Good evening!It's been a silent blog for the past few days. I have been studying like crazy for my exams. Getting up at six o clock in the morning and going to bed at ten at night. If I'm not taking the test, I'm studying! Ouchies! Three exams over with now which means I am officially more than half way through! :DToday was my worst exam. I really hope I scraped through, I'll be lucky ifI did but I'm trying to be positive. I really am looking forward to Friday when everythings finished!Then onto the GAMS... read more »
The Washington Post's Wonkblog section of their website has a blog post from reporter Brad Plumer commenting on a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York about how many people are actually finding employment in the fields or degree programs of their choice. According to the study, a staggering 27% of college graduates work in positions that were closely related to the program that they studied for.Caveat: This is going to be a lengthy report, so bear with me here. There is quite a lot to tal... read more »
An economics student by the name of Jason recently sent author, investment broker, Austrian economics supporter and financial commentator Peter Schiff a listener question about allegedly biased economics professors. Whether you agree with Peter on his economic and political beliefs doesn't really matter.The point is that the political science courses that Schiff attended during his days at UC Berkeley were most likely biased and hardly objective in any sense. Regardless of what end of the political spect... read more »
Afternoon!I haven't been feeling all that well for the past few days so my posting has been a bit off. I also have been really struggling with my exam prep so not being very productiveat all.Anyway something positive today: I attended a free GAMSAT webinar, from passgamsat.com. It was on how to approch the GAMSAT when you don't know where to start.The first half of the webinar was quite good and motivating and then the second half was pretty much trying to sell their online course which like all other GA... read more »
Afternoon!I didn't get a chance to update as usual in the past day or so, as I was studying for an exam. The exam period is two weeks and I have 5 exams in total. One this week and four next week. Today's exam went surprisingly okay I think! It wasn't that I did any extra revision because I just crammed yesterday and this morning! But I remembered a surprising amount of very specific information such as authors and years.Could my choline and inositol supplement be kicking in? I hope so! :DAfter the exam ... read more »
USA Today has reported a breakthrough in the whole ongoing college bubble saga. Even members of the Federal Advisory Council are warning the public that the current student loan debt crisis is very similar to what happened with the housing bubble. See a pattern here? There has been speculation among some groups who have criticized the Fed for allegedly causing the housing bubble themselves, likeThe Cato Institute. Regardless of what or who caused the housing bubble as there were many different, complex f... read more »
Afternoon!Today I am talking about something that creeps it's way into everyone's life at some stage or another, and that is stress! As my exams are looming I'm definately experiencing some right now. Generally I think stress is most debilitating before a particular event. We build things up so much in our head that small challenges canbecome magnified and distorted, and this can take a toll on our mental, physical and spiritual health.I know from my own experiences I've fallen victim to this manys a tim... read more »
Morning! I remember watching a kids show when I was younger called Bernard's Watch. This young boy had a magical watch which he could use to stoptime. Everythingaround him would freeze andit came in very handy!!!I wished and wished and wishedfor one but it never happened.So one thing I strugglewith ismakingthe most out of mytime during the day. I always find that my day goes so quickly and I just can't understand where it's gone! As a student, and a wannabe doctor I definately need to work harder on maxi... read more »
Happy Wednesday everyone!I just wanted to pop in and let you know about a new series that I will be posting in here on Love, Amybecca...x My Masters Series!You may (or may not) know that I am about to embark on my Masters Degree. I graduated from University after studying my Bachelors Degree (in History) in 2006, and I have decided in recent months to go on to my Masters Degree (also in History).My plan throughout my degree is to continue working, so my aim for this series is to follow me from now (inclu... read more »
Gentle readers, I must notify you that today brought a couple of challenges to my claim that Article 1, Section 8 has been violated by the student loan bankruptcy exclusion.Rather than waste the time of my audience I have decided to invite these two people to submit posts as to what is wrong with the Article 1, Sec. 8 argument. For reference see the comments under my last post, Aljahzeera: STUDENT DEBT DAMAGING THE ECONOMYHopefully this exercise will be fruitful for all who read my blog, and the student... read more »
