People decide to work in a particular field for a variety of reasons. It may be because it is a financially appealing career or it may be a line of work that runs in the family. Whatever the reason may be, there is no better way to understand the field that you want to choose then to fully research every intricate detail. Within the specific field of a College professor there are some key reasons for a person becoming one and of course there are reasons to discourage a person from being one. To begin with, many post-secondary teachers find the environment intellectually stimulating and rewarding because they are surrounded by others who enjoy the subject that they teach. College Professor has flexible schedules and the majority of the time chooses when they work and where. Much like college students they are responsible for getting work done (grading papers, attending meetings, other activities) but, there is no set amount of devotion that is required. College professors are able to participate in many non-academic activities due to this rigorous, but unrestricted environment. [bls.gov] This is the dream of an individual; Working and making money doing what you love around people who love the same thing. Skimming the surface of this career it seems like the right choice for anyone that would like to teach. The journey to get to this point is a long one and even when this idea of "love what you teach, teach what you love" is achieved; there are still complications as I mentioned earlier. Here is the deal, being a College Professor makes it harder for personal research to be done amid the grading of papers, creating homework and classroom assignments and answering large amounts of e-mail. What I have learned through writing my essay is that the work of a teacher can sometimes impede the important research and studies that can further a Professors career… :Nile Najee:
This is actually very good...in the first blog (about your first para.) you seem a bit verbose when getting to the question posed "What do you want to be when you grow up?" so you could be able to cut a lot of the detail of that out--make sure you include your interview throughout...or after the bls information. Great job thus far...look over the information on the assignment sheet again so that you may be able to better revise this and get the information out...remember...when you get to grad school, you will have to practice word economy (saying things in as little words as possible without loosing the meaning of what you are trying to say) so start practicing that now.
ReplyDeleteThank you! That really helped, I am in the process of revising right now. I shall see you friday.
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