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Oh, it’s not so bad. For those of us who are more excited by the prospects of teaching than research, being a TA is good practice. I think free tuition and a stipend is quite generous for grading papers!</p>
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This I sort of agree with, even though I benefit from TA experience. I’m in charge of grading 80 kids on material I haven’t seen since high school, since I wasn’t assigned to my area of expertise. It’s a bit unnerving, to be sure.</p>