#like frankly i'll worry abt being professor [x] when i have a master's | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

luobingmeis · 8 months

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like. on the one hand. i get when my supervisors are like "be sure to be personable with your students in a way that still maintains the fact that u are the authority figure bc, since ur all young, it will be easier for them to not see u as a professional" but also. it is very funny when one of my students comes into the TA office, tells me that my undecorated desk is lame compared to the other desks, and then within 30 minutes is like "idk if ur the type of neurodivergent who [proceeds to say something that i absolutely do]" like. they clocked me! they got me there!

#also my hot take is that like. i am a 24 year old grad student teaching college freshmen.#i know where my strengths and weaknesses are and frankly i feel confident in maintaining my own professionalism #all while not forcing myself to act way older than i am #like my students still (relatively) listen to me #and none have tried. u know. being rude with me #(which i am thaknful for bc i have been hearing some horror stories from the other TAs)#so yeah it's funny when one of my best students is like ''hey jordyn ur desk is really lame compared to everyone else's''#like frankly i'll worry abt being professor [x] when i have a master's #and dr [x] when i have a doctorate

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