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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.
How Students Can Make the Most Out of Spring Break
Vacations give students more than just the chance to relax after all the tests you spent weeks studying for. These week-plus breaks give you the time needed to prepare for future schoolwork, which reduces the anxiety and exhaustion that can come with homework and tests.
By Tobias Gillot5 years ago in Education
Taking Back What the School System Stole from Me
No... Hell no... It’ll be a cold day in Orlando before I voluntarily pick up a book and read through blocks of text. I’ve been through my fair share of textbooks. They’re boring. They’re dry. The information serves no purpose in my life other than my grades.
By Trai Greer5 years ago in Education
The Positive Effect of Volunteering to Improve Your Spoken English
Volunteering is a big word, which showcases a person’s willingness to help others. It is a noble action, and even if it indicates your commitment for others, it can also help you on so many levels. If there is a perfect time for volunteering, then that would be during your studies.
By Jilian Woods5 years ago in Education
Graduation
A day that millions of kids around the world and especially Americans dream of for years and years. A day that, for some of us, is the beginning of a new chapter, but for me it was a little different. Graduation day was a day filled with anxiety, stress, but also relief. It was the last day that my life was to be controlled, and the last day that these instructors and teachers could treat me like a child. It was amazing, but it was also a reality check. From this day on, I did not have a schedule to rely on. Everything I did now came with repercussions meaning that every choice I made could change my future forever. My future did not look promising, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, but with time I learned that it was ok because no one is ever truly sure about what they want to do. Graduation day taught me the importance of time and how precious it was. There is only 24 hours in a day, meaning that if you sleep for eight, you are only left with 16 hours to continue your day. These 16 hours are hours that you could save a life, change the future, change someone's life, but you could also do nothing. Life is all about timing and choice and the only dictator of that is you and you only. We have to be true to ourselves to fully understand the extent of our choices and decisions. Every decision we make can alter our future forever. Graduation day was life changing but not in the way that it is portrayed. Graduation day is the day that you become responsible for you. Every day after graduation I worked and I made money, but I also made time for important things like friends and family. I made friends that changed my life forever, that made me see the beauty in the simple things. I started to love sushi nights and ice cream on the pier. I started to see the big picture in life and that picture was made up of millions of other pictures that all captured the small moments in life. Graduation was just like any other day, you woke up and got ready and then continued with your life. This day was just like any other day it is just us humans that glorify the experience. Why not glorify everyday? Celebrate the little things like passing an exam, or seeing your friend for the first time in a long time, and maybe even just existing. Celebrate life because not everyday is guaranteed. Graduation day was a day of change but also of peace and realization.
By 5 years ago in Education
The Deadlines Schools Give Us
Is anything ever really done? Some people find comfort from the thought that things can always be added to, always be changed, always be improved. Others find the fact daunting that nothing will ever be complete, never be perfect, never be ready. Sometimes it depends on the context of the project, other times it just depends on the person. School does not differentiate though. There are due dates the same for everyone whether the person feels they can do more or not. Even in classes where it doesn't make sense to have a hard deadline, there still are. Take an art class for example. Most people argue that art is never done and can always be improved. You could paint something, repaint it, and repaint it over again. Art is also something that people who take it seriously will want to spend a great deal of time on to get their best version. It's true that without deadlines, some people would never turn anything in. It's true that deadlines are needed, but how strict should they be?
By Medea Walker5 years ago in Education
I'm Just a Drunken College Reject
It was sometime in mid-December of 2017, I was a senior on Christmas break, and to my relief, I finally didn't have to deal with some additional homework assignments for the next short two weeks. I was feeling a bit sick, an unrelenting knot between my stomach that at times would suddenly twist and pull violently. My emotions were eating itself out. Around 3 PM earlier in the day, my school's email gave a loud ring in my pockets. I struggled a bit, shoving my hands down my tight 34-size Levi pants, frustrated as it rang constantly. Publicly, I looked like an insane man with a mild case of crabs as I tried desperately to view my phone, but I knew this was a crucial moment for me, so I didn't care how I looked.
By Monatgeofheck +5 years ago in Education