feature : word on ths street
June 11th, 2007
Word on the Street : Life Transitions
It is now graduation season with many students going through a major life transition. How do you handle life’s major transitions?
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Darnell, 30 "I guess I don't think of big events as a manifestation of the transition. If you were at a commencement ceremony, the transition already happened. I don't have any anxiety over transitions in my life but that's probably because I'm going through some already." |
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Isabel, 19 "I just try to be easy going. I try to adapt to whatever is happening. Coming to college was a big change. Graduating from college will be a big change. I'm a pre-med student, so going to Med-School will be a big change. But I think that if you are going in the direction that you want to go, then I think changes are things that are good for your life." |
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Kenneth, 23 "Well, right now I'm a grad student so I have to live more thriftly than when I was an undergrad. It's tough but I think that this is the transition that it takes to grow up and become an adult...having to take on more of these financial decisions on your own." |
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Janet, 22 "I look forward to life progressing. I graduated last year so I am moving on to the next part of my life. I like moving forward and seeing what is to come. It's not much to deal with. It's just exciting to see what happens." |
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Beverly, 34 "I'm actually going through that transition. I just graduated myself. I usually meditate in my own way on what it is that I really want and I believe that the more I put that out into the world, the world will respond to it and the world will give me what I need." |
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Fr. Gabreselassie "Well, it is human development. Yeah it's very difficult. For some people, maybe they can't get a job. For some people, maybe they get a very good job. I don't have any problem with life's transitions because it's not really new to me. I've had a lot of major transitions. I develop my knowledge and understanding [through them]. It is good to be developed for me. But for others, especially young people in America, it may be a little bit difficult...sometimes confusion, sometimes frustration, sometimes excitement. Everything can be very hard." |
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Sarah, 19 "I look at it as a new experience, a new look on life. I appreciate the old but I look forward to the new." |
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