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opinion:
our view
Finals are last
hurdle to freedom
This is one of the
most unusual weeks on the college calendar, as it is simultaneously
the most exciting and nerve-racking of every semester.
For those fortunate
souls graduating and finally escaping the hallowed halls of
Cal State Long Beach, finals week is the last hurdle to be
cleared before entering the "real" world, where
life consists of working in poorly paying entry-level jobs
and subsisting on a diet of Top Ramen.
That is, of course,
unless you are graduating with a degree in computer science.
If so, you could be eating steak, only it will be off of paper
plates, after you had to sell the good ones on eBay.
For those of us
not graduating, this week is merely the culmination of another
year spent trying to diligently stay awake through captivating
lectures before being bludgeoned with another round of impossibly
hard finals.
Either way, do
not let the pressures of the week get to you. Our educational
system has always been obsessive about grades and the pressure
we always feel at finals is proportionate to the value placed
on grades.
Regardless of the
sadistic tendencies teachers may exhibit this week, they are
merely doing their jobs. They mean you no ill will when assigning
20-page papers that are due the week before a 200-question
final.
At least, we hope
they don't enjoy it.
Remember to keep
focusing on the end of the week, which will come soon enough,
no matter how far away it may seem. When you reach the end,
we urge you to find some safe, sane and legal way to celebrate
the end and blow off the massive amounts of steam have built
up.
Finally, as this
is the last Our View of the semester, we on the editorial
staff wish everyone at Cal State Long Beach, graduating or
not, the best of luck during finals week.
We have tried our
best to inform, educate and entertain our readers this semester
and hope you have gotten something out of our efforts. We've
received both praise and scorn, which shows we are doing something
right and we are getting through to some of you, at least.
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