I was kinda kidding when I mentioned a few posts ago that I was earning *much* less than the typical expat. My household is well below the average household in salary, but also in size. But we full-time members of the Ivy League gravy train are doing pretty well. Of course I am writing from the office at 10.15 on a Wednesday night, because I’m here reading job files and grading. So the hours aren’t always the best. I like the vacation time though.

As “Matt Carter points out”:http://emanations.braininavat.net/archives/000156.html, for casual staff (I think what they call adjuncts in America, though I’m not sure if the parallel is exact) the situation is, er, not so good.