Ever heard of a game called Plants vs Zombies? It’s a wonderful tower defense action game created by PopCap that involves your skills of placing different plants to prevent zombies from invading! Sounds interesting enough, right? Well, what if you had the opportunity to give this game for free to all of the children who…
Last Friday, I was delighted to talk like babies, make cricket legs dance to music, and get “insider’s tips” from university students at Discovery Days in Medicine by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and our own University of Calgary. Though the hands-on activities were great (taking apart a human brain… model, looking at cancerous cells…
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I have long hair. Very. Long. Hair. I have struggled with putting my hair up in a bun ever since elementary school – and finally I’ve found the answer – or answers. Maybe I’m just terrible with hair, or maybe I’m just slow when it comes to finding out about all these techniques, but nonetheless,…
After graduating high school, I have a few regrets. I felt like I had no time to do certain activities in my school as I made the excuse of ‘studying’ and ‘doing homework’ all of the time. As a student, I made sure to do my school work on time to maintain a good average;…
I’m going to sound like an advertiser for Amazon, but whatever. I love my eBook. It is currently my favourite toy, for a good reason. Here’s why. 1. Bookmark free reading: I have a few patience problems, especially with those long books. Considering my self-diagnosed lack of attention span, I can’t concentrate on complicated texts…
This July, rather than suffering at summer school or napping on a beach (wait – that did happen, too), I was part of a magical community called Shad Valley. (Sound familiar?) I’ve been hesitant to blog about my month at Shad – how do you fit all those miraculous experiences and incredible friendships into just…
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Or perhaps interested in business, but unsure where to begin your adventure? Look no further than Junior Achievement of Souther Alberta’s “The Company Program”. Now, if you’ve been following Youth Are Awesome for a while, I’m sure you’ve heard of this amazing opportunity in previous blogs showcasing the products…
Wether your a diabetic or simply trying to cut down on sugar consumption, finding a great sugar-free dessert can be a chore, especially when your looking for one with no artificial sweeteners. I recently experienced this dilemma when I was bringing a dessert to a dinner party where one party-goer was a diabetic, and another…
You know how people tell you never to wear sandals with socks? It seems so obvious not to – it’s not classy, not attractive, and can’t even be considered sensible. Well, you know what? I’ve done it in public. It was comfortable, okay? I mean, the sandals kept chafing my foot… Okay, maybe I lied…
If you have read my previous blog entry about my trip to Nepal, you’ll know that I am in desperate need of a new pair of shoes for school. What better a place to get shoes, than Tokushu shoes? Tokushu shoes is a business run by an innovative high school student named Michelle Ku. As…
After approximately 2 years, Youth Are Awesome has finally hit the 2600 post mark! And you’re probably wondering why I didn’t tell you about this when we passed a nicer number like 2500, right? Well, I don’t like to be conventional…plus it is way more fun to surprise you guys with a random number! Hurray,…
This will be a cynical post about general teenage angst. Just a heads up. But fear not, I’ll include relatively helpful facts and information so that my complaining is tolerable. I think it’s acceptable to have a disclaimer here: I’m not a Dean or anyone important, so if my facts are wrong, don’t shoot the…
As back to school approaches many teens go out to buy themselves bigger better backpacks for the new school year. Usually, the backpack one ends up with is, to say the least, boring. Now, that can change. This year, I got Jansport‘s Big Student backpack in grey. Not overly exciting, the bag looks like this:…
Obviously I don’t have that much planed these days so I signed up for a week of guitar lessons at Music Centre Canada. It was a program that goes on for 4 weeks this month, 10 people will go there each week. There were 40 people that got chosen and I was one of them. My first day…