The generation following mine—is going to be alright. Yes, it’s a small sample size and they are going into a social work program, but I have been impressed with the vision, the empathy, and the intellect of my fellow students.
I’m not as confident as I thought. Sure, I have my feelings of inadequacy and fear and trepidation—but I was surprised by how quickly they arose. I seemed to approach every major project the same: What if I give my all and it’s not good enough?
My decades of life haven’t mattered as much as I’d hoped. At the end of the day, you have to be able to synthesize the material and critically analyze it—and I’m unsure my insight (yet) is any wiser than students a decade or two younger than me.
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