Education & Reference - 27 October 2007

I am an 52 year old electrical engineer. I thought about what to do after I retire, and I came upon an idea that I want to teach at the University level. So I started a PH.D program this semester, but I am not sure how realistic my dream is. When I complete the Ph.D program, I'll be 56 years old (if I am lucky, since I am still working full time as an engineer). I want to start teaching as a lecturer for another 5 years part time (56 to 61), then I retire at my company and continue to teach for next 10 - 12 years as a full time professor. Is this realistic plan or am I a complete nuts dreaming a pipe dream? Do Universities hire 56 - 61 years old people to begin with? Can I become a professor at the age of 61 or 62?

2007-10-27 13:41:40 · 2 answers · asked by s8112017t 2 in Higher Education (University +)

1) In my dreams....
2) How long you ask? Till ...........
3) God Only knows.........
4) Pickled what??
5) Sounds like a recipe for disaster!
6) PLEASE!! I just.......

Leave one phrase out if you must...without penalty! (haha)

2007-10-27 13:40:42 · 3 answers · asked by Silva 6 in Words & Wordplay

Do Government Grants actually Work and Why do you have to pay money to find out what grant you Qualify for? Can you give me some addresses that actually work

2007-10-27 13:40:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Financial Aid

convince other classmates to drop out and succeeded at doing so?

2007-10-27 13:38:17 · 8 answers · asked by rufuspufus2084 1 in Teaching

Well I have only just become a Freshman in highschool. The first marking period has almost passed nd I am starting to wonder more about what'll have to be of me in order to be able to get into top universities like MIT or HARVARD.

Grades, I can work hard on. I am in the best classes for Freshman, and actually, I have skipped a grade in math so I work with sophmores. I will definately play tennis and always do track... And I will do volunteering for things that I strongly am passionate about. I am in math, chess, debate, and a talanted/gifted club.

I do not know what is most important for these schools that I can work on to be admitted. It is indeed important that I display strong passion torwards something and provide a great sense of personality, but how? How important are grades?

I just don't know anything and it's troubling me~~

2007-10-27 13:31:12 · 7 answers · asked by MathMaelstrom 1 in Higher Education (University +)

I have a tree project due tomorrow and i cant think of a creativ name please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-27 13:28:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

2007-10-27 13:27:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

I've tried lots of things to try and help me concentrate but I can't I always get distracted. Anyone got any ideas on how to concentrate better?

2007-10-27 13:21:09 · 6 answers · asked by tori loves mufc_xx 2 in Primary & Secondary Education

My english teacher proofread my essay and she found that I had used the phrase "throughout history" twice. Can anyone suggest anouther phrase to use in its place, without using the words "through", "throughout" or "history"?

Thanks.

2007-10-27 13:04:15 · 3 answers · asked by Candace Johannson 2 in Homework Help

2007-10-27 13:03:22 · 10 answers · asked by cutelady 1 in Words & Wordplay

2007-10-27 12:25:14 · 3 answers · asked by juliah_mgm 1 in Trivia

2007-10-27 11:46:15 · 9 answers · asked by nvsweets2006 1 in Teaching

Ok so christmas is coming up and I have four great teachers I want to make presents for? My mum is mega crafty so ever since pre-school it's been kinda tradition to make my teachers a present like a christmas ornament. One year I made this teacher who loved earrings a pair of earrings and she wore them to graduation! Does anyone have any ideas for homemade gifts for teachers? Just for your info I am giving gifts to 4 teachers and I am in highschool.

Also for any teachers out there, when a student writes a card and gets all mushy saying how they think you're the best teacher ever and stuff do you get uncomfertable and creeped out? Or do you find it sweet? I never know how much to write on a teachers card. Should it be kept to a simple "Merry Christmas" or can I tell these teachers how much I love their lessons and how great I think they are and get a little more personal/mushier?

Thankyou, any help would be appreciated.

