Originally Posted by
nlerner
I hear you. And I spent the last four years as a department chair, which made the possibility of retirement all that much sweeter. Fortunately I’m not dependent on soft money, but still I’m in a field (English) that’s getting increasingly marginalized if not eliminated altogether. Higher ed is changing rapidly, which for me makes the imperative to leave it behind that much stronger.
I’m so sorry to hear that. A couple of years ago, I totally switched from IT to K-12 education. I see a lot of problems, and people are leaving the field faster than we are entering, but I’ll continue anyway. In a way, I feel like I’m running into a building that’s burning so badly that even the firefighters are fleeing, but for some reason, I’m going in anyway.
I start grad school next week, at the age of 62. I’m getting a master’s degree in education with a specialty in special education for grades 7 through 12. Am I crazy? Maybe, but I’m enjoying it.