My name’s Jeff*. I’m 22 years oldâturning 23 in Mayâand I was born and raised in the Lower Mainland area. I have a caring family, consisting of my divorced parents and three siblings. I’m a business student at Douglas College, and I’m hoping to transfer to Simon Fraser University in the next two or three years.
If youâre young, working, and studying using student loans then youâre likely financially strained and in need of a budget. There is not much you can compromise on.
For the most part, this is a universally accepted norm in our modern society that we must do absolutely everything in our power to save the lives of those in need.
One day, I asked my father about the first job he ever had. The answer I got was pretty shocking. For eight hours a day, he stood sweating in front of an open furnace, shoveling piles of wastepaper into the flames. He got two 10-minute coffee breaks, and an unpaid half-hour lunch break per day.
Living in a world constantly being stripped of its resources, the human race needs to find alternatives.
Summer is here! It is too rainy and gloomy these days, but officially we are in spring and the summer season is knocking at our doors with its bag full of wonderful and fun opportunities.
Is the human race driving itself into a technological ice age? Shooting through cyberspace are concerns of whether or not humanityâs desire for technology is hurting society at its most basic levelâcommunication.
Technology as we know it today, considered a luxury by most in the 1990s, is an integral part of most peopleâs lives in the developed world. Smartphones, GPS, and the like have become deeply rooted in our daily lives. This, in particular, goes for the latest generation to reach adulthoodâa demographic commonly referred to as the millennials.
Recent approval of a mobile application in South Korea meant to be used as a student suicide-prevention tool has sparked some concerns in a country known as much for its Internet connectivity as for its high rates of suicide.
I am a big time foodie, and I can bet that I am not the only one with strong feelings for food, which is a very natural social behaviourâour social lives are deeply connected with food. Apart from being a basic necessity for life, food is part of our cultures, values, religions, traditions, history, relationships, and memories.
