Now that I’ve been in class for almost a week, I’m starting to notice a unique challenge of online learning this year… managing synchronous and asynchronous lectures! For those that don’t know, synchronous lectures refer to lectures that take place…
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DIY Backgrounds for Online Classes
This week is a fun one (or at least I had a lot of fun doing it)! Now that classes are online I’ve been thinking a lot about backgrounds. Most of my professors ask us to keep our cameras on…
Dealing with a bad day- how I bounce back
This past week has been particularly rough for me and I suddenly found myself feeling overwhelmed by the future and everything going on around me, so this week, I wanted to share how I bounce back from my bad days.…
My Thoughts and Feelings Going Into My Final Year of University!
In a couple of days I’ll be starting my fourth and final year of university—there are a lot of things to process and think about! In this blog article, I thought I’d share some of my worries and hopes for…
What I’ve learned from “bird courses”
As a student, I have had my fair share of taking “bird courses”—especially in my first two years at U of T. Some courses are said to be “bird” because they are “easy” and the course average is usually quite…
Why I Love Being on the Editorial Board of an Undergraduate Journal
Today I wanted to write about something near and dear to my heart! For the past two years, I’ve worked on the editorial board of an undergraduate journal on campus—Hardwire: the Undergraduate Journal of Sexual Diversity Studies. Undergraduate journals are…
The Regrets of a Third Year Student
This post is inspired by the Macleans article “The Many Regrets of a Fourth Year Student”! I’m just starting fourth year, so these are my regrets as a third year, aka advice that I would tell my younger self who…
Prepping for back-to-school (online edition)
Back to school this year is going to look really different. All my courses are going to be online, but there are still many ways to prepare for back-to-school! Invest in some headphones! I find that headphones with noise…
A Break From Technology
I spent this past week at a cottage. There was no wifi and you could get one bar of cell service if you walked up the road. Now, I certainly don’t dislike technology, but I do know that I spend…
DIY Projects for Back-to-school
Just because I don’t have to physically be at school this year doesn’t mean I can’t have aesthetic school supplies for the new term! For this week’s post, I wanted to share some of my favourite ways to get creative…