Thanks for elucidating! If I had taught it would have been theology, church history, and/or the history of dogma. My professors (in the M.Div. program I was in) were mostly all keen to further my career in that direction, and I was personally excited about it, loving my subjects. But I had Rachel in the middle of these plans, and was already thirty-seven. I didn't see how it could work out, practically or logistically or financially, or in terms of sheer energy needed. Looking back, I don't think I could have done it. I have heard of women who have managed to have a home life, raising small children while getting their PhD's. I've met one who worked nearly full-time at a dreary job while doing all that, a widow left with three young children. But I haven't got the stamina or talent for that. Lol, I'd rather fantasize about meeting such challenges (or live vicariously through someone else who must meet them, such as Frodo) than go through it all myself.