Is there a doctor in the house?

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:10 pm

As some of you know, I'll be getting my masters degree this summer in education(M.Ed). Well, I've thought it over, and I've decided to go after my doctorate as well. I figure I might as well get it now while I am still single and relatively young.

So, any advice from the PhD's in the house?

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:17 pm

Be sure to look for some cute PHD's to go on a date with!

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:22 pm

That's a great choice Brian. I know you can do it and be a big success.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:47 pm

Drink a lot of coffee

kidding kidding but you really have to loooooooooooove what you are doing.... b/c if not it is just painful......

Also find a good advisor. Finding a suitable advisor is more important than finding a school....

Also one more word, do not give up

(sometimes you will feel you want to give up but be patient).

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:29 am

Well now... as someone who is technically ABD but decided to call it a halt before it killed me, I kind of liked Sensei's advice to me. -- at least I think it was Sensei, although it may have been my hubby, who is also a doctor of thinkology:

Prepare to be functionally insane for the duration.

I kid you not on this.

Although you've seen plenty of evidence, first hand

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:12 am

Thanks all. I watched a good friend of the family go through the process two years ago. She was a pretty stressed person to begin with, and this really made her crazy. I'm pretty laid back, and I don't have a wife or kids to deal with either. I want to teach at a university level at some point. I like the idea of teaching the next generation of educators. It's not a huge pay increase for me($1000 more per year), it's just a step in the direction I want to go.

Plus, I just love the idea of someone calling me Doctor Lowery

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:05 pm

blueheaven wrote:Plus, I just love the idea of someone calling me Doctor Lowery

LOL This is funny

I feel so weired that if someone calls me Dr Yoshida or prof Yoshida

(so I always say call me Rudy

) I feel still that I were a grad student

(and I feel as I was a grad student

)

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:13 pm

Dr. Lowery! Dr. Lowery!

That has a good ring to it!

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:34 pm

The biggest perk for university level educating would be the schedule change. Currently, I imagine your work schedule is pretty grueling.

Can you not teach university level courses with a masters degree? You can in my area, but I don't know if that's true for every state.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:34 pm

Do you know the smallest perk for university level educating would be the schedule change?

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:15 pm

Do you know the smallest perk for university level educating would be the schedule change?-cloud-

That's right! The biggest perk is the satisfaction from knowing that you're doing your best to motivate young minds to be the best they can be!

The ability to change there lives for the better! It's wonderful!

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:41 pm

RoboFlonne wrote:
Do you know the smallest perk for university level educating would be the schedule change?-cloud-
That's right! The biggest perk is the satisfaction from knowing that you're doing your best to motivate young minds to be the best they can be!

The ability to change there lives for the better! It's wonderful!

I was commenting on his salary change statement, he's not getting a big change in money but more time is a welcome change. Molding and motivating minds is not a perk really, it's more of an embodiment of the true purpose of teaching. I'm obviously referring to the superficial aspects of the profession and it's a fact that, as a professor, Brian will have the opportunity to be less exhausted and thoroughly enjoy the experience.

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:47 pm

I vote for what ever makes Brian happy!

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:21 am

RoboFlonne wrote:I vote for what ever makes Brian happy!

Brian has no say in this!

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:38 am

Tis true. I won't have to keep the hours I have now. Either way, I won't even entertain the thought of teaching at a college level until I get vested in my retirement(which will take another seven years).

As for teaching with a masters, there are some schools that do allow you to teach with a masters degree. However, the schools that I am looking at require a doctorate. I want to teach at a school with a good education department (Northern Arizona, Washington State, Utah, or Cal State would be my top choices).