Narratives of the middle class, liberal arts, and otherwise:
2. Loneliness and alienation are normal. It's hard to have community while you're slogging through grad school (or 60 hour work weeks).
3. That fancy undergraduate degree means you're bound for graduate study, administrative (as in you're the boss) work, and capacity-building positions. Read: lot's of computer screen time.
4. You got into an Ivy League institution. Of course you would go. It's your chance, you're window. (Who are you to say no?)
5. Success is being interesting, over-committed, well paid, privileged, guilty, secular, and liberal.
I'm ready for new stories.
2 comments:
I'm really excited to see what new stories you write with your life, friend.
I love this very succinct and biting critique - what a world we'd have if we all stopped believing these myths, eh?
with Love,
Lucy
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