henchminion (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} henchminion) wrote,@ 2007-08-30 14:14:00 |
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Math for medievalists
Expected income from two teaching assistantships for 2007-08: $6,000.
My tuition: $6,913 and change.
Cost of an alumni library card at U of T: $125.
I'm not taking any courses this year, just beavering away on my dissertation. I'm also in the sixth year of my degree, which means no more funding from the university. So basically I'm paying the University of Toronto some $900 in order to obtain a library card that I could be getting for $125 and for the privilege of doing a lot of unpaid work for them. How foolish am I?
It occurs to me that I could save a lot of money and working hours by dropping out of school, then reapplying to the program when my dissertation is written. It's a pity that I've already dropped out, and back into, this degree once before. I don't think I can get away with it a second time, or I would seriously do it.
Expected income from two teaching assistantships for 2007-08: $6,000.
My tuition: $6,913 and change.
Cost of an alumni library card at U of T: $125.
I'm not taking any courses this year, just beavering away on my dissertation. I'm also in the sixth year of my degree, which means no more funding from the university. So basically I'm paying the University of Toronto some $900 in order to obtain a library card that I could be getting for $125 and for the privilege of doing a lot of unpaid work for them. How foolish am I?
It occurs to me that I could save a lot of money and working hours by dropping out of school, then reapplying to the program when my dissertation is written. It's a pity that I've already dropped out, and back into, this degree once before. I don't think I can get away with it a second time, or I would seriously do it.
