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My Life at Renda( I( f6 L9 o! O, x' l
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.- L7 p% _ \- D$ i
(46) Eyes staring, mouths open, students examined my big nose, while I was writing my name on the blackboard.) @$ X5 g- m( j# 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.
6 }; e* h7 r; a% i4 P 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)% ^( N1 v4 p$ X, B
The difference, I think, is that in the US I had to swallow more of my pride. (50)
$ x9 c( Q( L$ A( v 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.
; c+ E( s' W4 {! b A In my students' minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questions for the mid-term exam.% Y( D- ?- S r$ ^: x) ]+ h: F7 j
B In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
! @* v1 Z0 X' e' O C I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the US.
$ O% Q- r3 H g$ ?( E7 Z D On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.( l+ T$ [/ b2 h0 d5 b7 F
E Most were polite, or at least, indifferent.
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F Back at Renda, I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity |