Change is inevitable I get it. Newer better things are being brought into the world every day. I was weary about the iPhone 6 being too big but I've adapted. New app updates always come with a slight cringe never knowing if they'll turn your world upside down. Moving from Chicago to Boston wasn't easy by any sorts. McDonalds now offering breakfast all day is a true gift to humanity. Now all of these changes may take some getting used to but in the end life gets a little better.
When Starbucks changed its cups everyone obnoxiously overreacted, but there are some changes which warrant an angry reaction. JetBlue taking away bags flying for free, not okay. Mac's taking away disk drives, I guess it's a necessary evil if you want that lighter laptop but how am I supposed to watch the nine seasons of ER I have on DVD? Chase doesn't just take your coins anymore, you have to roll it all into sleeves yourself? Who has time for that? A lot of professors put all of our books online now, yay saving money and paper, no downside right? That is until BC thought it a magnificent idea to change the wifi. Gone are the days of having a reliable bcsecure with the obnoxiously long password. Now we have the demon, disguised as a wifi network coined eduroam.
For months now I've been saying oh it isn't as bad as everyone says. Today I gave up on that philosophy. You might be asking yourself, it's finals week, how could Claire possible have time to be writing this instead of studying? Well my friends when the internet doesn't feel like loading any of my homework, Microsoft word becomes my only outlet. I can't even procrastinate in peace, no Netflix, no Facebook, just a silly picture of a dinosaur to stare at aimlessly while I contemplate why I even try. But this is finals week, this is ridiculous BC, how are we supposed to email professors, use canvas, research papers when we don't have the internet?!
How is it that every week when I sat aimlessly in Bio class staring at the same slide on Canvas you worked perfectly fine but when it's time to finish all my peer reviews I just keep getting winked at by that damn dinosaur. Where's the panda riding on the unicycle I want him back. Give me the internet back. It's hard enough for me to be productive when all the cogs are working perfectly. I do not get enough sleep to deal with all this right now. I don't have unlimited data, I can only mooch off my phone's personal hotspot for so long. Can't we put some of that $65,000 tuition towards something that most places now offer for FREE? The irony is I can't even post this right now, because you guessed it the internet won't load my page.... Maybe I'll go take up knitting or basket weaving. I might not be prepared for finals but hey I'd get a lot of handmade Christmas presents to give away.
