This is My Career Plan
Hey, Maggie. What's wrong?
Oh, nothing is wrong. I'm just thinking about my career.
"Career" is your long-term field of job. For example, being a scientist is a career.
I'm thinking of changing it.
Are you [vocab word=dissatisfied]dissatisfied[/vocab] with your career?
I enjoy my work very much. But, it's not my [vocab word=passion]passion[/vocab].
I see. But, you have a very stable job. You have to think twice before switching your job or career. What's your new career anyways?
"Have to think twice before ..." is a common expression. It means you have to really think about it carefully, then take action.
I'm thinking of going back to school, getting a Ph.D. in [vocab word=zoology]zoology[/vocab], and becoming a professor.
Ph.D. is the highest university degree. You usually get a Bachelor's degree, then a Master's degree, then a Ph.D.
But, it's a long [vocab word=process]process[/vocab]. And, I feel I'm too old to do this. Would you mind listening to my future plan?
"Would you mind doing something" is a very polite way of asking for something. "Mind" means you don't want to do it. So, you usually answer "No, I don't mind" if you mean "Yes, I want to do it for you."
Alright, here I come ... Next year, I'm going to quit my job and go to a [vocab word=graduate school]graduate school[/vocab]. By 29, hopefully, I will have finished my [vocab word=Master's degree]Master's degree[/vocab].
Then, by 34, I will have gotten my Ph.D. in zoology.
I will do some [vocab word=postgraduate]postgraduate[/vocab] [vocab word=research]research[/vocab] for a couple of years. By 37, I will have finished my postgraduate research.
"Postgraduate" means after Ph.D.
Go on.
"Go on" means "Continue".
By 40, I will have found a [vocab word=permanent]permanent[/vocab] [vocab word=academic]academic[/vocab] [vocab word=post]post[/vocab] at a university. By 50, I will have gotten a [vocab word=tenure]tenure[/vocab] and become a full professor.
"Academic post" is a teaching and research job in a university or college. A "tenure" means the professor can stay in a university forever; he or she cannot lose the job.
What kind of research do you want to do?
I want to study birds. I'm interested in their [vocab word=habitat]habitats[/vocab] and [vocab word=behavior]behaviors[/vocab].
But, my research interest will have changed, probably, by the end of my Master's degree. So, I'm keeping an [vocab word=open mind]open mind[/vocab].
It sounds like a good plan to me.
No, of course not. If that's your passion, go for it!
"Go for it" means "You should do it."
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