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    Three essays, one week, and a part-time job. Pray for me. 🙏📝💼

    Current situation: History essay: due Friday, 0 words written 📜 English essay: due Thursday, 200 words written (and they're bad) 📖 Sociology essay: due Monday (next Monday, but still) 🌎 My bank account: $47 until payday 💸 My brain cells: approximately 2, both fighting over who gets the last...
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    My professor said my essay was "too emotional" for a philosophy paper. Since when is passion a bad thing?

    Got my philosophy essay back today. Grade was fine. Feedback stung: "Your argument is strong but the tone is too emotional. Aim for more detachment." Detachment? I'm writing about ethics and human dignity. How am I supposed to be detached? These are things I care about. Things that matter...
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    "Still in school?" My family doesn't understand why my essay takes "so long."

    Family dinner last night. My tía asks how school is going. I say it's good, working on a big essay. She looks at me confused and says, "But mija, you were working on an essay last month. Is it the same one?" I tried to explain. Research. Outlining. Drafting. Revising. Citations. She nodded like...
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