Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Lessons learned: Being boys
Nathan Crawford reminded me to have fun when I was trying my hardest to grow up. In other words, we were boys. I met Nathan, who...
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Lessons Learned: The liberal arts degree was worth it!!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… you know the rest. But aside from (cliché) aphorisms, I never thought...
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Lessons Learned: Five things I learned in my first year of college
A little over a year ago, I got my acceptance letter to Oxy. Throughout high school, I imagined what college would be like. I...
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Lessons Learned: How roller skating (kind of) saved my life
Content warning: The following article discusses depression. Feb. 23, 2024: instead of the high static friction between my shoes and the ground, there are wheels...
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Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Duolingo
Thursday, April 22, 2021, I completed a Duolingo lesson in Mandarin Chinese. I didn’t think much of the lesson or the app at the...
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Lessons Learned: Notes from the Soler Glacier
It rained for three days straight before we could climb the pass. Ceaseless and loud, large blue drops of water poured off of our...
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Lessons Learned: How to return from winter break as an international student
If you’re an international student like me, the transition of returning from winter break might have been hard for you. Adjusting to a new...
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Lessons Learned: How to be OK with being alone
For the past 19 years, my biggest fear has always remained the same. The most typical fears — heights, the dark, small spaces and snakes...
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Lessons Learned: How to drink from a fire hydrant
My mom likes to say that sometimes life is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. I think this is her...
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Lessons Learned: From first-year roommates to dear friends
Culture editor Katie Moore and Opinions editor Shreya Srinivasan reflect on their college journey, starting as first-year roommates, staying in touch through the pandemic,...
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Lessons Learned: How to get used to men, or not?
I don’t think I realized that my seven years of all-girls school had impacted me in any formative or traumatic way until I stepped...
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Lessons Learned: How to know when to quit
I’m a master at the art of quitting. From baseball to Mandarin to fruitarianism, I’ve dedicated myself to every activity imaginable, only to quit...
