However, when the same TAs are responsible for grading and explaining assignments, it doesn't really matter whether a student is 'resilient.' No matter how much

However, when the same TAs are responsible for grading and explaining assignments, it doesn't really matter whether a student is 'resilient.' No matter how much effort the expend, it's not getting reflected in actual knowledge if the TA is grading mostly on rote format because of language barriers and the students fail to grasp any significant content because it relies on a broken intermediary to be communicated. It becomes an exercise in showing up to lab, sitting there, doing the the things the TA says, putting the exact tables they specify in your report, and being oblivious to what the lab was supposed to be accomplishing. Or at least that's what I witnessed. What you say is somewhat true for classes with regular textbooks or a prof to go back to, but when it's a lab where all content comes from the TA running the lab, often times you end up going through wrote procedure that's potentially even completely disconnected from the intended lab material because it's been intercepted by three layers of translation and language confusion.