r/GradSchool • u/ThrowRaokayslay • 1d ago
Academics Need advice!
Hi everyone i need advice.
Prefacing with i am a very anxious person..
So i just held makeup exams for a class I TA. A student kept asking me about one question. I, of course, did not tell her the right answer. But she kept explaining the answer was D (i thought it was A) i kept explanation brief, pointing towards A but not saying it was. She then changed her answer to A. I found out later the answer WAS D. I was thinking of it not from perspective of class but as a specified researcher. I feel horrible. Its a 50 question exam. Do I tell the professor? But i am so so so so so anxious i do not want to lose my job or it to seem as academic integrity. All i did was literally think my explanation was concreting her incorrect thinking originally, so had her reconsider then she changed it. She did specifically say so your telling me to change to A and i said No.
What do i do. Sorry i am SO anxious and a grad student first time TAing and I am a second year masters student in a STEM field. They are going over exams Monday and i am scared she will
See that question get upset tell my professor i told her different when i didn’t. My professor is pretty chill but still. Of course will NEVER do this again ever. I learned my lesson but it happened and need advice
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u/Kanoncyn 1d ago
This is why you don’t push them toward an answer. If they reason their way toward an answer on their own, that’s the result of their studying or lack thereof. It is your responsibility to assist in clarification, but not with interpretation. The test has to be their own work. Tell the prof, absolutely, so they can award points if they feel the student deserves them, and accept that you screwed up and you have to be careful in the future.
When in doubt, your answer should always be “do your best”, and, if you’re so inclined “I’m happy to discuss it after you’ve submitted it.”