"I was chosen by the professor for my previous teaching," says Goldsmith, a veteran TF of the course.
Yet other head TFs are selected by professors without having prior teaching experience.
Fretzen had never TFed before she was selected to head up the class's stable of TFs. She says she was picked because of her people skills, as well as her career aims.
"I think the professor was looking for someone with good qualities," she says. "A head TF really needs to be able to talk to people and bring people together. I obviously have a lot of experience in the field, though not teaching."
Fretzen says she is seriously considering remaining in academic life as a college instructor, and Verdine picked her partly for this reason.
"[Verdine] knew that I am considering going into academia, so I think that helped," Fretzen says.
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