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shmokes:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 28, 2010, 09:02:10 pm ---
C'mon people ... saint fell though a ceiling and broke his freaking foot ... ?


--- End quote ---

That, while technically true, is a bit misleading . . .  ;D

I'm with you, though.  A person could hardly have a more difficult school schedule than mine.  I have one more credit than is allowed.  And my 4-credit course is Federal Income Tax, which everyone thinks of as a 6-credit course because the tax code is such a PITA.  But I wouldn't even think of trading school for real life if I had another option. 

shateredsoul:
Very true.. I have it pretty good. Like any person I have stress in my life, but like my dad said (who comes form very humble beginnings), just be happy you have work and stop complaining.

Although I must say that the stress of being so in debt before I even have my own house isn't too much fun

Didn't know about Saint's situation (i'm rather new here and still learning who's who), but I do hope you get better Saint.

*edit* wait, did  I miss something? did he really fall through his ceiling?

CheffoJeffo:
FWIW, most of that was a shot at my brother who is coming to visit this week ... at only 2 university degrees, I am the least educated member of my family. My brother has more degrees than me, my mother and my father combined ... and I've been listening to him whine like you guys for years. Obviously, nobody goes looking to him for help or money.

Just wait until those 7 people that you "supervise" actually rely upon you for the money that they use to pay rent and buy food and, if you screw up, you put them, their wives and their kids out on the street to starve.

Then come to talk to me about stress ... just make sure to stay offa my lawn.

 ;)

shateredsoul:
Actually...

we had a lot of cuts recently which means a lot of us didn't get TA positions. A lot of profs told their grad students, "well, maybe you should take a quarter off.. and keep working" which means.. they wouldn't have the income they usually received from TAing a course which means no income at all.  So, unfortunately, not all people that are doing the type of job I would like to do someday are as considerate as you.  I'm glad you do think about those things... we need more people like that in those type of positions.

The humanities have it even worse, it's normal for them to have a full time job in addition to being a full time student. And their second job is often not related to what they are studying. 

Now I know someone who is studying for a phd degree, has 3 kids, gets 3 hours of sleep a night if lucky, and does not complain ever (even when you can tell she's stressed). Luckily the husband helps out a lot at home and is very supportive. 

CheffoJeffo:
*** ARGH *** I really wanted to come up with a witty rant chastising you for even thinking that the stuff that goes on at school is even close to the real world, but I couldn't find anything clever to say.

Suffice it to say, I am not, by any stretch, some great considerate boss (ask people who work for me and ask why their contracts specify that they report to somebody else!) ... it is my experience that the vast majority of folks in positions of "power" over others lose more sleep worrying about those under their aegeis that those under their aegeis.

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