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Yay! The vibes here are nice, huh? I'm hopeful we can keep it up and keep attracting people like yourself to drop in and have a chat!
It's a double edged sword, the ol' placement/internship thing. Like, on the one hand you're giving free labour out and if you have a job that's not in that field it can mean time away without income. But without it you need the experience to get into the market. I hate that... I hate that we don't get paid for it. It's one of the reasons why I've decided not to pursue my Masters in Counselling. I get that you need the placement hours (especially for something like that), but given the way things are going economically at the moment, losing out on a month's worth of money in the long term isn't ideal.
Yeah exactly right about the double edged sword! I study online because I work full time in a low-paying, unrelated job that I couldn't quit in order to study full time because, yknow, the state of things currently lmao I'm lucky enough that my situation means I'll probably be OK doing an unpaid placement, but I know for sure alot of other students in my classes aren't in a similar position, and that really really sucks especially because it's a mandatory unit - it's not even something we're choosing to do to "get ahead" or something. But not pursuing your Masters, you totally get it. I hate that people need to make those sort of decisions based on financial reasons. Especially since alot of times, financial situations are too influenced by outside factors.