21/11/2022
"Insecurities and doubts are human and there is not supposed to be a cure for them. You live with them, accept them and grow from them.
For me, making mistakes is something I have never been comfortable with. The fear of failure has forever burdened first-generation college students like myself, and to appease our parents, we’ve adopted an idealized sense of perfectionism. To break out of this cycle, one must remember that there is always room to improve — but, to improve, you have to make mistakes."
We found some solid advice on dealing with imposter syndrome from first-generation immigrant college students in this article: https://bit.ly/3O3SCRR
If I had to choose one word to describe the academic environment I grew up in, it would be “expectations.” I had to be successful in my future: have a promising career, a lovely house and a comfortable income. After immigrating to the United States, my parents believed that a good education woul...
