Category: Education
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Writing motivation advice
Why even listen to advice on writing from a person who doesn’t like writing? Well because getting motivation advice from a person who likes writing is like getting budgeting advice from a billionaire. Getting motivated to write for me is hard: This is because writing does not come easy to me. Words don’t just magically…
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Formula for Writing
I like math. It’s straightforward, it’s easy, it goes from a-x in a straightforward formula and there’s a right or a wrong answer. As a child I’d love getting math homework, because I’d finish all of it in class. I’d be able to do the majority of the questions in my head. I’d typically only…
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How I try to be more sustainable
The earth is doomed; Unless we make some drastic changes. Now I am well aware many of these changes need to be done on a much larger scale but I cannot just give up. I want to hold myself accountable for how I live and I want to live a life that is more sustainable.…
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Sexual Selection 101
Remember how I said evolution was random here? Well here’s an exception. Sexual selection is a driver of evolution that is more streamlined than natural selection. While natural selection is “survival of the fittest”, sexual selection is “survival of the prettiest”. In a very basic sense. Sexual selection is most often driven by the “choosier”…
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Evolution 101
Throughout my young academic career, I’ve noticed young students might not always understand evolution. So here is my brief explanation of what evolution is. Contrary to many popular beliefs, evolution doesn’t have a “goal” nor does it try to make things “more complicated”. It is also not linear. Evolution is actually very random. That’s why…
Dr. Anastasia Shavrova 