Grandma Susie's House of FUNNERS 'N FLOOZIES (Volume IV)

Someone is gettin slapped.

I got a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, too. They were on sale at my store for 1.99, cheaper with my discount. Couldn't pass it up.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

bettielee said:

I haz no holiday foods...

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I'll share my Doritos with you.

oh man, I love me a dorito!

thank you my friend

oh, and look - mustache ! :{)

I can see the editing is getting to you...

only around the edges....

I'm editing too, BL!

Check out my edges!

ROAR

So I found out today that I could teach at Uni with a PhD - no need for an Education Degree! Woo!

Of course, I'm getting way ahead of myself... But yeah, I was curious, so I asked.

According to the lecturer I spoke to, I should have no problems getting into an Honours year after my degree.

that's a muppet for you, always bragging about his fuzzy edges...


ETA: that's great news, Cliff!

I'm still only a 1st year student, however. But I like to look to the future.

Silent Rob said:

I'm editing too, BL!

Check out my edges!

ROAR

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*jazz fistbump*

Duchessmary said:

I haz a tired....AC wore me out ...LOL

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Don't blame me.

They're razor sharp, nf!

Cliff, in the UK you need a PhD to go the full academic route, i.e. post-doc research eventually leading to a permanent lecturer's position (assoc. professor in the US, as I understand it).

You can work as a teaching fellow, though. That means you don't carry out research, but just teach. And for that, you don't need a PhD.

Not sure how it works in Oz.

What's with the honours thing as well? In the UK, pretty much all degrees peeps register on are honours degrees. It's possible to graduate without honours, but it's a route that people are shoved onto if they're failing.

Does it work differently in Oz with that too? I thought our higher education systems were fairly similar.

*jazz hands*

bettielee said:

*jazz fistbump*

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All hands wish to jazz!

*super massive editing chest bump*

...that was an incredibly succinct post for a muppet....

ok, I was referring to the previous post, before the fuzzy chestbump...

I thought it was one of my longer ones!

*buffs manly chest*

*keeps a distance from muppet's edges*

Erm, well Honours is an optional 4th year. Some degrees you have to enrol in Honours right from the start, which adds pressure, but the Bachelor of Arts it's optional.

The lecturer said he had an Honours, a Masters and a PhD, and that a PhD was pretty well what you needed to teach at Uni.

I have no idea how long a Masters will take... Pretty sure the average time for a PhD is 3 years (on top of all previous study), but that you *can* finish early if you're really focussed.

I have an inkling that I could be a tutor with, say, Honours or Masters, but to be a lecturer would require a PhD.

night-flyer said:

*keeps a distance from muppet's edges*

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Jazz keeps 'em keen!

ROAR

Silent Rob said:

Jazz keeps 'em keen!

ROAR

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And what is all that discoing doing for them?

Jazz hands! If you have them.

Cliff Face said:

PhD, PhD, I wants a PhD....heee heee heee

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Sounds cool. I wish you luck with that. What do you want to teach in?

Probably Philosophy, or maybe Creative Writing. Those will be my Majors anyway.

Teaching isn't my first choice - novelist comes top.