J1 Opinion by Tehra Finn-Jackson

There is alway talk about how today’s world is progressive and changing, but maybe that’s what people want you to think. I admit there have been great milestones in recent years for minority groups and nation-wide movements, but what I’m nitpicking on are not the bigger changes of the world. I’m talking about the smaller ones, specifically at Marian.

There are a lot of great things going on at Marian. As a school that was opened in 1955, there are plenty of traditions that are still carried out today. There’s Field Day, Marian Mom’s Salad Lunch, and events like the student versus teachers volleyball game. These are all important aspects of a Marian student’s life, but when one small aspect changes, students make it seem like the world’s about to end.

That might be exaggerating it a little, but I’m tired of hearing all of the complaints when there’s a new change, or even a mention of a change.

“The scoring of Field Day’s changing? What does the school think it’s doing?”

“What? They want to put the freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors together on Field Night?”

“This is so unfair…”

Ok, I get it. These things are different from what people are used to, but it’s not like it has that much effect on anyone’s life. There’s no need for people to make such a big deal out of something so small. People just have to learn to open their minds, and if they disagree with something, they can, but they should have a justifiable reason why they dislike this change.

We need to get rid of this mentality that the familiar is safe and that we should always feel safe. Sometimes we need to get out of our comfort zone and accept changes, because in the long run, they probably don’t even matter.