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Well a lot of those activities are paid too. Marching bands get paid. Tutors get paid.



Graduate research and teaching assitants get paid. People doing graded, required internships that provide non-incidental value to the employer get paid, per IRS rules. Yes, lots of them used to be unpaid, but term slavery in exchange for education has fallen out of favor.

Well, except for athletics, but that is starting to be seen as problematic, too.




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