A month ago, I sat down to dinner with some family friends. It had been a while since we’d last met and they made pleasant conversation, making offhand comments about how much I’d grown and drawing answers out of … Read the rest
The Unorthodox Back-To-School Bucket List
September 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Blink and it’s gone. No, this isn’t referring to the last thing you ate. Summer break comes and goes like the last flowers of the season and before you know it or are even remotely ready, it’s time to return … Read the rest
Busy Earnin’: The Career Path and Growth
August 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We like to imagine that most people who emerge from university enter “the real world” with an intended career in mind for which they likely prepared by way of their education and experience gathered along the way via work experience … Read the rest
If a Fish Climbs a Tree
August 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
A question for you, reader: who would you be more likely to consider a genius — Stephen Hawking or William Shakespeare?
In 1983, developmental psychologist and professor Howard Gardner devised a theory of multiple intelligences that differentiated intelligence into categories … Read the rest
More Than Memory: What Should Schools Be Testing?
July 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Criticism has been levelled at the standard testing system for overemphasizing memorization and encouraging a regurgitation-geared approach to test-taking while neglecting valuable skills such as close reading, analysis, or problem solving. This being said, in what ways should tests be … Read the rest
Brain Overload: What it is and how students can avoid it
July 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
What is Brain Overload?
Have you ever been studying for hours and realize midway through reading a chapter that you keep losing focus and can’t remember anything you’ve read in the past hour? Do you find you keep reading the … Read the rest
How To Conduct Research
June 25, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Learning to research is an essential skill that is relevant to a wide range of assignments from papers to presentations but in spite of its significance, the process is still one that baffles even those well past their high school … Read the rest
Goal Digger: What Do Academic Goals Look Like?
June 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
What does it mean to be a good student? The image of the good student as it exists in the common imagination is punctual, well-organized, attentive, and undoubtedly has an outstanding report card to boot. You may even envision them … Read the rest
What Are You Doing It For?
June 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Almost every student is compelled to do well, either by their own standards, the inherently negative connotations associated with failure, or the school system itself, which makes a certain degree of success necessary in order for students to proceed to … Read the rest