Wow, this is good info for me cause I had the thought about being a teacher. Good Stuff!

 

Nice Fine Print

 

Whether you have to do research and get grant funding depends on th eschool where you teach. For example: University of California, yes; California State University, no.

 

Military get 30 paid days off a year!

 

If you have any questions about teaching at the college level please feel free to ask.

Like Magician said the university dictates your responsibilities. You can get a full teaching position or a research/teaching position. This will change your work load, teaching positions tend to be much more relaxed while research positions are often high-stress, high-workload affairs. If you are gunning for tenure in a research one institution don't plan on being a "family man".

 

I only know one teacher who really loves what she does AND makes decent money.
She teaches first grade, has been teaching for 20 years, and makes $85k.
She also has a National teaching qualification, which she said was hard to get.
She arrives at school every morning by 7am, and typically gets home at 6:30pm, and still has work to do at home.

The other teacher I know is my next door neighbor, who teaches Math at my local high school. She said the bureaucracy is killing her, as the politicians decide to go for 'new and improved' teaching methods every year.
I don't know how much she makes, but she told me she barely makes it through the summer.

 

Old housing prices vs. new housing prices.

Also, the presumption of what one "needed" has changed dramatically.

If I hadn't had those summer jobs, I'd have opted to go on a 12-month pay cycle. It really is difficult being a teacher; you have to manage your money well.

 

after watching that final lecture on youtube of that carnegie melon prof with cancer and talking to my friend at u of hawaii, who is currently a phd canditate, i have become interested in becoming a professor and obtaining my phd.

i understand you would need a phd to teach at the college level. so...is it still possible for me to get into a phd program even tho i had a low gpa undergrad? i am working right now and will be obtaining some professional certs. i am getting tired of the corporate life and would like to go back to school. i would not mind going to a 2nd tier program either. a little backround, studied econ management science at ucsd, soon to be cpa, and already a cia. working in large software company in accounting dept.

possible to get phd?

 

go for it when you're older

I'd love to be a university professor but I can't sacrifice the time when I'm still energetic enough to step out there to compete in the business world.

 

[QUOTE=trainwreck,Nov 9 2007, 02:02 PM] i understand you would need a phd to teach at the college level.