Winter break is for watching instant netflix. Lately, NA and I have been watching a lot of old Bones episodes (a show about a forensic anthropologist).
In one show, an FBI asks Tempe, "What, are you really going to be a bone lady all of your life?"
She responded, "I studied anthropology for years!"
"I got a degree, too, but I'm not going to let it ruin my life."
Whether you are a work-in-progress or out of grad school for decades, how is your degree treating you these days?
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fabulously, sabbatical and two library research fellowships so far, although MFRU has dropped a bit lower in the top 10 rankings, which peeves me as it lowers the perceived value of the degree
I'm not out of grad school yet, but my master's degree means that I can pretty much get a job anytime I want working on things I'm pretty interested in doing.
It's great to be in EECS. :-)
Shockingly badly actually. ...mine is the same as Tempe. I seriously wonder why I did a PhD...and at times I regret not having given up when I did seriously consider it near the beginning of my programme. I do various things to make a living..and I'm constantly looking for job that's decently paid where I can do what I'm trained to do!
I'm wasting mine on housewifery. I suppose it's useful for being the spouse's personal editor (I've done journal work) - though his field is so different from mine that you could replace all the nouns with fruit and it would make just as much sense.
I consider myself incredibly lucky in that I do a job that uses both the facts and the skills I learned during my undergrad and PhD degrees on a daily basis. I love it! :)
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