Great news, Teppy.

So. My adviser thinks that I'm not going to be able to graduate next summer, like I'd been planning to do. Looks like this doctorate might take 6 1/2 or 7 years, rather than the 5 or 6 I'd thought. But on the plus side, one of my students told me that I'm the highlight of her Tuesday.

What JZ Said, with a heaping side order of What Vortex Said.

So very much this. Yay, for 40 hour pay!!!! Boo for stupid, crazy-making bosses.

Done teaching. Now, to do what I so very much love to do every fraking day. Make a shit ton of copies. The drawback to creating your own curriculum and materials and activities and etc.? Copies. Lots and lots of copies.

guess the kids are too young for e-mail distribution, huh? Or an online forum where they could check for those kinds of things? t /treehugger tech-geek

guess the kids are too young for e-mail distribution, huh? Or an online forum where they could check for those kinds of things?

This becomes more prevalent in middle school. At least around here. I can even check Nate's grades online, which is nice since I don't have to wait for interims to get an idea how he's doing.

CJ is in elementary - 6th grade - and is expected to go online each night for homework.

so I just heard someone say this:

"this bailout thing isn't a Republican thing to do at all..." which, yes, as far as philosophies go, it's not. True. But you cannot disown the fact that they are the party in charge, right?

Yes?

A little?

In West Baltimore, if somebody jerked you around like that, you could have your crew kick the shit out of them, Tep. I think I like that plan. No, Sox, you can't. McSame is trying like hell, though. "We have to let him play. This America." Onion, stop ripping me off. Dag.

In West Baltimore, if somebody jerked you around like that, you could have your crew kick the shit out of them, Tep.

I like that plan, too!

This doesn't mean I'm not looking for other jobs; I definitely am. But the economy is sucking in these parts, and this means I at least get my full salary back to build up a nest egg and pay off credit card debt while I keep looking.

Teppy, I meant to tell you this in LJ, but DEFINITELY pursue any opportunities available to you in any pharma you might have near you. The money in this industry is far better than in textbooks and other traditional publishing areas. I can send you some helpful links, but I think you could increase your salary by 20-30% within a year of making the jump (if not right away).

I can't speak for the hours required by Polter-Cow, but it's definitely not a 9-5 job in my company. Well, I take that back, my publishers do typically work a 40-45 hour work week; we just happen to be in NDA-mode right now. I haven't had a weekend off since the F2F. BUT, the money helps. Big time. Shoot me an email if you want further info.

ETA: I did not ask if she was tire-d.

Well you should have, because she probably never head that joke before.

Yes, and I've never heard Gilligan's Island references; gingerbread and ginger ale jokes; or jokes about doing something "gingerly."

Precisely why I did not mention it to her.

Same reason I do not address a co-worker who shares the name of a famous evangelist as "Billy."