To copy a previous post on Alexis's blog.
1. How does a person choose a secondary field? How do I know if I like a field because I like a field, or that I like a field because I like the professor who taught it?
2. What if gradschool/academics isn't my cup o' tea? Will that be clear at some point? Do I want to spend the rest of my life researching and teaching? If I don't, what do I want to do?
3. How does a person know if they want to teach at a research-ish school or a small liberal arts school? I've never been to a small liberal arts college. Maybe I would like it.
4. How does one go about publishing?
5. How are people so productive?
6. I like grad school. And I like the idea of studying and reading and writing all the time.
7. I love the south in the spring. Months of perfect 70-80 degree weather. Wow.
8. I'm happy. I also feel like I don't remember how to think or how to make arguments. I don't know the rules of the game anymore. What kind of arguments am I allowed to make? Or, what kind of arguments are makable? When did I forget that?
1 comment:
I feel like I am so out of the academic scene. I kind of miss it and am kind of glad about it. I also wonder how you know if you really want to spend the rest of your life researching and teaching. I'm not sure. When you find out, let me know.
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