By fermentedphil on Skatehive
_ I did not know what I expected. But my situation is also not unique by all means. I am in fact luckier than others - but that then brings me back to the first statement: I did not know what I expected. My father is in academia, I have been in academia for a number of years, and I have been talking to others who are in similar positions than I am. But then again, what did I expect? I am struggling to find permanent employment in academia, and within my field work is so scarce even people with much more expertise and experience than me are struggle to find work - so what did I expect? Due to this, and in trying to finish up my PhD, I am taking on work as much as I can find. Money is tight and we all need to eat something at the end of the night with a roof over our heads. In this, I am much more fortunate and lucky than others (caring families are rare these days but there are some out there). So when I got the emails from various people asking me to help them with marking exam papers,