I Am Hunting For my VISA Card Right NOW!

[britpoptarts]

Oh, Sirius Satellite Radio. Your latest adverts just make me tingle with desire for you. You promise I'll be able to listen to NASCAR and NFL Football, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart AND Bruce Springsteen's E Street Station without commercials!

Oh, my goodness, hold me back.

And here I thought satellite radio was supposed to be a possible alternative

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Sorry . . . had to delete and repost . . .

[wonderbink]

That is one option, contingent upon deciding to throw away tens of thousands of dollars spent to get an MFA instead on an MA, finding work that will pay less for an MA than an MFA (and I can't teach with an MA only, apparently), and finding a place to live (rent to own? condo / townhouse? I'd prefer to find a place and root there, thus I'd prefer not to settle for an apartment that would be akin to throwing money in the trash instead of building equity in something).

Point One -- reads a bit like the reason so many poor bastards stay stuck in Scientology, because they can't bear the thought of having spent all that money for nothing.

Point Two -- docwhoopee never got a degree higher than a Bachelor's, and he's done pretty damn well for himself. The degree thing might put limits on what your starting salary would be, but it's not like they're going to cap it and say "Oh, sorry, we can't give you any more raises based on the awesome work you've been doing, because you only have an MA and not an MFA." (When did teaching become a career interest of yours, anyway? Any talk along those lines from you before was pretty much in the negative. Did you really WANT to end up like the embittered professors in Art School Confidential?)

Point Three -- real estate is more affordable than it's been in ages and I'm pretty sure Lake can hook you up with people who will loan you money if you have a pulse.

Maybe you've been having some secret moments of bliss that you're not blogging about, but everything I've been reading for months has been about frustration and aggravation and beating your head against the wall. WHY are you doing this to yourself? What is the POINT?

At the time you moved down, you were held there because you couldn't afford to move back and your grandmother needed you. Both of those conditions are no longer the case (which, I realize, is a good news/bad news sort of thing.)

Yes, it would sting to put all that effort in and then fall short of the degree. But it's not like the knowledge you've gained will evaporate if you drop out. (It might fade a bit if not practiced regularly, but that's true of all knowledge, and would still be the case even if you did get the degree.)

This is your LIFE at stake, Milladollink. Life is meant to be savored and enjoyed and reveled in, not merely ENDURED. Don't sacrifice your own happiness just to prove that you're good enough to people outside yourself.

You could indeed grovel at their feet one more time to win their approval (though I do wonder if they're under financial pressure to refuse people a chance to progress, since taking that much longer means that much more tuition for the school) or you could take your revenge against them by telling them to screw off, moving back up to Atlanta and creating an amazing career and life for yourself that far exceeds anything that degree could possibly provide.

Then again, what do I know? I'm just a grad school dropout, myself.

EDIT: For some reason, it wouldn't let me edit the previous iteration, but will allow me to edit this one. I wonder if perhaps replying 'freezes' it from being edited, or if there's some other glitch.