I’ve noticed that whenever I tell someone I have a hobby of sewing (or embroidery, or cross-stitch…I like fiber arts), the default reaction is surprise. Exclamations like, “really?!” or “you sew?” are reactions I’ve gotten too many times to count. Maybe that’s due to the assumption that these hobbies are only done by older ladies,
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I spent the Saturday of my fall break volunteering with my sister’s marching band. She and the Millard South Patriot’s Pride Marching Band competed at the Elkhorn Sounds of Excellence competition and won third place, and I am so proud of them. Volunteering was a ton of fun, especially because Millard South is my alma
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I was scrolling through TikTok (as one does) when I unfortunately came across a rather mean opinion. That opinion was from a video in which someone, dissatisfied with their Girl Scout experience, complained that Girl Scouts is just useless arts and crafts while Boy Scouts is superior as it teaches more practical skills like camping.
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It is absolutely, ridiculously difficult to get into medical school. This is a well-known fact. In my opinion, as a pre-med student, it’s far more difficult than it needs to be. Pre-med students, like myself, are expected to be just about perfect at everything we do and to get into medical school, it’s necessary to
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Embroidery is widely viewed as a historic craft, as something that people, mainly women, only did in the past. Embroidery is certainly more common in historical clothing, as in eras when clothing was made by hand, a skilled seamstress would add careful details like embroidered embellishments and patterns. With modern-day clothing manufacturing, embroidery is definitely
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