Free lance scholar/Financial

From Wikiversity

[edit] My academic budget

This gives you some idea of what it costs to be a free lance scholar

One month US$1000/month

which gives you $300/month travel to Boston/NYC. $300/month for one week hotels. and then $400/month for books and other expenses.

It is possible given the current internet culture to be a free lance scholar on much less, provided you have web access and/or live near a library or possibly a book store with a free read policy. Or to paraphrase the movie Good Will Hunting Your entire education can boil down to overdue library charges and internet fees, if you are exceptionally motivated and able to digest the information. Of course you will not recieve the recognition for your work unless you are able to access the culture of peer review, and understand the basic conventions of said culture. Access to the culture is becoming easier thanks again to the internet.

Roadrunner 06:52, 7 August 2006 (UTC)