The path for most students is relatively clear, especially if they are pursuing higher education: Go to high school, get good grades in high school, apply for college, do well in college, perhaps sprinkle some internships in between and then get a good job. But this is not the path everyone takes anymore.
With the rapid bursts of blizzards and winds in Northeastern Connecticut this time of year, the battle against snow seems almost unwinnable. Even armed with a shovel, courage and a lot of caffeine, it’s incredibly difficult to clear away snow when it seemingly reappears quicker than you can shovel it away.
Happy Valentine’s Day! When you walk down the aisles of candies and flowers this week, which items catch your eye? The red boxes of assorted chocolates? The bright pink flowers? The pastel pink bags of candies? While red and pink occupy the shelves alongside each other, in this roundtable, the Life section will get to…
I’ve been a dancer for 17 years, but my relationship with dancing has been anything but consistent. Throughout my dance career, I’ve doubted my skills, questioned relationships and gone back and forth on how I feel about my physique. The only constant I experienced was a lack of confidence all around.
There is nothing worse than the feeling of closing a book and coming to terms that you’ve wasted your time because you hated it. However, there’s also nothing worse than someone hating an entire work simply because they didn’t like the main character. For many readers, having a protagonist be some horribly despicable or unbearable…