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I am a first generation college graduate, and have found that the obstacles in place after graduation can sometimes be just as daunting as they were going into school- for example, a new kind of pressure to "make it" in a chosen career can become overwhelming as does the feeling of responsibility to the rest of your family to be "successful." A certain freedom to explore and experience the world is superseded with obligation and duty.

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