bored Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 for biomech, I can honestly say they tested us on stuff that wasn't even thought. I need to start going to live lectures instead of just listening to recordings.. exam was easier? Thats good to hear I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 for biomech, I can honestly say they tested us on stuff that wasn't even thought. I need to start going to live lectures instead of just listening to recordings.. exam was easier? Thats good to hear I guess. testing if the quotes are actually broken edit: yea the quotes arent messd up, I think it was my doing when I quoted some ones messags and made a edited accidently on my phone.. but yea, just quote the next mesage and it won't show up like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurepediatric Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 From a former York grad student who was there at the time of the first strike: "they used up all their funds on the last one, so they won't be able to strike again for a few more years at least, even if they wanted to." You don't hate York already? They're in good relations atleast for now... Don't believe what other people say because most of the times they will say the most stupid-est things ever. Hope you guys are right lol I keep hearing about it, I also heard they're makng a decision March 24th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamIDP Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hope you guys are right lol I keep hearing about it, I also heard they're makng a decision March 24th A strike would be good. Look at it this way, more time to study and relax. And depending on how you use the strike, it can be towards your advantage especially with special curves that every course gives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 A strike would be good. Look at it this way, more time to study and relax. And depending on how you use the strike, it can be towards your advantage especially with special curves that every course gives. Yeah when you're going to have 4 exams in 2 days, then be thankful. Last strike, the exam period was squeezed to being a week long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 15, 2012 Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 A strike would be good. Look at it this way, more time to study and relax. And depending on how you use the strike, it can be towards your advantage especially with special curves that every course gives. Where do you come up with half the crap you espouse? Ask the peeps who were around for the last strike how happy they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurepediatric Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wow haha aren't you happy you don't go to York anymore I've been hearing about what you said about the funds recently, so yayy hopefully it doesn't happen next year though? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 IT WAS TERRIBLE!!! No break between end of class and exams, half the time for the exam period, straight into second semester, then more condensed exams. Also after three months of not studying, you kind of forget everything you learned before. Some profs made accommodations, others didn't. I still finished with a decent GPA that year (high 3.8's) but lots of other people did horribly because of it. And it was very stressful. Yup, that's in line what the numerous recounts that were told to me as well. Its clear he's clueless who espouses crap thinking he has any believable cred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurepediatric Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ^ um ouch? lol I don't think he's a troll though, he's made other posts before that did not make him sound like he's trolling, must be mostly the posts about Dr.'s in underserved areas I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 ^ um ouch? lolI don't think he's a troll though, he's made other posts before that did not make him sound like he's trolling, must be mostly the posts about Dr.'s in underserved areas I guess I don't believe he's a troll. Just spews a lot of crap that cant be backed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlare500 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I don't believe he's a troll. Just spews a lot of crap that cant be backed up. I thought that was mandatory for internet discussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 even if a strike happens, I think the teachers will still do the exams becuase you don't need a ta to be at the exam, you only need them to mark the exams. the hired proctors and york can hire more exam proctors.. so I think this semester will end smoothly even if it does happen. worry about the summer semester (if you are planning on doing summer school) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futurepediatric Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 even if a strike happens, I think the teachers will still do the exams becuase you don't need a ta to be at the exam, you only need them to mark the exams. the hired proctors and york can hire more exam proctors.. so I think this semester will end smoothly even if it does happen. worry about the summer semester (if you are planning on doing summer school) haha great oh well, good to hear that this semester will most likely end smoothly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 haha great oh well, good to hear that this semester will most likely end smoothly Its just what I think would happen considering we are so close to the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Union urges York University TAs to vote for strike mandate http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/193609--union-urges-york-university-tas-to-vote-for-strike-mandate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I swear to god if tnese pricks strike and it screws up exams i will stab someone lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I swear to god if tnese pricks strike and it screws up exams i will stab someone lol atleast we aren't graduating.. I feel for the people that are going to graduate, and can't get their transcripts or degree. but now the more and more I think about it. if the same thing happened as last time, then it will be extremely damaging to my summer plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I guess York=UQAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 EFFFFF can that happen?? I'm graduating. My only course is an independent study being conducted outside of York though, so it shouldn't affect my ability to get my degree. The whole thing is retarded. Graduate students are just that- STUDENTS, not employees. I have no idea why they think they are entitled to more $$. Well I remember some people got in to med school in 2009, but their offer was almost taken back becuSe they had to get the transcript in by a time but had a bard time to do that because of strike and extending of the second semester.. The only difference would be that the 2009 strike was much earlier. So they couldnt move on. This 2012 case seems different bc we are so close to exams. I again talked to some TAs and it seems like it can happen depending on the votes. If I had to predict, I would say votes will be in favor of the strike, simply because a lot of the arts ta actually are older than the average science ta and would need all the extra cash they can get. These unionized jobs R such a pain. The people that don't want the strike can't do much because they arent the majority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhopeful64 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 So apparently people voted in favor of a strike! It was on the "Bird Courses at YorkU" Facebook page. This is absolutely ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 So apparently people voted in favor of a strike! It was on the "Bird Courses at YorkU" Facebook page. This is absolutely ridiculous. I don't understand. Don't these grad students care about the reputation of the institution that they will get their grad degrees from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 I agree with this comment: "I don't friggin' understand! These people have a job. Shouldn't they be lucky enough to have a job versus when we graduate we are not guaranteed any job in this recession time period >_<" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 You can thank the system for creating this mess and power base. Back in the day you had far less TA thus professors were forced to.. actually teach which included marking. These days, professors are hired for research and teaching second which is evident by the number of courses taught by a professor each semester/year. By Universities transitioning from teaching to research they'd had to hire more TA's by offering more graduate funding to make up for the work that professors no longer want to do thus creating a power base for TA's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Now, as a business person I hope and pray the University sticks it out for the long haul. That is the only way to break a union so that fair negotiation can take place in future and not be taken to ransom of a union workforce who always wants more and more. If graduate students are so unhappy they are free to quit and pay for their education themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 http://3903.cupe.ca/www/bups So if they do go on strike, how are the exams gonna work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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