http://radiomatthew.com/posts/commentary-unpaid-internships-not-just-for-wealthy-kids/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:17:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://radiomatthew.com/posts/commentary-unpaid-internships-not-just-for-wealthy-kids/#comment-1384 KrapArtist Wed, 07 May 2008 07:38:50 +0000 http://radiomatthew.com/?p=381#comment-1384 "Hard work, dedication and sacrifice" is all well and good, but it doesn't pay the bills when your parents didn't pay for college, you are juggling debt from a divorce and carrying 15+ units at the university (that includes night and Saturday classes). Unpaid internships are affordable mostly by those who have another source of income, not by those of us who were raised *very* blue collar and are left to fend for ourselves. Not realistic to think we can all have an opportunity if we just "buckled down real hard..." “Hard work, dedication and sacrifice” is all well and good, but it doesn’t pay the bills when your parents didn’t pay for college, you are juggling debt from a divorce and carrying 15+ units at the university (that includes night and Saturday classes). Unpaid internships are affordable mostly by those who have another source of income, not by those of us who were raised *very* blue collar and are left to fend for ourselves. Not realistic to think we can all have an opportunity if we just “buckled down real hard…”

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