A couple months ago, I was invited to speak to a class of freshman on my advice for them. What lies below are the main pieces of advice I had for them in going through college. I think it’s important to remember that everyone has different definitions of success; for some, its might be finding …
While an image of sitting on spiky fenceposts certainly conjures a few giggles from a wide audience, its consequences aren’t as funny. We’re taught mainly to evaluate other people’s writing in our primary & secondary education; only rarely are we encouraged to express(or form, for that matter) our own opinions. I find it ironic that …
Fence-sitting & Its Effects: A Study in Subjectivity Read More »
This is me, the friend you never knew you needed. I’m the girl who often ignores her own needs to help those around her. It’s a cloak I assumed in the throes of insecurity in middle school, when I thought helping people was the easiest way to fit in, and it’s a cloak I drew …
The Friend You Never Knew You Needed: A Six-Word Memoir Read More »