Redefining a “Most Wonderful Day”
What makes a day wonderful? Is it getting that grade you wanted on your last exam, hearing back from that exciting job opportunity or hanging...
Opinions
The understated joys of teaching
As I’m sitting here writing this, I have just completed my last full day as a seventh grade social studies teacher for the summer. Eight...
To Incoming President Ángel Cabrera
With the recent announcement of incoming President Ángel Cabrera, the Technique sees a valuable opportunity to use this watershed moment to speak to Dr. Cabrera...
Home on the Move
As college students, the nature of where we live is transient. Since freshman year, I’ve had the slightly unsettled feeling that I shouldn’t get...
Warren: Champion or Foe?
Elizabeth Warren is marketable. Her fresh face has allowed her to outpace even frontrunner Joe Biden among less-moderate voters of her party – a Quinnipiac...
Take a Break for Your Own Sake
The summer is nearly halfway over. Some Tech students are completing their degree with a summer semester. Others are working on at an internship to...
The Power of Puzzles
I practically grew up on my grandmother’s knee, studying her habits with the rapt attention of childhood. She spent long hours in her garden, where...
Tipping and the issue of an uncertain paycheck
One of the most common complaints I hear on campus is about an uncertainty in grades for classes with heavy curves, but what many of...
The manipulation of online media
I could very easily talk about my time at Tech. While I do want to impart all that I have learned over the past five...
Why I came to Tech doesn’t matter
At my FASET in July 2015, there was a point at which some admin was standing on the Ferst Center stage and celebrating our accomplishments...
Under Pressure
After becoming the subject of several local news stories, Tech’s administration decided to allow eight students from the Excel program to walk at this year’s...
Welcome to Tech
Let me start off by saying that whatever mental image you have of the next four — or five — years is not even close...
Rethinking Commencement
Tech’s Excel Program, per its website, “is a four year college program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities leading to two separate Certificates.” The...
Finding my place at Georgia Tech
Students at Tech seem to have widely varying opinions on the Institute, but a common theme seems to be their struggle. Whether it’s a struggle...
One small word may save your sanity
Maybe it’s just me, but I have discovered that finding a way to utter that simple, one-syllable, two-letter word has been shockingly difficult, particularly in...
Social media and the death of thoughtful discourse
Discussing problems with social media will always, 100 percent of the time, without fail, lead to someone stating that “Comparing yourself to others isn’t healthy.”...
Four years of a problematic status quo
As my time at Tech comes to a close, I find myself wondering more and more if I will miss the experience once I am...
Tackling a dangerous apathy on campus issues
Graduating is something every Tech student looks forward to. While students may “get out,” there always seems to be a little bit of Tech left...