Now there's an interesting thought. A number of years ago, I did some English-as-a-foreign-language teaching in Taiwan. On the other hand, having done a lot of moving around from seasonal job to seasonal job, I have finally found an area where I feel I could put down roots. There are only just so many times one person wants to relocate. I appreciate all the replies so far. Yes, my original thought was to do something directly related to hands-on conservation. Research is nice, but it can also become an ivory tower. I thank the people who suggested looking into community college teaching. There is a community college here, even though we also have a major university. And since as a teaching assistant I currently have a Lab Coordinator as my supervisor, I now know someone to talk to about some ways to get started.
--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Jonathan Miles Adams <jonad...@snu.ac.kr> wrote: From: Jonathan Miles Adams <jonad...@snu.ac.kr> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] M.S. -- is it useful? To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:00 AM Generally given the bad job situation it is a good idea to start thinking 'outside the box'. There are more and more jobs in Asia for qualified people from the Western countries, as universities seek to expand their international faculty and to emphasize science lecturing in English. My guess is that at least some mainly teaching universities would take master's degree, at least for temporary positions. Anyway if you have a PhD there are definitely much better opportunities here at the big research universities. The research funding situation is also far better than in USA and Europe where people are scrambling for every last peanut. You never know, you might actually enjoy a change of culture and environment! Jonathan Adams --- Original Message --- From : "Judith S. Weis" To : ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Date : 2010/04/06 Tuesday AM 5:47:07 Subject : ---- David Gillett
