School and grad school.
Today was a nice day. The seniors are gone and this makes me very happy. I wish that it didn't, but it does. Not only do I not have to deal with their attitudes, but it means that I don't have to prepare for 4th period and so, of course, I have an extra period free. Only two more weeks of school left!
In other news, Tiffany and I have been giving some thought to grad school for me. There's so many difficult questions, though. If I did go to grad school, would we have to move? Would we go to Boston, etc. or would I just take correspondance courses? Or could I possibly pull of one of those 'go for the summer' programs? That seems only possible if Tiffany were a teacher and had the summers off. If I went to grad school, would I go back to LCS afterwards or would I want to go somewhere that could actually pay me a living wage (we do want to have kids sometime, after all)? Do I need grad school to have a financial payoff for it to be a wise decision?
Then there's the whole question about kids. I really don't want to wait much longer, and if we actually moved for me to go to grad school, then we'd be looking at at least another 3 - 4 years or more before we could think about having children. That almost makes up my mind right there. And what about commitment to place? Am I just going to give that up because I want some more education? Of course the point would be to better myself in a different place and then bring those skills back here, but still... I know I want to teach, but I think the small, Christian school is exactly what I want and if I spent all that money on grad school, wouldn't I need to have a better way of paying it back?...especially if I ever want Tiffany to be able to stay at home with the kids. Decisions, decisions...
My night tonight: creating the final exam for Philosophy II...and watching the Red Sox/Yankees game.
In other news, Tiffany and I have been giving some thought to grad school for me. There's so many difficult questions, though. If I did go to grad school, would we have to move? Would we go to Boston, etc. or would I just take correspondance courses? Or could I possibly pull of one of those 'go for the summer' programs? That seems only possible if Tiffany were a teacher and had the summers off. If I went to grad school, would I go back to LCS afterwards or would I want to go somewhere that could actually pay me a living wage (we do want to have kids sometime, after all)? Do I need grad school to have a financial payoff for it to be a wise decision?
Then there's the whole question about kids. I really don't want to wait much longer, and if we actually moved for me to go to grad school, then we'd be looking at at least another 3 - 4 years or more before we could think about having children. That almost makes up my mind right there. And what about commitment to place? Am I just going to give that up because I want some more education? Of course the point would be to better myself in a different place and then bring those skills back here, but still... I know I want to teach, but I think the small, Christian school is exactly what I want and if I spent all that money on grad school, wouldn't I need to have a better way of paying it back?...especially if I ever want Tiffany to be able to stay at home with the kids. Decisions, decisions...
My night tonight: creating the final exam for Philosophy II...and watching the Red Sox/Yankees game.
many people go to grad school while having children.
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June 06, 2006 11:35 AM
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Posted by
Ryan |
June 06, 2006 1:03 PM
and those people are rich. or couples where the wife works, either because the kids are older and in school or because they don't care about keeping the mom home with the kids. i'm sure there are other exceptions, but i can't think of one for us.
Posted by
Ryan |
June 06, 2006 1:09 PM
Or they don't already have thousands of dollars of debt. That's right, thousands.
College was a waste.
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Anonymous |
June 06, 2006 1:46 PM
come to canada and they pay you to have children.
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Anonymous |
June 06, 2006 1:52 PM