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How achievement gets labeled instead of celebrated

I finally graduated college at thirty-five after aging out of foster care but people keep calling me 'inspirational' instead of just recognizing that I worked hard.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Success after adversity can be reduced to inspiration rather than acknowledged as the result of skill, effort, and determination.

Worth thinking about

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