As a young party animal who moonlighted as an AU student the werewolf battle was real for a younger version of this Fly on the Wall. Would I snarl and shred my way right out of my shot at a higher education degree? Or would I find a better balance between madness and civilized discourse,… Read more »
If you have a course that you would like to see a Course Exam article written for or you recently took a course that you would like to recommend to other AU students, please feel free to reach out with the course name and number, and any questions or feedback you may have. We’ll be happy to… Read more »
Delusions of grandeur go with higher education like helium balloons go with funny voices and imagined flight. To rise above the vulgar norms of existence is what AU is all about; we become more than the sum of our parts when inspiration enters our view. Distance education implies a desire on the part of students… Read more »
If you have a course that you would like to see a Course Exam article written for or you recently took a course that you would like to recommend to other AU students, please feel free to reach out with the course name and number, and any questions or feedback you may have. We’ll be happy to… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am the mother of two—one 18-year-old and one 12-year-old. I have worked all my life at low paying jobs and finally decided to try some online courses to see if I could do it. So far, I love it, though that is not what I’m writing about. The problem is my 18-year-old… Read more »
Happy May! Many traditional Universities are now off for the year with some students beginning their Spring semester. However, for us Athabasca students, most of us are continuing with our courses or perhaps some of us are also taking a small break from studies for the Spring and Summer. Whether you are studying or not,… Read more »
On Mother’s Day we appreciate those adults who nurtured our howling and screeching primate selves out of the precognitive underbrush of infancy. The splendours of a Mother’s love knows no bounds, to be sure, and to this we can attest when we see or experience the labours required for child-rearing. We all began life with… Read more »
I’ve done a few potato recipes this past year, and I feel like I’m starting to run out of things to do with potatoes; then I remember that there are hundreds of recipes for making potatoes. For restaurant-style twice-baked potatoes, you might want to consider piping the filling back into the shell, but I prefer… Read more »
If you ever experience a burst of love from someone: a smile from a stranger, a hug from Mom, write it down. Life is too short to let a moment of love, however fleeting, pass us by. Such beautiful memories can drown out our sorrows. When a negative thought strikes, shift to a beautiful memory…. Read more »
If you have a course that you would like to see a Course Exam article written for or you recently took a course that you would like to recommend to other AU students, please feel free to reach out with the course name and number, and any questions or feedback you may have. We’ll be happy to… Read more »