I used to be that kid. From elementary to high school I was the teacher’s pet: studied hard, scored well, helped out, and spent most of my time reading. This paid off in various ways. I had great relationships with most of my teachers and they usually let me do what I wanted. In fourth… Continue reading In Praise of Praise
Before this semester, I had miraculous survived the experience of having a long break between two classes. The longest time I’d ever had to survive was, at most, an hour and a half during lunchtime. Unfortunately, due to an unavoidable scheduling demand I ended up with a three hour break on Tuesdays from 2:15 to… Continue reading 5 Things to Do Between Classes
I’ll be honest—until recently I was terrible at using planners. I loved to have them and maybe I’d be diligent for the first week or two, but then I’d forget or it’d get lost or I’d just lose the willpower to care about tracking every single day. About a year ago, I started following the… Continue reading Getting My Sh*t Together with The Happy Planner
I’ll be honest and say that I was one of those kids who barely had to try in school. Technically, I was “gifted” and able to absorb the material faster, better, stronger, etc. So I spent a lot of my early academic career day dreaming, reading, and writing, but not really learning. I understood the… Continue reading How to Beat the Best Semester Ever
Yesterday was officially the start of the penultimate chapter of my undergraduate career. And I feel it, because at one point I reminded my mother that I had been here for eight semesters now and the number surprised me. The last four years have all kind of blended into one blobby, English-driven experience. I still… Continue reading Spring It On
Some of you may remember the burning pile of feces that was last semester. I’m not stretching the truth to call it the worst term of my university career. I mean, I barely held onto the GPA required to keep my scholarship and that’s a 2.0… So low. And I vowed to do better,… Continue reading How to Have the Best Semester Ever
Today is the first day of my winter break, and—other than being horribly sick—I’m really enjoying it. It’s nice to have time to sit back, relax, and not have to worry about what’s due or reading or studying. In fact, it’s weird to realize that I don’t have school for a month now. Like, what… Continue reading Finals are Finished
When you’re an English major with emphasis in Creative Writing, you’re bound to take at least one workshop. I, loving an excuse to write stories and call it homework, have taken four during my college career and have reached what is most likely the end of my workshop life. As such, I feel at… Continue reading What I’ve Learned from Four College Writing Workshops
It’s that time of year again. The time when we finish up the semester, panicking over exams and final papers, but when we also look forward to the next term with the hope that things will go better than they did this time around. You say that your… Continue reading Enrollment: The Frustration and Happiness
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