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*laughs in free university
And then one day, you don't get the job done, the illusion collapses into a black hole of anxiety and stress, and you simply scroll away your sorrows, waiting for the next deadline while looking at cute kittens and reading smartass quotes that validate your lack of energy.
As a student of color in STEM, that scene perfectly describes what I think about everyday. Here’s a quick list of everything that I am doing:
I have a 3.71 GPA
I volunteer 10+ hours every week
I am a part-time researcher on campus (at some point I’ll make a post about my research)
I am helping to develop a CubeSat as a part of an team of undergraduate students
and I am developing my own educational outreach student organization to bring more students of color into STEM
and you know what?
I probably still won’t get as far as rich, white students who haven’t worked nearly as hard as I have. I grew up just above the poverty line, so I don’t have the connections that those students have, it sets me apart, and it sets me behind.
The students who have those connections were able to get internships and research positions in high school, without even trying. Meanwhile, I got my first research position half of the way through my second year of college because I worked my ass off during my first year and the first half of this school year. My story is in no way unique. This is the experience of thousands of students of color around the country. We have to work so hard to get half as far as our white counterparts, and it’s just bullshit.
I should’ve posted this yesterday, whoops. 17/3/2016 || Day 1/100 of productivity I finished my final exams for Winter Quarter on Wednesday; I’m officially on spring break, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be productive. I did some reading and planning for Monday’s UW Math Day planetarium show. Also, I finally organized my desk!
Sometimes my professors from university emailed my class, that they finished checking our last works or that they gave us final grades... One time it happened like: first group got they grades at 00:21 am, second group at 01:32 am, and third group, where I was, at 3:32 am... I don't think my professors care about our rest and well-being... Their class was always priority, even if the subject was dumb and we really don't need it
Small group. Great session. 😊🙏 #WingChunKuenStudyGroup #YingHungWingChunKuen #ChuSauLeiWingChunKuen #WingChunTrieste #WingChun #StudentLife #KungFuLife #EuropeanSchoolofTrieste #BearBrothersClub (at European School of Trieste) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPuYO8lisv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k35u6hti3jgo
A fun photo to end this evening's fatigue inspiring session. #WingChunKuenStudyGroup #WingChun #YingHungWingChunKuen #ChuSauLeiWingChunKuen #WingChunKuen #WingChunTrieste #KungFuLife #BearBrothersClub #UniversitàTrieste #StudentLife (at European School of Trieste) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp0FtIvFM0Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17tkvna68jgug
I honestly would rather get extra work than be grouped with people I don't know on an assignment
Or even be grouped with people I know
Just leave me alone dammit
