The first TED talk I ever saw was Ken Robinson’s talk on “How schools kill creativity.”
These words adorn many shirts in my closet, but I didn’t fully appreciate their meaning until I participated in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference over spring break.
It’s 10:58 p.m. on a Wednesday night and all my assignments due the next day are done.
About one year ago today, I was watching the Duke-UNC game in a UNC common room.
We arrive on campus as blank slates with the opportunity to reinvent ourselves anew.
It took me 18 years to realize that experiencing stomachaches, indigestion or nausea after meals is not normal.
As a 5’2” female walking into a male-dominated weight room, I attract a lot of looks as I haul around weights half my size and use a step stool to reach the pull-up bar.