<p>My husband (research scientist) depends on grants for his research budget and half his salary. He works from 7 am to - 9 pm M-Th, 7 am - 7 pm on Friday, and puts in at least a half day on both Saturday and Sunday. Lunch is usually consumed while attending a seminar, which means he’s pretty much working 76 hours a week. He’s reading grants, writing grants, keeping up with journals, correcting homework, supervising students in the lab, and occassionally doing his own research. He even reads journals at the gym. There’s a reason why neither kid is going into academics. They don’t want to work that hard. And given that he does is cancer research I think we can agree that the work he does is pretty important.</p>
<p>I’ve got no dog to fight in the State School argument. NY doesn’t have a flagship school. The SUNYs are okay, but hard to get excited about. I was happy to fund other choices.</p>