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It’s Saturday.
As usual, I am behind on my graduate work. It doesn’t help that I live close to family and I am constantly dealing with wrenches thrown into my plans in trying to get my work done because of different things my family needs help with and never gives me respectable notice on. So, now, I am attempting to catch up on some work after being taken away from it during the week.
Since I am the first member of my family to earn a bachelors (except a few cousins who aren’t a part of my daily life), no one understands how demanding school is. Their understanding of coursework and such is high school, community college, or trade school level. If it were not for my disabilities and being pushed out of the job market during the great recession combined with the gentrification of my city, I might have been able to stay a little bit farther away from my family and have more autonomy, but since I am dependent on them and am not considered “disabled enough” to qualify for resources, I’m kind of stuck. I am grateful for their help except for the fact that is contingent on my help at their convenience and never mine (there is no compromise) is necessary to not be in the streets. I would not be able to finish my program being on the streets, but I’m wondering if my own family is also going to keep that from being possible. I had requested that I receive notice so that I can plan accordingly but that never happens. It’s always at a moments notice and gets in the way of completing my coursework.
If I ever pursue a PhD, it just may end up being on a different continent if that is even possible. At least a long drive of five hours or more might suffice though.
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