Taking a second job is fine and dandy, don't get me wrong, I worked two jobs
while doing a graduate teaching assistantship and full time graduate course
work.  but, guess what, I don't make my bills working 50 hours a week and my
student loans( upwards of $30,000) are in deferment as I do not make enough
to make a minimum payment on them.  Sorry, where I live (tucson) I barely
make it on $20,000 per year.  By the way, I am still a student on top of
working as I try to get a phd so I can be even more underpaid.

Maybe I am ranting, ok so I am ranting, but its hard to swallow someone who
has a good job, telling me to work harder and get another job just so i can
do the job I love, in the first place.

T. Morris

>No witty comeback, sorry. My suggestion was sincere, and since the lowest-
>paying jobs are generally entry-level, there's no better time to burn the
>candle at both ends as when one is young and fresh and eager and just
starting
>out with a goal in mind. It ain't pretty, but it's the truth.
>
>Taking a second job was merely a suggestion on my part, since (although
there
>has been incessant whining on the topic of salaries) no one had brought it
up.
>Working two jobs may seem like slavery to some, but a heck of a lot of
people
>do it to make ends meet for themselves and their families. No shame in
that.
>
>Museum professionals are not the only underpaid group in the rich and
>privileged environment we call America (teachers come to my mind first).
>However, unlike teachers, museum employees generally are not in demand
since
>there is a surplus of that particular resource. And when you combine that
with
>institutions like museums, which typically are underfunded, well, as I've
>pointed out before, that basic economic law of supply and demand comes into
>play. As the Buddah would point out, life is hard.
>
>By the way, if you think working two jobs is slavery, you must have a
pretty
>nice life. Last I checked, slaves don't get a salary and benefits (unless
you
>count the scraps from the master's table?).
>
>In a message dated 11/18/98 10:42:10 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>>Oh that is brilliant thinking.  Hey maybe we just start up slavery again.
>>We could have people for slaves during the day then make them work at
night.
>> This if you have any clue at all is the best way to create workers that
do
>>not perform at the optimum level since they are TIRED.
>>
>>I am sure you will have some witty come back but that does not change the
>>results of many years of research on the subject.
>>
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