I decided a few months ago I would finish up the degree course I started in 2007. I've been doing okay with work so far, even though I've had many prospective or current employers wonder why I didn't have a degree. When I started my first teaching job in 2005 I got paid a ridiculously low amount for working 6 days a week, 10 hours a day. I didn't mind at all. I had newly arrived in the city, my wife worked full time, and I was bored. From that first job flowed several private