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I'm just wondering why there is so much grad student bashing going on here....
I was especially surprised by the fact that so many people seem to tie grad school to trust funds and being out of touch with small towns. I grew up in a small town in Montana and I now go to grad school in a town with a larger population than the entire state of Montana. Many of my childhood friends are in other graduate programs all across the country (ranging from English to law to various fields of science). Being a graduate student and being a kind hearted, uncomplicated, and down to earth person are not mutually exclusive. My eventual PhD doesn't make me any different from the people I grew up with who work the family ranch or wait tables at a restaurant in my hometown.
Cut the LW some slack people. In the end, we all just want to be happy.
