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I'll Be There For You: The 5 Life Lessons 'Friends' Taught Us

Friends taught us more about life that we would expect.

Katie Rehmer

Jul 25, 2016

Concordia University Chicago

I'll Be There For You: The 5 Life Lessons 'Friends' Taught Us

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We all are familiar with the television show Friends. The popular 1990s, early 2000s sitcom. A group of six friends who do anything and everything together. While watching the show every week, these six individuals became our friends. These six friends taught us more about life that you thought.

1. Welcome to the Real World! It Sucks. You're Gonna Love It!

The very first episode. Monica tells Rachel "welcome to the real world! it sucks. you're going to love it!', trying to comfort her friend. But it is the truth. The real world does suck. We have all these responsibilities: school, work, bills, tuition, etc. But being in the real world you learn more and more about yourself and get to have amazing experiences. So even with the pain of responsibility you get to enjoy yourself and love the real world.

2. Everyone Has Their Lobster

You know how it goes, everyone has a their person they are supposed to spend the rest of their lives with. Everyone seems to be impatient to find the love of their life. But Phobe says, "It’s a known fact that lobsters fall in love and mate for life. You know what? You can actually see old lobster couples walkin’ around their tank, you know, holding claws." which introduced the phrase that everyone has their lobster. Calm down and be patient your lobster is out there.

3. Communication is Key

Everyone knows that communication is the key in any healthy relationship. Friends showed us good and bad examples of communication multiple times through out the show. But everyone remembers the constant arguing between Ross and Rachel about being on a break.

4. It Is OK To Fail

Sometimes you have to fail in life in order to learn something or fully understand it. Everyone of your six friends failed at some point or another. Failing at something is not the end of the world, it is a part of life. And you know what? Your friends are going to be there for you to help you get back on your feet.

5. Friends Are Your Family

Yes everyone enjoys being with their family, but it is not always possibly. Your friends are always there for you and they become your family. Your true friends will always tell you what you need to hear and are a constant support for you. Your friends are always there for you.

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Syllabus Week As Told By Kourtney Kardashian

Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

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Winter break is over, we're all back at our respective colleges, and the first week of classes is underway. This is a little bit how that week tends to go.

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Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

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Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

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Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

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Now it's time to get back into the REAL swing of things. Second semester is really here and we all have to deal with it.

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Whether you specialized in ringing people up or preparing the food, if you worked at Panera Bread it holds a special place in your heart. Here are some signs that you worked at Panera in high school.

1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

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Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

The professor starts to go over something more than the syllabus

You get homework assigned on the first day of class

There are multiple group projects on the syllabus

You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class

Professor starts chatting about their personal life and what inspired them to teach this class

Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy

Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week

Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

Chips, apple or bread?

1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

2. Chips, apple or bread is probably your most repeated phrase

3. Taking bakery items with you out to parties was a must

4. Taking bakery items home to your parents was also a must (if you wanted to live)

5. Your friends expected you to give them free stuff

6. Being put on dishes made you question humanity

7. You saw everyone and their mother (especially their mothers)

8. Working the opening shift was actually the worst thing to ever happen to you

9. Being able to predict what people would order

10. Making coffee was your least favorite thing to do

11.Being put on the dining room was the absolute WORST

12. Secretly putting in your Panera card number when other people didn’t have them or want them.

13. You would still come in on days you weren’t working to take advantage of your discount

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Making the world safer through language.

1. Use singular they for people whose pronouns you don't know, people who use those pronouns, and stop using him/her.

2. Stop using the words "opposite sex" or "both sexes" or "opposite gender" or "both genders".

3. Ask people's pronouns when you meet them.

4. Use the word cisgender.

5. Stop saying "born a boy/girl" about a transgender or non-binary person.

6. Stop using the term 'preferred pronouns'.

7. Stop using a transgender or non-binary person's dead name.

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