Social Work.

The helping field where you don't take a vow of poverty, but you sure are expected to suck it up and somehow be all fucking happy about it.

It currently dawned on me that for MSW's 10 month internship for school social work is unpaid. You're basically forced to work for free if you want to successfully complete your degree and there's no guarantee you'll even land a job that pays at least 40K six months after graduation. But you'll be over 15K in debt. For a "masters."

During my undergraduate years my internships, besides one, was paid (summers were paid, semesters weren't). The difference is that the paid internships were only two-three months long; and even then not being for that duration was sorta fine if it came to it since the duration was short. A school work internship being unpaid - for the entire school year - is fucking ludicrous. 

My friends that became elementary teachers only had one semester internship for their program (music, English, social studies) in their senior year and they're certified teachers once they graduate.

This field becomes more of a bizarre joke once I delve deeper into the abyss of social justice.