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In reply to the discussion: The nerve to ask [View all]ashling
(25,771 posts)44. I like it - don't make much
Also, be prepared to be an adjunct (part time usually no or very limited benefits)
My wife has a full time position at a community college. She could have made more teaching High school in the town we used to live in. With her regular classes + overage classes and other adjunct classes at another college, she has been teaching 10 classes a semester! I teach what I can get, which right now is 2 poli sci. online. I will have a hybrid history for summer 2.that's if they all make.
But then you get a letter from a student like the one I posted here recently that makes it all worthwhile.
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Thanks for knowing yourself and the difficulty of teaching well enough to say that.
LuckyLib
May 2013
#10
K & R. Teachers are what build community. An attack on them, is an attack on all of us!
freshwest
May 2013
#31
I love a teacher when they're telling kids to not use a jpeg when plain text would do just fine.
harmonicon
Jun 2013
#46
Does trying that hard to miss the point in favor of asinine pedantry hurt? (nt)
Posteritatis
Jun 2013
#50