By Carolyn L. Todd — 2018
Because they know how to help you cope under pressure.
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Last spring an 18-year-old college freshman who got straight A’s in high school—but was now failing several courses—came to my office on the campus where I work as a psychologist.
Dropping out helped me see the lies we were sold about the college experience.
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