Re: my strategy

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L,

Teaching is a great career. I have friends who are teachers and they are very
content people. They make good salaries (for 8 months of work) and have great
benefits. My plan is to get into finance, probably sales. Im awaiting an
offer of employment from a national investment firm. If I dont get that, then
maybe I'll wander the desert for a few years and contemplate the meaning of
life.

On 3/07/06, L wrote:
> On 3/07/06, JF wrote:
>> I considered teaching full time and practicing part time at one point, and
>> job advisors I spoke to informed me that, in Massachusetts, teaching is
>> difficult to break into, at least for non-tech subjects. Teacher friends
>> of mine have reenforced my perception, although they tell me that school
>> systems love to hire people with real-world work experience, including
>> attorneys.
>>
> One thing I've been sore about is not having had broad liberal arts
> undergrad education. My plan is to get a full-time teaching job in social
> studies, use the vacations and weekends to read up on philosophy, history,
> literature and economics.
>
> If I marry another teacher, and also find part-time jobs, there should be
> enough household income to pay off the student loans. I can also
> review/hone my trading skills and go back to trading once I save enough
> money.