{"id":19583,"date":"2020-06-03T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19583"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:55:55","slug":"student-editors-letter-desperately-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/06\/03\/student-editors-letter-desperately-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Editor\u2019s Letter: Desperately positive"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t be the only member of the Camosun community feeling like things are never going to be back to normal again on campus. After seeing a photo on the Nexus website of the sandwich boards displayed on campus right now, it\u2019s hard to not feel like the dystopia we recently wrote a warning about is creeping over us.<\/p>\n

When signs on campus essentially tell you to leave, it\u2019s hard to not feel a little deflated, but COVID-19 is bigger than any of us, and it\u2019s bigger than Camosun.<\/p>\n

Last semester, I spent roughly six hours a week commuting between Camosun and UVic, (where I also attend) but now that everything is online, I can take another class, maybe even two, to account for that time that I would normally be in transit. I can nap on my coffee break, do jumping jacks in the middle of a teleconference, and crank the tunes as loud as I want.<\/p>\n

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Camosun College’s Lansdowne campus (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If it sounds like I\u2019m desperately trying to stay positive, you\u2019re not wrong. And frankly, I feel a little on the spoiled side, like perhaps my expectations of this life are a little too high, for even feeling like it\u2019s hard to stay positive sometimes.<\/p>\n

Look out the window: here in Victoria, there is rest in the streets. There is light in the sky, and a general feeling of safety amid a functioning democracy.<\/p>\n

Breathe that in.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say we don\u2019t have work to do as individuals, as a country, and as a college community, but things are\u2026 good.<\/p>\n

Things are restful.<\/p>\n

And, above all, many of us still have the opportunity to better ourselves. After all, success doesn\u2019t come from an A+; it comes from being more than you were yesterday. You\u2019ll fluctuate a bit; maybe you\u2019ll tank the next day, but hopefully your average day is still moving on up.<\/p>\n

Keep that head up, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t be the only member of the Camosun community feeling like things are never going to be back to normal again on campus. After seeing a photo on the Nexus website of the sandwich boards displayed on campus right now, it\u2019s hard to not feel like the dystopia we recently wrote a warning about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-views"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t