http://www.educatednation.com/2009/03/23/economy-makes-being-an-ra-seem-like-a-good-idea/ Education Blog. News, humor, advice, and opinion on education and career, graduate school, college degrees, and university life. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/03/23/economy-makes-being-an-ra-seem-like-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-125123 alexa Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:23:25 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/03/23/economy-makes-being-an-ra-seem-like-a-good-idea/#comment-125123 The above pingback is a nicely written post (originally from <a href="http://craigberger784.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/the-ra-job/">this blog</a>) about what being an RA actually entails. I fear that my point may not have gotten across in my post, that my pain-in-the-ass fellow dormers and I were fully aware of the fact that we were a very well taken care of bunch, and that the RAs were in possession of more survival skills than we were. While on the one hand, we couldn't believe someone was willing to be our RA (because it seemed like a tremendous amount of work), on the other hand we were impressed by the lengths the RAs were willing to go to for their educations. Also, I am in awe of anyone who has the patience and diplomacy to be an RA. I, myself, am in possession of a severe LACK of both traits, and wouldn't last past Move-In Day without coming unglued. The above pingback is a nicely written post (originally from this blog) about what being an RA actually entails. I fear that my point may not have gotten across in my post, that my pain-in-the-ass fellow dormers and I were fully aware of the fact that we were a very well taken care of bunch, and that the RAs were in possession of more survival skills than we were. While on the one hand, we couldn’t believe someone was willing to be our RA (because it seemed like a tremendous amount of work), on the other hand we were impressed by the lengths the RAs were willing to go to for their educations. Also, I am in awe of anyone who has the patience and diplomacy to be an RA. I, myself, am in possession of a severe LACK of both traits, and wouldn’t last past Move-In Day without coming unglued.

]]> http://www.educatednation.com/2009/03/23/economy-makes-being-an-ra-seem-like-a-good-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-125116 College Students » Blog Archive » The RA Job in Today’s Economy Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:53:01 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/03/23/economy-makes-being-an-ra-seem-like-a-good-idea/#comment-125116 [...] Alexa Harrington wrote an interesting and thought-provoking post at her blog called Educated Nation, discussing the RA position and its increased popularity due to the great compensation in today’s poor economy: It’s amazing what starts to look enticing when the economy is sucking. Nationwide, colleges and universities have reported phenomenal increases in the number of applicants for RA positions. RAs (resident advisors) are the long-suffering, non-freshmen, adult(ish) folks who agree to live in vomit-splattered, high-volume dorms in exchange for free room and board at their institution of higher education. [...] [...] Alexa Harrington wrote an interesting and thought-provoking post at her blog called Educated Nation, discussing the RA position and its increased popularity due to the great compensation in today’s poor economy: It’s amazing what starts to look enticing when the economy is sucking. Nationwide, colleges and universities have reported phenomenal increases in the number of applicants for RA positions. RAs (resident advisors) are the long-suffering, non-freshmen, adult(ish) folks who agree to live in vomit-splattered, high-volume dorms in exchange for free room and board at their institution of higher education. [...]

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