Stay in the Know: Undergrads Aren't the Only Ones Who Have It Hard, Ask the Grad Students

College isn’t all fun and games.

I know, already this post has taken a different tone than my previous ones. But it’s the truth. College is not all fun and games.

And while it’s complicated for undergraduate students, it’s just as much as complicated for graduate students.

What many of us undergraduate students don’t realize are that the individuals we know as “TAs” or more than just teacher’s assistants.

They’re also graduate students.

They are graduate students who work as teachers’ assistants, have a family, and are mostly underpaid.

Well, enough is enough for a particular group of graduate students who feel they are underpaid at the University of Florida.

These students collectively call themselves the Graduate Assistants United and their mission is to make sure graduate students who work like themselves aren’t underpaid.

In an effort to promote awareness, UF’s GAU is working on setting up an open forum between themselves and the university’s negotiation committee before the end of this Spring Semester.

GAU member Merivaki says it’s hard being a teacher’s assistant and those who are at the University of Florida deserve better pay.

If not able to be made for the Spring Semester, another critical date would be in the Fall when the group meets with the university’s negotiation team to discuss any concerns.