
119: The Danger of the Twin Scarcities [book excerpt]
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The Scarcity Narrative
In critical studies in the teaching of english, i was lucky to receive a teaching assistantship. The idea that assistant ships are highly competitive is the beginning of the scarcity narrative in academia. I made it work by using credit cards. And so began a narrative in my own head about how there is never enough money,. This narrative started in graduate school, but continues to this day. Next to my 12 thousand dollars a year. Gidermos 18 thousands dollars a year delivered as a combination of stipend and assistant ship, seemed luxurious, but of course, it wasn't. He studied fat cells in a dish. So those cells needed to be kept alive for his lab to function. And cells
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