Jared Said:

Graduate school help--unrelated undergrad degree!?

We Answered:

Given your description of your experiences, I am totally astounded that you want to spend five years or more in another English department while you work on your Ph.D. Everything you do academically will be much more difficult and intense and your relationships with fellow students and professors will be extremely intense and personal. One nasty professor who takes a dislike to you, even for an irrational reason, can easily ruin your career and exclude you from admission to candidacy.

In addition, what are your plans after you earn a Ph.D.? There is a huge surplus of Ph.D.s in relation to the number of university tenure track positions available. You might get a part-time job teaching remedial composition in a community college if you are lucky. I am not trying to insult you. I just want to give you the hard cold facts of life before you plunge in.

Good luck.

Shannon Said:

What do I have to do to be able to teach high school?

We Answered:

If you have a degree with a major in English, you would need to contact a college with an education program and set up an appointment with a faculty member in the secondary education program, preferably someone who works with English majors. Take your transcript with you and ask what courses you would need to take to become certified in English. You would also have to student teach. This process is likely to take longer than a year. You will probably have to pass the Praxis 1 to be admitted to the program and the Praxis 2 to become certified.

You do not, however, have to be certified to teach in a private school.

Catherine Said:

UCSD or CalPoly SLO?

We Answered:

If you want to go on to graduate school, then you ought to go to the best undergraduate school that you can get into. UCSD is one of the best public universities in the US. Cal Poly's only claim to fame is that it is the best of the CSU schools.

You would be a fool not to go to UCSD.

You will meet plenty of people at UCSD and make friends. Don't worry about that. Plus -- San Diego is one of the most beautiful places in the country (I admit this -- and I hate California). Everyone whom I know who went to UCSD loved it.

DId I mention that you would be a fool to choose Cal Poly over UCSD?

Gertrude Said:

please check this letter for me~a little long..?

We Answered:

an extremely high ability
she was not good; after six months of staying OR after a six month stay; she entered a paper contest; and again was awarded Judges Special Prize; another example of her high ability to learn; she mastered the advanced statistics course; to a high enough level; she applied methods of statistical analysis; and utilized software properly; reached a higher level than I had expected.
you could always find; held a contest for papers; won the Students Advertising Paper Award.
regardless if the mission is given.

Mae Said:

Fibromyalgia and bored--help me find a hobby?

We Answered:

Try coin collecting. It doesn't have to cost you a lot. You can go to the bank and pick of a box of coin (whichever denomination you like) for exactly face value. A box of pennies is $25, a box of nickels is $100, a box of dimes is $250 and boxes of quarters or half dollars are $500. You don't have to buy the whole box. The bank can pull out whatever amount you like.

Once you get a box, you can go through and pull out the better coins (there are books to help with this or websites). You can pick up a coin album and try to fill all the holes (get one for each year) or just search for interesting ones.

The coins that you don't want can be returned to the bank and put straight back into your account (though it's often better to return the coins to a different bank (not just a different branch but a different bank) so that you don't search the same coins over and over). Everything you find will have been obtained at face value. You'd be surprised what people have found. Check out these links to see:
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic…
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic…
http://www.foundinrolls.com/

Also check your change for interesting finds.

Some things to search for: wheat pennies, silver dimes, silver quarters, old coins, error coins, coins with the "S" mintmark - it could be a proof coin etc. There's always the chance that you could find a real treasure!

It's also helpful to buy a red book. It can help you price your coins and will answer many of the questions you may have.

OR IF THAT'S NOT FOR YOU...

http://www.spacefem.com/quizzes/hobby/