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20 Alternate Ways to Show Someone You Appreciate Them

It’s easy to get caught up in life and forget to tell the loved ones in our life just how much we appreciate them. We make up excuses and tell ourselves that we’ll do it later, but you never know if “later” is going to be too late. But sometimes it’s also just hard for us to convey how much someone means to us. It’s not always easy for people to say “I love you” or “I appreciate you”, so here are 20 other ways to do just that. 20. Spend time with them. This is probably the most obvious out of them all, but as college students with busy schedules it can be hard to coordinate time to spend together. Even if it’s just grabbing a quick coffee between classes or tagging along to buy groceries, just make sure you spend time with them. 19. Tag/send an article that reminds you of

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5 Painfully True Facts High School Students Should Know About College

As a college freshman who is just about to end my first year, I am proud to say I survived. Looking back at high school, I never quite understood my teachers when they’d tell us college wasn’t going to be a walk in the park. I used to see tons of tweets from my friends who had graduated about their all nighters the week before finals, but I thought that would be the only big adjustment from high school to college life. Oh man, was I wrong. Here are 5 things all high school students should know about college: 5.) No more cheat sheets. In high school it was easy to get by with A’s and B’s without studying at all. Sure, there was the occasional “big test” you made a few flash cards for, but even that was rare. Senior year of high school, I graduated with all A’s after doing

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10 Struggles of Students on the Quarter System

Most college students will tell you that they often feel as though they don’t have as much time as they’d like to get their work done. Then there are those on the quarter system, where in ten weeks you are expected to take 2 midterms, a final, 5-10 quizzes, complete homework assignments, numerous lab reports or essays and still make it out with your sanity. Here are the top 10 struggles of students on the quarter system: 10. Syllabus “week” really only lasts for about half of the first lecture. The time spent going over what the course is all about ends up being reduced to about 20 minutes. Anyone on the quarter system can expect to hear something along the lines of “Well let’s jump right in and get started!” from their professors on the first day of class. 9. You still have a full week of class the

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A Letter to the Grandfathers I Never Knew

Both of my grandfathers, and step-grandfather, left this earth before I was able to meet them. With the recent passing of my Grandma, on my Dad’s side, I’ve found myself often thinking about the things I wish I could’ve learned from each of them and the memories I wish that I could reflect on. This article is dedicated to them and anyone else who’s lost their grandparent(s) too soon. If I had the opportunity to travel back in time to meet you, I would take it in a heartbeat. I can only imagine what it’d be like to sit across from you and listen to the drawl of your voice as you recount your life’s tales. I’d sit on the couch with my legs curled under me, cradling the cup of tea you made just for me, as the smell of cookies lingers in the air from the batch that Grandma and I made the

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College Perfectly Portrayed by The Vampire Diaries

20. When you stumble home after a night of partying.   19. When you’re a senior and realize you’re finally almost done with school. (Unless you decide to go to grad school.) 18. When that one person in your class keeps asking questions about everything.   17. When you finally finish your midterms/finals and can feel all the stress leaving your body.   16. Realizing your parents can’t dictate your every move any more because you live on campus and not at home.