On Work

I am not this bad: "'I want to be an eternal student,' he said. 'Just learning for learning's sake.'" But I do resent the article's insinuation that academics is not the real world (see the title, "French students shy of real world"--frankly, I hate any discussions of the real world; the only things that I don't think qualify are video games, and that is just because I don't like them). Although separating being a student from any use of the student's education is problematic (Frankincense can rant here about the problems that can arise from glorifying liberal education).



All that to say, when you're in a profession that offers only a few jobs, you begin to want one. I want a job. Badly. There. I want a job in Pennsylvania, too.