Because I am curious what others think, I am starting a poll. Â I would like to know whether:
1) Â I should renew my teaching contract for next academic year (if not, this would mean I could be finished with my job in June).
2) Â I should interview for my job next month and see whether the students get less crazy and the work load gets any easier to manage. Â This would mean signing another 1-year contract for the 2011-2012 school year, if I get the job.
3) Â I should interview for my job next month and renew my contract for the 2011-2012 school year, if I get job, while surreptitiously training myself for another job under the guise of introducing students to new, career-relevant material in my courses. Â Once I have sufficiently trained myself (via teaching my students about this new area), I quit my academic job, and start my own consulting business.
4) Other