Posted by alexandra_k on July 11, 2013, at 1:48:33
In reply to Re: hoplelessness, posted by alexandra_k on July 11, 2013, at 1:36:58
i am an avoider, it is true. it is hard to send stuff because then i have to face the inevitable negative feedback. but then it is hard to write stuff because then i have to send what i've written.
apparently it is about support structures. other people have supportive people around them. their partner, their friends, their parents, their flatmates, whoever. other people who can commiserate about their their day (that their boss is being demanding) and help keep them focused on the end.
i didn't have those supports.
other people have people who can financially support them when their scholarship runs out. they can go live with their folks and do the writing up from their with their mother's home cooked meals. it helps people get done... gives them that final push. and... only parents or partners can probably put up with one when one is going through the end of the writing up...
so then the supervisors don't need to worry about pesky things like whether the student can afford to spend another 6 months writing up those revisions or whether the student will be evicted because they are out of money. so then the supervisors don't need to worry about whether they can attend major international conferences or other networking opportunities without financial support (there is financial support, but of course that runs out, too).
oh. it does take heavy investment to raise a philosopher.
i get it now. why it is a luxury thing... it isn't (just) about 'don't do it if you want to be rich' it is more about 'don't do it unless you are wealthy'. because... there really isn't any guarantee that you will get a job at all... if you don't keep up your international networking you will fall off the radar... if you get a job it might be for only 1 year and you need to relocate to the other side of the globe...
i guess people did say... i just... oblivious, i guess.
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