There’s something profound about extended exposure to academic environments. They simultaneously indoctrinate and inadvertently teach you the tools of intellectual rebellion. The very critical thinking skills they cultivate eventually turn inward, questioning not just external ideas but the epistemic foundations of the institutions themselves.

What begins as dutiful absorption of established knowledge transforms into a more unsettling realization: perhaps the most important education happens when you start deconstructing everything you’ve been taught to believe.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​