I get to hear it a lot. Millennials suck. We don't want to work hard. We are babies. We expect things to just work out and go our way without making things work out for ourselves. We have a hard time coping with adversity or even just with people who don't agree with every single thing we believe in. We'll never be able to understand what real hard work is because everything has been handed to us.

Holy CRUD is that frustrating.

Many of the millennials who didn't choose the college route are already working their butts off because they understand what they've got to do to make a living. And for those of us in college, we aren't here partying and wasting our parents' money while wholeheartedly expecting everything to go our way. I've had hospital bills, car repairs, personal mistakes, and regular living costs to deal with over the last couple of years. Things go wrong, and the funny part is I deal with them and move forward with my life, just like most millennials do.

I have worked my tail off in a number of ways since at least junior high. I started my own mowing company then. I've worked for my money every summer since. I played four sports a year in high school, did 4-H, and took roles in things like class office and choir. Since I've been in college, I have worked six different jobs, sometimes multiple at once, to try to both make living money and advance my career. This whole time I've been a full-time, paying college student. While I advocate for reduced college expenses, I'm not playing video games and yelling at the government to give me money. I'm spending a majority of my time every day doing some sort of work. Some days I, and many other students, start my day at 7 AM and am busy until midnight. How common is that in "the real world?"

I'm far from alone. Two of my roommates, one who is only a junior, already have hired jobs in their career field. My city is filled with businesses that rely on college students to fill employment positions. A couple of my neighbors last year worked ridiculous hours at a restaurant throughout their whole school year, something plenty of people who I know are doing.

Once we do graduate college, our job fields are more competitive than ever. While in college we're forced to do things like what I did: hold a job and an internship at the same time while we are expected to fully perform college duties. Because even the entry-level positions these days are requiring things like two-to-three years of experience or a mastering of all the job's skills.

But we don't stop trying and complain that it's not fair. Will you hear millennials say it's not fair on social media? Quite possibly. But behind that screen often is not someone sitting around every day just whining about their career field. Most of the time it's someone working their tail off to succeed.

I know what you're thinking. And yes of course I know plenty of millennials who fit the negative stereotype. Do I know people here at my college who are riding on their parents' wallets? Heck yes I do. Do I know plenty who have no clue how to appropriately handle adversity? Check. Is that not a problem in every generation though? I certainly know that those millennials who fit the stereotype make up a measly percentage of our age group as a whole. Don't try to tell me that there aren't a small percentage of people in any generation whom the rest of us get regularly frustrated with. I'm not here on behalf of everyone. I'm here on behalf of the majority. I'm here to say, we're doing our best just like everyone else.