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Top Hacks to Save Money in College/University!
College is expensive, find a way to save money. Whether you're stretching your dollar at the bar or looking to skip out on a textbook, you've come to the right place.
By Spencer MacAdam7 years ago in Education
The Little Things in Life...
Hi, my name is Tyler, I'm gonna give a brief explanation of my life that will later follow into a whole story of the things I deal with in my life. Since graduating high school, life as really smacked me in the face without even giving me a heads up. I never knew that you really had to work for the things you want if you want them or need them. For example, almost everyone in high school lives a carefree life with barely any worries in the world other than trying to pass the next quarter. Me and my friends would fuck around and cheat off of each other while pretty much letting the one friend do all the work and getting full credit for it. Those were the days me and my friends still latch onto, while constantly reminding each other of stupid funny memories we had in class. I can remember this one teacher I had named Mr. Reinard who would teach all the science classes along with another teacher we had named Mrs. Flanagan; I'll get to her later. Anyway Mr. Reinard was a soft-spoken man who really never put his foot down when it came to getting the class under control, he would often get made fun off cause he was heavy set, students even assumed he was gay for the hand gestures he made and the way he spoke. Mostly, no one cared, but it just happened that a friend of mine found him on a gay dating app and of course, that got around like wildfire. Even some of the students would go up to him and ask if he was gay, which I thought was funny as hell, but of course, he found it to be an invasion of privacy and got offended for even being asked. But this one particular time when he was teaching, a girl in our class had her phone out and sat in the first row near the whiteboard and Mr. Reinar, of course, scolded her.
By Tyler7 years ago in Education
The 10 Best Sports Scholarships in America
For any student athlete, there is arguably no higher honor than receiving a sports scholarship to a prestigious institution. As a former student athlete myself, I can attest to this. Unfortunately, as a 5'9" offensive guard for my varsity football team, this feat was not quite attainable. There is a certain degree of physical gifts one can be blessed with, and unfortunately for a stocky, undersized linemen like myself, I didn't get many.
By Greg Bogart7 years ago in Education
First Day on the Job
On my first day as a substitute teacher I was feeling so many emotions all at once. I recently moved back to my hometown so my first job as a substitute teacher was at my alumni elementary school! I was nervous, excited, and I had no idea what to expect. I woke up the morning of my first day exhausted because I couldn't sleep the night before but ready! When I arrived I was greeted by all my old teachers and it was the best and warmest welcoming I could have experienced on my very first day.
By Chelsea Fos7 years ago in Education
How Technology Has Transformed Music Education
It’s easy to write off music as a less important subject when compared to “more valuable” core subjects like English or Mathematics. This perspective is often borne out by experience; when funding gets tight, one of the first things to be affected in an educational system are the music programs, along with those of the other arts.
By Ainsley Lawrence7 years ago in Education
5 Reasons Why I Left Teaching
After my sixth year of teaching, I started questioning if this profession was the best option for my professional career moving forward. There were just too many cons as I weighed the pros and cons. My decision to leave teaching won and here’s why...
By Jonathan Purkey7 years ago in Education
How to Start Learning a New Language: Latin
Learning any new language can be a bit challenging regardless of who you are, where you’re from, and what you believe in. The interesting part of language is that all of these things are influenced by language! The following lesson I am providing will give you tools to not only learn Latin—but you can use these tools for any language!
By Phoenix Lawson7 years ago in Education
Broken Language
In high school, I was one of the many kids who chose to take Spanish as their language elective. In the United States, many people speak Spanish! What a great language to learn, or so I thought.
By Rachel Lee7 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 7 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 Walker7 years ago in Education
Studio Discipline
When I entered into college as a freshman with a degree in art, I was nowhere close to where I needed to be in studio discipline. In fact, I was quite clueless. It’s easy to chalk it up to playing a sport, traveling nearly every weekend, and wanting to just enjoy the college experience. But I learned it was something that had to be trained for, just as you train and practice in sports.
By Jordyn Sturms7 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 +7 years ago in Education