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Re:MIT students give longtime professor standing ovation aft... by jeffwass on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:06AM (#36040068)
One time a single student clapped a few times at the end of my one of my TA sessions, and it really made my day!

I was a TA for many classes during my Physics PhD program, and this bit of clapping was a singular occurrence, in the middle of the semester. I’ve never been a course lecturer though, that was always for faculty.

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Re:MIT students give longtime professor standing ovation aft... by divbzero on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @02:51AM (#36040800)
Do you remember the subject of that TA session?
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Re:MIT students give longtime professor standing ovation aft... by LTL_FTC on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @11:54PM (#36053892)
The great TA’s also got a round of applause during the last discussion section. I had a few TA’s that really saved my ass. Mine and most others in the class because the professor wasn’t so great. They’re the ones that received them.
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Re:MIT students give longtime professor standing ovation aft... by LTL_FTC on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @12:02AM (#36053951)
I’m sure you were great but realize most of your student probably weren’t trying to major in physics? Maybe mostly engineering students and such who weren’t fond of the material or having to take it. I was experiencing this mostly in my upper division courses.
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