Celebrating two years of AvidBards!
Let’s start with the basics: A PhD (Doctorate in Philosophy) is the highest level of academic certification a university offers. This requires producing original research in a specific field, which upon completion must be defended in front of a panelist of experts. The term dates back as far as Medieval Europe though, at the time, the requirements usually only called for advanced scholarship rather than original research. Even now, requirements for a PhD differ across institutions ad nations but in all cases, original research remains compulsory. So why do a PhD? I could write a whole post on what to…
A Clash of the ’80s and ’90s If we haven’t said it already — Happy New Year, readers! As we enter into a new decade, I find that it’s always fun to reflect on past decades. Whether it’s watching old movies or our favourite television shows, reading literary classics or listening to the music that epitomized a specific era, being nostalgic can connect us to our history and bring about old memories in a positive way. So, to simultaneously celebrate 2020 and to revel in the past, I’ve put together a #throwback playlist that merges classic songs from the 1980s…
The Benefits of Reading On Your Brain Read. To read. Reading. Read. You know that feeling when you look at a word for a long time and all of a sudden it is like you have never seen the word before. It feels odd on your tongue, you cannot remember how to pronounce it properly and are almost entirely convinced you have been saying it wrong your entire life. That is exactly how I felt the other day while staring at the word ‘read’. The Cambridge dictionary defines ‘read’, a verb, as the ability to look at words or symbols…
