Sara Maldonado's Blog (5)

As 2012 is walking out the door, 2013 is coming right in. Although 2012, was filled with many good times and will forever hold great memories, the promise of a new year is always very exciting. I hope that 2013 is filled with more cheer and good times than 2012.

I recently had a Thanksgiving potluck dinner with my friends at college. We each brought a different dish that ended up creating an excellent dinner.

This fun dinner with friends sparked my thinking in terms of how well this applies to American culture. During the first Thanksgiving, the Native Americans brought their own cultural dishes while the British brought theirs. This tradition continues today in a much bigger way. Just walking down the streets of Washington, DC, I see an…

It is interesting to see so many articles online talking about work-life balance for working adults. However, the more I feel pressure to do so many extracurricular activities, work, and study, it makes me wonder why we do not talk to teens about this skill.

It seems a student's day is never over. We wake up early in the morning to go to class, think critically for hours at a time, then after school, we begin our second shift. We do sports, clubs, and study. After all this, we're…

I had to make so many platanos for my first student org event!

The Fall semester is finally here! While summer was fun, this new semester seems to hold a lot in store. I was feeling slightly overwhelmed by the amount of things I had happening my first few days but it seems that I'm adjusting to this new academic year very well. I think I am most excited about my philosophy course because it is taking the theoretical into practice. An interesting idea for a subject area that most deem to be purely theoretical. 

I am also jumping back into student…