Complications: A Recurring Theme
My grandmother has been warning me against "settling" lately. And by that she means settling for something less-than perfect because it's easier or whatnot. (She did not mean becoming a settler in Israel, though I'm sure she'd be against my doing that as well.) Which is sort of funny because I've never been the sort of person that settles.
Except nothing seems so clear anymore. I don't even know which one of my options would be "settling."
And maybe this could be the recurring theme of this blog. Or the recurring theme of anyone's senior year of college. Graduation is starting to look worse and worse, I tell ya. Maybe I should just fail a class or two and stay on for another year. Or two. Or forever (which is really what I'd like to do anyway...)
posted by Eli7 @ 6:40 PM
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5 Comments:
Or you could just keep on going...graduate school's a lovely place! ;)
Would that I could defend the choice of graduate school on any level and convince myself that I could get in and find a job and make money afterward, trust me, I'd be on line to take the GREs tomorrow.
What you are saying sounds very superficial. Why do you need a job? I would hope that as the good Jew that you are that you are looking for a job that will allow you to make a meaningful contribution to society, not just yourself. You are an amazing writer and I can't imagine someone like you not finding a job. You need to follow your own passions and listen to yourself and not just follow the crowd. Happiness comes from within..it comes from following your dreams and believe me: people with PhDs do not starve.
Anon,
I would love to be able to make a decision based solely on what I would like to spend my time doing. However, that is a very superficial thing to do. I know that I need to make money to live on, and that one day I will hopefully have a family -- a tremedous financial undertaking in today's world. It might be unfortunate to have to decide what I would like to do based on practical considerations like hours and finances, but that's real life.
Dear Eli7,
I agree that we all need money for sure. However, the point I am trying to make is that professors make enough money to not starve. In fact, most are at least upper-middle class. You would have enough money to raise a family off it for sure. However, you might not be able to afford to go to Hawaii every month and live on 5th avenue. I think it is superficial because you are chosing a profession based on where you will be rich while given your talents you would be doing quite well in many other careers.
Sinc,
Anon
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