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Thank you for joining me on this adventure. I started this blog for an assignment for one of my college classes. When I started it, I felt more than a little insecure in the thought that I could truly help anybody with my own thoughts and experiences. As it stands, I still am not sure […]
It’s the cliche to end all cliches: “how will this help me in the real world?” Granted, I’m not a big fan of the concept of the Real World in the first place, but I feel that this question still has some merit. For many people, a large portion of the things that we are […]
In much of the US right now, the temperature is dipping quickly. I live in Wisconsin, and the first whispers of snow are reaching my ears while my daily commute to and from class becomes colder and colder. The cold is a problem for nearly everybody – from transportation difficulties to illness complications to the natural […]
For those of us who aren’t graduating, or have only one semester to go, it’s not unlikely that right around now you’re worrying about the semester to come. In my experience, sometimes this is super straightforward, and sometimes it’s a matter of running around like a chicken with your head cut off trying to scramble […]
As is likely obvious to anyone who’s gone to school before, different subjects need to be studied in different ways. Studying a book for an English paper is very different than studying a theorem for a math test. There are times where this can get very granular – one class might be completely different from […]
In the US, the school year typically starts in August or September, so it’s unlikely that you’re thinking about any major tests or exams yet. Most study advice I’ve found assumes that people don’t study until they feel like they have to – that is, until the test date is breathing down your neck. This […]
Chances are good that if you’ve found yourself at this blog, you’re at something of a loss. You’ve tried and tried again to get your academic life back on the rails. You’ve failed, or you haven’t made the progress you wanted. Maybe you find yourself looking at long listicles and clickbaity lifehacks about how to […]