What unsettles me? What will I assign to myself?
I'm gonna go ahead on a trangent and say that people who complain about small things irritates me. I constantly hear students complaining and throwing negative comments toward another person or thing. They say things like "Oh, she didn't wear her wedding ring today, she must be a bad wife", or "I can't stand this musician". Regarding the Superbowl, many of us said that this was the "Worst Superbowl ever". Another said "Bad Refs, Bad Commercials, Bad game, bad everything. I'm convinced that everything Fox broadcasts is a lie". It angers me because, in my honest opinion, these things don't mean too much. In my personal opinion, it was a good game, and the referees made every call they needed to make. There was no right to complain about these issues.
We also complain about humanity in general, about what people say about other people. We just had a thirty minute discussion regarding our judgement toward other schools and people. My question is, why the negativity? Why not focus on what we have going for us as a society? As a middle class student going to Bishop Kearney who lives in Webster, I'm very privileged to have what I have, and I try to stay positive all the time. In my opinion, if you give negativity to something or someone you should expect negativity back.
On a tangent this doesn't mean that complaining is bad. Complaining and criticizing is actually a helpful tool that many use the wrong way. Instead of saying "You're terrible at shooting", try saying "Use your legs more while you shoot to put more power in your shot". Pointing out a problem without a solution does nothing for an issue. For us to advance as a society, we have to work at the individual level, preaching constructive criticism over blatant negativity.
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