>As another qualified and dedicated museum worker, who also gets a lousy wage,
>I sympathise with your dilemna.  I also sway between feeling vigilant, knowing
>that I am assisting to conserve my country's heritage for future generations.
>But I also find that the bucks I take home just dont stretch enough to pay my
>bills, and that my self esteem has been eroded over time because I have worked
>hard and studied hard and still cannot see a day when I too could perhaps
>afford a car or a home.  What of my heritage?????  It's a struggle.

Adrienne Leith

Okay, I think the original poster of criticism of this job
>announcement has been flamed enough.
>
>The truth is, whether we like it or not, value IS determined in our
>society by money. Yes, we all make adjustments, balancing other things
>we value against salary, but it the final determination, your paycheck
>still pays your bills - if it's big enough.
>
>I happen to be one of those people who's taken a low-paying, part-time
>job in a historical society because I thought it would be better to
>work in my field than at McDonald's. And I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
>DEMORALIZING IT IS TO BE PAID SO LITTLE FOR MY WORK. The director and
>the Board members all gush about my work constantly - and to me it's
>just rubbing it in that they pay me less than a gas station attendant.
>
>I'm starting to wonder if I _really_ cared about the field, if I
>really had dedication to it, would I be working for so little? AREN'T
>WE JUST COOPERATING IN THE DEVALUATION OF OUR FIELD BY ACCEPTING SO
>LITTLE IN MONETARY REWARDS?
>
>If the job were billed as an internship, I could see it; but in the
>final analysis, I too would not consider moving to take this job.
>
>
>Georgen Gilliam
>
>
>
>Tongariki wrote:
>>
>> Indianapolis metro area has 24 museums, the largest children's museum in
>> the country, a fine art museum that has an enormous endowment, and one of
>> the premier living history museums in the US.  Indianapolis also has a
>> vibrant economy and has one awards for it's extremely clean environment.
>> Whoever distains an opportunity to get a foot in the door of a fine and
>> well supported institution like the Indiana Historical Society which is
>> situated in a city large enough to give that much to cultural institutions
>> without the big city neurosis and filth is an utter idiot!

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