Messed up the first time around

tesIII
Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:14:43 +0000

Erin’s Dad, I’m afraid the answer is almost all of them. None of the AMEs, only the Gen-Eds and the math up to Calc II.

M’s Mom, thank you for a thoughtful response. I know I messed up. But I need to say I’m not the only idiot (though, because it’s my life, I’m certainly the biggest one.) The biggest and most dangerous part of the lie was that the job for me was in academia, and that I would get that by acquiring research experience and pursuing a lifestyle of culture and knowledge. It wasn’t until it was far too late that it truly dawned on me that the warnings (coming from the people I thought at the time were the idiots, the ones who focused on making money and appeasing capitalists and not what life is all about) weren’t frivolous; there are indeed no real academia jobs.

I certainly intend to do just as you say, “use the resources around you to anticipate the job market and where you fit in it”, when I go back.

BUT what I’m still looking for is more technical advice about HOW exactly I should go back? Do I need to do a whole new Bachelors from square 1? Can I do a Masters? Is there some middle course?