“Ma’am, I’m still a student. Why would a professional want to connect with me?” I hear this question quite often. And I usually respond: “Because you are not asking for a job. You are beginning a conversation.” Somewhere along the way, we have turned networking into a numbers game. How many LinkedIn connections do you […]
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Reflections on education, life and the world around us. A part-time job can pay the bills. What if it could also build a career? Walk into any city today and you will see college students working part-time. Some deliver food. Some work in retail. Some take up shifts in restaurants. Some drive cabs or work […]
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Are We Still Reading or Just Scrolling? Digital reading habits are changing how students consume information, engage with literature and focus on what they read. You can doom scroll through 100 Instagram posts in 10 minutes. But can you read 10 pages of a novel without checking your phone? Reading has become part of almost […]
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Your phone may be in your hand. But who is holding your attention? A student walks into my office. While talking to me, the phone lights up. A quick glance. WhatsApp. Instagram. An email. A notification. Nothing unusual. In fact, it has become so normal that we barely notice it anymore. And yet, it makes […]
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