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5 Stages Of Grief: Trump Edition

This political year has left a flurry of emotions.

Abigail Clark

Jan 23, 2017

Delaware College of Art and Design

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Something very important happened this past week. A historic, groundbreaking event that America has been waiting for for months, leaving everyone glued to their screens.

That's right: I am talking about the full trailer for the Power Rangers 2017 movie being released! Check it out on YouTube!

Oh, and Trump got inaugurated, or something.

If you are like me, political revelations that have come to light since November has been disheartening, to say the least. Absolutely devastating is a little more accurate. So much so, that I have found myself going through the five stages of grief.

1. Denial

There is no way anyone would really allow this walking pile of yam mush to have one of the most important and powerful positions in the world. He has absolutely no experience, cannot go two seconds on Twitter without yelling at someone, and seems to be made of nothing but hot air, racism, sexism, and ableism. There is no way he is going to win.

2. Anger

What is everyone thinking? How could he possibly win over Hillary Clinton? Are you even listening to the things he says? Why are you trusting a repeatedly failed businessman over a woman who has had decades of experience in the political field? And if part of your reason involves e-mails your face will meet my keyboard, make no mistake.

3. Bargaining

Okay, Jill Stein, I have no idea what you are about, but I am willing to spend around or donate anything you need to get this recount going. My money or time is a small price to pay in order to keep that slimeball and his gang of heathens out of power.

4. Depression

So the recount did not go through, Trump is inaugurated, and the climate change and LGBTQA rights pages are already gone from the white house website. His entire cabinet are working towards setting back all of the accomplishments made in the past eight years. I do not feel safe enough to go outside right now.

5. Acceptance

In this case, acceptance does not come in the form of complacency. Here, acceptance comes in the form of willingness to act. Yes, Trump is president, but that means it is time for us, the nation, to work at all costs to keep the progressiveness of science and civil rights going, and further prove that love trumps hate. Even if our superiors will not.

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5 Stages Of Grief: Trump Edition

This political year has left a flurry of emotions.

1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining

4. Depression

5. Acceptance

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

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.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

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.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

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.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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