Let us take this moment to consider this: what are the issues, and therefore struggles, that we face as graduate (or any other) students?

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On top of these, what are the other issues and struggles brought about by our lived material realities that we have to navigate that affect our capacity and resources to participate in graduate school student life, academic life, work life, our own personal lives, and our communities?

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We may be keenly aware of the hours spent preparing for our modules, and the modular credits we are taking. Plus internships, TA, and RA work. That’s the visible part of our workload that shows up on our transcripts.

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There are so many invisible hours that we are forced to put in simply to stay alive and get by day by day. By the time we’re done navigating these, how much energy are we left with to meaningfully engage with grad school?

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We know far too well our fellow students have to live with these struggles daily. The least our NUS GSS can do is to stand in solidarity and walk with all of us so that we can "cari on" into a future we actually get to live in.

 

That’s why I’m running – because I know too well my future and our futures depend on it.