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gray_ghost) wrote2007-02-10 04:03 am
gray_ghost) wrote2007-02-10 04:03 am
The Ph.d glut...
Well this is a depressing read...
I found it on del.icio.us while searching for GLUT (which is this library for...oh never mind)
It's depressing what he says about a Ph.d closing doors to teaching in hs - but I wonder if you can leave it off your resume if you want to teach hs? Because seriously - I'm not interested in grad school for the money. I just want to be subsidized while I'm researching stuff that I'm interested in, and I don't particularly care where (so long as there are copious computing resources and they give me a nice office). Well...ok...NOT Oklahoma, but other than that ...
I found it on del.icio.us while searching for GLUT (which is this library for...oh never mind)
It's depressing what he says about a Ph.d closing doors to teaching in hs - but I wonder if you can leave it off your resume if you want to teach hs? Because seriously - I'm not interested in grad school for the money. I just want to be subsidized while I'm researching stuff that I'm interested in, and I don't particularly care where (so long as there are copious computing resources and they give me a nice office). Well...ok...NOT Oklahoma, but other than that ...
no subject
not only does the guy construct a grim picture, he leaves out those of us who actually want the phd to be able to do exactly what you said - get subsidized while we're researching something we want.
as grim as he says it is, i still refuse to give up hope. but i've always had lowered expectations about where i'm going to end up post phd. the important part for me is the journey, not the "earning potential" at the end of it.