While studying to get my masters degree, I took on a position as a teacher’s assistant to help pay my tuition and living expenses.  I had always wondered what it would be like and I finally had my chance to find out.

It turns out that the role of a TA is not as glamorous as you would think.  I spent many nights up late reading thesis after thesis and assigning grades to them.  Though each dissertation that I read is interesting, it can be sometimes very tedious correcting their work, their spelling and making suggestions to them on how to improve their work.

It is even more frustrating checking to see if any of the students in the class have submitted custom term papers that they purchased online.  If we do catch a student that has done such a thing, they are sent to the Dean immediately and risk expulsion from the school.

I can honestly say that being a TA is definitely not what I thought it would be.  But on a brighter note, it definitely beats flipping burgers to pay the rent.