Will O’Th’Wisp, Jack of the Green, sprites and spirits, I love Hallowe’en.
I spoke with a friend tonight who said she was in a crisis because of being bored with work; she has never taken a job out of true interest, but only for purposes of making money.
This of course is where academics are fortunate, since at least they went into what they did out of interest.
It always seems to me that those who say this is “the best job in the world,” and so on, are the ones with good situations or good situations for them. They tend to have limited experience of academic jobs, or to have worked at a narrow spectrum of institutions.
But there is indeed much to be said about having gone into something out of interest — even if it was not your main interest or what turned out to be that.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 