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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 2645442" data-attributes="member: 83">You noticed that?  You are sharp <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />! Good to know (and confirms some of the other things I have heard) going in.  Expending energy on "full-timers" wouldn't have anything to do with them being able to spend more time teaching your classes, would it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />?  As far as how I would be treated, I hadn't thought about that angle...but I would probably try to leverage my military academy contacts in academia to smooth that out a bit...and to try and match up with someone who knew what I was about.Let's see...(1) I would probably be more willing to move after than before.  The concentration of schools in the DC metro area (hopefully) should yield enough choices to work something out.(2) Somewhere easy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.  Seriously, I don't think I would be aiming for a big, prestigious university...I would be looking more for a place that I could be comfortable in where I could teach, write some and do a bit of grant work.  Having big pressure to bring in grant/study dollars or expectations of prolific publication are not really the way I want to go.(3) I am an expert at "crap taking" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />!  You don't go through a military academy, the military, corporate America, small business ownership and the non-profit world for 25 years without developing a pretty thick skin.  I have been f'ed with by the best of them...so that I am not too worried about.(4) Ancient/Early medieval are my prime interest areas (specifically, the development of the Norman Kingdoms of Normandy and Sicily and their impact on the early medieval world), although most things that fall into the Western Civ/military history area would qualify.Correct.  I am not looking at this as a major money-making scheme <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, but something that I can do from 55-60 to 70-75+ that is fun, engaging, etc.  I might even maintain a small financial planning practice if I do adjunct/part-time work.I am just on the cusp of my "long-range planning" on this, so any thoughts you have on good schools for my area of interest and other tips of the trade would be most welcome.Thanks, Nakia!~ OO</blockquote>

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