Depleting Inner Exile in College

This paper offers an existential reflection on college life through the lens of inner exile, disposability, and invisibility. Drawing from lived experience, it explores the tension between being (être) and having (avoir), arguing that modern academic environments prioritize performance, possession, and appearance over authentic existence. The work examines how this imbalance produces alienation, silence, and psychological suffocation among students, while proposing existential invisibility as a central but overlooked condition shaping contemporary education.