The topic of habits arises almost every year when New Year's resolutions come up in conversation. People are always trying to kick their bad habits like eating too much, drinking too much or pretty much doing anything too much. Then there are other people who are trying to start new habits like [...]
Extracurricular activities come in all shapes and sizes and it’s a great goal to be more involved in the clubs and activities at your school or university. If you’ve never done any extracurriculars before, this can be quite daunting. Despite this, we all know getting involved is a great way [...]
Key Points: Saad Al-Kassab and his family fled Syria to escape war, arriving in Australia in 2014. Saad and his family provided aid to those affected by the war in Syria. Learning English for only 2 years, Saad graduated as dux with an ATAR of 96.65 He has been offered [...]
It seems to be the cool thing to make a new year's resolution, but how many new year's resolutions are people actually able to keep. More often than not, we hear of people vowing to 'go to the gym' or 'get all A+'s' in the coming year, only to give [...]
Your formal and/or graduation is a time to celebrate your schooling life with your classmates. Having some awards is a great way to show how everyone fits in and what they are contributing to the school (whether funny or serious). Here are some ideas for classic awards and some fun [...]
Being a student isn't always be the best thing! School may be a boredom you hate to suffer through and the prospect of astronomical university fees may seem daunting but there a few well-deserved benefits in being a student. One of the very best advantages would have to be the [...]
Schoolies is an important rite of passage. For the majority of people, the prospect of letting loose and having fun after a tumultuous year of hitting the books is what pushed them through the final weeks of the HSC. However, across Australia there are many schoolies destinations to choose from [...]
Been to every store in town and found nothing but the same old dresses? Found the perfect dress but someone else already bought it, so now you can’t?! Yeah been there, a girl had my dress at both the year 11 and year 12 ball grrrrr! So now you’ve turned [...]
Students often busy with assignments and exams and yet have to think of what to cook during the busy period. At the end of the day, we will choose to eat instant noodles as it is the fastest and easiest food to cook. Now, we can say goodbye to instant [...]
Ahhh ATAR – that magic number, that turns up in a letter after exams, that determines your entire scholarly fate! What is it? What does it mean? Where does it come from? Not to worry, just check out my crash course on ‘What is an ATAR’ and all your questions [...]
