đ§âđ My Story: A Grad Student at a Breaking Point-Between teaching responsibilities, committee meetings, and a high-stakes proposal defense scheduled for March 20, I was already burning the candle at both ends. Then, on March 16, I came down with a brutal fluâfever, chills, body aches, fatigue. The very next day, I could barely stand, let alone teach or prep.
It was late March 2025, and I was nearing the end of my second year in a PhD program at a large research university. Between teaching responsibilities, committee meetings, and a high-stakes proposal defense scheduled for
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