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Old 05-07-2008, 01:56 PM   #14
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Does anyone have any advice about how to approaching a Teaching Assistant (graduate student who grades your work, although the class is taught by a professor) concerning the grading of my in-class essays? I've considered his grading, so far, to be extremely unfair and unfounded. I obviously want to approach him in a reasonable way, but also get the point across that his grading is certainly not proper.

Any ideas?
Don't approach the assistant, approach the professor. The assistant will just blow you off because they generally don't have enough experience to understand the value of humility.

In any case, approach the conversation like this:

"I'd like to discuss the garades I've received. I think there are some inconsistencies and here is why..."

Be prepared with specific examples and evidence or you will be ignored.
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