Hey Aggie Scientists,
I wanted to take a minute to reflect on the end of 2018 with you, as we near the end of the semester. It seems like it’s taken forever to get here, but at the same time, I feel like I was just starting my senior year yesterday. Personally, this year has been one of growth, both through accomplishments and disappointments.
During the end of the semester with classes winding down and the anxiety of finals just starting to build up, it’s easy to dwell on the lows of the year and of the semester. However, I do not necessarily think it’s bad to look back on the negative parts of this year, because this is how we grow and learn… and we’ve been through a lot.
This year has seen so much violence through school shootings, racial tension, controversial political comments, and many other negative moments, all of which have caused us to pause and think. Pain has reached us from far away, and as made evident through the various Code Blue alerts received this year, from as close as within our own campus.
I know some of you are experiencing your own pain through stress or anxiety or some other feeling brought by the end of the semester. However, from all of this pain, I want you to take this thought from it: Look out for one another.
Show compassion for your fellow students, because we know we all need it. If you see someone struggling, please, please, reach out to them. I even urge you to fill out a Student of Concern report or alert an authority you trust if you feel the need to.
From some personal events that have happened this semester, I have taken this: your mental health and well-being come first. What truly matters in a year isn’t going to be how well you did on that one assignment or exam, or even whether you...
