Posts published in “Mind of a Freshman”
Mind of a Freshman is an Opinion column written by one or two first-year Stevens students to discuss life experiences during their time at Stevens, and other related subject matter.
If I’m being honest, I can’t remember a time when I was in school and wasn’t stressed. Even in middle school when I really shouldn’t have been so worried about schoolwork, I was fixated on being the best of the best.
We live in the age of “burns” and “roasting people.”
Over winter break, I had a lot of free time. And, like most people, I filled those spare minutes with mindless scrolling through social media.
Everyone has experienced burnout — or if you haven’t yet, chances are you’re about to. Although you may not know the exact term, burnout is when you’ve basically worked yourself into the ground and can’t seem to get motivated to do any work.
Recently, I’ve been seeing some interesting tendencies happening on campus that I’d like to bring to people’s attention. We’re largely proclaimed as an open and accepting school, and for the most part I believe that’s true.
Over the weekend, I took a trip to Manhattan. Not very unusual for a Stevens student, but it was on this particular trip that I took a lot of public transportation.