is it that foolish to expect that i should be able to get an academic education at an academic institution? i definitely set my expectations way too high for what i thought i would get out of the Lab, and it’s just disappointed me over and over again. that, plus the lack of support or kindness by faculty members. i feel as though i have bosses instead of teachers or advisors. i am treated like a 5 year old or an employee in a nasty hierarchical system, not valued for my opinon, punished for being too sick to attend class, treated as though i don’t choose to go here. i want to be a student; i want to learn; i want to do good work, but when i am treated with such disdain, i shut down… i just thought that an elite educational institution would be so different…