Last week, Lori posed the question: ‘to be or not to be…in summer school’. Last summer, I ended exams early and had about five months of summer. Sounds like the dream situation for many, but after the first two weeks…
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To be or not to be…in summer school
Last week, I had two term tests and two papers due. This week I have one term test and one paper due. Next week exams start. I want and urgently need a break. My brain is at maximum capacity and…
Surviving setbacks: the end of the year
I have now sunk to the lowest point a student can sink to. I have begged for marks. I’m not quite sure how I got to this point. I think it was a result of four months in one of…
Education at its best: Limnology in Algonquin Park and ornithology in the Caribbean
I had always thought that my dream job (naive as it may sound) would involve being on-site somewhere, perhaps with my afternoons spent deep in the archives of a foreign library, scrolling over the brittle vellum of a medieval manuscript;…
The end that is no end at all
Oh, sweet summer. The cicadas droning from somewhere near a bone-dry tree, leaves clapping in the breeze. Blades of grass tickling the skin while lying prostrate in the park. That sleep-inducing late afternoon haze. It was only weeks ago that…
UpbeaT in the summer
Hi all, this is Chris Garbutt, the project manager for the UpbeaT student life blog. Thanks for reading all year! Now that the school year is drawing to a close, our UpbeaT bloggers will be taking a well-deserved break beginning…
Come Fly With Me, Lets Fly, Lets Fly Away…
Time to rock the world, my fellow students! I remember the first time I heard about studying abroad. I googled all the awesome summer courses for U of T students, and hooked myself onto studying Criminology in England. Every year, Woodsworth…