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Billy Grant is going to be President of the United States. Get to know him while you can!
The person I'm not afraid of in the world is my mother, though she's mentally ill and scarred me for life as a child so I think I have a good reason.
That moment when someone describes a lake house but calls it "our cabin." No, I'm sorry but if there is running water and electricity, and especially if there is cable or wifi, then that is a lake house, not a cabin. A cabin does not have any of these modern amenities. You either shit in an outhouse or in the woods. You cook your food on a fire, not a stove inside the "cabin." It just bugs me when I start talking to someone and we both share we go camping at our cabins and they go and describe some poshy lake house after I describe an actual cabin.
So do you like hate my guts or kinda wanna fuck? Just curious
I still use my exes neopets account.
This essay from The Atlantic does an amazing job of articulating much of what my experience at Hamline was like, or at least becoming, and all current students at the university should read it in order to steer the institution and the student body in the right direction. That is, away from coddling and ignorance and towards open-mindedness and intellectual exploration. While Hamline doesn't even approach the level of absurdity of the essay's most extreme examples, it is tottering upon a perilous precipice of "social justice" and "political correctness."
Though, honestly, I don't know if much can really be done at Hamline. Which is why I'm extremely glad that I graduated this past year. The amount of intellectual stagnation and hive-mindedness displayed by my fellow students was truly frustrating and even caused me depression at times.
If you take the time to read this post and the admittedly lengthy essay, please do your best to make Hamline what college is really about: expanding your horizons and learning through discussions with students and faculty who may just have different opinions and perspectives than you. And if these viewpoints challenge yours or even offend you? Well, that might make them even more worthy of your attention. Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger after all (-;.
Or just ignore everything I've said, or at least was trying to convey, and tear me down for being stupid, ignorant, bigoted, or whatever other buzzword you want to throw at me. Hamline will Hamline...
Sincerely,
An Alum Seriously Concerned About Hamline's Future
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
Bella DiLorenzo is just seriously the nicest person. She always such helpful advice and is so kind. I think she exemplifies what it means to be a good person. Thanks for being so awesome!
I think there is a difference between sticking it to the man and sticking it to these people because they're right here. Sticking it to the man actually targets the source of the issue. Sticking it to these people could just be hurting average people who had nothing to do with decisions, though they may have benefitted from them. It's like the difference between complaining to a corporate office and complaining to some average retail worker. The corporate could actually change things if they receive enough feedback while the workers are simply following the rules so they don't get fired because they need to make a living somehow. People just need to understand who actually deserves flack and who doesn't.