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2016 Is Not Nearly As Bad As The Internet Is Making It Out To Be.

We need to stop commenting on how much of a “train wreck” this year was.

Kaitlyn Nauth

Dec 19, 2016

State University of New York at Old Westbury

2016 Is Not Nearly As Bad As The Internet Is Making It Out To Be.

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I am no stranger to memes and GIFs poking fun at things going on in the world. I am super aware of the majority of things that went on in politics and pop culture in the last 12 months. Like everyone out there, I have my fair share of things that I agree and disagree with. With the new year approaching, we need to stop commenting on how much of a “train wreck” this year was.

New Years as a holiday symbolizes the fresh start and the kick off to all those resolutions we never follow through on. We have so much in our lives we want to change and grow from that universally the New Year just seems like the right time to do that, especially with all of the events that have happened in the last year. One thing we need to realize in order to make the changes is that we need to stop consistently pointing out how “horrific” this year was.

A lot of things occurred in this past year that probably should never have happened. More specifically, violence. No matter who is right or wrong, or how good or bad a year is going ALL acts of violence that have happened in the world this year are NOT okay. I am not here to spark change or tell you how we need to fix problems. But we can stop looking to our “Facebook friends” to tell us how “bad” everything else was this year.

The best thing I can recommend to EVERYONE is to start taking a look at your own lives. Is your life perfect? Chances are you just answered no to that question. I can’t think of a single person whose life is perfect. This should be no different in the world of pop culture and politics.Those are the things we seem to be basing our year off of. They do not make up every individual's life.

This is life. We gain and we lose something at some point. Everything is happening the way it should be. We make changes even when it isn’t a holiday dedicated to resolutions. Right now we still have to get through Christmas and Hanukkah. This week is the best time to take in everything around you. Look at the people around you and realize that all of the “bad” stuff the internet is telling you is happening is not so bad. Before you make your resolutions take the time during the holiday season to evaluate your life. It may not be as bad as the internet is telling you it is.

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

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7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

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