Ed Observers

It’s okay to only pass your classes

When you’re a procrastinator, you assume that putting in the effort will make things change, but it hasn’t.

Being stuck in tradition sucks

Take advantage of your position to make your group environment a place where everyone feels that they can be heard.

Waving the white flag with pride

I’ve been wondering if I’m straight a lot recently. It’s funny — usually, the trope is that people have to consider the reverse.

Baseless motivation and the meliora mindset

Underlying those factors was a mentality of unhealthy perfectionism, taking the desire to be the best version of myself too far.

Desk jobs aren’t the death of creativity

Being forced to create within a specific framework can generate ideas that wouldn’t have otherwise arisen without such a restriction.

A Manifesto for ALL Sexual Assault Survivors

We declare that ALL sexual assault survivors ARE survivors, but NOT BROKEN or DAMAGED individuals. They are HUMANS, individuals who…

It’s time to keep our heads down (and masks on)

Let’s focus on what we can change, and channel our efforts into pushing for improvements that are possible.

An open letter to Workaholics Anonymous

The more you keep going, the less stopping seems to be an option. Thus, I keep going, hypocritically, and I’m sure many of you do, too.

Where’d all the time go?

Our lives are just about to begin, but in order for that to happen, our days of semi-reckless freedom must end.

The excitement and apprehension of in-person instruction

I don’t think I’m the only one on a roller coaster of emotions over the return to school, but overall, I’m smiling.