10-20-2009 at 10:45 PM
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Potential TA strike
A friend of mine told me that the TA's in his first year sociology course and his third year chem eng course stated that the TA's might be going on strike next friday. Is there any credibility to this, i dont think ill be able to sleep tonight if its true lol
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10-20-2009 at 10:49 PM
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10-20-2009 at 10:50 PM
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Why wouldn't you be able to sleep? Tutorials aren't THAT important, lectures might still go on as planned. Anyway, I haven't heard anything official... if something was really happening, they'd send out a mass e-mail or something.
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10-20-2009 at 10:53 PM
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Oh there is credibility to it. The TA's should be paid for what they do because it is definitely not an easy thing. I just worry that at the end of the day it is use, the students, that have to pay the bills for their increased wages and/or benefits when the school is actually decreasing the quality of the learning experience.
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10-20-2009 at 10:57 PM
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Not gonna lie, regardless of the strike or not, I'm still showing up to work.
(I'm a T.A.)
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10-20-2009 at 10:59 PM
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Why wouldn't you be able to sleep? Tutorials aren't THAT important, lectures might still go on as planned. Anyway, I haven't heard anything official... if something was really happening, they'd send out a mass e-mail or something.
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Im worried because i have a test next friday, and there are about 30 sections in the course. How are the tests going to be administered without the TA's |
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10-20-2009 at 10:59 PM
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Wow, I didn't know that. That's awesome. What course do you TA for? |
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10-20-2009 at 11:02 PM
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Wow, I didn't know that. That's awesome. What course do you TA for?
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Financial Accounting.
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10-20-2009 at 11:04 PM
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Not gonna lie, regardless of the strike or not, I'm still showing up to work.
(I'm a T.A.)
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I've heard more TAs saying that they would work regardless of what the Union decides than I've heard TAs saying they would picket.
It definitely makes me feel that we have some amazing TAs at Mac. |
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10-20-2009 at 11:07 PM
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I've heard more TAs saying that they would work regardless of what the Union decides than I've heard TAs saying they would picket.
It definitely makes me feel that we have some amazing TAs at Mac.
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I accepted this job, knowing everything that comes with it, and I think it's absolutely wrong to not fulfill those duties. Apparently some would disagree with that though.
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Or some just want an early vacation from TA-ing?
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10-20-2009 at 11:14 PM
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Or some just want an early vacation from TA-ing?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laziness
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10-20-2009 at 11:14 PM
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Quote:
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Why wouldn't you be able to sleep? Tutorials aren't THAT important, lectures might still go on as planned. Anyway, I haven't heard anything official... if something was really happening, they'd send out a mass e-mail or something.
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Lecture will go on as planned. The professors aren't in the same union, at least that's what a bunch of my profs have said. So lectures will continue. If there is a strike the professors will have to work around it. Midterms may be cancelled and an alternate form of testing may be produced (such as online tests).
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I'm not gonna lie... If this TA Strike goes down, I'd be more than happy to do online tests 
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I'm not gonna lie... If this TA Strike goes down, I'd be more than happy to do online tests |
I'd prefer doing actual tests. I hate online tests, especially the ones with fill in the blanks. Online tests tend to be a lot harder because they are a lot more detailed since they are open book.
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