A former teaching assistant recently wrote to the New York Times about his experience with grade expectations.

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That's why I hope you'll stay with-- you'll each find a teaching assistant and will stay with that person.

这就是为什么我希望...,你们每人都找一位助教,和他多交流

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I am a teaching assistant. Ah, I'm a part of a choir on campus.

我现在是一名助教。我还参加了学校的一个合唱团。

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We're going to ask you to look at your schedule sometime before our next lecture and think about when you can come to a teaching assistant section.

我希望你们在下次课之前,看看自己的日程安排,看自己何时能来参加助教的讨论课

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One can assume safely that Aristotle would have received tenure in any number of departments at Yale, whereas Socrates could not have applied to have been a teaching assistant.

你可以放心的认定,亚里士多德将可以,在耶鲁任何部门得到终身教授职，但苏格拉底却可能,连个教学助理的位置都申请不到。

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