Life Semesters
Some people have a school calendar in their blood. For me, that was one of the great appeals of the teaching profession. I worked a lot during summers—class prep and research take a lot of time and the two go naturally together. I didn’t mind the ten hour days, and more, during the semester either. When you’re doing something you love, you become your job. It was quite a shock when the job counselor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh told me that I had to separate myself from my job. The two were one. I would sit in that ...