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spacecoffeeandcartoons · 2 years ago

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oop its uni ranking time again

the time of the year when I remember that since age 14 ive basically spent my life in educational institutions that have been at some point ranked #1 on some of these lists. ugh. bleh. nothing intelligent to say just now, I just always need to remember the ways this limits or biases my experience in addition to the ways it broadens it. someday I will finally write the big article that's been brewing in my brain about the meritocracy fallacy.

#if you ever wonder where my impostor syndrome comes from this explains it #since I was 14 I have been surrounded by people smarter than me #its a real mixed bag bc it means I know that some of these people really are geniuses but also I know how rigged the system is #and how not smart some of them can be #this isn't gonna make any sense #sorry #if I get personal about it for a second its kind of nuts this has happened #bc this has never at any point been my goal #im not an elite institution chaser #for HS it happened to be near where I lived and I applied on a whim #and went with a well lets see! attitude #for uni it was the dream school of the girl who sat in front of me on the bus #and I googled it and it sounded neat and I toured it and liked the vibe #for grad school they had a scholarship avail that seemed tailor made for me I didn't care what school it was at #how has this happened #its almost funny #coming to Tumblr once again bc it feels safer to shout into the void here

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