I wanted my summer to be reminiscent of a coming-of-age film, but I made the questionable decision of signing up for English Literature IB. Instead of hangouts and late-night conversations with my friends, I guess I’ll have them with my books. Before the first day of classes, I must fully annotate two texts for my…
With the transition to working from home and continuing school through various online platforms, this can be a difficult time for many students. Finding the motivation to continue schoolwork and do homework from the comforts of our own homes is surprisingly challenging. Although you should practise self-care and take care of yourself by giving yourself…
One down, one more to go! At least for this school year. Now I know all of our mentalities going into semester two. “I’m going to do better than last semester!” “I’m going to work harder and get better grades” Quite frankly, what I’ve realized is that each new semester is treated like a whole…
I can still recall the glorious days when I thought procrastination was, for me, impossible. How naive I was back then… I remember, once, when my Grade 9 teacher assigned us an essay to be handed in a week later, and also gave us in-class time to work on it. I remember my friends exchanging…
Hi guys, I’m back with more rants! I hope you’re all ready for this one because I’m going to be releasing all my “two-months-into-high-school” frustration. Going into high school, in my opinion, is an experience that you could try to explain but could never understand completely unless you’ve been there. It’s more of a feeling…
It’s the new school year, and the homework is flowing in! That means for IB students (or ones thinking about it) have some things to think about. One of the scary things I first thought of when going into grade nine was not of the school year ahead of me, but the school year after.…
A breath of fresh air and a brand new start; 10 words to describe the approach of second semester. Unlike first semester, this time around you probably remember how to hold a pencil, you know where you’ll be devouring lunch, and you’ve probably learnt how to survive with as little as six or five…
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people criticize someone else’s music taste. Yes, you are entitled to your opinion. Yes, it’s good to have your own identity and yes, I’m happy that you know yourself and you have some well founded confidence. Nevertheless, music is therapeutic. People turn to it in search of…
[source] I’ll be honest: I’m really jealous of people who can take constructive criticism easily. I struggle with the thought of being less than great, which is hard considering the school system is built on the idea that you will gradually improve and get better with every word you hear, say and write. It’s a…
To end off the year, Bishop Carroll‘s Mental Wellness committee did a project on labels. We asked various people to finish the sentence “There’s more to me than…”. From some people we received one word answers, and from others we were able to film them telling us what’s truly on their mind. It’s amazing how insightful teenagers and…
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the Internet? Maybe it’s knowledge, technology or possibly… procrastination? Yeah, it happens to the best of us — scrolling through Twitter or checking out the latest in your subscription box on YouTube is just so much more appealing than your social homework.…
Have you ever watched a person spending a ridiculous length of time dragging their mouse over a wall of text (it takes multiple tries!), right-clicking, copying it, navigating through their open program windows, and navigating through a multitude of Chrome tabs only to realize that they’ve accidentally closed the tab they needed? Then they’ll proceed…
It hasn’t even been a month since school started, and I am waiting for summer already. School life is not easy – you know it, i know it, we all know it. So, just to make life a little easier, I have compiled five tips to make life go easy on you! 😛 1.…
Imagine this: You’re ready to go on the best vacation of your life, anticipating the perilous lift off of the plane when… you realize you forgot to pack something you needed. I’m probably not the only one. Packing for a trip or vacation is usually an easy task, however, the creeping paranoia that can set…
At one point or the other in our lives, all of us have had that brief five second panic while watching the new episode of our favorite series: Oh shoot, isn’t that four page book report due tomorrow? But fear not, because just a few tips and tricks up your sleeve will help you avoid…