HereSince1628
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Fri Aug-29-03 12:48 PM
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Ex-academics missing fall semester start-up check in here |
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Edited on Fri Aug-29-03 12:49 PM by HereSince1628
I know everyone thinks the best thing about teaching at college (or k-12)is the myth of having summers off.
But one of the hardest things about being outside the academy is watching the school year start without you.
So, check-in, commiserate, and/or tell the rest of us about the change.
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KCDem
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Fri Aug-29-03 12:51 PM
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After 24 years of school/college/grad school, and a one-time dream of teaching college Russian (which I did for a few years while a grad student), it's weird to be on the outside. Next year, my own child will begin the odyssey. I look forward to watching her and her younger sister create their own paths.
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Fri Aug-29-03 12:59 PM
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Did you go out and buy new clothes in preparation, anyway?
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KCDem
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Fri Aug-29-03 01:01 PM
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As if I have money to blow on back-to-school clothes these days!
I did go buy some things, but that's because I'm sorta thinking about getting a job and I don't have any "real-world appropriate" clothing. I miss having a job where I can dress in jeans and a t.
How about you? What did you teach?
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Fri Aug-29-03 01:08 PM
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my specialty was ecology of parasitic disease in wildlife. It took me to Russia for a couple of summers.
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Fri Aug-29-03 01:33 PM
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After 7 years of primary education, 5 years of secondary education, and 5 years of tertiary education (equalling two degrees), I'm getting itchy to go back. With luck, I'll be starting my PhD a year from now!
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Fri Aug-29-03 01:46 PM
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8. Choose major well, or ... you'll soon become another ex-academic |
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Hey, really, good luck. What are you thinking about?
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Fri Aug-29-03 01:38 PM
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It's been 25 years since I last taught school (left to make a living), but I still have that litle ache in the Fall when I see the school bus pull down my street.
I volunteer in public schools now that I'm semi-retired. I discovered that volunteers make only slightly less than teachers.
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Fri Aug-29-03 01:44 PM
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7. Yes, school busses and flashing crossing lights in school zones... |
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Is that Brazos as in " Washington on the..." and "Ain't no mo cane on the Brazos"
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Fri Aug-29-03 03:22 PM
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9. I MISS teaching SOOOOOOOOO Baddd! |
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:loveya: Loved those fresh faces filing in to Intro to Politics
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HereSince1628
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Fri Aug-29-03 05:07 PM
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11. Yeah, they are veritable fountain of youth |
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before leaving academia I was aging in school years... which work something like this ... you're NEVER a real adult until you finish your last degree, and then you only age 3 months a year in the summer because the age of people in the classroom never changes.
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Fri Aug-29-03 04:57 PM
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10. I've never been a teacher, |
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but attended k-12, then a year of college, then started working full time. Ten years later I resumed part time school, which I've continued on and off to the present.
I have two sons, one in college, the other in high school, and most of my life my year has been linked to the rhythm of the school year. I wonder if I'll ever not be shaping my life around the school year.
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Fri Aug-29-03 05:19 PM
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12. I didn't go back to school this year |
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and so far I love it. Every day this week has been like Christmas. I do believe I'll get used to it.
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Fri Aug-29-03 05:22 PM
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13. Sounds like you made the right choice... |
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everyone should enjoy a week of Christmasses :)
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