“I'm not actually away at grad school hanging out with new friends and students who share the same interests. All those pictures I post on Instagram are faked. Same with stories of people and lunches and nights up studying.

I'm an au pair who has zero friends and is so deeply in debt that I couldn't afford grad school if I wanted to. Also have no idea what I want to do for a career in contrast to my family thinking I'm going into academia.”

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