current) school is a very large public, and yet I have only had a few classes that even employed TAs, but also I have only taken lower division course at this school, and it was during the summer. That being said, I developed very close relationships with two of these TAs (in different courses), both times when I didn’t feel like my personality meshed as well with the Prof’s. I always like to try to get to know my professors, and yes, that is even possible when you attend the largest university in your state and your course has 200 students.</p>