Adulting is, put simply, taking the torch from your parents and learning how to take a Saturday and clean the entire house or how to go out and buy a car without breaking the bank. One of the key aspects of adulting is taking charge when it comes to finances, whether that means knowing when […]
Brea Jones/ Staff Writer As children, for one reason or another, we have often said the phrase “I can’t wait to grow up.” But now that the time for growing up has come none of us are really prepared. Throughout high school, we are taught useless information that does not prepare us for anything other […]
Gabriella Blanco/ Contributing Writer Adulting isn’t all work, bills, existential crisis, shower, and repeat. Some parts of it are pretty mundane. Grocery shopping is such a basic chore that it’s easy for it to be seen as a no-brainer for a lot of birds who have left the nest for the first time, and it […]
Jacquelyn Hurtado/ Staff Writer Adulthood is a reality that everyone must enter, but few can manage. Unfortunately, the school system fails to prepare students for adulting, causing an insecurity among young adults. In my experience, the high school curriculum focuses primarily on academic success. Usually, the overall success of students on state exams and end-of-course […]
David Pradere/ Contributing Writer A concept that seems to have infiltrated the millennial mind is that with age comes an added responsibility and burden. This can be traced back to the generation prior teaching their children that adulthood is nothing but taxes, bills, and obligations that one really doesn’t want to be obligated to. If […]
Rina Factor/ Contributing Writer Usually, people either seek out or accidentally come across pornography the first time they view it. Both encounters are shocking, but the continuous viewing of pornography desensitizes the viewer so that they need to seek out increasingly obscene pornography in order to become aroused. The viewer shifts from vanilla sex to […]
By Alhi Leconte Dorm life is an experience that quite a lot of people go through that’s significant to college career. Living alone has awaken the harsh reality of “adulting.” Becoming accustomed to dorm life can be quite overwhelming initially. As a campus resident, I can vouch that over time you learn to adjust and college […]
Jasmine Casimir & Peter Holland Jr. // Asst. Sports Directors Being a student athlete is never an easy task, especially for the football players who participate in practices, team meetings, film studies and going to class every week. Now, if you add being a father into the mix, that’s the life of some FIU players. […]
