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Top ten ways to make a good impression on your TA

Humour June 20, 2022

By: Maya Beninteso, Peak Associate Tell them you’ve taken the class five times  Brag about your unmatched experience with the course. After all, what’s more impressive than being extremely acquainted with the course content? The paper? Done it. The exam? Taken it so many times to the point where you’ve memorized the short answer questions. Manifest I will make a good impression on my TA. I will make a good impression on my TA. I will make a good impression on my TA. I will make a good impression on my TA. I will make a good impression on my…

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Freedom Square plaque removed and engraved into new tiles

News July 13, 2020

Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor The plaque that once stood in SFU’s Freedom Square, in commemoration of protests that took place in 1967, has now been engraved into the new tiles in Freedom Square with different wording.  According to…

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The sink-or-swim life of a TA

Peak Web November 23, 2018

By: Alexander Kenny, Peak Associate  Teaching assistants, or TAs, are some of the lynchpins of SFU’s educational infrastructure. They lead busy, difficult lives: outside of their jobs, a lot of them pursue their own education, work other jobs, and juggle…

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A day in the life of a TA

EIC November 1, 2017

Being an undergraduate student isn’t always easy and you can’t help but think about what your life might be like after graduation. In a mini existential crisis, I started to wonder what grad school would be like. That led me…

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TAs should be formally taught to teach

EIC May 16, 2016

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’re all friends here, so we can all agree that a Teaching Assistant (TA) can make or break a course. I’m not suggesting that the university should function without TAs; they provide a crucial service to the school, and a…

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