NLRB: Grad students in private universities lose the right to unionize!

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by loinburger
Where are you getting your information from?

Judging by his posts, I'd say his posterior.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by loinburger

So if a job is related to my field then it's a privilege, and if it isn't related to my field then it's a "real" job? My current job requires a MS in CS -- does that mean it's a privilege? My brother's job requires a BS in MatSE -- does that mean it's a privilege? The database programming job I had as an undergrad required a high school diploma -- does that mean it was a privilege?

The bottom line is that you guys are on easy street, making more money than your classmates, getting experience that most of your classmates do not, and doing easy work that is directly related to your field of interest.

"I hear they don't even let us have tea breaks! The horror!!!!"

Yet still complaining about it.

As I said, you are more than welcome to apply at McDonald's.

Sissy whiners!

[loinburger]

I'll ask again: where are you getting your information from?

You have no idea what work I did, you have no idea how I earned my position, and yet you somehow consider yourself to be an expert on the job that I held for 18 months. How many years were you an RA? How many RA's have you known in real life? Where are you getting your information from?

Cut the bull**** already.

[Boris Godunov]

Ted, now you're just being an ass about something that you're clueless on. It's embarrassing, so why not cut it out?

[DinoDoc]

Since when are RA's grad students? Most of the ones I know aren't.

[Ted Striker]

Nah not really.

My entire family has done it, along with many of my closest friends.

So cut the BS guys, count your blessings and stop complaining or find another damn job. There is nothing special about you primadonnas.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Since when are RA's grad students? Most of the ones I know aren't.

Only grad students and postdocs held research assistantships at my university. There were a few undergrads who would use a professor's lab facilities for an honors thesis, but they weren't paid for their efforts.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
My entire family has done it, along with many of my closest friends.

Then why are you so clueless about what RA's do and how they get their positions? My bull**** meter is going haywire after your "these positions are AWARDED" remark.

So cut the BS guys, count your blessings and stop complaining or find another damn job. There is nothing special about you primadonnas.

I'll be sure to relay your heartfelt asshollery to the RA's I knew who lost their tuition waivers and/or their student visas because of a professor's whims. They should count themselves lucky that some clueless schmuck on the internet doesn't give a damn about them. Or something.

[Boris Godunov]

Perhaps DD thought you meant "Residence Assistant."

[Ramo]

In my school, there are some undergrad RA's (I'm one), but our bosses expect much less out of us then they do from grad students.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Perhaps DD thought you meant "Residence Assistant."

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by loinburger

Then why are you so clueless about what RA's do and how they get their positions? My bull**** meter is going haywire after your "these positions are AWARDED" remark.

Nah you have one experience and want to say that everyone else has the same experience.

I'll be sure to relay your heartfelt asshollery to the RA's I knew who lost their tuition waivers and/or their student visas because of a professor's whims. They should count themselves lucky that some clueless schmuck on the internet doesn't give a damn about them. Or something.

I'm sure it went down just the way you described it. So that must mean that most professors out there are out to recruit immigrants so they can screw them over.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by DinoDoc

I was only kidding, too...

[loinburger]

Originally posted by DinoDoc

Ah yeah, I've made that mistake before.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Nah you have one experience and want to say that everyone else has the same experience.

Yet you've not had any experience with it and you still seem fit to sit and pontificate to people who have gone through it or are currently going through it what it's all about.

Holy hell, you're being a complete fool.