Ouch, Gaz!!! That no.2 hurts like a somabich!! However, you may have me pegged. Still looking foreward to that phd. in math ed, though.

90% loans and grants, 10% BK/summer work, etc., and a little spending money from my mother.

PG-

It came as a shock and disappointment to realize that I was not brilliant. I was good at mathematics and I liked it. I got good grades and was having a good time. But "brilliant" is reserved for those elite few who work in the rarefied theoretical fields of number theory. I tried to follow some papers in that area and had some success, but quickly realized that the DNA machine had shorted me on genius and that was not going to be one of the elite. I was a follower, not a leader. And only leaders would have the jobs I wanted.

There is nothing wrong with teaching. I certainly did not intend to convey that impression. I, however, am not wired for classroom teaching. I do a fine job one-on-one [tutoring and teaching new recruits the MRB business here at work], but the thought of teaching a class [unless it were at a very, very high level, with students who all wanted to be there with all their hearts and souls] gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Best of luck in your degree.

xoxo~
gaz
coulda been a contendah.


[Edited by Gaz on 02-23-2001 at 08:19 AM]

That's actually a good bit of the reason I quit my degree at the end Gaz, I just couldn't stand teaching another day...

Best decision I ever made.

For me...

More power to the people who can do it.

I paid for college by Gigelloing myself to lonely wives of guys who spend all day on the internet;)

I was pretty unmotivated academically in HS and decided to go to college after flipping a coin when a buddy asked me to go to NWMSU with him...It was heads 3 times in a row so I went...Had enough fun to stay and ended up with a BS...he flunked out after 1 year....

Paid by working summers with a autocrusher crew in HS, working for farmers and at a grocery store...and worked construction in the summers at college, and crushed cars for spring and winter break while my friends were on vac..also sold some ink drawings along the way..still get pissed writing the loan checks twice a month.

went to colorado 2 summers to build houses, and took a side job building a horse barn "after work and sundays" with a guy i worked with....

A point of interest...built a house for VP Cheney's daughter..

[Edited by Iowanian on 02-23-2001 at 09:12 AM]