OK Generation X, time to be Generation Next

We’re almost there. It’s been a marathon and we can see the finish line. Unfortunately, that short remainder of the road is a mountainous climb. Well, grab your hiking boots, because we’re going to the top.
Yes, it’s that biannual time of year where we students start losing our minds just a little bit. Finals are upon us. Our brains beg for a break from sleepless nights and long study sessions, but our minds won’t let us stop until that final Scantron is turned in.
The hard work we put in to get our degree is the training we need to build our minds to handle responsibilities for achieving success, to the point that the work we do today will one day seem like minor tasks.
For those of us who are rounding our final lap of the college journey, this is just the beginning. We love to complain about problems with the economy, the government, education, etc. Well,whose responsibility do you think it will be to get things done in the future?
The way I see it, we can control one destiny in this world. We can’t wait around and expect someone else to solve each problem. We must grab control and accomplish as much as we can, even though someone else most likely can and will.
We can do whatever we want in this great land of opportunity. With a new president-elect who has broken the racial barrier, now more than ever this statement of optimism is preached. However, the catch is that we must put in the work necessary to be what we want to be. Do you think Barack Obama became the president by being at the right place at the right time? No, he put in hours and hours of work, day after day for years, with lofty aspirations and a drive that wouldn’t let up, just like all the world’s biggest successes.
It all comes down to how much you’re willing to work for what you want. It’s easy to be lazy, and sometimes it can feel nice too, but that feeling is an illusion. Being lazy after having accomplished something is resting, and there’s nothing like a good rest that’s earned.
It’s been a fun semester in "The Corner" – stressful, but fun. I expressed my qualms with the American election process and the school’s ban on skateboards, and pronounced my passion for Halloween, music and solitaire. I attempted to answer the world’s most unanswerable questions: what is love, and why is the grass always so green on the other side? And tackled other inquisitions of wonder: Do nice guys have to finish last? Is texting taking over communication as we know it? How does poverty benefit us? And would Cal State Fullerton be better off as Orange County State?
Hopefully you enjoyed reading on these issues of interest. If ever you picked up a Daily Titan and turned to my column while on campus Tuesdays, it probably wasn’t by coincidence; it was most likely planted there by me for your wandering eyes. I just want you to read, think, maybe laugh or just smile, and if I’ve ever made you do any of those things even just once, than I’ve done my job, and I was happy to do it.
I want you to be open-minded, inspired, and motivated to be something extraordinary, because it’s on us now. The world will soon be in our generation’s hands. Let’s make the best of it. See you next semester.