My journey to the College of Charleston was purely financial for me. My parents made it very clear that they could support my hopes and dreams of a higher education to a point. They were not going to spend a ridiculous amount of money putting me through college – and this I cannot blame them […]
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It’s All About Perspective
I know I’ve mentioned the fact that I started my undergraduate studies as a computer science major (despite knowing little about computer science) at least once before, which would then lead into a rant of sorts about how much I suffered in that program. For the risk of sounding repetitive, I’m going to mention it […]
Finding a Story to Tell
Despite my aversion to talking more about myself, I have always had a love for storytelling. As a child, I distinctly remember my second-grade teacher telling the class that books are a form of escape. That there is the ability to jump into a new world with new possibilities. While my teacher had said these […]
Grab a Plane Ticket and Lets Go!
College, for me, never really felt like a choice, but instead felt like something that I was supposed to do. Nothing wrong with that either, as most of my favorite moments have been at the College of Charleston, but I knew that I always wanted to go to college and more specifically this college. What […]
Humanity: Learning How to Learn
Throughout my undergraduate career, I’ve struggled to find what it means to be me. When I came into college, as noted in a previous piece of mine, I wanted to study science. I wanted a safe job with a safe income so I could live a safe life. But I quickly realized that would not […]
Tink Happy Thawts
Once Upon a Time blah blah blah. That’s how I feel right now while reflecting on my time here as a senior studying English at The College of Charleston. Now don’t get me wrong, I love it here – but it has been no fairytale. There have been countless tears, sleepless nights fueled by Monster […]
Oh, the Humanity! (But, like, in a good way.)
To say that things have changed would be an understatement. I left my hometown just outside of Denver, Colorado and came to College of Charleston for the fall semester of 2019—that’s three years, six months, and ten days ago, according to this English major’s arithmetic—and I suppose it would be normal for the world to […]