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If you're going to get an MFA, be sure you have very specific subsequent professional goals in mind.
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Ahhh! For the application for admittance to an MFA? Or later?
I'm solidly locked into my career, as it is. Which includes a ton of technical writing as well as more creative applications for publications, curriculum design, and the supporting materials, etc. That's not changing until after my son is raised and self-supporting.
Once that happens, I would be perfectly content back in the non-profit, low-paying, direct service field.
Or I'll become a nun . . . *grin*
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What I'm trying to say, in a very delicate and sensitive way, is that MFA programs are a huge waste of time and money for most people.
That said, if you have no plans on needing an MFA for anything practical, and you have the free time and spare money to complete a program, and you're convinced it's something you'd enjoy, by all means...<grin>
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Ahhh! Got it! Since I am well-established in my job, it's just a step up into the next level. An MSW or MPA would be logical - but I really don't want to get to that level of political structure. Yet an MFA does have some applicability to what I do - the nifty, creative parts. And I can afford it - with careful attention to spending patterns. But mostly, it sounds like a lot of fun. Thank you for your delicate attention to my sensitivities. *grin*
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I am having all sorts of fun today figuring out (just in my head, as of yet) a possible portfolio of both personal and work related writings to submit, my application letter slant, and who to ask for rec's from . . . .
If nothing else, it's a great way to avoid filling out tax return paperwork. *grin*
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See, I just don't understand why people avoid their tax paperwork. It's FUN!
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You're so sweet! It's just organizing the box that contains all the records - a task I really wouldn't curse anyone with . . . if I may, I'll e-mail with questions?
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Sure...and the organizing part need not be so hard either. I just put post-its on a huge table and make piles for the categories. I forget what part of the country you're in...maybe a road trip would be fun if it's not too far.
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You guys think you have it bad? Try Missouri's weather. Its warm and sunny one day and the next its below freezing and snowing. Everyone is sick.
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*Shan packs her bags and races out of the rainy Northwest with great glee*
*Gets to the front door and remembers the last time she ran away from home at age 8. The mailbox at the end of the drive. The three wasps by the mailbox that arrowed in on her and chased her all the way back up the driveway*
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