Nimthiriel-
Agreed that awareness is so important but there are individuals out there that still “think it’s nothing at all, it’s completely made up, not an issue. Yeah.” Patrick McKenna. I am often times on Nanapamela side…just ignore them. The fight just beats one down to the point of submission.
I am currently an engineering graduate student soon to be finishing my masters in structural engineering. I finished my undergrad and held my first job for a grand total of nine months and during my “exit interview” my boss went out of his way to tell me that I needed to find another career and not bother going for my masters cause I’d just fail. I even had my high school guidance counselor told me I’d be good as a garbage collector and that college was not really necessary.
Point is…I have turned around what I have been told by so many by making it sort of a battle of internal wills and beating all the nay sayers…okay…i need to finish writing a paper for one of my classes that has been assigned since October and it is due tomorrow. 
Hold on…its a heck of a ride.
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