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"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
I am nearly 24. I am young at heart, but old by society's standards. I should have everything figured out, but I don't. And to me, that's okay.
By Amber Schrader-Matthies8 years ago in Education
Entry #3: Butterfingers
The above picture is a great way to start. My child proudly holding up what would be a simple drawing for the average nine year old. "Look mommy! I made a phone!" She is totally unaware of the large pen mark on her face. Most nine year olds could efficiently hold a pen to a piece of paper and probably would have done that multiple times with many colors, creating a rainbow of delight. But we are talking about a child with a brain injury which affects her ability to use her hands.
By Kimberly Nicholls8 years ago in Education
4 Things They Don't Tell You in High School
Growing up in a 1A school in a town with a population of less than 1,000 people, it can typically be hard to picture yourself making a huge impact on a world that has over seven billion people.
By Madelena Martinez8 years ago in Education
How Reddit Became My Most Useful Promoting Tool
Ah, the front page of the internet. I was never big on Reddit until recently. Like myself, I imagine many of you are reading various articles on Vocal trying to gain inspiration to write that compelling article in order to draw people in and get those views. While there are many resources you can utilize throughout the world wide web to promote yourself as a writer, I've had the most success thus far with the radical realm of Reddit. I'm here today to share my Vocal journey (so far), and hopefully, leave a few helpful tips as to how you can get your published works seen on this incredible collective.
By BrettNotGreg8 years ago in Journal
Careers Advice
Second year. I've gained a respectable mark for my first year of study (that doesn't count towards my actual degree) and now things are getting serious. I have to think about graduation and how I'm going to land my perfect job. Here's a quick snapshot of a lecture from which I soon zoned out.
By Amber Johnson8 years ago in Education
How to (Try To) Be a Freelance Journalist
Thanks in particular to the assignments I'd scraped a pass in in second year, I realised that my six-year-old brain was noble but a bit of an idiot. I was not Jo in Little Women—being an author wasn't going to be enough to earn a crust. I could write a bestseller (hopefully), but the industry is too difficult and too hit-and-miss to rely on that to survive. To pay the bills I could either have a normal 9-5 job in an office somewhere or I could turn my hand to journalism. Unfortunately, the financial crisis hit the globe during my first year at university, so getting a steady journalism job when I left was probably going to be quite a long shot. Apparently though, there was another option—going freelance.
By Amber Johnson8 years ago in Journal
Fly for Less, Eh?
Flying is getting cheap in Canada. Now with four Ultra-Low-Carrier-Cost airlines either coming to, or already operating in, Canada, from a financial standpoint we should ask ourselves: is this really a good thing?
By Kelly Thompson8 years ago in Trader
Call
I checked my watch—5:33 PM. Class ran thirty minutes over, and I was already late for call. I rushed up to the residents’ quarters where I found the surgical intern I would be working with for the night. He didn’t seem to notice that I was late, or perhaps more accurately, he didn’t care. “Go get changed into scrubs,” he told me, “and go ahead and scrub in. We’ll probably have a case soon.”
By Deneane Delaney Brooks8 years ago in Education