Blogs: By Author

Option B

How to help a grieving friend

MARCH 2018
by Bora O.
Technology and Policy Program
On November 1st, 2017, I lost my father. He was one of my best friends. And now, instead of my best friend, all I have left is memories and emotions.   My father died of an unexpected heart attack in my hometown of Izmir, Turkey at the age of 57. The two weeks that followed were the hardest of my...

Ayşe, Ali, and Oya

Three types of students- from the eyes of a procrastinator

FEBRUARY 2018
by Bora O.
Technology and Policy Program
After seventeen years of being a student at three different schools, in three different countries. I have come to the resounding conclusion that students can more or less be placed into three categories based on how they procrastinate: the always-overachiever, the workaholic socialite, and the...