http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPq0FvFm3g This week one of my classes was cancelled. Instead of giving us all a day off my prof decided to prerecord a two hour long lecture and post it to YouTube. My first reaction to this announcement was a…
The Real World: Accepting-It Edition
Real life, is really anything I consider beyond the bubble of my undergraduate walls, and it seems horrifying. Especially when often enough it feels like all I hear about is: a) the economy isn't doing well b) so the job…
You’ve Gotta Be Kidding Me
Raise your hand!
Can you remember back to the first week of classes? You know, back when everyone had something to say in class…eager to impress Profs with their extensive vocabulary and subject knowledge. If like me, you do remember these students, you too might…
Breaking Bad (…habits)
Moments like now, or rather months like now –also known as one of the more intense months of doom- everyone I know is rushing to keep it all together for the month. A lot of the time it’s like going up…
All Night Long
As a result of all the midterms and assignments that have been piled on my plate in the last week, I can now say that I have successfully pulled off my first all-nighter of the year. I know I’ve been…
Your ideas are worth spreading (and funding)!
It's midterm season and that means you're probably spending countless hours of your precious youth reading, studying, and re-reading your textbooks/notes/lecture slides in a desperate effort to get that all-important "A" on your first bout of midterms/assignments. While this time of…
Field Trips…They’re not just for kids!
I'm lucky to be in a program at U of T that values hands-on learning. Theory is great and is useful in itself, but too much theory makes Lori an unhappy girl. The ratio has to be about 40:60 for…
Goodnight classes.
Goodnight chair. Goodnight paper. Goodnight pen. Goodnight screen. Goodnight lecture theatre. Since my first year of university, I have had 5 night classes, 3 of which are in this semester. Night classes, especially when you commute from far away and…
So You Wanna Write the LSAT, Eh?
I did not know how to sign up for the LSAT, what LSAC was or even what the LSAT consisted of until February 2012. And I wrote my first LSAT in June 2012. Some things I wish I had known…