This afternoon I finally received the three bound copies of my dissertation that I'd ordered from UMI.
This morning I called up Sallie Mae to consolidate all my student loans. Given that I owe well over $60,000, I'm projected to be in repayment for the next 25 years.
Talk about your vanity projects.
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commented at 8:50 PM~
Then again, hey, there's always the lottery--this could be your year! Oh, and don't forget publisher's ed and he and his group's knock on your door. Hmmm . . . is perhaps something even worse than loans, yes?
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commented at 9:36 PM~
My dad gave me a very sound bit of wisdom when I was in grad school. I was going on about investments in human capital and how education made people more profitable, to which he replied that this certainly held true for some things, but that I needed to realize that a Ph.D. in humanities was NOT an investment in human capital but was rather the purchase of a luxury item. My father rarely says helpful things, but this was a very good way for me to think about my doctoral work -- it was my version of buying a Lexus or the like.
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commented at 9:56 PM~
This will so be me. Don't dwell on the loans...I fear I'll be long gone before mine get paid off. I'm in a helpful state of denial until I get something in the mail from them.
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Oso Raro commented at 3:34 PM~
Student loans, Ew! Bound copies? Nice, but oh so expensive. :-)
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Margaret commented at 4:25 PM~
I *loved* getting the bound copied of my diss-- made it feel much more real.
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timna commented at 11:33 AM~
Wow, mine were only $6,000 each. I got 6 copies....
We decided fairly early on in the project to look at it as an additional mortgage.
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commented at 7:53 PM~
I needed to realize that a Ph.D. in humanities was NOT an investment in human capital but was rather the purchase of a luxury item.
Heh. That's a great way of looking at it.
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commented at 11:47 AM~
Congrats on getting the copies of the diss - are you making sticking stuffers of some of them?? And I hear you on the student loans - I just consolidated my Direct Loans - I've got around 50K from many years of grad school and high living....well, at least grad school!
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commented at 11:48 AM~
oops, I meant "stocking stuffers"... :)
