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Mar. 6th, 2007 09:22 pmMy graduate mentor just got a job on the faculty of a Prestigious University with a Very Cool Doctoral Theatre Programme.
And casually emailed me to say she thought I should maybe look into applying for a Ph.D.
Holy fucking shit.
On the one hand, I don't think a doctoral program would take me with so little external experience, and I'm not sure I really want to be in student loan debt for the rest of my actual life.
On the other hand, you know what I love? LEARNING. And you know where learning happens? AT SCHOOL*. And you know what a Doctoral programme is? FOR GREAT LEARNING OF YAY.
* Okay, not just at school, but you only get paid to spend all day learning at school.
On the third hand (stfu) it would mean leaving Chicago relatively soon after arriving, and I invested a lot of time and money in Arriving. On that same hand (but different fingers) I could delay applying for a year, which would give me two years in Chicago, which is a decent amount of time.
But mostly, on all hands and fingers thereof, I'm just happy that Professor of Awesomeness has a good job, and that her first thought on joining a doctoral faculty was that she should email me and see if I wanted to join her.
And casually emailed me to say she thought I should maybe look into applying for a Ph.D.
Holy fucking shit.
On the one hand, I don't think a doctoral program would take me with so little external experience, and I'm not sure I really want to be in student loan debt for the rest of my actual life.
On the other hand, you know what I love? LEARNING. And you know where learning happens? AT SCHOOL*. And you know what a Doctoral programme is? FOR GREAT LEARNING OF YAY.
* Okay, not just at school, but you only get paid to spend all day learning at school.
On the third hand (stfu) it would mean leaving Chicago relatively soon after arriving, and I invested a lot of time and money in Arriving. On that same hand (but different fingers) I could delay applying for a year, which would give me two years in Chicago, which is a decent amount of time.
But mostly, on all hands and fingers thereof, I'm just happy that Professor of Awesomeness has a good job, and that her first thought on joining a doctoral faculty was that she should email me and see if I wanted to join her.
