Yes, and stop using the word really.
As I sit down to write this lovely blog post for the Class of 2017 that I have come to know and love, I am struggling with sleep deprivation and a heavy workload. You see, my mother is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and had a set back last night: high fever and new painful medical condition that was brought about by the eradication of her white blood cell count. I stayed up all night watching over her in the hospital, slept maybe a collective two hours, and, after being relieved of duty by an aunt, came home to face all my other chores and work duties. And my mother, despite her illness and pain, has let no responsibility fall through the cracks. Why am I telling you this? I mean, I could have told you about any of the millions of people who never gave up despite all the odds against them, people like Booker T. Washington, who walked 500 miles so that he could work as a janitor at a school in the hopes that the school would allow him to get an education. There are many, many true stories of endurance and perseverance. But I am telling you my personal story so that you can know that people you see every day are overcoming everything from sleep deprivation to breast cancer and still getting the job done, just like Nicole Gross, UTK swimmer and Boston Bombing survivor.
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So, know that you can do this. And while you are knowing things, know other words to use besides really. You use that word excessively, and it sounds juvenile. The repetitive use of the word really does not serve as evidence of your intelligent college-student ethos.
With faith in you,
Professor Repentista
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