TA History

Watson is in the AP curriculum at Western. During the summer students apply and take a few tests to get in. If you get in, you get first choice on parking spots, locker location, class schedule etc. All the perks that would make senior year bearable. Your classes are also way harder, so it balanced out. Part of this curriculum is a TA position where you assist a junior class teacher in grading and organizing. Sometimes there are too many TAs for teachers, and this was one of those times.

“Morning Mr. Hereford.” He said walking into class. Mr. Hereford is portly aging man who cares very deeply about the Roman Empire and not much else.

“Morrnin’ Watson, Rina’s already started on the grading from yesterdee. I say, them Kore-ans sure are efficient.” Mr. Herefords accent is untraceable. His racism is not covert.

“Hey Rina.” He said sitting down next to his Korean TA partner. Watsons TA partner is a Korean girl named Rina. She’s an exchange student from Seoul and is only here for a year to get certain credits for her degree. She hasn’t really spoken much to anybody; she seems impossibly shy and loves doing bookwork.

“Hi, Watson. How are you this morning? Good I hope.” She says nervously to him. He stares at her for a moment, unable to say anything. Her pearly white skin and pink cheeks are too distracting. Today she was dressed like an anime schoolgirl. Cream white pants and matching cardigan. A white pin in her hair to keep her bun tight.

“Yeah—I’m good Rina, how are you? Are you going on the trip this weekend?” He had been so attracted to her since the first day they had class. Although he hasn’t gotten so much as a word out of her. Rina’s all business all the time. Seeing her out in the wild may be the only way to get her to open up.

“Oh yes, the camping. No—no I don’t think ill go. I have to stay and study, don’t you think so? That’ll just be a distraction I think.” She said, mostly still looking down at the papers she was grading.

“Come on Rina!” Said Watson excitedly. “It’s only one weekend, and it’s your senior year! When you look back a year from now, I promise you you’ll be glad you went on this trip.”

“Oh look, Watson can see the future.” she said sarcastically and a little annoyed. He’d take annoyed over indifference any day.

“What do I have to do to get you to go?”

“You’re going to insist on this?”

“Afrad so, Rina.”

“Hm. I’m living here alone. My parents rented me an apartment not too far from school, and a few things around the house are broken, and I just don’t have the time to try and fix them. Here’s my offer, Watson. Come over and fix my sink and the hole in my wall and I’ll go on this school trip. Although I don’t know why you would take this deal.” She looked up from her papers.

“You got a deal Rina! What day this week?” Did he have knowledge of carpentry or power tools? No. How hard could it be to figure out.

“Wait really? Wow okay. Thanks…Watson. I really do appreciate it.” She’s blushing, wow she really does need the help it seems. She must be overworked with school. He does want her to go camping, but helping a person is also just a nice thing. Also, he might be able to sneak a peek at her panties while she’s in another room.

“Um how about tomorrow afternoon? I usually go straight home on Tuesdays.”

“Tomorrow is great. Here give me your number in case something happens, and I have to cancel.”

“Okay sure.” She takes his phone and after a few seconds hands it back. [Rina Moon-Kim] is the new contact in his phone.

He grinned and they both went back to work as Mr. Hereford taught about the aqueducts.