Things that I learned about my freshman year of college.
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Summer: a time (usually) free from school work and a time to relax with your friends and family. Maybe you go on a vacation or maybe you work all summer, but the time off really does help. When you're in college you become super close with so many people it's hard to think that you won't see many of them for three months. But, then you get that text saying, "Hey, clear your schedule next weekend, I'm coming up" and you begin to flip out. Here are the emotions you go through as your best friend makes her trip to your house.
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Syllabus Week As Told By Kourtney Kardashian
Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!
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Winter break is over, we're all back at our respective colleges, and the first week of classes is underway. This is a little bit how that week tends to go.
The professor starts to go over something more than the syllabus
You get homework assigned on the first day of class
There are multiple group projects on the syllabus
You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class
Professor starts chatting about their personal life and what inspired them to teach this class
Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"
Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy
Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week
Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week
Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not
Now it's time to get back into the REAL swing of things. Second semester is really here and we all have to deal with it.
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With more people becoming aware of transgender and non-binary people, there have been a lot of questions circulating online and elsewhere about how to be more inclusive. Language is very important in making a space safer for trans and non-binary individuals. With language, there is an established and built-in measure of whether a place could be safe or unsafe. If the wrong language is used, the place is unsafe and shows a lack of education on trans and non-binary issues. With the right language and education, there can be more safe spaces for trans and non-binary people to exist without feeling the need to hide their identities or feel threatened for merely existing.
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