Pondering a PhD

[fantasyecho]

So, some of you probably know it took me about two years to figure out what it was I wanted to do for my MA degree

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[fantasyecho]

Hahaha, well, to be honest, it's just a step better from being a teacher in a government school! I'm not sure I want to work in an environment so politically toothless, tbh, but at the same time, I would love to go home and do something in education! I'm pretty sure I could get a decent job teaching English at maybe Taylor's (I live in Subang, and SS15 is our college hub) but I'd also like to add something to the academic field there, you know?

[fantasyecho]

It's not that they're indifferent. It's the fact that students aren't allowed to be political. It's not something I know how to negotiate.

[fantasyecho]

I don't really have another word for it, though =/

But also, I haven't been in the Malaysian academic scene since 2001, and no one I know back home is involved in academia at all. From the outside perspective, I don't know what goes on in there.

So your perspective is actually quite heartening! I was suspecting (I picked up "Multiethnic Malaysia" when I was home and my mind was blown by the awesome work in it!) but I've been disappointed so many times by various things, I would rather walk in ignorant and be pleasantly surprised, than too idealistic.

[fantasyecho]

Ooohhh. That's definitely a much better term!

At some point I'll go home and actually find my way into local activism. Right now when I go home it's all about the holiday and my family, so haven't had the energy to invest myself.

[fantasyecho]

Also, of course I have stuff to learn! Learning never ends!