Graduate School Now I had to make a crucial decision. I needed to qualify for some profession, and the only one that seemed within reach at this point was the teaching profession. I could easily, with a few evening classes, qualify for a teaching certificate. The major drawback was that teachers’ salaries at that time were pitiably inadequate, especially if one needed to support a family. I learned that a master’s degree would command a premium salary as a teacher, so I decided to make that effort. I wanted to understand advanced mathematics, and I had learned that the University of Virginia math department had a good reputation. But when I discussed that possibility with one of my undergraduate math professors, he warned me that the UVa graduate math curriculum was extremely difficult, as it focused on “pure, abstract” math, as opposed to applied math. His recommendation was that I apply instead to the Graduate School of Education with a concen...
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