Every month, there’s some tweet authored by a teenager, commenting on the wide berth between the skills taught in K-12 education, and those required to function as a real adult. My school attempted to bridge this gap with a mandatory class called Life Skills that we took senior year. I wasn’t sure what to expect… Continue reading Life Skills
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Welcome to… Back to School Month
I am on the record as having said that learning someone was popular in high school makes me like them significantly less. So it will likely come to you as no surprise that I didn’t have the easiest time in high school. Like a lot of late bloomers, I have a fraught relationship with my… Continue reading Welcome to… Back to School Month
Alternate Realities
At the end of February, just over a week before stay at home orders were put in place, I attended a college career fair on behalf of my company. Reflecting on that day, when I shook hands with what felt like a million college students, standing a mere foot and a half away from them,… Continue reading Alternate Realities
I’m 24 now
I turned twenty-four a few days ago. On that day, I discovered an old Tweet that made me contemplate my life journey (didn't have too many birthday plans, clearly). When I was eighteen years old, I had just started my first job as a receptionist at a gym. I had decided to go to a… Continue reading I’m 24 now