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[Tago Mago]

@Oaktavia thanks, I loved my time in academia, but I’m not made for it. Progressing along the tenure track means getting further away from actual research and getting stuck in bureaucracy and grant proposals. Not what I enjoy. And that’s before you take the minuscule probability of getting a permanent position into account

[sabergirl]

I was never enthusiastic about going back to school until recently when I had the opportunity to have it paid for by someone else! I’m getting a masters in library science. And my brain is in perpetual mush-mode.

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT thanks brother! Things are rolling along pretty good! I’ve been screening student candidates for my reading program the last few weeks. My first students come Monday!

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle awesome man! Here’s to a great year

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT cheers indeed!! And good luck with your little manimals too!

[Oaktavia]

@sabergirl that's so rad, I am happy for you! My county paid me back for mine too, the only way I would ever have done it. Such a rad focus you were able to choose to, as is your career.

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia I just started my MFA program yesterday! I may be naive, but I'm loving it so far and I'm really looking forward to the whole program.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf that's fantastic man! Stoked for ya!!!

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia thank you! If I’m feeling brave, I might share some of my work later on.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf your upcoming grades might boost your confidence

[Matt]

I’d be happy if I never learned another thing again. I know quite enough.

[seawolf]

@Matt

[Tago Mago]

@Matt and I’m sure you‘re doing all you can. We are all proud of you

[seawolf]

@Tago-Mago

[Graeme]

@seawolf what field is your MFA in? I finished a master's in Creative Writing a couple of years ago. I haven't done anything with it yet, though.

[seawolf]

@Graeme said in Random Announcements:

@seawolf what field is your MFA in? I finished a master's in Creative Writing a couple of years ago. I haven't done anything with it yet, though.

Wow! Congrats! Where did you do your MFA? Mine will be in Furniture Design and Woodworking. My university also has a robust teacher training program, so if all goes well, I'll get to teach my own class by my second semester, and continue to do that throughout the program. The end goal is to teach, so I should be very well equipped by the end of these three (yes three!) years.

[Graeme]

@seawolf I studied at the University of Sydney, but it was all remote due to the Pandemic. The only time I was on campus was for graduation.

Furniture making sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what you produce. And, yeah, I can imagine it's a lot of work.

[seawolf]

@Graeme that had to have been challenging!

[Graeme]

@seawolf I didn't find studying remotely that difficult, but it was tricky fitting it around work.

The course material wasn't too challenging, except for a unit on genre theory. But writing itself can be very difficult, and I can understand why George R.R. Martin has struggled to finish books.