Narratives

Narratives of the middle class, liberal arts, and otherwise: 

1. Adulthood is moving away from home, throwing your life to the wind and landing where you have opportunities for school and employment. 

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.