College New Year’s Eve

         

          Regardless of what people may say, it is always a nice thing if campus students get to find time to have some fun together on New Year’s Eve. It is always a happy moment as each and every person is always happy to be able to reflect on how the year has been and sort of make resolutions for the new year. It is always a happy time for those who have achieved their resolutions of the year that is about to end and they always find a reason to be cheerful.

            For those perhaps who had made resolutions and for some reason hadn’t achieved them it is always a good time for them to be involved in coming up with things that more or less add value to them in the year to come. All in all it is always a time for reflection in the sense that it makes one think of where he or she is and how he or she needs to move from hence. It is for that reason that I feel that people need to find a reason to be cheerful under all circumstances and that is all it shall ever be.

            When all is said and done though you must agree with me that it is always a time for people to be cheerful and happy for the occurrences that have taken place in the year and hope for better in the subsequent year. There are so many things that can be done to cheer the day up, but the fact remains that it is a day that needs to be appreciated and enjoyed by all.

Communicate With Your Roommate

Avoiding conflict is inevitable when living with a roommate. Irrespective of whether you are best friends or total strangers, living together can sometimes cause friction. It is therefore necessary to have effective communication tools – to help live harmoniously. Here is what you need to enhance proper communication.

For starters, formulate a roommate contract. Having a contract – printed on paper prior to anyone moving in with you – sets ground rules that will ensure friendships are kept alive in future. It is much easier to co-habit with specified terms in place. Unnecessary conflict is avoidable this way.

Make yourself accessible. Privacy has its perks when living together. But if you are constantly away – especially when issues arise – keeping conflicts at bay would be an exercise in-futility. Sometimes change in privacy settings is vital. Leave your phone number behind for the sake of resolving issues that might be hanging low.

Do things together. This is one of the simplest ways of lightening things up when living together. Going out to watch a movie or sharing a cup of coffee, is one of things that can easily steer good communication between roommates. Suffice to say, create a friendly relationship.

Never bottle up issues. If you want to easily increase your stress and anxiety levels, bottle up issues. Grievances between roommates might arise. But keeping these grievances under your hat does nothing but ‘stew’ you. Learn to compromise lest you cause yourself unwanted distress.

Know when to fold. In other words, know when to call it quits with your roommate. If the situation has become unbearable and an unnerving between the two of you, discuss how to end your relationship – in a professional manner. Ending things in a civil manner ensures that you get to respect each other’s opinion, as well ending on a good note.

How to Pick a Major

           There are so many hurdles that students have to face in the course of their studies in campus. There are very many instances where a student indeed has to make decision over what to do and what not to do if he is to succeed in the course of his life. Somebody once said that success is something that is not a one-time thing per se but rather a thing that is a process that is made up of tiny decisions that have to made right from the word go.

            From the high school level-or lower in some cases-students always have to make a choice of what they want to pursue in the course of their campus lives and they have to stick by it. As you might expect that is never an easy decision to make, considering the fact that students at that stage always don’t know much about what is expected of them in real life. When they get to campus students always have to make a decision over the major they are to pursue and what have you.

            In case you have never realized that is one of the most difficult decisions to make, considering that one is never sure about what he is comfortable with and what the future holds for them. I would like to think that before choosing a major a student should look at which of the two disciplines he is choosing from he is more comfortable with and where does he plan to be in future in a career sense. If the two questions are conclusively answered then a student shouldn't struggle to pick a major or a minor. 

Pros and Cons of Getting a PhD

There are myriad reasons why many choose to pursue a doctoral degree. It could be for the pleasure of reading and researching. It could be for career advancement. Or better still, to further ones education. But what exactly are the advantages and disadvantages of acquiring a PhD?

For starters, it helps in securing a lucrative employment. A doctoral degree, irrespective of its field, gives your resume an edge. It makes it stand out remarkably thus insurmountably enhancing your employability chances. This is the most palpable advantage associated with a doctoral degree.

Enhances earnings and opens career opportunities. These are advantages that arguably propel one to fierce job markets. With a doctoral degree, careers that require a great deal of research and which are intellectually and financially rewarding, are quite easy to secure.

And that is not all. Getting a PhD bolsters a weak undergraduate performance. It also provides you with a greater specialization in your area of study. But that notwithstanding, there are drawbacks; cons that are associated with acquiring a PhD. And nothing could take the top spot, on the list, than the cost of financing the degree.

The cost of funding a doctoral degree is not only off-putting but expensive. Suffice it to say, studying for a PhD will literally cost you an arm. The fees are expensive and not many can exclusively afford to meet the exorbitant costs that come with the degree programme.

Time taken to undertake the course is another general disadvantage. Getting a PhD title, before your name, does not come easy. It takes a lot of time. One must therefore be fully committed to the course – without entirely doing different things on the sideline. Four to five years of education, without doing anything else, can seem pleasurable but not always.