myTakes: Education & Career

Most jobs aren't meant to be fun in the way one's weekend or birthday can be fun. They often contain mundane tasks like long work meetings or projects, having to deal with the same people every single day that you may not...

1. How to Manage Bills Managing bills sounds easy...until you actually have to do it. Unfortunately, we aren't taught this in high school, so I had to learn it on my own when I was away at school. I quickly got into the...

In college, I had a total of five roommates. Out of the total, I would only consider 2 of them to have been what the college brochures advertised, which would be reasonably happy, well adjusted, smiling, normal people who...

Getting a job is anything but easy. I’ve probably been on one hundred interviews in my life and I’m only 24 years old. I was either under-qualified, overqualified or just wasn't right for the position. It can be very...

There is a certain point in life when you get tired of the games and messing around. You will eventually decide it’s time to grow up. I never felt like I had much of a childhood. I started working at a young age. Whether...

High school isn't easy, and anyone that tells you otherwise is either lying, or is part of a minority who had actually did have a good time. I'm only in Year 11 (or as American's would say, a 'Junior') but I've dealt with...

With the first year of University for many just around the corner, I wanted to create a Mytake aimed at helping ease some of the anxiety surrounding post-secondary education. Having worked as an academic advisor at a...

You know the case, finding a job is very hard when you're young or straight out of education. High paid, dream jobs come once in a blue moon and that doesn't mean you'll get it, yet there's plenty of low paid,...

Woooo! You've got your dorm and roommate assignment and you're ready and on your way to moving in and starting your Freshman year of college. Most people will have never lived away from home or without their parents, so...

You might feel as though learning a language is hard, and it is, don't get me wrong here. Especially if you're American, and don't have to learn another language. In my country, you get taught a total of three languages,...

As everyone in high school needs to think about it at some point, I gained experience this summer. Thinking about a Major and what you want to do after high school. STARTING OUT I started thinking about these things in...

Mathematics has a bad reputation among too many people. People complain about how hard it is, how boring it is, or how irrelevant it is. In reality, mathematics is easy, interesting, exciting, useful, and totally relevant...

How much would you say getting a paycheck influences your want or need to stay at a job? Would you be as motivated to wake up in the morning, get dressed, and haul it into work, and do an excellent job, if you knew at the...

My Experience Before a brain aneurysm I worked in several different job areas. While I did some technical writing as a result of my engineering work in the form of manuals, protocols, and ethics, I also did comic books,...

Represent The Women's Volleyball Team I will try to be the best and act professional. Major In Business It's the easiest major. Get Good Grades Athlete's tend to get better grades because of the schedules they are...

(Disclaimer: there is no one correct way to become fluent.) I do not claim to be an expert, but as a person that grew up speaking English and Spanish, I know what its like to deal with communicating in two languages. My...

So, let’s face it. School already sucks to begin with. Throw standardized testing into the mix, and you know what you have? A whole bundle of “Aw Heck Naw!” For some people, it’s even more than just the drama and testing....