why couldn't he just stick at what he is good at..
no, the students he helps will never with devoted subservience call him "da mog"..
it's a weird life.
one takes what one is given.. I taught four semesters of intermediate algebra. The first semester, you are plain awful. Horrible.
none of the other teaching assistants ever admitted it. But all of them, were as horrible, as I was..
The last semester.. the students started calling me "professor"..
the title is earned.
in da way, it was assumed..
probably the same today.