Are you paid to answer questions? Or are you just that nice?
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hey there,
hmm, the binary you’ve set up is giving my a squirmy feeling in my belly. do you have to do something pro bono (as the lawyers would say) in order for it to be good? is someone who, day in and day out, assists students with the red tape and confusion of life at uoft, STANDS BY THEM all the way from grade 12 to graduate school, a saint? and are they relegated to demon status if they’re compensated monetarily for their positively monumental efforts?
does the VEHEMENT HYPOCRISY of a capitalist society that both shames and prioritizes the collection of WEALTH stretch so far as to CONDEMN aska, all alone in her little lifeboat, barely afloat as she SELFLESSLY attempts to pull distraught seafarers out of the increasingly intimidating swells in the TUMULTUOUS OCEAN that is TORONTO?
can’t i be nice AND paid???
…yeah, i am. i’m paid to answer questions. i certainly don’t get paid to be nice (or beautiful; that’s just an added benefit 😉 ). as much as i would like to think that i could maintain this blog on the side of my studies without being encouraged to do so by employers who are extremely patient and understanding of all my laziness and craziness, that’s probably all vanity.
aska wouldn’t exist if it were just up to me, one slightly insane student up against the entire university. it runs with the (pretty generous, considering the entire site is really just me trying to keep the sonic meme alive) help of the university.
so that’s that. if you’re sitting there gritting your teeth and going, “i can’t believe she gets to do that for money while i have to carry boxes/wait on drunks/stock shelves for minimum wage,” then not to fear! askastudent is a work-study job.
there are many work-study jobs offered by the university of toronto, some of them like mine, some of them not, but all of them pretty cool. if you’d like to apply for one, keep an eye out here; the fall/winter jobs should be posted around august.
plus, you know, when i eventually graduate/mess up here, you can always have a go at my job.
cheers!
aska