The School/Uni Thread

[Chimaera]

So, I got my exam results today.

B for English
B for Geography
B for Art
C for Biology

 

[Zephyrus]

 

[Chanakya]

So, I got my exam results today.

B for English
B for Geography
B for Art
C for Biology

A levels?

 

[Chimaera]

A levels?

Highers. I think they're the Scottish equivalent, so yeah.

 

[unknown]

@ zeph

 

[Zephyrus]

Yeah, I'm teaching two classes this coming semester and I'll have a total salary of $4,100. Enough to live on, but not great.

 

[unknown]

I'll be teaching three classes with a combined monthly salary (including my store job) of about $1500 :zombie:

 

[zabu of nΩd]

That's supply and demand for you

 

[King Richard]

teachers be getting raped. I'm happy for you guys that you're a lot smarter than me but fuck a bunch of that.

 

[Vimana]

I just found out I'm not taking Arabic. I'm taking French, Chinese, Introduction to Education, and maybe a College Composition course depending on how I do on a placement test. Yay.

 

[Einherjar86]

I was just contacted for a job interview next week at a school in Oregon. The guy wants me to go out there which would a little bit inconvenient because, you know, I'm in Arizona. It'd be cool if I could just do a phone interview. I don't know the details of the position, and I have to know how many classes I'd be teaching, because it definitely would not be advisable for me to relocate if I'd be earning peanuts teaching one class. Well, I emailed the guy back and I'll see what happens.

edit #1: Well, he replied. The position is for two classes and the pay is pretty bad. It looks like it won't be worth it to do this interview. Man, adjunct teaching really is a raw deal in most cases. I earned twice as much as a teaching assistant for one class per semester. Come on!

edit #2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP_9zH9Q44o

Yeah, I'm teaching two classes this coming semester and I'll have a total salary of $4,100. Enough to live on, but not great.

I'll be teaching three classes with a combined monthly salary (including my store job) of about $1500 :zombie:

Same here. As adjuncts, we're basically the equivalent of slave labor for professors who don't want to teach all the classes scheduled in their workload. I'm getting something like $700 per credit hour; if I teach three classes this semester and three in the spring, and am able to pick up a summer class, I'll make somewhere between $15-$18k per year.

 

[unknown]

In my defense, one class is three units, the other two classes are one unit each

 

[Einherjar86]

For those who've taken it:

Is two months enough time to study for the GRE Subject Exam in English? I'm considering taking it in October, since a couple deadlines for schools I'm considering applying to are in December.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Depends entirely on how smart you are. To be perfectly blunt about it.

 

[Einherjar86]

To be perfectly blunt, that's true.

It doesn't matter; the application deadlines are too close to comfort for me, so I'm taking it in October. No going back.

 

[The Emptier]

Start college next week...holy shit.

My orientation schedule is badass, 5 days of fun and acclamation. So stoked.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Hey guise, what should I do with my life now that I has degree. Help me out with some ideas here.

 

[Der Morgenstern]

Start sucking dicks to make ends meet like the rest of us. Welcome to the real world.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

hahahaha, I'm starting to think that's about right.

 

[Vimana]

I start college next week. I can't wait.