Sabbatical

Hello,

OK, I know, this is RT. But I have the feeling the most sane and reasonable people come together here, so I will ask this question here: Have you had a sabbatical or do you plan on having one?

Regards
Gyro

 

Where did you get that idea?

 

Hello,

well, I don't know, there are these voices...

Regards
Gyro

 

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Cheers Glen.

 

Hello,

oh, I'm quite comfortable with the voices. They are entertaining during the long and lonely late shifts.

Regards
Gyro

 

qed.

 

Man... You gotta stop calling me names, okay?

 

I have only heard of this in an academic setting.

I have never had a sabbatical but now that I am retired I supposed one could say I am on a permanent one.

 

Good afternoon,

Yes, I am on a sabbatical right now.

Regards,

odon

Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a "ceasing") is a rest from work, or a hiatus, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus 25, for example, where there is a commandment to desist from working the fields in the seventh year). In the strict sense, therefore, a sabbatical lasts a year. The main Bible passage for sabbatical concepts is Genesis 2:2-3, in which God rested (literally, "ceased" from his labour) after creating the universe, and it is applied to people (Jew and Gentile, slave and free) and even to beasts of burden in one of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:8-11, reaffirmed in Deuteronomy 5:12-15).

 

Isn't a sabbatical when you take a leave from work to pursue something else? Like I met someone the other day that was taking a sabbatical because he had received a grant to write a book.

I would really like to take a sabbatical.

 

I'm on a life long sabatical.

 

Well Gyro you know what I'm doing I suppose it's kind of a sabbatical.

 

Hello,

uhm?

Oh, I'm sorry. I should have said 'sane and reasonable people and Tyrsonswood'. Better ?

Yepp, in an academic context it is used for a semester without the student plague . I use it in a broader sense. I think about doing something completely different for a year or so.

Regards
Gyro

 

Hello,

May I ask if it is a sabbatical in the sense that you are doing something different or are you waiting for the next opportunity?

Is there a chance that you are copying me ?

Yepp, that is what I am talking about. Except for the grant .

Doesn't that become boring after a few years?

Regards
Gyro

 

Better...


Never did want anyone to think I was sane.

 

Yes, but only for a month long or so. I don't know if that counts. I purposely left a job for a break from working, but it was inevitable that I find another soon, since I was paying a mortgage.

 

Hello,

damn, I know . That is something I can imagine doing, too. I work hard, but it is mostly mental work. I haven't done real physical work for ages. Going into the woods, chopping a dead tree into pieces and building a shelter doesn't count .

Regards
Gyro

 

Hello,

let's pretend you are and now mingle with RT's other sane inmates .

Indeed, that can be a problem. I've stashed a few bucks in my pillow case . That should be enough to pay the rent, insurance and stuff for a few months.

Regards
Gyro