On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 13:07:03 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:


I'm not so sure that a teaching degree will be that useful. I have
one, and there were a few nuggets of useful information in there, but
there was a lot of other stuff that I would not need to teach one
child or tutor a small group. It may be a large expense for little
return.

It's not for cruising, it's for shoreside life. There's a big shortage
of female, circa 30, hard science teachers in our province. If she
started teaching for a year or two, she'd be square with the union and
the pension fund and *then* could sail off for five years knowing
there's a job (very, very likely) waiting for her. Also, having the
qualifications makes "boat-schooling" a lot easier to pass muster with
educational departments, AND means you have a real diploma to present
to foreign school systems (many of which aren't picky about foreign,
temporary teachers), and to the boating community at large.


I'm also not sure about the celestial.

I am if only because it's a big, bad world out there and may get worse
in the next ten years. GPS...and large chunks of the Internet for that
matter...can be turned off, as they are essentially creations of the
American military. The stars can't. Besides, it's an autonomous skill
that takes time to master, like braiding a Turk's Head or knowing wire
to rope splicing...it's a part of seamanship.


This is a good time frame AFA the kids are concerned I think.

That's what we are thinking. After 14, he'll have other, more earthy
interests.

R.