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Clearly, we don’t owe a friend the same commitment as a boyfriend, but is a single 30-minute lunch once a week despite all else going on too much to ask?
Unlike in high school, freshmen realize after a couple of months that there’s no point in doing a club unless they’re either genuinely passionate about it, it will help them professionally or they’re applying to graduate school later on.
Unfortunately, regardless of whether you see effortless or effortful perfection as the goal, you’ll feel bad if you don’t achieve said perfection.
We shouldn’t be asking if students are cheating via ChatGPT, but rather why they feel the need to.
Next, we will slowly remove all allergens from the dining halls until the only foods left are plain chicken, white rice and unseasoned broccoli (J.B.’s will make a killing)
I remain conflicted because, of course, I want to personally sound as smart as possible…but, in modifying the way I talk to fit the norm, I’m further reinforcing the dichotomy between the way the “educated” and “noneducated” speak.
Here’s the funny thing, though: the housing changes brought about by QuadEx prevented me from continuing to live with this same group of friends I made as a freshman two years ago.
It makes sense to make personally beneficial choices but moving through life without considering others not only harms others but will also come back to bite us in the butt when others don’t feel the need to be accountable to us.
We commodify pre-professional experiences because we think of them as tangible, resume-able activities that you can pick and choose as easily as filling out a form or two.
It shouldn’t feel played out to say things aren’t great for women in technology. The normalization of an issue itself doesn’t solve any problems.