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…
Why do I let others make me feel small?
Last week at U of T, on multiple occasions, I let others walk all over me and make me feel small to avoid confrontation. I let my colleague talk over me and take over my project. I let the…
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…
Dude, Where’s Your Phone?
The last two weeks have been a little crazy for me, in between trying to deal with the impending dooms-deadline-day that is next Thursday, to a family emergency, it’s been really rough. Coming back to my dorm room after an…
The Back Door to U of T – The Millie Rotman Shime Academic Bridging Program
I was sitting in a hallway the other day waiting for my prof’s office hours to begin when another person sat down beside me. We got to talking and when I told her that my college was Woodsworth she immediately…
UTSU Emergency Townhall Meeting
On Tuesday, September 25th, the University of Toronto Students' Union held a town hall meeting in MSB 2158 to solicited feedback on a response paper to the Ministry's new discussion paper on the future of pse. Here are some tweets from the event.
Yes, I’m crying. Why do you ask?
Sometimes the best thing you can do about school is cry. I mean it. When you have three papers due within three days and your brain refuses to construct a single coherent sentence, crying is perhaps the only thing…
4th Year Courses > 1st Year Courses
In first year, all my classes had over 100 students, generic content and little to no room for creativity and individuality. Intro to Philosophy, Intro to English, Intro to Writing Essays….get the pattern? Introductory courses usually attempt to give you…
All about Me and You and Learning
Hi there, I’m Lori. You might remember me as a past blogger for student life, but I have moved on to new experiences and I am now blogging for C.T.S.I., The Center for Support and Teaching Innovation! This year I’ll be inviting…
“it’s 3 am and I’m doing my lab report.”
Sounds like a great beginning to a Taylor Swift song doesn't it? I think so. If you're in first year life science, engineering or any kind of science -- you will have to deal with labs. What are labs? Well,…