2007-10-27 11:35:42 · 9 answers · asked by Pistachio 6 in Teaching

Hi, i am 13 years old and just recently took an Online IQ test
my question for you is, is a score of 108 considered a good score for a 13 year old?
thank you for your time
thank you in advanced to the people who answer
please no rude comments
have a nice day fellow Yahoo Answers Users
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2007-10-27 11:18:40 · 32 answers · asked by meg 2 in Standards & Testing

Come on, folks...You MUST know by now this is not homework.

1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
2. Ain't No Mountain
3. Signed, Sealed, Delivered
4. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
5. Summertime's Callin' Me
6. Twist & Shout
7. Dream, Dream, Dream
8. I Can See Clearly Now
9. Suspicious Minds
10. Shake, Rattle and Roll

2007-10-27 11:14:45 · 3 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Words & Wordplay

... what were their original context, and how did the meaning evolve into the Cajun French of today? The more thoughtful and in-depth the answer, the better:

la frimousse
babiller
être capon
être défropté
gaffer
le battage
virer son capot de bord
la chasse-galérie

2007-10-27 11:10:42 · 1 answers · asked by Jewels 7 in Words & Wordplay

. “Harlem, A Dream Deferred” and “Dreams” are closely connected yet so distant from each other on many different levels such as figurative language, imagery, appearance, and theme.

2007-10-27 10:40:20 · 1 answers · asked by anicento@sbcglobal.net 1 in Homework Help

ANIMADVERSION
AVID
PEJORATIVE
SACRILEGE
SUPPLIANT

2007-10-27 10:37:11 · 4 answers · asked by AVR 1 in Homework Help

Mine is 'Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor not a magician' from Dr Bones of smash hit series Star Trek fame. Says it all really.

2007-10-27 10:31:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Quotations

this is after one year of post secondary and 4 years of pharmacy school.

2007-10-27 10:29:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

2007-10-27 10:27:42 · 2 answers · asked by Robert M 1 in Trivia

a quadrilateral ( four -sided plane figure) has sides with lengths that are consecutive odd integers. Find the lengths of the sides of the quadrilteral if the perimeter is 104 feet?

2007-10-27 10:25:58 · 9 answers · asked by ♥♫Music Mist♫♥ 3 in Homework Help

Planning to take CPA exam and Becker seems expensive. Is it a good investment?

2007-10-27 10:24:33 · 4 answers · asked by wc 1 in Standards & Testing

Should it be
protein making
or
protein-making?


The complete sentence is:
Sloth the Ribosome procrastinated her protein making until she stopped waking.

2007-10-27 10:24:19 · 5 answers · asked by ☮ klaudia 3 in Words & Wordplay

i have to write about a controversial issue for school but my teacher expects me to be able to write about a topic that isnt about abortion or gay rights and better than everyone elses in the class what is a good thing to write about and what are the main reasons its controversial??

2007-10-27 10:17:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

it's killing me...
can you explain it to me?? write me plz anything that seems logical... i want to present that proverb in a very interesting way... your help plz..

2007-10-27 10:12:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Homework Help

I hav e a project due and I need to know the time difference ASAP!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-27 10:05:12 · 3 answers · asked by Erica Marie 1 in Homework Help

2007-10-27 09:58:19 · 2 answers · asked by LIl moe 1 in Financial Aid

I'm a freshman at a university and I am doing my pre-reqs for pharmacy school. It's midterms right now and my GPA is a 3.6 i know its not that good but it will be better by finals. But i have been hearing discouraging news about the timetable to apply and complete pharmacy school. Before my interest in becoming a pharamcist I wanted to be a doctor but it takes a lot of time and it seems to stressful and i don't know if i can be in a postition to determine if someone is terminally ill or theyre dying so i thought pharmacist still helps people but without being solely relied upon. But now i'm hearing that pharmacy school is 6 years? and if i want my B.Science thats 4 years plus 6 years thats 10 years.. which makes me reconsider being a doctor because it gets me thinking not everyone is BORN to be a doctor... everyone is apprehensive about diagonsing someone with sicknesses. and becoming a family doctor is 12 years right including undergrad right? Correct me if i have misunderstood somth

2007-10-27 09:49:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Higher Education (University +)

“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.

—Isaiah 14:12-15

2007-10-27 09:46:24 · 3 answers · asked by BOT22 1 in Quotations