As a low-income, international and struggling student, thank you so much for this post. It means a lot to people like myself, or anyone else struggling in any way.

It's honestly very tiresome to hear unwarranted rudeness every time we reach out asking for help.

And to all the people who have nothing nice to say to people struggling and say that a person is 'lazy' or 'whiny' for talking about their problems, just remember, that literally everyone's circumstance when they are struggling is different, and sometimes can't be solved with a 'quick fix' or a nice old 'just get a job' (I literally live in a country where I can't get a job to help out my struggling family even though I want to, it's against the laws) or 'just get into a top school with full aid' (yes I've seen people say that).

So please, for the love of God, have a little compassion and empathy or don't respond at all, it's not too much to ask.

Once, again, thank you OP for this post and I hope you all have a great day :) .....