13 Struggles All Teaching Assistants Can Relate To

3. Encouraging Research When A Student Asks You A Question That You Don't Know The Answer To

"Miss, what are the stages of photosynthesis?" You're baffled. You're covering a class and although you know the very basics, you can't remember this for the life of you. You haven't looked at the inside of a plant since you were at school and that was a while ago. So you try your best to look casual and in the know, so you respond with "well that would be telling wouldn't it. Why don't you look it up in the index and then you can explain it to me?" You handled that well.