I am a graduate student in a math department; I earn $16500 a year, which is less than a janitor; coz the net says that janitors in baltimore-washington area make about $25000 a year. Now here is my question: My own worth cannot be decided by me, right? It must bear the stamp of some authority; ALL authorities, i.e. all univerisities, right from Harvard to Oklahoma State U agree that it is okay to pay me less than a janitor. Does that mean that I am really worth less than a janitor? So, with two college degrees am I a complete failure? The other possibility is that there is some nationwide conspiracy to exploit me(which is clearly being paranoid); in case I go with the exploitation idea, dont you think univeristies would rather choose poorly educated people to exploit rather than me? as such, have i landed myself in complete failure: I am very depressed: please help.
2006-11-29
14:09:39
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