Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Work hour limit for grad students

Graduate Research Assistants, PhD Students, Grad Students: International students who are graduate assistants are permitted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to be employed for only twenty hours per week during a school term in the United States. The 20-hour limitation policy covers all duties required of a graduate assistant. I'm serious,
Google it!

hahahah This is the best joke I've posted here so far. I think they meant be paid for only twenty hours of the 60-hour work week.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Illegal Work

The Italian government ran a campaign that said: "Illegal work: it is not worth it. Low pay, disrespect and insecurity."
My first reaction was: wow... they made doctorates illegal in Italy. Then, thinking more about it, I realized it was about immigrants taking sub-employment jobs. Then I got jealous. What?! They have all we have and don't even need to sign a contract?! "Bastardos!"

Thursday, March 18, 2010

“There is little success where there is little laughter.”
Andrew Carnegie