think twice, my friend.
On 7/01/16, Prof Phil wrote:
> I teach at a state university and heartily agree with almost
> everything said above...especially the comments about the
> path to teaching at a Community College. High school teaching
> is not that much of a consideration.
>
> Luckily (and I do mean luck was involved) I am a tenured full
> professor. We have wonderful lecturers here (called adjunct
> professors in some colleges) with masters or Ph.D.s and they
> are underpaid and sometimes treated like crap. I am proud to
> say my department values our lecturers and tries to treat
> them as best we can (but have no control over their pay or
> status). Several of them are my best friends. Many of our
> lecturers who can teach General Education courses also teach
> at community colleges.
>
> From your posts it sounds like you don't really have a
> passion yet but are exploring. My suggestion is to go full
> steam ahead and try everything you think you would like. That
> is how I got into university teaching. I got downsized from
> the American automobile industry in 1982 and made a complete
> career change into teaching. I jumped in and loved it.
>
> Note: Although I am tenured at my university, I have taught
> as a part-time lecturer at three other private and public
> universities at the undergrad, masters, and doctoral levels
> (both face-to-face and on-line). Lecturer pay and treatment
> varied from school-to-school.
>
>
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