Imagine being dead last in a race during PE. Everyone else has gone ahead in front of you – and despite sprinting harder, you get tired easily and fall behind again. The race isn’t over, but in the middle of the track, you feel a gnawing anxiety that a poor result is...

Let us first get something out of the way before proceeding with this article: by no means are we suggesting or recommending that students cram for tests. Cramming reduces schooling into a bunch of tests that need to be passed, when the point of having an education is...

Whether you’re asking a close friend or your long-time crush, promposals are something many anticipate and prepare for. With prom season nearing, promposals start to happen here and there and some are even posted on social media for everyone to see. Some say that your...

What does it take to be an achiever? Let’s face it. Being an achiever needs hard work and planning. How do you even start? Shifting focus. This is not easy and it takes time. Think of what you want in life. Make long-term goals; these goals will guide the direction to...

Many students, especially in highschool and college, are always in the need of an energy boost in order to focus and study properly. To achieve a high level of productivity, most of them turn to energy drinks. As defined, energy drinks are mainly beverages containing...

The joyful holiday break is here! While you may be thinking of all the possible foods you can eat, relatives to see and the presents to expect, why not use the other days doing something you can enjoy and benefit from at the same time? Whether it be doing something...

There probably isn’t any person out there who doesn’t love listening to music. Accompanied by some head-bopping, hand-clapping and feet-tapping, your body can’t help but just go with the rhythm and enjoy the feeling music gives you. The youth of today has acquired the...

It’s almost that time of the year again where high school students begin taking entrance exams in different colleges of their choice. If you passed the entrance exams in all the colleges you’ve applied for, congrats! Certainly it’s something to rejoice about; but...

In this digital age, it’s rare to be apart from the many few that can’t live without their smartphones. Nowadays, it seems as if everyone and their mother can’t go a day without their iPhone 6s. For students like you, this might be the case especially because of the...

Just like any other community, the University of the Philippines has many of its own terms, jargon, or slang which are often used by its students. Allow us to present to you four of these IskoSlangs: A.S. — More often than not, this is the first IskoSlang learned by...