Back to School for GrownUps

Seems like saying NO is one of the hardest things about going back to school.

Sometimes you just have to do it though. There just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done!

I just had to turn down yet another job offer for this coming semester. It hurts!

I am very well paid when I teach 3 or more courses …. and I really do enjoy the teaching.

But I just can’t do everything.

I’ve agreed to 3 sections of one course - scheduled so that I won’t have to do extra driving - home for the weekend anyway - teach 2 on Monday, 1 Tuesday morning, then go to Peterborough. That works.

But now that I’ve made my decision, told them what I wanted … now I keep getting offered more.

If there were 2 sections of English that could fit into my Thursday (which is still a free day), might be worth it to drive a second time each week. But they have me pegged in computers. I don’t want to drive again for computers; I really don’t.

So - I said no thanks.

Where were all these offers when I needed & wanted them?!

Anyway - tis an awful lot of $$ I’ve turned down already …but on the other hand, how much is my sanity worth?

And if I am going to go on and do a PhD, really not much point to running myself into the ground to get up to speed in microcomputer apps right now, right? Right!

Still hurts though!