teaching?
Was informed today that I have been MIA for the past few days. (They do seem a bit of a blur.) I successfully dropped the math class, and though no longer panicking now feel a bit silly with only 3 4-credit classes and a 2-credit. I suspect that I will compensate for the lack of credit with the occupation of grader and TA (essentially getting paid to study simple math and teaching).
That leads me to my other thoughts that I have had of late: I feel as though my path is leading me to become a teacher. I don't know how exactly I feel about that yet... except that I am a bit resistant to the idea of taking doing something that would almost certainly assure a significantly lower standard of living than I am used to. As a mathematician, there are quite a few areas that I could get into, but I don't like the idea of sitting in some cubical crunching numbers. I really love guiding people through their mathematical journey (how cheesy is that line), but I keep imagining all of the difficulties that come with being a teacher.
The best short term situation that I can come up with is to be a math tutor associated with some school while pursuing other interests: massage therapy, linguistics (yeah, that'll get me a job ), other...
In other news, I have recently found the muscles of my left shoulder to feel bruised and the skin to feel numb and sometimes tingly. I suspect low circulation and am considering attempting to make emergency appointment with chiropractor.
Also, for those interested, I am in town and relatively uncommitted this weekend (going to the Vagina Monologues Saturday evening), but will be out of town both next Saturday and the following Friday (leaving in the afternoon) and Saturday.
... I need to stop drinking coffee after 11pm...
That leads me to my other thoughts that I have had of late: I feel as though my path is leading me to become a teacher. I don't know how exactly I feel about that yet... except that I am a bit resistant to the idea of taking doing something that would almost certainly assure a significantly lower standard of living than I am used to. As a mathematician, there are quite a few areas that I could get into, but I don't like the idea of sitting in some cubical crunching numbers. I really love guiding people through their mathematical journey (how cheesy is that line), but I keep imagining all of the difficulties that come with being a teacher.
The best short term situation that I can come up with is to be a math tutor associated with some school while pursuing other interests: massage therapy, linguistics (yeah, that'll get me a job ), other...
In other news, I have recently found the muscles of my left shoulder to feel bruised and the skin to feel numb and sometimes tingly. I suspect low circulation and am considering attempting to make emergency appointment with chiropractor.
Also, for those interested, I am in town and relatively uncommitted this weekend (going to the Vagina Monologues Saturday evening), but will be out of town both next Saturday and the following Friday (leaving in the afternoon) and Saturday.
... I need to stop drinking coffee after 11pm...