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Grad School's Not the Problem, You Are

Nicholas Barber | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: University, Job Market, Doctorate, Student Life, Doctoral Degrees, Phd, College, Professors, Tenure, Student Stress, Academia, Graduate School, Rebecca Schuman, Universities, Canada Living News
Nicholas Barber

Several times per semester an article gets forwarded around amongst the students in my PhD program with a message that is some variation of the following: Doctoral studies are pointless. Needless to say, these are depressing, discouraging reads for those of us already pursuing advanced degrees. I enjoy being a PhD student.

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Quebecois Student Protesters Will Grow Out of It. They Always Do

Yoni Goldstein | Posted 07.18.2012 | Canada
Read More: Quebecois University, Student Protests, Montreal, Student Life, Masks, Riots, Quebec, Quebecois Strike, Tuition, College, Beer, Student Strike, Pot, Quebec City, Frat Boys, Canada News
Yoni Goldstein

Going to university is like hitting the snooze button on life: You do whatever you want whenever you want, and there are no consequences. Same thing goes for these protests: Most of the kids on strike in Quebec demonstrating in the streets, are going to turn out just fine, and become hard-working citizens like you and me.

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The Beginner's Guide to University

Kaitlyn Kochany | Posted 11.01.2011 | Canada
Read More: Back to School, Student Life, Freshman, School, University Transition, Coping With Roommate, Guide to University Life, College Guide, University Guide, Canada News
Kaitlyn Kochany

University is tough: you'll have a learning curve that has less to do with schoolwork, and more to do with leaving home, making new friends, exploring your identity and bumping up against new kinds of knowledge. Give yourself permission to fail!

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