How Did You Feel Coming Into the College System?

I think a lot of people who are in a situation where they feel this disconnect or this sense of anxiety would often translate that into, i don't belong in this system. I'd say the moment that all this pain and struggle and trial and error came to the forefront was when i returned to harvard as a career adviser. And it was then that i met a student who told me that he felt like he had just arrived at a hawkey game with a baseball batnd,. not realizing that he was playing a very different game than everybody else. That's exactly how i felt coming into the college system, entering my first job, feeling like everyone else were feeling like everybody else was playing

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