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The normality of mental health in graduate school
Graduate School should be hard, but not impossible. Graduate school should help you develop professionally, without losing your personal life. Graduate school should challenge you without taking a toll on your mental health. Graduate school should encourage you to be creative, not force you to prove that you are worthy of being there. Because you know what? You are more than worthy. You should embrace who you are and where you come from. Coming from the small island of Puerto Rico, an island which sometimes you cannot even find on a map, I often feel lost in this big escape of being in...
Let's go back to school
The COVID-19 pandemic changed everyone’s lives abruptly. Lockdowns were enforced, businesses were closed, and schools had to shut down and transfer their classrooms to a virtual sphere. Homes suddenly became workplaces, both for adults and children. But for many, it was not easy. Numerous siblings sharing the only phone or computer available, sometimes even borrowed from a family member or neighbor. Some kids climbing up trees to get data reception; meanwhile others were spending the entire day at a park or shopping mall to use the free Wi-Fi. Adults tend to have many different activities...
Emmanuel Cosmas Msoka - An Inspiring story of a young Innovator, Activist, and Changemaker
One of my teachers told me, I’m nothing, the other said, I won’t make it. The other one said, whatever I do the world will never spot. He could further say, "if he could do a google search he will never find me, so I just needed to stop what I do to my community and focus only on my studies". These are among the statements that I never took into consideration but the universe did. During my ordinary level education, it was a time when I actively engaged in doing a lot for my community and doing what I really love, I did a number of innovations, trained hundreds of children and youths in...
Mental Health: A Stigmatized Subject
Do you know how much I want to do research on why some adults stigmatize mental health? Specifically, stigmatizing a lot of its problems. I was born into a family that taught me a lot of good things, such as being nice to people, how you should act properly in places, how you should behave accordingly, and the like. But there was a lesson that I didn't learn from them, a lesson about mental health. I do think in my country that mental health isn’t a concern for all. It is somehow thought of as a hindrance and is never prioritized by everybody. I have encountered numerous people who experienced...
Education Hour
A successful society is built on the foundation of education. It is the belief that no one is born wise, but rather that wisdom is acquired through experience. Education creates institutions that aim to help those who are afflicted by ignorance, poverty, disease, and violence. We can become our best selves via education and make the world a better place for those around us. The process of imparting knowledge and developing abilities in a pupil is commonly thought of as education. However, learning can be viewed as a lifelong process that is required for survival, as well as a method utilized...
Youth as The Hope of Nations
"Youth is the hope of nations," they say. However, as the modern world continues to evolve on behalf of technology, there have been several issues and cases regarding the abuse of children by taking away their freedom nowadays. Therefore, how are we supposed to establish the future that we seek if we are too quick to belittle and to judge each of our capacities? How are we supposed to establish the future that we seek if we just see youth as burdens and weaklings? In today's time, the younger generation provides and makes much more difference in the most unexpected ways, far from what adults...
Too Smart to Fail
SMART What is it? Well, society tells us that being smart means you have good grades, you have a lot of knowledge, you did all your assignments well, etc. And one more, society tells us that being smart means you don’t fail. You must have that one (or two, or three...) person in your school or in your class that is considered “smart“ by your classmates or teacher. Or maybe you are that smart student. Being smart is not easy. Even though it is a gift, sometimes people set high expectations upon them. These expectations are toxic, for example: A is a smart student, she/he always get the first...
The blessing and burden of being 11 in Afghanistan: Through Daniyal's eyes
Education is Key
My Article on Inclusive Education
A page ready to be filled
A page ready to be filled, history ready to be made Write as you will Because education is everything, improvement needs to be made For some education is gold But what if that gold was limited or restrained What if that gold was restrained because of gender inequality Because of ones pride and satisfaction A page ready to be filled A page that still hasn't been filled for decades A page that has been written on, but has never been completed A page that has a decent beginning but not a marvelous ending So write as you will Write until the page is filled Write until history is made Write until...
Why non-formal education is important (my experience)
In today's blog, I want to share why non-formal education is important. Before all, we need to understand the difference between non-formal and formal education. Formal education is the one that is provided in accredited educational institutions. While non-formal education is any form of education that does not lead to the acquisition of new qualifications or diplomas but includes organized learning processes or the improvement of personal and professional skills.
Youth is Victory
Society is a community or group of people having common traditions, institutions, interests, beliefs, purposes in association with others. Society consists of different people - elderly, adults, and youth, with the same goal or purpose: achieving victory for their land. This victory can be achieved in different ways, and one is by educating and enhancing youth. There are different ways of educating and enhancing youth for the future of society or even the country. First on the list is teaching them social skills and making them engage in social activities for good purpose and cause. This skill...
Youth as Agents of Nation Building
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank, 'Anne Frank's Tales From The Secret Annex'. Youth are slowly taking over the world. Today, there are 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 years, accounting for 16 per cent of the global population (United Nations n.d.). Youth are the torchbearers of the world and it is only right that we guide them by developing their skills, uplifting their spirits, holding them accountable, and believing in them as the future leaders and pioneers of society. Unbeknown to others, the effectiveness...
Education for Rural Youth
Education is an important thing that must be considered and obtained by everyone, including young people. At least everyone should have general knowledge to carry out their daily lives, develop their innovation and creativity. However, it turns out that not all young people get sufficient support to develop and broaden their horizons, one of which is in rural areas where sometimes there are still gaps and lack of support from the government so that they are left behind with young people in urban areas. Even though they also have the opportunity to get support and create new ideas that can...