Grad Student Realities

It's 10:30a.m., and I'm just now waking up. But don't go muttering about the easy lives of students just yet... I didn't get to bed until 8:30. Yes, that's 8:30a.m. I had a policy-relevant literature review to finish for Development Microeconomics. I kept thinking I was almost done, every day, then every hour, but the details just always end up taking longer than I plan. Education and migration was the topic- why it is that if you educate people who live in rural areas, they will usually migrate to the cities or outside the country. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of clear solutions. One of the authors actually suggested abandoning rural education! Surely this can't be the best solution. Governments can think about incentives for businesses that create jobs in rural areas, etc., but the "brain drain" continues...

I think I'm going to fit in another hour of sleep now...