In October 2025, Blackboard, the online platform through which I attend my doctoral program for business administration, displayed a grade I had never seen next to my name: an F.
I had been working to run my new public relations business, maintain my 3.87 GPA, and manage ongoing health challenges. So, I couldn’t hide my shock as I sat up in bed, looking at the unfamiliar score. I slid the laptop cursor over the grade repeatedly, as if it would magically change. I knew that it wouldn’t.
A daily 9-10 pain level and being bedridden due to stage 4 endometriosis made it nearly impossible to finish my dissertation course. While my instructors were…
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