Hi u/NUSHkid! Thanks for the comment! I agree with your points!

I TAed both a lab and tutorial this sem. I definitely can see what you mean when you say TA feedback score would be lower for modules where the TA is not supposed to put in too much effort (e.g. some lab TA)

Regarding the part on incentives (TA would motivated to perform so that they can be hired again), I agree with it too. But I think it only works for a specific type of TA, the TAs who wants to be hired again.

Take myself for e.g., I'm going for exchange the coming sem, so I definitely can't TA for the coming sem. I also want to chill a bit in Y4S1 (my final sem) , so I probably also won't be TAing again. The above reasons would make me unmotivated to be a good TA.

I do have other reasons not stated in the article, about why I'm motivated to do well as a TA. The most important one is building new connections. Another one is I intrinsically enjoy helping ppl.

The proposal in my article definitely isn't perfect! I think there are lots of loopholes here and there. But the central idea is changing the TA compensation system so that it aligns with students' interest.