tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post115094241123004793..comments2023-09-21T02:40:09.514-05:00Comments on View from the Corner: Candidate KenMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06090852893009703643noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-36433346093553039202006-09-06T02:32:00.000-05:002006-09-06T02:32:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-1150989609396720022006-06-22T10:20:00.000-05:002006-06-22T10:20:00.000-05:00It's even more interesting when you realize that t...It's even more interesting when you realize that the majority of PhD students in our departments are not from the U.S.! I once asked a friend why come here, when it seemed so much... quicker in Europe. He said that the reasons were financial. More research funding, so pretty much all grad students in our fields get paid to go to grad school.<BR/><BR/>But from the point of view of the funding agencies, what we are is cheap-yet-highly-trained labor. So our side of the bargain is that we have to *stay* for six years...<BR/><BR/>We get a PhD, they get workers with a PhD level education for the same wages grocery store clerks make. They get more out of this system than we do. But I figure why it takes so long here...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090852893009703643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421975.post-1150969257273271242006-06-22T04:40:00.000-05:002006-06-22T04:40:00.000-05:00Congratulations to Ken! It's really interesting to...Congratulations to Ken! It's really interesting to see how this system differs from the UK. I'm not registered for any degree at the moment, as a first year student, but I'm not taking classes or anything -- in a couple of months I'll write a big scary document about what I'm going to do for the next two years and what I'll call my thesis, and then I become a PhD candidate too. However, my day-to-day life won't change at all, my funding stays the same, etc. Crazy!<BR/><BR/>--JennieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com