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Author: Emily Stonier

Hey, my name is Emily. I could supply you with a list of my likes and dislikes, of the TV shows I've watched since season one, and the bands I've seen play live three times, but that doesn't really give you an accurate picture of who I am. For as humans, we aren't a collection of likes, and dislikes,or of wishes, hopes, dreams, and failures. We are the way in which experiences have affected us - we are the way in which the world have affected us. I've lived for nineteen years now, which is a weird sort of age because in a sense that's a long period of time, but yet I'm still considered to be very young. I walk a fine line of being young and being old, of being dumb and being smart, of being irrelevant and being relevant. But then again, don't we all? I want to inspire people, I want to write music, I want to bond with people and form bonds that last for years and years. I want to live recklessly, but safely at the same time. I want to live without fear. I want to chase opportunities without holding back. I want to think deeply but laugh and joke and laugh some more. I'm not sure who I am, and I'm okay with that. For now, I live in blissful immaturity. And I think that is just dandy.
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Ke$ha vs. Dr Luke – What side should you take?

On April 21, 2016 By emilystonier

Flashback to December of 2009 and Ke$ha, formerly Kesha Rose Sebert, was at the very beginning of her now legendary […]

Posted in arts+culture

Aaron Johnson

On April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 By emilystonier

When you see Aaron Johnson around campus, what do you see? Maybe you see a Trinity Basketball player, or maybe […]

Posted in profile

Is Spotify Killing the Little Guy?

On March 28, 2016March 29, 2016 By emilystonier

What does Spotify do to the little guy – to the newly signed baby of the music-market? For years now, […]

Posted in arts+cultureTagged , adelealt-japple musicMusicmusic streamingSpotifyTaylor Swift

The Undeniable Shift in the World of Today’s Pop Music

On March 15, 2016 By emilystonier

            What is it that makes music so valuable in today’s society? Why do each of […]

Posted in arts+culture, sliderTagged , britney spearsgrammysjimmy napesmaroon 5MusicOscarspop musicsam smithTaylor Swiftwriting's on the wall

The day my life was literally “in shambles”

On February 2, 2016February 2, 2016 By emilystonier

The whole Building shook. My dad stood on his knees with arms spread across my mother and I’s backs. This […]

Posted in Looking back

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Homeschooler in the Real World

Emma Folts, a sophomore at Wheaton College, shares her experience about her transition into college and how homeschool has both helped and hindered her.
How has your homeschool experience benefitted you, especially in your transition into college?
I think the one thing that homeschooling did that was really helpful as I entered college was that it taught me time management. As a homeschooler I had the same freedom as a college student has to put things off during the day and go see a friend instead. Since I had that experience, I knew the cost of that.
Also, personal responsibility and accountability with assignments. I feel like a lot of the other students had more expectations for gentler grading and that the professor would give them retakes or extensions, but that wasn’t something that ever happened to me in school. That learning curve wasn’t added because I never had it the other way. I think another thing was that because I was homeschooled, I was familiar with the format of teaching and then studying on my own.
Did you see any issues with your transition socially?
I think that homeschooling had two ramifications for me socially. One was helpful, one was hurtful.
It was really helpful because as a homeschooler, I had spent a lot of time realizing and developing who I was as a person and learning to recognize people who were being themselves, and those were the people I sought out as friends. Friendship as a homeschooler takes a lot more investment. I knew I was choosier with my friends which made me a lot less anxious and a lot more content.
The only real negative impact of the social bit was that I was really used to getting to choose the time I got to spend with people. As a homeschooler I spent a lot of time with people, but that time was controlled by me. As a college student, I found that you can’t really control the time you spend with people and alone time is not really available. Learning to deal with that was a lot harder than anticipated.
Any last comments on homeschool and how it has affected your college experience?
I think homeschooling is really helpful, however it does take a slightly increased amount of advocacy with your peers when you’re entering into college. I think a lot of people come in with certain assumptions about homeschool, especially students. You’re going to get a lot of, ‘oh my gosh, you don’t seem like a homeschooled person!’ [You can’t] take that too personally and explain your experience so that friends can understand it’s an important piece of you, though it might not look like the homeschooling that they’ve seen.
My encouragement to anyone who is a homeschooler transitioning into college is to realize the benefit that you have having been homeschooled, and to realize that the bit of advocacy and explaining that you need to do with your peers is totally normal and that it’s not a big deal. Once they understand your experience, it’s not something I’ve experienced being looked down on for.

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