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    Five things that kept me from dropping out 📝

    1. The professor who texted me. She didn't have to. I was one student in a hundred. She noticed I wasn't there. She asked if I was okay. I wasn't. But she asked. 2. My mom's voicemail. She calls every Sunday. I didn't answer for two weeks. She left messages. She didn't ask about grades. She...
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    I failed my first test. I thought my life was over. It wasn't. 📉

    I got the grade on my phone. 47. I stared at it. Thought I was going to fail the class. Lose my scholarship. Have to move home. I didn't go to class the next day. Or the next. Three days. Then I went to office hours. I said: "I failed." My professor said: "I know. Let's talk about why." We...
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    I almost dropped out yesterday. Here's what stopped me.

    I was sitting in my car. Engine on. Ready to drive home. Ready to call my mom and tell her I couldn't do it. Ready to quit. My phone buzzed. Text from my professor. "You weren't in class today. Everything okay?" I stared at the screen for a minute. Didn't answer. Turned off the car. Went...

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