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BACK TO ONLINE SCHOOL !!!
Here We Go Again: Online School
By: Sarah Bisram
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A year of online school later and yet it feels like uncharted territory. We have heard tips such as finding a quiet place and developing a routine but they have failed to help completely navigate the stress of online school. For this reason, I have compiled a list of specific ways to stay engaged during this school year.
1. Improve focus with a distraction log Are you ever in class and randomly remember you have to ask your mom to buy you some pens? Maybe during Spanish you realize you need to add an assignment to your to-do list. Well you should try a distraction log. This is a physical or digital notebook for jotting down important reminders if they pop into your head so you can return your focus to the task at hand. N.B. keep things such as finishing a Netflix show off the distraction log; important reminders only. After class simply complete the tasks in the log.
For the full list of tips, visit page 3 in The Collegian
Space Travel
By Jeremy Small
Did you know that it takes 80,000 years to get to the nearest star from earth? Well, this 150-year-old concept is about to change that! Scientists may have just materialized the way to quicker space travel. Mach Effect Gravity Assist (MEGA) Drive may provide the technology we need to break through the barriers of science fiction and science fact. This newly developed real-life Impulse Drive System could be able to achieve remarkable speeds in timeframes once deemed to be uncharted territory. The MEGA Drive works by creating a stack of piezoelectric crystals alternatively lighter and heavier by implementing an electric current. By making an object heavier in one instant and then lighter in the next, a thrust can be created by applying the principle that “every reaction causes an equal and opposite reaction” . MEGA Drive is able to do this since, unlike a standard rocket, it doesn't permanently lose its “energy-producing crystals” by wasting them but rather they are simply pushed when heavy and pulled when light, hence creating momentum to move forward. Instead of ejecting burnt gases to create thrust, MEGA turns physics on its head to push the boundaries of mankind even further!
