Comments on: Let’s all cry for the white girl who got a solo for no reason http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/2010/02/16/lets-all-cry-for-the-white-girl-who-got-a-solo-for-no-reason/ Class Warfare and Video Games Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:27:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Punning Pundit http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/2010/02/16/lets-all-cry-for-the-white-girl-who-got-a-solo-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Punning Pundit Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:13:45 +0000 http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/?p=297#comment-577 Every job has an entry level. In other fields, you get paid even at the entry level, even as a "trainee". Come to think of it, in California, we didn't used to have to pay tuition until fairly recently. Indeed, tuition was instituted because Reagan wanted to <a href="http://www.trivia-library.com/c/biography-of-us-president-ronald-reagan-part-6-california-governor.htm"target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"get rid of the undesirables"</a>. It is difficult to make the case that internships aren't a form of class warfare by comparing them to a specific case of class warfare. As far as doing internships in college... yup. I wish I'd had the chance. If I'd known that without an internship my degree would be worth a lot less, I would have taken out loans and done one. As it was, I instead worked 40hr weeks and graduated college nearly debt free. Every job has an entry level. In other fields, you get paid even at the entry level, even as a “trainee”. Come to think of it, in California, we didn’t used to have to pay tuition until fairly recently. Indeed, tuition was instituted because Reagan wanted to “get rid of the undesirables”. It is difficult to make the case that internships aren’t a form of class warfare by comparing them to a specific case of class warfare.

As far as doing internships in college… yup. I wish I’d had the chance. If I’d known that without an internship my degree would be worth a lot less, I would have taken out loans and done one. As it was, I instead worked 40hr weeks and graduated college nearly debt free.

]]> By: Margee http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/2010/02/16/lets-all-cry-for-the-white-girl-who-got-a-solo-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Margee Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:50:15 +0000 http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/?p=297#comment-576 A few things that comes to mind: 1. Yes, it sucks. Especially the rich people part. 2. But then again, you had to PAY someone to get an education before. Now you're getting an education FOR FREE. 3. Which is kind of the whole point of an internship. You get experience and knowledge (like in college), and they have to deal with all your mistakes ('cause you're not experienced and knowledgeable enough, and you will mess up) 4. Which I think why most people do internships in college; it's like part of their education. 5. I like numbering things. 6. Political internships don't pay. But maybe that's because POLITICS doesn't pay. It's a rich man's (and now woman's) game. You don't play it unless you can pay it. 7. But you do get cool free t-shirts. A few things that comes to mind:
1. Yes, it sucks. Especially the rich people part.
2. But then again, you had to PAY someone to get an education before. Now you’re getting an education FOR FREE.
3. Which is kind of the whole point of an internship. You get experience and knowledge (like in college), and they have to deal with all your mistakes (’cause you’re not experienced and knowledgeable enough, and you will mess up)
4. Which I think why most people do internships in college; it’s like part of their education.
5. I like numbering things.
6. Political internships don’t pay. But maybe that’s because POLITICS doesn’t pay. It’s a rich man’s (and now woman’s) game. You don’t play it unless you can pay it.
7. But you do get cool free t-shirts.

]]> By: Chris http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/2010/02/16/lets-all-cry-for-the-white-girl-who-got-a-solo-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Chris Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:50:11 +0000 http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/?p=297#comment-575 I traveled to Germany for mine and was paid a fair wage (this being the only way I could afford to travel to and live in Germany for months). Perhaps this is the difference between technical internships and non-technical ones. I traveled to Germany for mine and was paid a fair wage (this being the only way I could afford to travel to and live in Germany for months). Perhaps this is the difference between technical internships and non-technical ones.

]]> By: Eric Rall http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/2010/02/16/lets-all-cry-for-the-white-girl-who-got-a-solo-for-no-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Eric Rall Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:08:50 +0000 http://www.indignantdesertbirds.com/?p=297#comment-574 In my field, unpaid internships are all but unheard-of. Intern wages generally start around $10-15/hour for someone with only basic training and no experience, and scale up into the $20-30/hour range for a college senior. In my field, unpaid internships are all but unheard-of. Intern wages generally start around $10-15/hour for someone with only basic training and no experience, and scale up into the $20-30/hour range for a college senior.

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