#and i'm lucky in that my department has been fairly good about standing in solidarity with us. but if i feel like this now
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#we're now 3 weeks into our strike and i get the feeling things are just beginning#and it has me thinking very seriously about my future in this field and the academy as a whole#like to be clear i fully intend to finish this program if i can and i still want my phd#but this university system has effectively told tens of thousands of us to go fuck ourselves and that we're not worth a living wage#and that's not something that can ever be taken back. i will always feel a deep sense of bitterness toward this institution after this#i will never feel proud to have a degree from this institution in any sense except as a reflection of my own labor and research#and i'm lucky in that my department has been fairly good about standing in solidarity with us. but if i feel like this now#what does it mean months from now? or years from now? and how can i get a degree and go back into the same exploitative system?#i don't want to leave i've given this place so much of my time and labor and taught so many wonderful students and california is my home now#but fuck man. i didn't expect the disgust i feel with my institution to hit this personally.#thoughts from a grad student on strike
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