When I was working at ISU I had to spend an entire week taping the interviews that they do for international students "auditioning" to be T.A.'s. It's actually a really interesting process: they had 5 minutes to give a lecture over basic material for the major they would be a T.A. for. Then they had 3 minutes of Q&A from the three "judges" in the room to determine comprehension of questions. It seemed that they would pass about 1 student per every 4 applicants (be lucky you don't have one of the other three). I understand that it may be frustrating to sit through a class with a hard to understand T.A., but if the T.A. is at least comprehendible then cut them some slack - this is their job. Most don't want to be a T.A. and are using the experience as a stepping stone to a research position or a faculty position, but I will say that they do take the T.A. position very seriously if they can get it.
i really don't mind ta's, it is just this one in particular. I know people come here for a better life, i know this is a job they have to do to pursue their career, BUT this one is excruciatingly non qualified.
2 out of the 3 classes she has showed up late. She is missing 2 of this weeks classes and having another person teach. She messes up a LOT and erases, and skips then backtracks even though she wrote it down on her paper she stares at all the time. That with the very minimal english she has is throwing everyone off.
We had another teacher come in to teach the class today, spoke very little english as well, but he did everything in an orderly and methodical fashion that he made the section look EXTREMELY easy. Every example problem he asked us to try out from the book I answered about 30 seconds each question.
So I know for a fact it is not me that can't comprehend this material, it is the teacher who can't teach. The sub today was a tease because as much as im trying to get straight a's this semester, the permanent teacher is without a doubt going to hurt my chances a lot.
Students pay to be here to learn. I'm not paying 10k this semester alone to be taught by someone unqualified to do their job. I'm not trying to be such a *****, but my future is on the line. She can teach a class that is more reading based.