amyisally
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What's the difference between "academic" and "professions". Thanks.
I need to write an article responding the statement:
Universities should require all faculty to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach.
I cannot quite understand the statement.
Whether is the statement:
All faculties should spend time outside the academic world to professions, which are relevant to the courses they teach.
I don't quite understand the difference between academic world and professions.
From Wikipedia
A mathematician who does analyse work in a company is a profession.
But I cannot say studying mathematics is the profession of a mathematician.
The three above sentences are what I am understanding. Am I right?
If I am right, the third sentence quite confuses me.
In my old conception, studying mathematics is mathematician's profession.
Then can I say that studying mathematics is mathematician's job/work/career?
I need to write an article responding the statement:
Universities should require all faculty to spend time working outside the academic world in professions relevant to the courses they teach.
I cannot quite understand the statement.
Whether is the statement:
All faculties should spend time outside the academic world to professions, which are relevant to the courses they teach.
I don't quite understand the difference between academic world and professions.
From Wikipedia
Aprofession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.
A mathematician who study mathematics in an university or an institution is an academic.Academia is the nationally and internationally recognized establishment of professional scholars and students, usually centered around colleges and universities, who are engaged in higher education and research.
A mathematician who does analyse work in a company is a profession.
But I cannot say studying mathematics is the profession of a mathematician.
The three above sentences are what I am understanding. Am I right?
If I am right, the third sentence quite confuses me.
In my old conception, studying mathematics is mathematician's profession.
Then can I say that studying mathematics is mathematician's job/work/career?