I have enjoyed 32 fruitful years at the University of Alabama. Although I spent 3.5 years in Federal Court, it was still the best job in the world!
There are challenges in this business...The students are an ever-moving target. What USED to be effective loses its punch, and vice versa.
I expected the research to be the intellectual challenge, but it turned out that effective teaching was more of a puzzle to solve- and I never completely solved it!
Coming into UA in 1984, I was told, "The salaries aren't that great, but the retirement is awesome!"
I didn't find that to be quite right. I was pleased with my salary- at least after about the 22-24 year mark, but indeed the retirement we get is indeed very nice.
My biggest goal at UA was to influence people for Christ. Matt 16:26 is on my mind a lot, "For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul!" No point in having a highly educated populace headed for hell!
I know I influenced a few folks, and for that I am eternally grateful (pun intended).
I hope that some folks heard me, and one of these days it will dawn on them and somehow they will have a deep, or deeper, relationship with the True and Living G^d.
That's my prayer-- and the real eternal reward of my time at UA.
There are challenges in this business...The students are an ever-moving target. What USED to be effective loses its punch, and vice versa.
I expected the research to be the intellectual challenge, but it turned out that effective teaching was more of a puzzle to solve- and I never completely solved it!
Coming into UA in 1984, I was told, "The salaries aren't that great, but the retirement is awesome!"
I didn't find that to be quite right. I was pleased with my salary- at least after about the 22-24 year mark, but indeed the retirement we get is indeed very nice.
My biggest goal at UA was to influence people for Christ. Matt 16:26 is on my mind a lot, "For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul!" No point in having a highly educated populace headed for hell!
I know I influenced a few folks, and for that I am eternally grateful (pun intended).
I hope that some folks heard me, and one of these days it will dawn on them and somehow they will have a deep, or deeper, relationship with the True and Living G^d.
That's my prayer-- and the real eternal reward of my time at UA.
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