KenBurt
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So my friend — let's call him Dave — used an essay service last semester. Paid some random person $300 to write a paper for his gen ed class. Got an A. Zero consequences. He's been bragging about it for weeks. 
And I'm sitting here like... cool. Happy for you. But also annoyed.
Not because I'm jealous (okay, maybe a little). Because Dave is the kind of person who has everything handed to him. His parents pay his tuition. He's never worked a day in his life. And now he's literally paying someone else to do his schoolwork while the rest of us are actually struggling.
The worst part is, he doesn't see anything wrong with it. "Everyone does it," he says. "It's just smart time management," he says. "You're just mad because you're too scared to try," he says.
Maybe he's right. Maybe I am too scared. But also, maybe I have this old-fashioned idea that a degree should mean something. That I should actually know the stuff I'm supposedly learning. That if I ever become a lawyer, my clients deserve someone who earned their credentials, not someone who bought them.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just bitter. Maybe he's right and I'm naive. But watching him skate by while the rest of us struggle... it stings. Anyone else feel this?
And I'm sitting here like... cool. Happy for you. But also annoyed.
Not because I'm jealous (okay, maybe a little). Because Dave is the kind of person who has everything handed to him. His parents pay his tuition. He's never worked a day in his life. And now he's literally paying someone else to do his schoolwork while the rest of us are actually struggling.
The worst part is, he doesn't see anything wrong with it. "Everyone does it," he says. "It's just smart time management," he says. "You're just mad because you're too scared to try," he says.
Maybe he's right. Maybe I am too scared. But also, maybe I have this old-fashioned idea that a degree should mean something. That I should actually know the stuff I'm supposedly learning. That if I ever become a lawyer, my clients deserve someone who earned their credentials, not someone who bought them.
I don't know. Maybe I'm just bitter. Maybe he's right and I'm naive. But watching him skate by while the rest of us struggle... it stings. Anyone else feel this?
