become a professor

I love learning, I love to teach and I would absolutely love being surrounded by intelligent human beings at all times.

It’s a long way down the road, but I hope it’ll work out!

“On average: This goal takes 6 months to complete.” You’ve got to be kidding me!

Either way, I plan to—eventually—contribute to Philosophy.

In the biomedical research field, it is very difficult to become a tenure-track professor, but it is my dream.

I have published two journal articles, and am writing the third one. The problem is that my boss is not so interested in this one. I have a lot to do but have only 3 month or so left. If I can not finish it within the 3 month, it may never get published. The boss gives up on papers too easily, which happened several times in this lab…

i think i would like to become a professor. my main thing is flexibility, and becoming a professor seems like the best job in life! i would be teaching around 9 hours a week! i would be able to travel! it’s a great life! i want to get my phd in international social policy / welfare… or something like that. it would be great to talk all day about the things that i love. i am now getting a master’s degree in environmental health, but i don’t think i’d like to do that forever. the only con in getting a phd is that it takes a lot of determnination and resilience to complete! i don’t know if i can make it =( but i want to! i believe in me! =).

Forever and ever. Well, with one small exception (sort-of half-done a class but it shouldn’t be a problem). Steps left to candidacy: programming assignment and research project.

I am currently a high school English teacher, my ultimate goal is to be a University professor.

i love painting. and i want it to be a bigger part of my being. i want to understand the meaning of art. and perhaps being a proffessor would allow me room to explore further and further

Another dream coming true for me this year – I’m now a tenure-track faculty member at a large Midwestern university.
Semester starts on Tuesday.
I’m scared to death.

I love my work as a professor. You should go for it.

I’ve finished my first week of (non-volunteer) teaching. (!!!) I never thought anything could be simultaneously so exhilirating and exhausting. The students are amazing, all very smart, they pick up on concepts quickly and run with them (sometimes in directions I wouldn’t even think of myself!) I’ve made some mistakes, but I’m learning. Big things are:

• Always be prepared! This has always been one of my mantras but never have I found it so necessary. The kids blow through material like nothing, so I must always have something for them to do next.

• Proper group choice is essential! I had lots of problems with randomly assigned groups. I spent a few hours figuring out how to rearrange them (with some input from the students) and presto, the next day they’re working much better together.

• Pay attention to individuals! Students react much better when I pay attention to their individual strengths and weaknesses.

• Treat students like equals. This I learned in Citizen Schools, and applying it here has worked wonders.

• Don’t lend students your camera. It will be dropped :)

One week, and I already know all their names (though I still get two similar-looking students with similar-sounding names confused), most of their strengths and weaknesses, their personalities, and who has a crush on whom. Looking forward to the next week.