TA Camp

I've spent a day and a half out of 5 learning about my new grad student duties and like everything, it has it's pros and it's cons.

Cons (Let's get the bad stuff out of the way):

• It's slightly more work in some areas - I have to do two office hours, it's a four credit class with one hour being completely online, and I have to work 4 hours a week in the Writer's Lab.
  

• There is no 112 equivalent. We teach basic writing, argument and research in one semester. So I have a lot to prepare for my first semester out. Next semester though, I won't have to prepare a whole new class already. So this actually borders between pros and cons.
  

• I think I still have to grade rough drafts.
  

• I don't get a whole office, I get a cubicle (although I knew that BGSU was good in that regards and a lot of grad programs don't give you that luxury). I haven't actually seen it yet, so I will describe more later.
  

Pros:

• No portfolio system; what I say goes.
  

• Speaking of which, I get to grade the mothereffers. 
  

• It's less rigid, which at first scared me, but they also give you enough information that you aren't going completely off the cuff.
  

• They don't stress MLA, just good source documentation. While I find this slightly confusing, at least it gets rid of MLA Nazi's, which I guess with no portfolio systems, doesn't matter. I just hate MLA Nazi's.
  

That's all I've got after a day and a half. The people seem nice so far. 

When I am not doing HOMEWORK in the evening, I am watching Lost season 2 online. 

Oh, and I must've misplaced all my teaching exercises I used. Could some of my awesome people out there send me a few of their favorites? Thanks.