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I started running when I was 18 with the hopes of being able to join the military one day, but I just ended up developing chronic plantar fasciitis. The problem with plantar fasciitis is that it only can be managed and not fully healed. Even ignoring the MEPS problem, I would not be able to handle any military training at this point. And specialists and physical therapists just tell me to stop running and get into cycling or swimming, which obviously isn’t helpful for joining the military. And I had this pain for six years and tried all sorts of treatments, and nothing helped

It’s hard to accept I did too much too soon. Maybe I should have took sports seriously when I was 5 instead of trying to make a last ditch effort at 18. Either way, that screw up is enough to cause major problems I still can’t resolve today. I can’t join the military at this point, and it’s hard to accept I fucked up my body in the process. how was I supposed to know my body just wasn’t meant for this line of work?

In the professors subreddit, so many professors say that homework is for assessing like an exam and not just practice. That’s why you get assigned a grade on homework and why cheating in homework is just as serious as cheating on exams. So my question is that I am supposed to grind practice problems before doing the homework? Should paying attention in class and reading the textbook be enough to do well in homework or more should be done?

I started running when I was 18 with the hopes of being able to join the military one day, but I just ended up developing chronic plantar fasciitis. The problem with plantar fasciitis is that it only can be managed and not fully healed. Even ignoring the MEPS problem, I would not be able to handle any military training at this point. And specialists and physical therapists just tell me to stop running and get into cycling or swimming, which obviously isn’t helpful for joining the military. And I had this pain for six years and tried all sorts of treatments, and nothing helped

It’s hard to accept I did too much too soon. Maybe I should have took sports seriously when I was 5 instead of trying to make a last ditch effort at 18. Either way, that screw up is enough to cause major problems I still can’t resolve today

I am 24 and male. I got plantar fasciitis six years ago from running, and I have rotated through so many doctors, specialists, and physical therapists, and no one can figure out how to fully heal it. I heard online that plantar fasciitis is a permanent condition that you can only manage and not fully treat, and it’s frustrating that ultimately the pain is my fault. I have zero family history of the condition, and I was completely painless before I started running. My doctor said running caused my plantar fasciitis, and it’s hard to accept my own actions caused permanent pain, and there’s not much I can do now

A saw an idiot online say “life isn’t a video game, you don’t need to get a perfect run”. No, that’s wrong. It’s actually worse because in a video game, there are checkpoints you can restart from. In life, you only have one chance and if you fail, it’s game over. If you screw up in a job, you are blackballed for life. If you didn’t learn a lesson properly in elementary school, it will prevent you from properly learning the material later on. And sports require you to play from a young age just to make the high school team. There is very little room for error

I grew up in San Diego, and the frustrating that if you weren’t put into a youth sports program by 10 years old, you have zero chance of playing in high school for baseball or any sport. You have to stray young, and that’s still no guarantee you will even make it. It’s hard to not be bitter to be denied such a life changing experience, and there is nothing I can do

Plenty of professors can talk about the students who goes to every class, take notes, do all the homework, and participate in class who still end up bombing the final and failing the course. Hard work and good study habits, despite what people say, aren’t enough for academic success. The only factors left are raw talent and intelligence, and people now in America are terrified of acknowledging that some people are just flat out too dumb for academic success