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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thisonethatone@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

I'm so sick and tired of libs demanding that students juggle scholarship applications, working, studying, and fucking starving in order to get through college.

Y'know what? I don't think students should have to fucking work during school and it is fcked up that we've normalized grinding people into dust in order to achieve an education.

Oh, and fuck you if you have a learning disability and can't do both school and work. Guess it's poverty for you, buddy.

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[-] Nagarjuna@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

Were you like a parking attendant doing schoolwork on the clock?

Were you abusing stimulants?

I worked 1 full time job and a full load and was always working and doing the wolf-sleep thing.

How did you manage?

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

I worked retail in two places within walking distance of each other.

I did a lot of caffeine, yeah, and experienced side effects up to and including very uncomfortable chest pain and tremors. I also had insomnia to the point of hallucinations, cold sweats, and some kidney problems that were later resolved before they became more permanent.

I didn't manage all that well. My emotional health was terrible, too. The one mental trick that kept me going was believing, alternating from one belief to another, that work was a break from school and school was a break from work. agony-minion

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The one mental trick that kept me going was believing, alternating from one belief to another, that work was a break from school and school was a break from work.

A lesson in how doublethink is so prevalent as a coping strategy, I guess

I hope you've recovered at least physically from all that

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