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5 Things College Students Forget About the Real World
You’ve heard it time and time again–college is a bubble. Yet nothing drives this point home more than all of the insane, bat-shit crazy things college students do that really makes you wonder if they’re real people. From bad manners to blatant acts of stupidity, here are some of the greatest hits of things college students forget about the real world:
In Defense of the Blackberry
Over the past few months it has been made abundantly clear to me that I am the last person in the world who owns a Blackberry. On a regular basis, my friends rail on me at the bar whenever I put my phone on the table. The question “how does it feel to live in a world populated by better phones than the one you have” has been raised more than once. When a student of mine asked if I had an Instagram, she looked genuinely embarrassed for me when I told her A) I didn’t have Instagram because I had a Blackberry and B) Even if I did, I’d never let her follow me or whatever it is you do with Instagram. In fact, nothing hit home harder than having a Baby Boomer colleague of mine tell me to go back to the 90s as he pulled out his iPhone.
Romancing the Prof: How to Build Effective Relationships with Your Professors
Just a few days ago I had the pleasure of meeting up with one of my English professors from Brown for a cup of coffee. There doesn’t seem to be anything particularly unusual about this sentence, but what if I told you that the last time I physically saw this woman in real life was during my diploma ceremony in May 2010, over two and a half years ago. Not only that, the last time I had this professor was for a 50-person into level English lecture class I took during my sophomore year in the fall of 2007!
5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Go to Law School
It’s that time of the year again. Recovering from your crazy night out and the massive hit your wallet took at 5 AM Friday morning, you turn towards the mountains of work you have to get done in preparation for the long haul of finals in December. If you’re a junior or senior, it also means prepping for the GREs, MCATs, GMATs, and LSATs and working on those grad school applications.
But, let me help you lighten your workload just a bit by saving you the trouble of applying to law school.
5 Computer Programs Every Student Should Know How To Use
The more employers I speak with, the more I learn that their emphasis is finding the all-in-one employee. With the job market in the shape that it’s in, businesses are stretching every dollar they have. Finding individuals with a ubiquitous skill-set is what’s desirable. Fear not. All it takes is practice and motivation to conquer these programs, and there are hundreds of guides available on the web. Also, check your local university, as they most likely offer classes that teach competency in these programs.
Here are five useful programs that many companies look for proficiency in when hiring:
Riding the Bus: My Experience with a Volunteer Year
After college, I was no more certain of what I wanted to do than most freshmen probably are. I wanted to write, and I wanted to help the world, but that didn’t get far in a cover letter. So I found a volunteer program, amped up my resume, filled out a long application with multiple essay questions, and was soon on my way to a monthly-stipend job with a nonprofit organization in Baltimore, Maryland.