Offered a half-time teaching job in a university at age 64--should I take it?
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2023 8:34 am
Haven't been regularly in the classroom as a teacher for ~30 years. Now, at the end of my business (non-teaching) career, I've been offered what on paper looks like a lovely position at a German university teaching half-time for two years. I would view it as a transition into full-time retirement, or something even less than half-time, so it makes sense logistically at this time in my life.
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone on this board on the following topics: Did you ever do this in the late stage of your career? If so, how did it pan out? Pleasant and unpleasant surprises? Given that the world in which I last taught full-time was quite different (30 years ago email was rare and cell phones were unheard of), what surprises might I face in the university classrooms of today? A friend of mine said the students had fundamentally changed and that I wouldn't like this. He's a disgruntled chap, though, and I have trouble believing that students are so much different.
Anyway, this is sort of an open-ended reflection on my part, so any opinions from your end will be welcome.
Thanks.
I'd be interested in hearing from anyone on this board on the following topics: Did you ever do this in the late stage of your career? If so, how did it pan out? Pleasant and unpleasant surprises? Given that the world in which I last taught full-time was quite different (30 years ago email was rare and cell phones were unheard of), what surprises might I face in the university classrooms of today? A friend of mine said the students had fundamentally changed and that I wouldn't like this. He's a disgruntled chap, though, and I have trouble believing that students are so much different.
Anyway, this is sort of an open-ended reflection on my part, so any opinions from your end will be welcome.
Thanks.