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From: mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach)
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Subject: Re: But I Wanted Summers Off!
Keywords: summer vacation
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Date: 19 Jul 90 13:51:10 GMT
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In article <5476@uceng.UC.EDU> dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes:
>I decided to enter graduate school (PhD bound), initially, in the hopes
>of getting long summer vacations. My understanding so far seems to

During my ten years as a graduate student, research associate
and lecturer, I have never had the chance to take more than two
or three weeks off during summer. The myth that academics get
long summer breaks is a very dangerous one, particularly since
it seems to be believed by the politicians who determine our
pay, and thus think it quite acceptable for us to be paid half
of what we would get in a comparable job in industry.

Matthew Huntbach