unpaid internships

i was just reading the blog "stuff white people like" and i came across the post about white people loving unpaid internships. it is a really funny and appropriate blog entry seeing as how i am in the process of finding an internship for the second portion of my grad program. this process has been equally stressful + stressful.

i am looking for something PAID (maybe that's the Iranian side of me; i DONT want an unpaid internship), and finding something that is worth it + PAID is almost unimaginable. but i will find one. wish me luck.

this quote from the blog really hit home:

If all goes according to plan, an internship will end with an offer of a job that pays $24,000 per year and will consist entirely of the same tasks they were recently doing for free. In fact, the transition to full time status results in the addition of only one new responsibility: feeling superior to the new interns.

i am looking for an internship in the Conflict Transformation/Resolution field, specifically i would like to work with the Native American population in regards to reconciliation/peacebuilding. we shall see. i'll keep you posted.

this is how i feel right about now:

and i WANT to feel like this again someday soon (sheesh!!! is that too much to ask??):

thank you for listening to me gripe. i am going to go now. and look for some paid internships. goodbye.
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