Hey kids, it’s springtime! This means the crocuses and snowdrops are coming up, and we may eventually get consistent sun and warmth. For most of us it means exams. And for anyone entering second year or switching programs, it means…
To Share or Not to Share
Exams are upon us again, which means that a flood of emails is almost certainly bound to be upon us as well. Our classmates, many of whom we have never met, will use the email system on Blackboard to request…
How to write a Research Paper
In a switch from actuarial science to the social sciences, the amount of writing I’ve been required to do has increased, as Api might say in quoting our friend Drake, from “0 to 100 real quick.” Most of the papers…
Let’s Sing it!: Reviewing course Materials Through Song
In elementary school, learning through music is pretty typical. We start singing the alphabet, maybe even the days of the week. I still remember some of the many songs about verb conjugations I learned in French class. And many will…
Lugging Mugs
I throw out a lot of stuff. I also drink too much tea. Such are my conclusions after a week of hanging onto every paper cup I would have thrown away. I was inspired by a radio interview I heard…
Winter break may be Over, but that doesn’t mean a cold slog until Spring.
It is week four of term and I am already missing the chocolate-consuming, snuggled in comfy clothing, social function-filled days of the winter break. Not to mention that I am frozen to my core. Yes I know, it was way…
How Things got Bad – Then got Better
Such was the advice I've needed over the past few days. I'm convinced that the most recent 25 views or so have been me hitting "replay". As suggested by my lack of (and tardy) posts, these past few weeks have…
Uh oh, I slept through my final exam!
“Mum, I slept through my final exam.” Of all the horrors film can provide, and no matter what craziness happened on Friday night at the Hart House of Horrors Halloween Party, this will forever be one of my life’s more…
Total Test Result Turmoil – or how the Academic Success Center can save your neck
It’s that blessed time of year again – mid-terms. Or, for our friends in engineering or music, the time of year when students in every other Faculty get a small and terrifying glimpse into every week of their term, mid…
Prepping your Patronus
For the few, unfortunate souls who are not familiar with Harry Potter, Dementors are creatures which “… drain peace, hope, and happiness out of the air around them … get too near a Dementor and every good feeling, every happy…