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To: Borges

While studying for my Masters degree in technical communication (English), our graduate professors constantly harped about their jobs. They consistently told us that if we wanted to pursue a Ph.D. that we should consider the unglamorous life of a college professor where summers are unpaid, tenure is difficult to get, and asskissing is the only way to get ahead.

I had no desire to go any further in my education. Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy in the respective discipline. Doctor, in this sense, means “teacher,” and I had no desire teaching mushbrained 20-somethings how unfair the real world really is.


3 posted on 04/05/2013 7:01:45 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

Not to mention the huge chunks of time it takes to read, correct, and grade written work.

If you gotta teach, much better to choose a discipline that lends itself to multiple choice.


9 posted on 04/05/2013 7:09:16 AM PDT by Jedidah
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