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SPECTOR® Club - Part 49

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#721
Zitch said:
I'll take care of the home and kid program, you take care of the adventure/ rockstar program brother, we can live through each others experiences! Safe travels bro.
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Nicely put! :) And will do!! :bassist:

cableguy said:
+1

Although I will say living in the Pacific NW does offer a lot of short vacation spots in relatively remote areas. Personally I love the snow & trees in the Cascades either on my Mtn. bike or snowboard. Kind of my home away from home.
Anyway have a great time Omar.
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Thanks man, and once I am back, I am planning to do a hike up Baker in August! You're welcome to join! Base camp Spector jam session! :bassist: :bassist:
 
#722
anton72 said:
Well...I thought it was better in USA than in Russia regarding this. Actually from all the above I can say it's the same. I'm a teacher by Diploma but I had to pass it due to low salaries of teachers in Russia, I've worked as a teacher for 3 months, I liked it, I enjoyed teaching languages to kids but...had to go into corporate FMCG world which I actually hated but did it to support my living and buy my first bass (it was Ibanez that time :)) And I'm still in this industry, many bands has passed which I've been into, but the only thing which never changed since I graduated college is this f...g business. Sad but true...Never mind.:bassist:
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It's a matter of perspective (thanks for stating the obvious Steve you a$$hole!), but I'd be willing to bet anyone who has taught at any time in their lives feels all of this stuff that Brad, Jamie, Anton, etc. have.

My whole life was in higher ed for 12 years total, 9 of them post-college (including a masters in it). When I got too sick and had to quit, the plan was to stay in the PH.D. program I was in part time and just keep that, but it was a big commute from Atlanta to Athens (if you're sick.... uh... with what I have, a 1 1/2 - 2 hour drive is pretty tough and you never know when you're gonna have a bad day until it starts happening) and I couldn't meet the demands and had to stop that as well. I have some hellaciously funny stories about college kids. Almost my whole life was about being an educator and being in that environment where you almost feel like you're going to work with a big ass family everyday... there were really bad times (some of which were also funny in retrospect, some changed me for life good and bad) and really awesome ones that had the same level of impact on me. I even kept a bass and amp in my office because I would work 12-20 hour days sometimes (opening and closing of campus housing in particular) and I'd have no way to play except for 5 minutes here and there.

I stopped in 2005-6ish... I miss it terribly, even the sh!t parts.

But even before I ever even thought about working in education in any form, I always thought of teaching and parenting to be two of the most respectable things you could do with your life. You sacrifice your time and needs and ego just to help make someone's life happen for the best, sometimes lots of someones. I have a lot of love for educators. A mostly thankless, but very rewarding thing to do. Just an example, but Jamie's a Special Ed teacher. That's enormous. I realize that what I'm saying is ONLY from me, and is completely colored by the drastic difference in quality of life between then and now for me.

To sum up (and shut myself up) one of the big shortcomings of our culture in the US is the paradox of education being an almost continuous hot-button topic year-round, yet teaching is still very undervalued in terms of pay, benefits, employment availability, etc.

I'm not sure if it's the same in your part of the world or not Anton, but you did remind me that TB and our little place in it isn't just populated with people from this side of the planet. So thanks for that :).

And with that, I leave you with an important question that came of the shuffle function on my iPod: Whitesnake's "Still of the Night" and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing": two songs about bootie calls with killer bass lines (no Spectors in there, unfortunately). Discuss. :hiding:


edit: Chris is a teacher too!
 
#723
NOLA Bass said:
Amazing indeed! Have some great and safe travels!!!

I must admit I am a tad jealous. My current is 2 weeks vacation, which basically negates any international stuff. I have given very serious consideration to getting out of the "corporate world" and into teaching. I know the pay can suck and you spend plenty hours grading papers at home, etc. however, the time off to travel, focus on family and music and health is very appealing. Plus, I really feel unfulfilled in my career.
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My wife is a teacher here in Montgomery county. The county pays well compared to other states/counties but Montgomery county is one of the most expensive places to to live. But we're dual income so she does get Christmas, springbreak and summers off. If you can swing it and deal with admin, kids and parents then its a good gig.
 
#724
brotherbassj said:
I did not say I did not like it.....lol. It's just not a job that pays well financially! It pays in self rewards and satisfaction. I might note that I am a special education teacher....lol
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yeah I know...I should have been more specific about what I part I was responding to. :hiding:


My response was more directed towards this part of your initial statement "I wish I had ONE big corporate job! The grass is not greener on the other side.........trust me!" :D

Special Ed. Teachers are amazing people!!! :bassist:
 
#725
In all seriousness, great to hear the teaching feedback from my fellow Spector breathren. Sorry to those not interested.

I should clarify that the paycut isn't really the concern. We'd be fine. It is the potential to do something with meaning and be fulfilled while not spending 49 weeks a year mostly sitting in a cubicle. I love the idea of that combined with having the holidays and Summer off. I'd love to have that mutual time off with my Son.

