Standardized Testing: Good or Bad?
In the US, students take approximately 112 mandatory standardized tests before they finish high school. According to an article in the Washington Post, these tests consume about 25 hours each year (a total of 300 hours throughout 12 years of school). These tests will either…
Dreams: A Parallel Universe
You’re walking as you breathe in the fresh air of the fields surrounding you. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the sky is as blue as the ocean. You lean back to sit down, but instead of being softly greeted by the…
Street Delivery: “The Manifesto of Smart Pedestrians”
Strada Arthur Verona, located next to the Athenaeum, is a street known as a major part of the Urban Culture in Bucharest. It is a street whose walls are covered in graffiti–some meaningful, some just beautiful. But it wasn’t always this way. In 2016, the…
How to: Create Your Own Service Learning Group
Do you have a dream college in mind? Ever wonder what you can do to make yourself stand out from all the other competitors? Luckily, there’s an easy answer: creating your own service learning group. Creating a service learning group is a great opportunity to…