Brian

I will be traveling from Madison to Indianapolis on a Friday morning. I need to make it to a hotel in Indianapolis by 3pm for a conference. I've googled the trip and the shortest distance is through Chicago. It looks like I will go reach the North Suburbs at about 9am. Will I avoid rush hour at this time?

I just got offered a Teaching Assistant position at my university in an undergraduate engineering class. I don't yet know what my responsibilities will be, but I know there will be some instruction involved, but probably not leading a large lecture class. Potentially, I could be leading a small (20-30 people) discussion section, holding office hours to help with homework, grading, creating homework problems, other similar tasks.

I have always given informal academic help to others. Like helping out students a year younger than me. I also graded homework in high school (during senior year), and tutored some middle schoolers while I was in high school.

I'm looking for some general tips on dos/don'ts of being a TA. Any help is appreciated.

It seems like it would be more efficient, easier to obtain the materials, and less dangerous since it doesn't produce plutonium as a product of internal conversion.