After No One Showed Up to My Graduation My Mom Asked for $2,100 and I Gave Her a Response She Didn’t Expect

the reality was difficult. The all-nighters, the grinding monotony of data entry work during the days and lecture halls at night, the profound loneliness of a social life reduced to study groups and microwave dinners. I was doing all of this for a degree, yes, but also for the moment when the people who were supposed to be proud of me finally and undeniably continue reading …