What I would give to even do THAT instead of bullshit substituting, which is about the only way anybody even has a shot at either classified or certified employment in a school district. The problem is there are gobs of people who are doing it, too, so that reduces one's income even further.
Thank God those fuckers at WCSD didn't steal my pension vesting although the asshole in HR I think thought I hadn't gotten it.
From the article:
A record number of people are depending on federally financed food assistance. Food-stamp use increased from an average monthly caseload of 17 million in 2000 to 44 million people in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Web site. Last year, one in six people—almost 50 million Americans, or 15 percent of the population—received food stamps.
Ms. Bruninga-Matteau is part of an often overlooked, and growing, subgroup of Ph.D. recipients, adjunct professors, and other Americans with advanced degrees who have had to apply for food stamps or some other form of government aid since late 2007.
Some are struggling to pay back student loans and cover basic living expenses as they submit scores of applications for a limited pool of full-time academic positions. Others are trying to raise families or pay for their children's college expenses on the low and fluctuating pay they receive as professors off the tenure track, a group that now makes up 70 percent of faculties. Many bounce on and off unemployment or welfare during semester breaks. And some adjuncts have found themselves trying to make ends meet by waiting tables or bagging groceries alongside their students.
It's always been tough to break into academia. This isn't new at all. I've got news for this writer: Anybody can wind up on public assistance; poverty doesn't discriminate. Thank God what safety net is out there exists; I would be on the streets right now.
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