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Originally Posted by himespau
I'm so fortunate to be in a field where I got paid to do my PhD. Sure it was a pittance and took 8 years, but I doubt I would have done it if I'd had to pay my way. The annoying thing is that my degree pushed me out of doing what I enjoy (the research) and into what I don't enjoy (the running a lab and writing grants). Though I do like the teaching.
It's a shame the way higher Ed is set up. The teaching is secondary to the research, so half the time you end up with brilliant people who can't teach to save their life, or people who are only teaching because they have to. The only people actually teaching are post docs and TAs and adjuncts, none of whom are getting paid enough to care.

I had some good professors, but I also had a lot of pretty terrible ones who were clearly not that interested in the teaching, especially teaching undergrads, even though they only taught upper level, it was still too much for them.
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