Fighting for My Beliefs: How Do You Know What You Know?
It’s scary to think that up to this point in my life, I’ve just been letting other peoples’ views define my own. My parents have always...
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Quarantine Reads: Books You Should Read to Pass the Time or Actually Learn Something!
So, as it stands, we are about a month into social distancing or lockdown, and the end does not appear to be anywhere in sight. So while...
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What The Average Person Doesn't Know About Service Dogs
This semester, I am taking a course entitled Canines Assisting in Health. This course is considered a nursing elective which is required by...
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The Importance of Having Too Many Books
If you’re anything like me, the intrigue of reading what feels like it may be the best book ever has you buying books faster than you can...
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Why I Love Learning French
Moi? J'adore parler le français...et toi?
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Can I Interest You in this Old-Fashioned Personality Quiz?
Check out the Proust Questionnaire, a widely adopted and varied list of questions to really get to know someone.
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I Took a Quiz to Find Out Who I Was, and It Worked
Ask yourself, “Who am I?” If you can answer it, then you’re doing better than I am.
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Things that have changed as I've gone into my twenties
It scares me massively that I turn 22 in the summer and within this decade I'll be in my thirties. Whilst the thirties is something I'd...
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Things I Learned This Week that I wish I knew Last Week
In honor of an impending Monday, here are some things I wish I knew last week that I learned this week:
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Why Finals Should Not Be a Thing
Finals are the worst. Here are some reasons why I believe that they shouldn't exist at all. They are extremely stressful, and they are just...
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Why You Should Pick Up A Book Before Bed
Confucius said it best...
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How to Actually Retain the Information You Learn in Lecture
Showing up and taking notes is only half the battle.
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Has Young Students’ Passion for Learning Gone Down?
For some students, education is everything to them, and to others, they’re perfectly fine as long as they get passing grades to get by. The...
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My First Week As a BU Tour Guide
Ever wonder what it’s like to be one of the BU students walking around in their school merch, giving tours, and also probably getting in your way on Bay State Road (sorry!)? Maybe you don’t, maybe you do, but that’s me now! I’m so excited to be giving those campus tours, and here’s what I experienced in my very first week working with the Boston University Admissions Ambassador Program.
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The Benefits of Internships and Volunteer Work
I’ve come to learn by talking to my friends that internships and volunteering are very controversial when it comes to deciding whether or...
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Acknowledge The Children Of Immigrants
We’re engrained with the ideology to fight for greatness, yet struggle to be acknowledged in the workplace.
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The Art of Falling Down a Rabbit-Hole
Falling down "rabbit holes" is a criminally underappreciated form of procrastination. Here's the art to maximizing the usefulness of this oft-used excuse.
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Learning How to Say No
Trigger warning: reference to harassment. I wish when I started out college, I knew how to say no. No, I’m tired and don’t want to go out...
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5 Common Safer Sex Myths That You Probably Thought Were True
Most high schools’ sexual education is outdated or not included in their curriculum. As a result, teens grow up believing the wrong information.
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Finding Your Identity Away From Home
When moving somewhere new changes everything, will you ever be the same?
