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Topic: Is teaching a "decent job"?
Replies: 9   Last Post: Aug 3, 2001 8:49 AM

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Jos van Kan

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Re: Is teaching a "decent job"?
Posted: Aug 2, 2001 5:03 PM
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Jason wrote:

> There was an interesting debate in the thread "Mathematics Degree"
> about whether teaching (in general but math in particular) constituted
> a "decent job". Me and a few others said yes but the majority seemed
> to think not, with a few people strongly opposed. Any comments?
>
> Jason

If you call a job that can be satisfying and rewarding "decent" then
teaching (mathematics) is a decent job. If you look for fame and/or riches,
I guess you'd be barking up the wrong tree. But then I think you'd be
barking up the wrong tree anyway.

Regards,
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Jos van Kan, http://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/users/vankan

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