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16339. arkymalarky - 8/27/2005 12:15:00 AM Hope you're feeling better, Judith. You may have a sinus infection--as hot and hazy as it's been around here, it's terrible for breathing. 16340. Jenerator - 8/27/2005 2:59:52 AM I have no idea what sleep is. I literally wake up every hour to pee. 16341. Jenerator - 8/27/2005 3:00:47 AM Thoughtful,
Sorry to hear about your MIL. I hope your husband's taking it okay. 16342. judithathome - 8/27/2005 9:32:08 PM Good thoughts coming your MIL's way, thoughful. 16343. judithathome - 8/27/2005 9:33:55 PM We're going to our monthly dinner at the chef's house tonight. I don't know what he's making but it I know it will be good.
Looking forward to hearing about the Ukranian PHD's trip home in seach of a wife. 16344. judithathome - 8/27/2005 9:34:18 PM Crap...in SEARCH. 16345. Magoseph - 8/28/2005 10:30:25 AM What was on the menu, Judith? 16346. thoughtful - 8/28/2005 1:32:43 PM Thanks for all the kinds wishes...hubby talked to folks at the home and they want to call in hospice for her...apparently they're given a lot more freedom for treating the terminal with pain meds than the std nursing home is, though the nurse in charge is doing everything she can to make sure MIL is not suffering.
It's just crappy though, the whole thing. Really makes you appreciate a quick and painless death. 16347. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 3:40:02 PM I hope they are able to continue to control her pain and make her as comfortable as possible. Hospice has been a great benefit to the few I've known who had it. Hopefully the process toward that will go very fast. 16348. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 3:46:03 PM Took the MAT yesterday, and was lucky to get in on it under a special program where it was free. The GRE would have cost $200, or it was that much last I looked several years ago. It's probably higher now.
Now I've just got to finish filling out the paperwork and I'll be ready to register for a class this spring, then I'll get 12 hours this summer under another free program (a very intense seminar on working with ESL students and families).
Anyone with friends or family in New Orleans, I hope they're getting out ok. 16349. PelleNilsson - 8/28/2005 4:00:38 PM What is MAT and GRE? 16350. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 4:08:49 PM They're graduate school entrance exams. 16351. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 4:10:05 PM The MAT is the Miller Analogies Test, and it's all analogies. The GRE is similar to other tests with subject areas. 16352. thoughtful - 8/28/2005 4:11:46 PM arky, i remember taking my gmat...all i can remember was by the time I finished, my brain was so fried that i was amazed i was still able to put one foot in front of the other.
i'm sure you've done extremely well. 16353. PelleNilsson - 8/28/2005 4:12:18 PM OK. And what are you aiming for? 16354. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 4:27:32 PM Thanks, Thoughtful! I loved that test, and I know it was a better one for me to take than the GRE would have been. In fact, I wasn't going to mention it (;-)), but we got our scores as soon as we finished the test, because it's on the computer now, and I ranked in the 99th percentile, so I was thrilled. The lady said it was the highest she'd ever seen. Wish I had options to do something more in graduate school than I have right now.
Pelle,
In the short term I'm aiming for the raise--$7000 a year--in time enough to get the benefit for my retirement plan, which uses the highest three years of my salary as a teacher to determine my retirement. I can retire in four years with full benefits, and can work part time or full time on something else, or take some time off, or just quit working. It's not the field I would have chosen, but I'm limited by time, location, and monoey, and I would be fine with the work if I chose to use the degree (curriculum and instruction, with an ESL emphasis), but the course of study is not very interesting. I may also look into law school after I retire, in order to do more with rural education in Arkansas.
16355. PelleNilsson - 8/28/2005 4:58:02 PM It's not the field I would have chosen, but I'm limited by time, location, and monoey, and I would be fine with the work if I chose to use the degree (curriculum and instruction, with an ESL emphasis), but the course of study is not very interesting
Maybe I'm dense, but I don't find that sentence very illuminating as to your scholarly intentions. 16356. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 5:19:28 PM The first sentence is the illuminating one: it's for the money. This is a strongly state-supplemented program, which means getting the degree will cost much less than a masters in another area, while the raise in my salary will be significant. I will be able to pay for my part of the expense of the degree (which will take about 2 years to get) in one year of teaching, and my retirement benefits will be much higher, as well.
It's also a good program for part time work, if I decide to go that route after I retire. I'd be working with ESL students and their families. Before I retire from teaching, I will be the person responsible for dealing with ESL issues, in addition to teaching. I'll have time set aside in the school day specifically for that.
After I retire I may go to law school and continue to work on rural education issues, and having a good MAT score and a good GPA in a masters program will help, especially since I was such a slacker in high school and as an undergrad. 16357. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 5:20:46 PM I was originally planning to get an MLA (Master of Liberal Arts), but this degree is more useful and more economically sensible for me. 16358. arkymalarky - 8/28/2005 5:25:53 PM Man, things are looking bad for New Orleans. One of Bob's best friends lives there, and since she's an RN I figure she's there for the duration.
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