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So this is what it's like to come from money... whole 'nother world. The paragraphs about how a "gap year" is not a privilege mostly enjoyed by the elite, and m
by thesmallestcat 10y ago
So this is what it's like to come from money... whole 'nother world. The paragraphs about how a "gap year" is not a privilege mostly enjoyed by the elite, and mental contortions therein, are so painful to read.
> Although I appreciated my parents’ support, I also recognized the extent to which it had become detrimental. Their attempts to eliminate any possibility of real failure had guaranteed its own kind of failure.
So you rejected it after your enlightening "gap year," right? Right?
- jcrben 10y agoDon't see the reason for negativity around "privilege". The point of the essay seems to be to explain how taking a year to live and work in the "real world" changes the perspective of a young adult, particularly with regard to finances.
- remarkEon 10y ago>...changes the perspective of a young adult, particularly with regard to finances. FTA: Time free from the obligations of schoolwork had enabled me to realize my passion for writing, and to apply this to an English major, where I would discover the most formative classes and professors of my education. Hmmm.
- asdfwhatever 10y agoTime scrubbing dishes enabled me to realize how lucky I was and that I should work harder in college.
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