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...administration-TF relationship at Harvard has not deteriorated yet. But if the environments at our peer institutions are any indication, things have the potential to get much worse. For the good of undergrads and graduates alike, Harvard and other universities must preempt conflict and improve the lots of Teaching Fellows. Their role in our education is, somewhat regrettably, only growing, and so the recognition they receive must as well...
...From an undergraduate’s perspective, unions could hold many downsides. A standardized pay scale could encourage TFs to increase the amount of hours they work by taking over responsibilities from professors, leading to the institutionalization of graduate-student teaching and the expansion of the role of the TF in the classroom. It also might encourage graduate students to work on more classes, spreading their resources too thin and leaving undergraduates neglected. Also, despite what graduate students are saying in their push for unions, it is likely that any union would push for a standardized pay system scale that...
...needlessly) challenging the TF’s every word. Hostility toward TFs is not uncommon, but I’d venture that it has never manifested itself so openly before. This is pure viciousness, barely reigned in and often resulting in two or three zealous students backing the TF into a corner, flustered and inarticulate. I’ve had my share of inept, over-enthusiastic, or even demonic TFs, but I still sympathize when section degenerates into persecution of some hapless graduate student...
...bound to ruin yours as well. Any thoughts you may have had about venturing a counterargument will vanish once you see the carnage. And while section may be more entertaining with the addition of a good fight, the entertainment comes at the cost of education. The distracted TF frequently cannot cover much material because he or she spends the majority of the allotted time playing defense. The discussion deviates onto some tangent the über-students want to dissect, and the TF never manages to guide it back to the larger topic. Frustrated, you’ll roll your...
...TF’s face as a multitude of raised hands appeared, instead of the normal insistent two. An intelligent conversation might ensue—you might even discover the real purpose behind the system of sectioning (and if you do, let me know). At the very least, your TF will be grateful to you for staving off the shrill onslaught, which, in my experience, never hurts your grade...