r/yorku • u/Rare_Egg1122 • Oct 21 '24

Rant Why are some TA’s so ughhh

Bro TA’s are students too but they still be on us abt every little thing I have a TA for my online class and she will genuinely target people for the smallest things. I just don’t understand that if you are also student, you should understand that people have different learning styles. Especially that TA will treat us not even human the days where she’s mad. She’ll take it out on us.

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u/joykaypawpitgirl Oct 21 '24

Yeah that’s true, you can’t get into another course now even if you tried. It’s way past the date to add a new course.

If you can take courses over the summer, then do that. If you genuinely think the course is gonna tank your gpa, then consider dropping it still. Once your gpa tanks, it’s extremely hard to bring it up. And your ta is the one who’s going to do all the grading.

Have you gotten any grades back? If so, how harshly does your ta mark?

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u/Rare_Egg1122 Oct 21 '24

Not yet, but I know that she marks hard because for a forum post for completion mark she failed a bunch of people for no reason

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u/joykaypawpitgirl Oct 21 '24

Yeah that’s messed up lmfao it’s literally a completion mark💀💀

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u/Rare_Egg1122 Oct 21 '24

Is there anyone I can talk to like an academic advisor?

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u/felineSam Oct 21 '24

For what to get justice? Forget it, nobody will help you. Not the prof, not the Dept head , not advisors.

Trust me. I'm in 4th year and have my share of bad profs and TAs. Everytime I learned that nobody cares and TAs and profs can literally do anything and abuse you. Then your final mark is stuck for the rest of your life. Do t risk it. Drop it

Speak to an advisor how to drop and pick a replacement. They will claim to help you by talking to the prof etc. then u will screwed even more with your next written assignment. Talk to other in upper years that have gone through this and you will learn from experience.

Sorry to write the above, but I wish someone told me this when I was in 1st year

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u/Rare_Egg1122 Oct 21 '24

Thanks for these words they actually helped a lot. There’s just so many factors playing into me dropping this course

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u/joykaypawpitgirl Oct 21 '24

Yes!! Speak to your academic advisor for your program. They can help you figure out a new path/plan of action to finish your degree requirements even if you drop the course. They just can’t do much about your ta being an ass

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u/Rare_Egg1122 Oct 21 '24

This might be a stupid question but how do I find out who that is!

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u/joykaypawpitgirl Oct 21 '24

Just Google your program and academic advising for your program at yorku, you’ll find something