Long story short, my best friend (both of us in our last year of college) sent me a text that he saw new students taking the accelerated class in his major crying and thought it was funny. He thought it was funny that senior level students were crying over the amount of work being forced on them. This isn’t the first instance, either. He’s generally always held himself as a “grinder” and says that “it sucks but you’re better for it in the end.” I just disagree entirely. Some people work at a slower pace and you don’t know what personally struggles these people have. Ironically, he went to therapy because of how unhappy he was for having “grass is greener syndrome” and is trying to work his way out of depression; thinking that when he’s in the workforce that his life will magically be better. I just needed to rant to someone because I hate how this corporate grind culture has bled into school and has trickled down into every facet of your life to the point that you feel guilty for being unproductive for even a minute.