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Old Jun 16, 2020, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic View Post
Do you hang out with the other grad students?

Here is the major, major problem (in my view).

My graduate program is in Argentina.

I am in the States now.

I didn't have much contact except in class with the grad students before even when I was in Argentina.

I've been isolated for like two years.

My parents don't understand and just want me to get the damned degree.

This is about the most isolated I've ever felt in my life though.

So I not only physically cannot hang out with the grad students in my class (because they're in a different country), but also I wouldn't ordinarily hang out with them anyway unless it's a day we have class. We only have class one day a week.

Wow. Saying all this really makes me want to quit.

On top of that, school is on Saturday for 8 hours straight on Zoom. Talk about awful.

Moreover, I have to get up at 6am where I live to make class on time.

On top of that, they haven't given me the grades in all of the classes I've done well in and passed.

I just really, really want to quit. The isolation stuff is really getting to me.
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