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Blood, Sweat and Tears — Leo's Blog 2.1

Blog 11.2.1 — the start of a new term. To recap, last year, we did an outstanding two units of politics and business, which do not go great when you put them in a whole term hand-in-hand. From words I'd probably never be able to use, like "junk bonds" or "banana republics", to words that seem interesting. The different types of government regimes, for example, are a topic that seems to interest me quite a bit. Considering that the world today reeks with politics, we might as well learn them early.

For the business aspect, I guess you could say that it's useful—if you're in ABM, that is. Being a STEM student, I'm not entirely sure when I'm going to be saying "corporate ladder" in my life, but I will learn it just for the sake of feeding my curiosity. It's good to learn, in case you end up stranded on an island and the only language that the islanders speak is politics and business. Makes sense why "banana" is a collocation of "republic".

Moving on from the first term, we're introduced to a newer, a better topic for me as a STEM student. Medicine. While we stopped learning the horrible truth about the world, we started learning the truth about death! Hooray! Medicine as a whole is a scary topic for me to grasp because you are talking about people and their conditions that may or may not be related to suffering. Sickening, isn't it?

What I'm really hoping to learn for this year (if my classmates allow it, that is) is to learn about environmental issues. It's the one topic that I may be affiliated in the future with, as I might take up veterinary medicine as a career path. However, I know the others are going to choose crime. Not too keen about it, but I'll be willing to learn for the sake of ... feeding my curiosity.

Following the beginning of term two, we also did some fun activities like Waffle, Deluxe Waffle, Wordle and Scrabble. Two of which I failed miserably in (Scrabble and Wordle. Duh.) I know this term is going to be one stressful one, especially being a STEM student. Hopefully it goes well. See you next time!

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