At the Faculty Forum today, the subject was finding a balance between work and life. I was surprised to learn that many of our faculty, especially the gentlemen sitting at my table, end up doing reading and class preparation at home straight up until they go to bed late in the night! I had no idea.
They all love what they do when they are teaching, but it is the rest of the demands on their time - committees and meetings and conferences and workshops and reports and all the stuff that comes with their position - that seem to consume their freedom. I had always thought about teaching at the university level, but perhaps it is just as well that I am not.
I like being free to pursue my other interests, hobbies, family pursuits and, well, life. Eye opening.
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