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. >> >>Randy Little Represented by: >>R.S.Little Studio Jim Zaccaro & Assoc. >>Photography & Digital Imaging http://home.earthlink.net/~jimzacc >>http://www.rslittle.com >