End of month, end of term
Aug. 12th, 2004 01:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
onefixedstarRoommate-to-be (who will need a new and shorter name soon) went to look at another apartment last night while I was in class. (Yes, that's all I think about these days. She leaves tomorrow until the end of the month, so it's getting kind of urgent that we find something.) She really liked the place--apart from the fact that what was billed as a two-bedroom is actually a one-bedroom + very-small-sunroom-that-can-kind-of-double-as-a bedroom--so I'm going to go see it tomorrow. My main concern, having not seen it, is that the landlords are apparently demanding a security deposit in addition to first and last month's rent. That's a lot of money for a couple of students to put out all at once, and since security deposits are illegal in Ontario, we shouldn't have to. I rather suspect, however, that if I bring up the illegality of their request, the situation will end with us not getting the apartment. After all, who wants tenants who know their rights?
Last night was my last tutorial for the course. All of the feedback I received was positive, probably because the ones who hated it were out the door as fast as possible. I was told by a few people that the tutorials were fun, and that my tutorial was the only one they talked i because it was the only one where they felt comfortable doing so. I didn't have a lot of people gushing about how much they learned, so perhaps I need to work on that for next year. That shouldn't be too hard--the more I do this, the more I realize how many students enter university lacking even basic skills, so there's lots to teach. One of my big goals for the next 101 course I TA for is to teach them the basics of how to critically analyze a piece of writing. I had them do it on their own as a bonus exercise, and many of the responses were awful.
Last night was my last tutorial for the course. All of the feedback I received was positive, probably because the ones who hated it were out the door as fast as possible. I was told by a few people that the tutorials were fun, and that my tutorial was the only one they talked i because it was the only one where they felt comfortable doing so. I didn't have a lot of people gushing about how much they learned, so perhaps I need to work on that for next year. That shouldn't be too hard--the more I do this, the more I realize how many students enter university lacking even basic skills, so there's lots to teach. One of my big goals for the next 101 course I TA for is to teach them the basics of how to critically analyze a piece of writing. I had them do it on their own as a bonus exercise, and many of the responses were awful.
