So lately I've been thinking about what I think about not working at a college. For the past 6 months I have had a non-collegiate job. I spent the previous 13 years either going to college or working at one.
It's been strange because the longer I am away the more I realize the things I miss about being there..... feeling younger than I really am, getting to see amazing musicians and talent before they make it big and for free, getting to spend every day with my closest friends, amazing students, travel for free to conferences where my only job is to watch entertainment and talk to agents, teaching in a classroom, feeling like I am impacting students in their growth on a daily basis, utilizing my graduate education...
But, then I also think of the things I don't miss..... the students who think the world revolves around them (and the administrators who let them believe that it does), regularly working 70-80+ hours per week, having to monitor everything I post on Facebook, living in a fishbowl when I wanted to go out to a bar with friends, trying to explain to people what it is I did everyday, attending lots of meetings where little gets done... (I am sure I can think of more but the point of this wasn't to vent)
What comes of this, I'm not sure. As I was perusing websites of colleges in Milwaukee while looking for job opportunities for my best friend, I found a few that are looking for adjunct instructors for a variety of different subject areas. I love working at a non-profit and don't see myself leaving doing that anytime soon, but maybe I need to look at seeing about teaching somewhere or maybe I need to think about taking a class and getting back on a campus that way. The first option is probably more feasible financially, but I'm not sure what I am going to end up doing. It's something I will think and pray about.
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