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StaedlerMars:
Oh yeah, I guess that's true, my job is part time.
tania:
i've TAed since i started grad school and probably will up until i graduate because it's the main source of funding for students in my program, but i take only two classes a semester instead of the full-time workload of three. don't underestimate your workload because of what it looks like on paper - the expectation for your quality of work will be a LOT higher and you will find yourself working your butt off literally all the time. i never struggled that much with coursework during my undergrad and with my two courses a semester i am seriously like frighteningly near death basically all of the time. i'd say the general rule is that you shouldn't work if you're full-time, but if you're only gonna take a part-time workload, go for it.
Lines:
I've been working about 20 hrs a week since I started grad school. Next year I may have to take a quarter off when I'm student teaching, but having a job and going to school is reasonable. My job is on campus, though, which makes things a lot easier, because the hours are really flexible.
Jimmy the Squid:
I am at uni (which takes three to four hours of travel time a day) four days a week. I stay at uni for an extra 3 to 7 hours after class to get work done before coming home. I work three days a week doing customer supporty type stuff. There is no way I could study and not work, despite the fact that all the studies show that working during higher education has a negative effect on your grades. I need to be able to pay my rent and shit and my parents don't want me to move back in with them (and I don't want to do that either).
One of my lecturers once said that there are three options open to you while you're at uni but you can only pick two.
Get good grades.
Have anything resembling a social life.
Work more than 20 hours a week.
I work 24 hours a week and the extent of my socialising is basically band practice (three hours a week). I think I'm going to be ok.
tania:
yeah i also got to second the no social life at all outside of school thing. this isn't the definition of "no social life" that translates to "oh i only go out like once or twice a week", it means no social life at all. none. no weekends, no evenings. i work on average 7-8 hours a day, seven days a week, frequently much more to the point where it starts cutting into the AM hours, and i wake up at 6AM for class/work every day. out of curiosity, i started keeping an excel spreadsheet to record how many hours of sleep i get every day and right now my average for the last few weeks is four hours a night. the last time i took an evening off to go get some dinner and a couple of beers with my friends was mid-february. it has honest to god been nothing but constant work since then, even during reading week. not trying to spark a pity party here or put myself on a pedestal or anything, just saying the workload is seriously a challenge. don't underestimate how hard making time can be.
also i hope this gives a little bit of context into why i'm basically an asshole all of the time now, i am sorry i am an asshole now but if it helps sooth the pain at all that's basically my situation. that's my fucking life. also i hate myself and i want to die
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