http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/grad-school-fools/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/grad-school-fools/#comment-1228 Liz Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:22:56 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2184#comment-1228 As someone in grad school, the idea that it "stands for hope" is literally insane. What hope do people in grad school have? A minimum wage job with too many responsibilities, a virtually non-existent job market, and an expensive degree that will most likely never result in greater earning power than the associate's degrees my parents have. My friends and I went to grad school despite knowing all that, because it means getting to do something we love. Grad school has never been a way to escape the responsibilities of the real world. Does the author think my rent is magically paid and I no longer receive paychecks or have to report to a boss? That has never been the case for grad school. As someone in grad school, the idea that it “stands for hope” is literally insane. What hope do people in grad school have? A minimum wage job with too many responsibilities, a virtually non-existent job market, and an expensive degree that will most likely never result in greater earning power than the associate’s degrees my parents have. My friends and I went to grad school despite knowing all that, because it means getting to do something we love. Grad school has never been a way to escape the responsibilities of the real world. Does the author think my rent is magically paid and I no longer receive paychecks or have to report to a boss? That has never been the case for grad school.

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