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D'oh part 2
Okay, I'll talk about it now. I've looked it over and maybe I'm not quite as stupid as I thought. Still stupid, but not as stupid.
All this time, when I've looked at the webpage for the assistantship position, I have been reading the second part, where it says
Remuneration
The gross remuneration of foreign assistants is 890 Euros, minus approximately 60 € for Social Security (medical insurance).
Now, is it just me, or does gross remuneration sound like that's all you get? 830 € converts to about $718. So I have been thinking, ever since I applied, that I am going to have to work my butt off this summer in order to fund the seven months that I will be making less money than it will cost to feed and house me and, in essence, be paying to work. I can't go to Europe over Spring Break or Chile during the summer because I will have to save my money to live on.
Now look a little higher. Yeah, right there. The part that says
Monthly Stipend 890 € (Euros)
Monthly. Ahem. La la, I am stupid. It has been there all along, and there I was, panicking about how I was going to live for seven months on $700.
$700 a month? That's $15 an hour! Oh my god! I'm rich!
srah - Tuesday, 29 January 2002 - 10:46 PM
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