Isaac
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End of Semester Thoughts
Sorry for the absolutely blinding streams of light from the Australian sun in that first photo… That photo was taken during a little stroll in Carlton Gardens around June of last year, quite near when I sat my first university exam (I did first-year physics as a part of my VCE). It’s been almost a […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2025/06/10/end-of-semester-thoughts
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Solitary Freedom and How to Fix it.
Soooooooooo. I recently turned 18 and gained the ability to make hotel bookings without an adult, get my P plates, visiting the bottle-o and even more things that I am still discovering… I started uni this year. Well… duh. If I didn’t then I wouldn’t be writing this article but this statement holds more meaning […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2025/04/16/solitary-freedom-and-how-to-fix-it
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Anticipating Assessments and Why Nihilism is Important
It’s rare for me to dip my toes into philosophy so for all those philosophical purists out there, excuse my use of “nihilism” if it is used poorly. There is nothing less nerve-wracking, sweat-inducing, adrenaline-producing, heart-pounding of a moment than waiting for the final minutes to tick down before you flip open the first page […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2025/03/29/anticipating-assessments-and-why-nihilism-is-important
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INTRO10001
The trains near my house never arrive on time… but this post will. Between begging for public transport to arrive and finding a classroom tucked away in the most isolated corridor, I certainly could say that there were times in life when things were more straightforward. Although – to be entirely fair – no one […]
