Opinion

The beginning of the new school year represents many different things. A fresh slate from the previous year in academics, a new year for sports and a chance to meet new people and set new goals for yourself. But for me, it also reminds me that a new group of foreign exchange students have come to America!

It’s possible that never in the history of the world have human beings felt more entitled to their own feelings and opinions. Of course, opinions have always been thrown around during dinner table conversations, but never have so many people in this world felt that they have a platform, a megaphone, a soapbox to lecture from. Social media has filled in the gap between fool and expert, and it is filling the world with foolishness disguised as expertise. How clearly we see it in these days. Yet that doesn’t seem to stop us from creating a shiny, clanging idol of our own opinions.

Results happen over time, not overnight. Anytime we want to grow and become stronger or get better at something, more often than not it is not a walk in the park. We have to work for it. We have to overcome obstacles. Because if things were easy and if things were just handed to us then we don’t grow. We don’t get stronger.