Muskrat – Oz. Not coming back to the States. Especially not now with health issues.

NATUI – Dunno. Way it is, I suppose.

Flutter – Thanks. I’ll take it the way it was intended

Suzer – I hope it’s the right one. Just had a meeting with the Education person at my Uni. It’s going to be different.

Danielle – And that’s what she said. With the Ph.D. and being a qualified maths and science teacher, the posh privates will be drooling.

Joe – Definitely a bonus.

Ariza – I’d like to think that I could wind down in a week…

Jen – We’ll see.

CMGD – I think getting my heart in it is going to be the challenge.

Ellie – We did frogs in my high school.

Chris – The good news is that the acting Head of School and the Deputy VC both seem to think fondly of me. I’m doing teaching for both of them. My Mama didn’t raise no fool.

Time for a meeting. One day I’ll finish responding to these comments.

Seriously, hope it works out.
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I’ve always dreamed of teaching. (Well of being a professor at a small liberal arts college.) My all-time favorite teachers though were my high school Lit teachers (teaching college-credit awarding classes in a Department of Defense school in Germany.) It’s kind of a bummer to find out that they only have research and lecturing positions in Australia. I’m sure that teaching at a nice pricey private school will have some go-hung pupils.

N.S. – The certification is a piece of piss – just a few courses and some practice teaching. My lingering fear is that I don’t like teenagers. Not sure how to get past that.

HB8 – Oh my, yes.

Heza – I think I am too.

Trish – I get that out of Uni teaching. I still know where some of my former students are from Ph.D. and Post-Doc teaching. It’s one of the bonuses.

Agnes – DipEd. I don’t need any more degrees and I’ve spent enough time in school. Just the basics. Also helps with Uni teaching apparently.

TUB – Re the axe – true. But teachers are always in demand. And they haven’t completely screwed up the Education system down here. Yet.

Technobabe – I think it’s the right thing. I think.

Cat – True, though in the States there are still teaching only positions. We don’t have those here really. One or two here or there.

Jacob – I’m fully anticipating some major changes in teaching style and content. In fact, I’m more than a little worried about the change. I rarely have to dispense any kind of discipline in a college classroom because, as you point out, they want to be there so they don’t fuck about. I don’t know how I’m going to cope with that. Maybe they’ll teach me that in the course work…

Jan – Not free, but nearly. And even in the States, tuition isn’t the big money in universities – grants, research money, donations, etc. It’s big business.

Jacob – I know you’re not and I know it’s going to be hard. I’ve never been a money guy, I just want a job I can get some satisfaction out of.

Jacob – We don’t really have the small liberal arts college in Australia. There are a couple of religious colleges but I am NOT teaching biology in a religious college.

JChev – Exactly. In use. That’s all I’ve ever wanted out of a job and teaching so far is the only job at which I felt like I was making any kind of difference.

Rol – The trick? “I don’t know, but I’ll find out for you and come back next week with it.” College students like that because they feel like they’ve asked a good question.

Zen Mom – Thanks. I hope they do.

Theresa – Yeah, I said the same thing until very recently. Like yesterday when I wrote this post. I’m hoping that my college teaching background will help me get a job at a pricey private school.

Titus – Thanks for your comment, good to see a new commentator.

That’s how I felt about the MBA. I didn’t know why I would have done it – just to get a ‘job’ in some arbitrary sense. I really didn’t like working for industry, so I just thought it didn’t make sense to invest more time and money into it.

Ariza – I want to coach cricket. Except I don’t know how to play. Those who can’t, teach?

Jill – I feel pretty good about my chances for another year. By the way. I went to six universities and quit three.

Boy’s awake from his nap.