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I attended the OUCH!Workshop which explained why some of the things people say in passing can be offensive. The workshop mentioned ways to let people know that you are not okay with jokes or comments like that in a friendly and unassuming way. While this can be very helpful, I feel like a more direct way is much more effective. Of course, this is just my opinion, but I’d rather face a problem like this head on rather than drop hints and wait for this dim person to come around and understand that they’re being insensitive and rude. The people running the workshop showed us a couple of videos and tried to start a conversation about the subject, which soon became a mute point. However, the people running the workshop were plenty friendly and definitely were driven to be helpful.

This GIF represents my experience at Baruch these past few months because that’s basically what I do every single day when I get home. I throw my things down and die a little. The commute to school and back is soul-crushing. Yes, at first it was quite an adventure and it was quite exciting but the scenery gets old quite quickly and I, much like a squirrel, have a short attention span. My phone more often than not threatens to die halfway through the trip. Morning classes are a complete bummer and my spirit is crushed. That’s not to say that I completely hate college, but it is, after all, school so forgive me if  I’m not entirely ecstatic about it. However, I’m trudging through the semester and everyday I am closer to sleeping in and wearing sweatpants everyday. Ah, the life. To be far, far away from people and schoolwork are the only things that keep me going nowadays.