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Subject:Re: Grad school (PhDs) From:Michael Gos <GOS -at- DT3 -dot- DT -dot- UH -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 27 Oct 1993 15:22:01 -0600
Corinne,
Ph.D. is the hoop necessary to jump through to get the lifestyle I chose. It
is one hell of a hoop, but the alternative is working five days a week, or
more and then trying to cram lost months of living into two or three weeks of
vacation. Yes, the total dollars are higher (although not the per hour $) and
the Ph.D. isn't a requirement, but I'm with Thoreau:
"Most (wo)men lead lives of quiet desparation"
For me, a worthwhile hoop, indeed.
