and, to answer the obvious question...

i don't want to be a teacher. at all. maybe i thought about it at some point as a way to sell my labour to exist, but i'd rather be a 40 year old in first year than a professor with tenure.

teaching is incredibly boring, as a job. you go over things you already know, to people you can't relate to. we all know the sad professor, and i would become that, i'm sure.

but, learning is always fun, so long as there's not too much pressure and, in the right scenario, i could see myself re-engaging.