by Irami Osei-Frimpong The barriers to good writing in my discipline seem to be both intellectual and attitudinal. Intellectually, the concepts are often foreign to the students, and even if the concepts are familiar, the concepts are sophisticated in themselves. With the attitudinal obstacles, traversing those barriers requires students to engage a quality of self-inclusion…
by Lea Davidson, Geology In my first month of being a WIP TA, I’ve spent much of my time thinking about what makes me qualified to be a writing instructor. Specifically, what makes me qualified to guide undergraduates into producing ‘good’ writing. This is not to say that I doubt my own ability to write.…
by Whit Weinmann Back in Fall of 2019, I took the class that I am now a Writing TA for. This class, the senior year capstone course, challenged me quite a bit! Then as now, it blends advanced statistical topics, communication skills, and team-based-real-world-project work into one neat package. To be honest, it’s a bit…
by Meko McFadden Fall 2020 was shaping up to be a rollercoaster ride. After a quick pivot in the spring and a summer of uncertainty regarding the upcoming semester, I was beyond nervous. I was standing underneath the rollercoaster dreading what was to come. There were no refunds to be given for my ticket and…