Why Do Calgarians Choose UofA?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Antithesis

Another funny! Good for you, I knew that people were going to key on that.

Rico, as to your point, I've always figured that I could go back during my time in order to get my next degree; unfortunately those plans have been temporarily scuttled by a newborn. When I looked at the grid numbers, I decided the bump in salary wasn't really enough for me to continue down the University path at the time. I'd had enough.

I've heard UofL is a good school too, last I knew it was five years, but I didn't really intend on going there. I have to admit that probably THE main factor in me going to the UofA over the other places was to get away from home.

It's not a funny, really. I kind of find it concerning that potential teachers are scouting out the school that has the fastest track to a degree.

[Antithesis]

Well, OK peter, I concede that I deserve a degree of ribbing for a poorly worded post, but at the same time, it seems like you've failed to read my reply where I did state that ultimately, my biggest reason for going to the UofA was that it was away from home (not the best reason, either, I admit), with the length of the program being well, admittedly a distant third at most, behind that and the so-called reputation of the school.

I don't know what you want me to say about enjoying the four year program at the UofA, I know the material I teach in and out, so I don't see how more schooling there would have helped me out, so why not opt for the shorter program?

Anyway, like I said, clearly I made my point poorly in the original post, so I'll try to leave my post at this point because I think I might have explained it a bit better.