By Simon Kidd Paying attention in class is a difficult task even on the best of days. Students know that they might struggle with lacklustre organization skills, terrible sleep hygiene, mental health issues, boring classes, or teachers who present in the dark. However, these issues are well-known, even though some students will not necessarily change …
Blue Lips for Life
Fayeza Ahmad I woke up with a start, my heart pounding. For a few seconds, I had trouble figuring out what had awakened me until I heard worried voices from my grandmother’s room. Every morning, she wakes me up, worried I have slept through all my alarms. In fact, she insists that my siblings and …
The Costly Lesson of History
He who tells you that one must celebrate war, is either one of two things: joking or simply psychotic. Humans over the ages, have developed this ideology where we feel the ultimate urge to take up arms and pay seldom attention to reason, to dialogue, to coexistence in disagreement scenarios. Hence, the world has seen …
The Stress Cost Fallacy
It seems that with each new level of education we reach, we are told that the worse is still to come. The transition from High School to CEGEP was about becoming independent, bringing about a brand-new set of challenges and responsibilities. The transition from CEGEP to University, we are told, is another level of independence …
Just Sleep it Off
On the morning that I am writing this article, and I kid you not: I am half asleep sitting in the library. It’s an unusually cold Monday, and I have an oral presentation and a midterm. Tomorrow presents me with another exam at 8:15 a.m. Wait, did I forget to mention that I’m behind in …
How to One-Up Harvard
People love to speak about success and the tumultuous pathway leading up to it. I was talking with a friend about Model United Nations and prestigious scholarships and I mentioned the fact that I would love to attend Harvard. His response was simple: “And then what? How do you one-up Harvard?”. My answer was that …
Doubts and Panic Attacks
It’s undoubtedly easy to see over exaggeration in the face of someone who is struggling, even when that is the furthest assumption from the truth. Clearly, these occurrences happen daily. Specific topics relating back to sore spots and personal experiences are always subject to doubt. For example, I rarely avoid comparing my experiences to others …
“5 Things About Grieving Suicide”
As a part of Mental Health Awareness Week, I figured it would fit right in to publish a summary of the TEDxMarianopolisCollege Talk I was responsible for over the course of last semester. Here are 5 Things About Grieving Suicide. It’s okay to miss them, more than you would have thought. One of …
Dealing with Self Harm on a Personal or Inter-Personal Level
One of the worst misconceptions that I’ve seen happen is the belief that self harm comes from a place of attention-seeking and stupidity in a choice of solution to deal with issues and pain. The list goes on and on about self inflicted pain; people often assume it is limited to cutting, but it can …
Suicide Prevention
In the context of the last day of Mental Health Awareness week at the College, I wanted to discuss something quite serious and potentially help someone out there dealing with these types of issues. Some 2nd year students may know that I gave a TEDxMarianopolisCollege talk entitled “5 Things About Grieving Suicide” last April. From …