Cristina Nesta

Editorial

I’ve been at Salem State College for four years, graduating in the spring, and as I think back on my time here, I realize I didn’t exactly take advantage of everything SSC had to offer. The more I think about it, the more I realize that the majority of my time here was spent just trying to get by in my classes and not ever actually enjoying my college experience.

When I first got accepted, I couldn’t have been happier to be going to college. Once I got here though, my happiness quickly turned into unwanted stress and aggravation, trying to balance a full-time school schedule and a 25-hour workweek.

What I realize now is this: I shouldn’t have been so consumed with work, because here I am four years later and I’m not even at the same job. The place I gave up my college experience for no longer even exists in my life… what a complete waste.  If I could do it all over again, which by the way I wouldn’t, I would have focused more on what I wanted to get out of being a college student; I would have tried to never lose that high I felt when I first got accepted.

I think the big problem with SSC and the students is that we let everyone else’s opinions influence our own. Too often we hear the pessimists complaining about the lack of school spirit and the lack of student involvement and whatever else might be wrong with the school. All the negative energy is just passed right down from student to student. Instead we all need to focus on what we like about the school and try to appreciate it. If positive energy is put out into the world, we will experience positive events in our lives.