When I was nine years old, my sister had a hilarious idea for an experiment to see how much I knew about sex. She sat me down at the computer and I stared blankly at one sentence typed into Notepad: “Sex is when the boy puts his ________ into the girl’s ________”. I mulled it … Continue reading
I’m a New Englander. I grew up in a tiny town in southern New Hampshire. When I say tiny, I’m talking less than 800 people. I drink my coffee iced year-round, and anything above 50 degrees is t-shirt weather. My state motto is “Live Free or Die”, exemplified by state liquor stores on either side … Continue reading
It starts as early as Pre-K; the continual grooming for the next step. From Pre-K to Kindergarten to elementary school to middle school to high school to college – we are thrown into a constant and repetitive cycle of always preparing for the future. We take standardized tests that measure our cognitive abilities. We’re taught to … Continue reading
As Thursday of week nine slowly chugs along, students are preparing for the glorious two days of freedom – away from school, away from professors, away from classrooms or co-op – that come at the end of every week: the weekend. While many of you may think that time travel is not yet possible, let … Continue reading
SEX. There, I said it. And you read it. Still with me? We can all agree that sexual content has been, and continues to be, a hot and controversial topic in the education system. What content should children be exposed to in a school setting? How young is too young to be introduced to any form … Continue reading
What do improv writing, poetry sharing, uncontrollable laughter, and awesome people have in common? If you attend the poetry slam tonight, February 25th, you’re guaranteed to experience all of these things! This event will be held at the Pen and Pencil Club, located at 1522 Latimer Street, at 7:30pm. The first PBQ slam I attended was so … Continue reading
As Drexel students, we’re prone to a list of frustrating questions asked repeatedly by friends, family, and others. These questions become exhausting and repetitive when our answers fall upon audiences made up of half-listeners. Do they really care about the quarter system? Or will their questions forever be the result of half-hearted attempts to understand what it’s like to … Continue reading
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” We all know the familiar chant. We’ve been hearing it for years — on the playground, in the classroom, from older siblings or parents; it’s etched into our childhood memories, next to always wash your hands after using the restroom and don’t talk to strangers. It sounds … Continue reading
When you come to college, you are often times placed in classes with students you may not be familiar with. It can be scary and uncomfortable to be surrounded by strangers, and for many people, this hinders their desire to speak up in class. I’m in my third year at Drexel, and I still find … Continue reading
As early as I can remember, we were told to take notes. If you weren’t taking notes, you weren’t paying attention. If you weren’t paying attention, you were a bad student. If you were a bad student, you’d fail. It was all very mathematical: take notes + pay attention = good student. It was so … Continue reading
When I was sixteen years old, I got my first job as a breakfast waitress at a seafood restaurant on the beach. My first day on the job, I was terrified to say the least. I’d always been somewhat shy in the department of interacting with strangers, and had involuntarily earned the nickname “Gracie” from my family … Continue reading
My least two favorite words in the English language, based purely on spelling, are Wednesday and February. I find myself chanting Wed-nessss-day and Feb-ruee-ary anytime I am forced to reluctantly write either one (including the first sentence of this post). English is so strange. To avoid feeling like the brunt of a bad joke – and/or satisfy curiosity – … Continue reading