I still remember the days when students were students, and workers were workers.

First, you were a student, and paid tuition to learn.

Then, you graduated into the workforce, and paid off your tuition.

Now students call themselves "student workers" or "academic workers", and treat the PhD like it's a job that's supposed to pay them enough to raise a family.

It's a sign of a failing bureaucracy when the terms start to contradict themselves.