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Politics : Ask Michael Burke

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To: re3 who wrote (56748)4/20/1999 10:47:00 PM
From: Earlie  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
Maxx99:

Re Writing: Done a fair bit of it,....lots of mag articles and a column for an international sailing magazine that ran for about 6-7 years. Fortunately all of it was a "labour of love", while I maintained a professional position, as the monetary benefits were next to nil. Enjoyed it, except when the editors cut even a word of my prose. (how could they not understand that the way I worded it was perfect) (g)

Re market career vs professional career. Lucky enough to have done both. Loved teaching kids, although it quite literally consumes your every waking hour. If it doesn't, and if you don't love time with kids, it will destroy you rather quickly. I also had a ball teaching adults how to teach kids (Teachers' College).

Stock Market involvement is the most humbling thing I ever tackled. It is a never-ending 10,000 piece puzzle. I love the sleuthing. I also enjoy the money that one can make. I hate the speed with which it can also be lost and the personal stupidity it so accurately underlines in simple, easy-to-comprehend arithmetic (purchase price minus sell price). Sound familiar? (g)

Best, Earlie
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