Grizzly Gazette: Being a senior is...dramatic!

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Being a senior is...dramatic!
Krystal Wayne | 3/26/08 | Opinion

ver the third quarter, there has been a ridiculous, immense amount of dramatic situations traveling around the senior class. Truth be told, it’s a little hard to deal with on top of all the stress and other factors that accompany senior year.

There has never been more drama in my life than there was this quarter. Some drama good, the other drama was not so much. I do not know whether or not it is the stress, the parental and school expectations or anything else, that causes students to be so dramatic. You would assume there was a bomb threat on the school by the reactions of numerous seniors to trivial problems last quarter.

I have never seen such emotions come from such a little event. So, over the quarter, there were multiple break ups. These break ups caused tears and normal emotions, but seniors put the biggest dramatic stage up for such a little event. Breaking up with your boy friend or girl friend of three months is not the end of the world. It is irritating when almost adults treat such a trivial event as the worst event that has ever happen to them. There is some serious maturity evaluations that need to occur on campus.

It is also severely irritating when seniors overreact about fights that they have with teachers or other students. No matter what some one says to you, or about you, all a person needs is faith in themselves and the ability to let rude comments wash away with the passing minutes. There is no need to hold grudges against people, there is only life to live, why fill it with unneeded drama and regrets, when you can just let it all go. There is no need to put extra emphasis on what other people say or do, as long as you think well about yourself; that is really all that matters. I think it is dreadfully sad that most seniors can not recognize this fact.

Mainly, other students do not need to put such emphasis and drama into such trivial events. Most events that happen to students do not require a week long fight and ‘smack’ talking. I recommend that all seniors think everything through thoroughly and realize that there is always someone worse off in the world then they are. The thought of surrounding death, poverty and hopelessness that surrounds over 2 million people on the planet may put things into perspective for students.

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Name: Kaira
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 06:25 pm
Subject: Being a senior is...dramatic!

Wow. Look, you're stressing it too much. So being a senior is Dramatic, Stressful, and DISAPPOINTING? Being a senior is supposed to be fun too. DRAMATIC: It’s ok if YOU don’t want to pay for the things we, as seniors, have to pay for if we want to go on trips or prom but there’s nothing dramatic about it. DISAPPOINTING: It doesn't matter what other people say I mean let them curse or do whatever, it just makes THEM look bad. Quit worrying about other people. STRESSFUL: Yeah, [there are] the letters from colleges and what-not, but that’s not all. What’s stressful is making grades, completing credits, and graduating. But you just have to learn to have fun with all this. It'll all be over soon.

Name: Paul De Boor
Date & Time: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:03 pm
Subject: Being a senior is...dramatic!

Don't worry about these people. Remember people mature at different stages in their life. Often, it takes something really tragic to get people to realize how easy they really have it. It took me the realization that my life is in my hands and I have to start taking control and responsibility, or someone could die. I had to come to terms with my own death to proceed in my endeavors and become the kind of person I want to be. They may not be mature now, but most of them don't need to be, and when they do, they will be.

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