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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the question is not "Is it worth $X?" but "Is it worth $Z more than the alternative?"

[b]I have been a TA, so I'm biased, but I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to have an introductory college course taught by someone with no more than a master's degree. At that level, kids need you to have teaching skills [/b]more than they need you to have a deep knowledge of, say, Byron and the Privileged Outsider (or whatever your dissertation topic would be).

I went to a SLAC, and I liked knowing my professors well and having small classes. And warding off guilt kept me working hard: It's much less tempting to skip a class if you know there's a good change you'll be passing the professor on the quad. "Oh, hi! Yes, slight touch of scrofula but it cleared up in time for me to meet friends for coffee, ha ha!"[/quote]

This might be true, but TAs are not chosen for their teaching skills. In fact, generally they are chosen without regard for their teaching skills.[/quote]

Probably even truer of Professors!

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