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#128
HerbGardner said:
Professor. I also enjoy my job, but I like playing bass even more.
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Same here, but I regret my profession. Professor in the sciences for a non-tenure granting institution for 15 years now. Looking into buying some acres of land to start a small organic farm. I'm tired of competing for research grants (I have been successful, just tired), tired of administrative crap and tired of students constantly complaining that I don't teach exactly to the exam... I hate the NCLB mentality. Sorry for the rant. My bass playing pays nothing but is everything... Jam with friends every other weekend. Playing for 32 years.
 
#130
drerio said:
Same here, but I regret my profession. Professor in the sciences for a non-tenure granting institution for 15 years now. Looking into buying some acres of land to start a small organic farm. I'm tired of competing for research grants (I have been successful, just tired), tired of administrative crap and tired of students constantly complaining that I don't teach exactly to the exam... I hate the NCLB mentality. Sorry for the rant. My bass playing pays nothing but is everything... Jam with friends every other weekend. Playing for 32 years.
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I think there are varying degrees of this. I had a history professor who would talk about whatever he wanted to talk about, and less than 30% of what was on the test study guide was ever mentioned in class, let alone discussed, and well over 50% of what was discussed wasn't on the test. I'm all about learning, but sometimes it's absurd to absorb HOURS of information on a class that is a prerequisite for a degree that I'll never use ever that isn't on the text.
 
#131
blendermassacre said:
I think there are varying degrees of this. I had a history professor who would talk about whatever he wanted to talk about, and less than 30% of what was on the test study guide was ever mentioned in class, let alone discussed, and well over 50% of what was discussed wasn't on the test. I'm all about learning, but sometimes it's absurd to absorb HOURS of information on a class that is a prerequisite for a degree that I'll never use ever that isn't on the text.
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Teaching cell and molecular biology is quite different... Useless information is, well useless. Needless to say one still has to engage their brain, something domestic students would rather not do; they, American students, have a sense of entitlement and confidence without abilities. On the other hand my European and Asian born and educated students shine. Many of those later students are not coming to American universities as much as they used to.
 
#132
:cool:This year I will complete my 41st year with the same employer, 9 different companies have owned us over the years ,but I have remained.
Machinist 17years
Machine Repair Tech 21 years
QA /lean Tech/internal auditor 3 years.
Along the way I earned a AS in management and a BS with majors in Business and HR management.
I been playing bass since 1963 and still rockin the Beatles!:cool::hyper::bassist:
 
#136
drerio said:
Teaching cell and molecular biology is quite different... Useless information is, well useless. Needless to say one still has to engage their brain, something domestic students would rather not do; they, American students, have a sense of entitlement and confidence without abilities. On the other hand my European and Asian born and educated students shine. Many of those later students are not coming to American universities as much as they used to.
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Entitlement is a problem with people in my generation in general, not just in school. It's sickening. I didn't go to college right out of highschool, despite having a full ride to the University of Arkansas (:atoz::rollno:), and trying to go back as an adult was frustrating enough, without the morons I went to school with.
 
#139
drerio said:
Same here, but I regret my profession. Professor in the sciences for a non-tenure granting institution for 15 years now. Looking into buying some acres of land to start a small organic farm. I'm tired of competing for research grants (I have been successful, just tired), tired of administrative crap and tired of students constantly complaining that I don't teach exactly to the exam... I hate the NCLB mentality. Sorry for the rant. My bass playing pays nothing but is everything... Jam with friends every other weekend. Playing for 32 years.
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If I may ask, what kind of Ibanez do you play?
 
#140
Sole proprietor of Frogs Pool Service and Spa Repair.

I wanted to get out of the pool & spa business so I got two teaching cred out here in California. Got them right when the recession hit and the districts stopped hiring, so I am still in the pool and spa business.

I DO have a potential new idea for a business start-up that involves music, and will be revealing it here on TB when I get things rolling.
 

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