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I went from a close-knit on-campus community, one I had been a part of for 4 years, to an urban environment with\u00a0only\u00a06 members from my class. I was struggling to find my footing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I was lonely and distracted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">On top of that, the course load at the start of my graduate school was\u00a0intense; fundamentals of pharmacology (Fun Pharm, we called it), genetics, molecular biology, neurobiology, and biochemistry. I had taken similar classes as an undergraduate, but was limited to 2 courses at a time. Peppered with English literature and psychology, I learnt different ways of using my brain. In grad school, all my classes went in the same direction, and it was rough.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I tried my best to concentrate and study; to put my feelings of isolation and imbalance in a box; to absorb all the information; to show myself that I was worthy of this Ivy League graduate school.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I took my first Fun Pharm exam and I bombed it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I got a 62 and a \u201cmeet me after class.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I think I have only failed one test before in my life; early in college, and most likely for similar reasons. It was a real wake up call. I ended up with a B+ in the class.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I felt mortified; and worse, I could not fathom why the professor needed to see me after class. What more could he say? I already knew how awful the grade was. I beat myself up enough, and assured myself that I would make it up in future tests.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">A few days later, I found myself in the professor\u2019s cluttered office; sitting in an open chair, amidst scattered papers and journals. There was a thin row of windows lining the top of one of the walls of his basement office. A massive computer screen occupied most of his desk.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">He looked at me through thick, smudged glasses, and for 20 minutes, told me that I should consider another path in life. He was seriously concerned about how badly I bombed the test. And that the classes would only get harder. He said he wanted to help me, but that the school had its standards and I had not met them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I spent that afternoon bawling.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">And then I was furious.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">He didn\u2019t ask me anything about myself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">He didn\u2019t ask how I did in my undergrad. He didn\u2019t ask how I was faring in my other classes. He didn\u2019t ask me if something was going on that could have led to that one grade. He had never graded any other work of mine until that point.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">He took one data point and extrapolated it to form an opinion about my entire life. Not a good scientist, at the very least.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">And definitely wrong about me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">If you see the three letters after my last name, you would know that I went on to pass Fun Pharm and all my other classes. I spent several years in graduate school. They were not fun, but I did it. I defended my thesis and got my PhD!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">He was right about one thing, though. I needed to go down another path in life. One that involved the Wall Street and C-Suites. Consulting and writing. Love and laughter. Marriage and children. Tough times and great times.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">My life has had nothing to do with one bad grade in one test.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Your path in life has nothing to do with one person who does not understand who you are or know what you can do.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">I have had many doubts about myself in life. But I never doubted that I was not smart or capable enough to do what I\u00a0want\u00a0to do. The question for me was about figuring out\u00a0what it is that I wanted, instead of giving in to what others wanted of me.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">You know your own strengths. You know what you are capable of.\u00a0Don\u2019t listen to the idiots. They see one data point about you, about your life, and decide what you can or should or will do.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">They are wrong! Your heart is always right.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>Dr. Deb Knobelman (<u><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/debknobelman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@debknobelman<\/a><\/u>) is a PhD and a neuroscientist by training. 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