The fear is that indeed the grass isn't greener and so forth.
 
#726
smadder said:
I even kept a bass and amp in my office because I would work 12-20 hour days sometimes (opening and closing of campus housing in particular) and I'd have no way to play except for 5 minutes here and there.


And with that, I leave you with an important question that came of the shuffle function on my iPod: Whitesnake's "Still of the Night" and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing": two songs about bootie calls with killer bass lines (no Spectors in there, unfortunately). Discuss. :hiding:


edit: Chris is a teacher too!
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well put Steve! I agree 100%, the crap times teaching are far less frustrating for me than some of the crap I deal with in the retail world!

I had an 8 track mixing board with 2 PA speakers in my room. I always had music playing and instruments lying around for kids to plug in and play. I would always have a bass or two with me either for me to practice or the students to pluck around on. Most of the teachers had a no touch policy when it came to the personal stuff in their rooms...the students were thrilled when I would let them mess around on the stuff I had lying around...they especially loved my Spector Euro 5 with the burl top! :D

and I would vote any Marvin Gaye over Whitesnake any day of the week!!! ...my 2 cents :bassist:
 
#727
NOLA Bass said:
In all seriousness, great to hear the teaching feedback from my fellow Spector breathren. Sorry to those not interested.

I should clarify that the paycut isn't really the concern. We'd be fine. It is the potential to do something with meaning and be fulfilled while not spending 49 weeks a year mostly sitting in a cubicle. I love the idea of that combined with having the holidays and Summer off. I'd love to have that mutual time off with my Son.

The fear is that indeed the grass isn't greener and so forth.
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I find that I am happier when teaching. I felt "free" because for the most part I could dictate how things went in my class, and was rewarded seeing my students have that "light bulb" moment when everything finally clicked!!

When I go to work now, I feel like this...
 
#730
bclark812008 said:
well put Steve! I agree 100%, the crap times teaching are far less frustrating for me than some of the crap I deal with in the retail world!

I had an 8 track mixing board with 2 PA speakers in my room. I always had music playing and instruments lying around for kids to plug in and play. I would always have a bass or two with me either for me to practice or the students to pluck around on. Most of the teachers had a no touch policy when it came to the personal stuff in their rooms...the students were thrilled when I would let them mess around on the stuff I had lying around...they especially loved my Spector Euro 5 with the burl top! :D

and I would vote any Marvin Gaye over Whitesnake any day of the week!!! ...my 2 cents :bassist:
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That's awesome Brad! I can easily picture me doing something just like that had I gone the straight-up K-12 teaching route. Coolness. Your students probably didn't know what to do with themselves when they walked in and saw everything for the first time...

And I couldn't say which song I like better, it was just the sudden realization that both songs were about late night lust and it hit my funny bone (which, granted, is not like everyone's funny bone). Probably just the meds ;).
 
#732
worshiprocker said:
anyone ever notice Steve talks to himself in his posts? :hiding:

I love that we are a worldwide family. Do what makes you happy and allows you to live your life and support your family, that is best case scenario :D
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superdick2112 said:
LOL!

A few weeks ago when he was talking about the sale of a bass & said "Smadder is an @$$hole" was one of the funniest things I've ever read on TB!
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Ha! You are right. When he starts talking about himself in the 3rd person, it reminds me of that guy Jimmy from Seinfeld.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apa0nG1OfUc
 
#733
On an unrelated note, I still have one "Amazon" bass left. This is a new, gloss black Ian Hill signature model. Standard Spector Euro LX 4 Ian Hill sig. model issue specs. It's $1225 and that includes fully insured UPS ground shipping. Aside from opening it and inspecting it, it is brand new and has not been used. The strings were a bit funky, so I put a fresh set of Sadowsky light gauge black label steels on it. Otherwise it is in factory-fresh condition and I can't find a flaw on it.

Please PM me if interested. The money is going towards medical debt, not GAS/SAS/AAS/CAS/PAS or hookers and blow, so please know that if you take it off my hands I'll be really grateful. And again, I'm posting here instead of the classifieds so club folks and potential Spector family members can take a shot at it.

I treat people who buy from me very, very well, so I think you'll be happy both during and after the transaction. This is a bass that usually goes for $1700-$2000 new. This is a chance to get one at a very affordable price that is just a bit more than used and obviously way, way less than new.

My camera and photography skills are second to absolutely everyone walking the planet, so I apologize for the quality :rollno:. I will try for more in a different light if requested/before going to the main classifieds on TB.

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#739
Clearwave said:
yes
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Good deal, I remember someone maybe Jeff talking about the drop tunner not matching so I thought that they might have changed the shaft length on all their tuners.

Also, I was talking to PJ today about a special order and he said

"please tell all the TB Spector Club folks I said hello. sorry I am too busy to be there but I appreciate all of them and anyone can email me anytime."
 
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