Eating an Elephant
I saw this quote atEating an Elephant, the blog of a History Grad student working through a dissertation. This is a pretty good view of what teaching is like.
"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 (0r 400) people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there or were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he/she might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job." Donald Quinn
posted by Not Scott @ 8/19/2005 09:04:00 PM
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Careful with all that. Most docs I know see all manner of people in a day, most with different needs, nearly all not wanting to be there, and in many instances, causing trouble. You can also add in the joy of possible sudden death or medical emergency, legal exposure, and ensuring that all the bills get paid, all your bills go out, and all the associated paperwork gets done so you can open up and do the same thing again tomorrow. There is also the small matter of working through the summer as well.
I'm just say'n
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BD
Shoot, we got legal exposure, we got death (though usually the student's grandmother). Factor in the pay, and I'd say we're even. And hey, it ain't our fault you docs aren't smart enough to get a job where you only are on call 9 months a year. Remind me again how much vacation time you get.
But I think we can all agree that lawyers suck.
Shouldn't you be sleeping out there on the eastern seaboard?
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