I’m Free Because I’m Me!
I’m still having a hard time believing that the first term is over! Though it seems like just yesterday that I arrived here, the calendar tells me that I’ve now been here eleven weeks and the...
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The journey back “home”
Being a ‘third culture kid’ makes for a hard time figuring out where home is. As the Christmas break approaches, my friends asked me whether I would be going back to Korea, Germany, or “Wait, maybe...
View ArticleOn being an international student at LSE
A few months ago, a Singapore Airlines plane threw me out of its warm, comfy surroundings into the thankfully-refurbished Terminal 3 at Heathrow airport. Having stopped via ‘home’ on the way back from...
View ArticleQuestions a university student may fear
Throughout my university experience, the importance of asking questions has always been emphasised. I was encouraged to question everything, to clarify anything I didn’t understand and to constantly...
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Are you American? Yes, but…
I have a bone to pick with the world, a bone connected to many of my most sensitive nerves, all of which hold a direct line of communication to my soul. When I told my parents’ Tunisian friend that I...
View ArticleLearnt but not taught
Having spent almost four years in higher education, there can be no denying that I have learnt a lot. Amongst other things, I have been taught the Foucauldian perspective on power and knowledge, the...
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Post-hoc Reflections: The lessons I have learnt….
Its over. Done. My Master’s program is now in the past, and already there’s a whole new batch of students who walk the corridors and fill the library chairs at at the London School of Economics. I’d be...
View ArticleLSE: so much more than a School of Economics
“Oh, you’re going to LSE? Enjoy being surrounded by bankers!” My ears have been treated to phrases of this nature at many points over the past couple of months. At least in London, where students are...
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Celebrity Spotting
During this past week, I have had such an amazing time in Italy with my family which has left me feeling very refreshed and rejuvenated from my incredible but strenuous year as a postgraduate at LSE....
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