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- p0 J6 ?4 u# n My Life at Renda: |# Z0 v: {% o' A. N. L; T
I learned very quickly that being a teaching assistant (TA) at the University of Iowa would be different from being a teacher at Renmin University.( [1 [$ P0 ?% q: E0 `
(46) Eyes staring, mouths open, students examined my big nose, while I was writing my name on the blackboard.( S' [- k/ x% c% I( f! m
At Iowa, when my first classes began, half of my students still hadn't arrived. When everyone finally found a seat, ringing cellphones and loud yawns (哈欠) interrupted my opening remarks. It is not that American students were disrespectful. (47) They were, however, far more skeptical than the students I had at Renda. The truth is I couldn't fault them for their skepticism. Undergraduates at large US universities - especially freshmen and sophomores - often have several classes a semester handled by TAs. In some cases, the TA sets the course content. (48) Most have good intentions, but very few are as effective as professors.
- P: |2 `" l1 g Every teacher has to confront obstacles to learning - no matter what the culture. Students who talk during lectures, students who cheat, students who question the grade they get for a paper or project - dealing with these is all part of the job. (49)
& Y8 h% B( l4 k. M) a The difference, I think, is that in the US I had to swallow more of my pride. (50)
) `6 [- `0 v' s- D I had a responsibility to teach them, of course, but I had to do so indirectly -as a guide who himself had a few things to learn from the students.
5 T$ b% ]1 W- z9 i i+ q A In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questions for the mid-term exam.
* _: g: C) d' v B In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.% u% l8 ?, ]8 T' U: [
C I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the US.
0 K7 V8 F- r/ L- q: l. s9 O D On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
4 @* N1 { n8 z E Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
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! s: `% {0 z- Y& D" r& v F Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity |