This article was originally published in The Writer’s Everything, Issue #001.

Academia 

noun

The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship.

Fraught 

adjective

(Of a situation or course of action) Filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable).

Pessimist 

noun

A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

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