"The best and kindest thing I thought I could do for any adult, really any person, was not need anything from them." Finally! Words that capture my (flawed?) thinking. I even feel queasy requesting professional references.
"The best and kindest thing I thought I could do for any adult, really any person, was not need anything from them." Finally! Words that capture my (flawed?) thinking. I even feel queasy requesting professional references.
Oh my God, requesting references is a nightmare. Reqs for scholarships were even worse than job references--absolutely against all I'd been taught. Ask someone to help you get money?!? That you didn't even earn?! Did it, needed it, but hated it.
"The best and kindest thing I thought I could do for any adult, really any person, was not need anything from them." Finally! Words that capture my (flawed?) thinking. I even feel queasy requesting professional references.
Oh my God, requesting references is a nightmare. Reqs for scholarships were even worse than job references--absolutely against all I'd been taught. Ask someone to help you get money?!? That you didn't even earn?! Did it, needed it, but hated it.