tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post3566565001093943110..comments2023-10-29T04:36:52.733-05:00Comments on elle, phd: When Does College Life End?ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-30188965903898655862008-03-21T23:28:00.000-05:002008-03-21T23:28:00.000-05:00LOL! I teach at the University of Washington (I'm ...LOL! I teach at the University of Washington (I'm from Georgia) and had not thought of my schedule's relation to UGA and VPI until this post!<BR/><BR/>I, too, am a night person -- but I have some faculty friends who aren't. <BR/><BR/>What your friends don't realize is that it takes a different form of discipline to manage time for thinking - reseaching - prep'ing ... than it does to show up for an 8-to-5 job.<BR/><BR/><BR/>KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19408862.post-52214969338468919712008-03-20T15:39:00.000-05:002008-03-20T15:39:00.000-05:00What they're really saying is "I want a job where ...What they're really saying is "I want a job where I can work in my pajamas if I want to," which you can when you're doing prep and such. At least I do. And I do it at midnight, if I feel like it.<BR/><BR/>The freedom is what makes it worthwhile to me, frankly. Sure, I could probably make more money doing something else--given what I make, I'd have to go into fast food to make less, it feels like. But I like having the summer break and the free schedule to write, so I drive a car built last century and live in an apartment.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057141977192915700noreply@blogger.com