AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Quoting David V <porphyrous@...>:
>
> I teach technology for a living.  From 2002 to 2004, I worked on my
> graduate degree, a Master of Education in Educational Technology.  My
> school's administration gave it their blessing.  I had selected it
> specifically because I thought it would help my job working for them.  I
> finished it just as my daughter Maggie was turning 1, and I thought
> things were going to go swimmingly.  My son Eric was turning 5, starting
> full-time school, and I thought that the timing couldn't be better.
>
> Then in October, I was told that the rules were changing...
>
That is the toughest thing about being part of the workforce today.   
So many people have had the rug pulled out from under them.

David, that you are forced to get another graduate degree just to hold  
on to a job that you are perfectly experienced and qualified for is an  
example of the ridiculous demands that corporations put on working  
people.

I wish you well and feel for you.  Heck, you'd think that your  
experience and credentials would count for something.  To have the  
pressure of graduate study along with your job and parenting duties  
seems like a herculian task.  My hat's off to you... you are handling  
this much better than I would.
>
> I love my job, and I love the school I teach at, and the bean counters
> at HQ simply don't care about how this affects their staff.  So I was
> faced with a simple decision.  Do nothing, and pretty much write off my
> career...
>
Some days its a "career", other days its a "job".   At this point in  
my life, I'm happy to have a decent job.
>
> I refuse to give up my radio show, because it's the one thing I still
> have fire in my belly for.
>
I very much appreciate your radio show.  I think your show,  
"Spellbound" helps thereminists to keep up with the work of others and  
is a great motivator to create theremin music.

With your hectic schedule -- the family and school -- and then with  
grad school on top of it all -- I don't know how you find the energy  
for a weekly radio show.

Wish you all the best, David!

-- Kevin