by Leticia Alvarez | Nov 9, 2021 | Inside Word 2021, Law, Study tips
This might be useful to you 11 months from now, but while it’s still fresh in my mind, I thought I would share what I learned about preparing for law exams at university. It’s very different to NCEA. Here, there’s more room for you to make your own...
by Leticia Alvarez | Oct 26, 2021 | Inside Word 2021, Study tips, Uni hacks
An elephant in the room: an obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. “elephant in the room,” accessed October 22, 2021, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elephant%20in%20the%20room....
by Leticia Alvarez | Oct 18, 2021 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2021
Two months in lockdown, two weeks until exams. I think it’s safe to say there have been quite a few restraints on our time, movement, and interactions for the past while. Things have changed, for sure. I think everyone has had enough time to reflect on how their lives...
by Leticia Alvarez | Oct 1, 2021 | Inside Word 2021, Study tips
A few days ago, I decided I was going to put away my clocks, watch, and change the settings on my laptop and phone to remove the time. Online learning has been difficult, to say the least. I couldn’t pinpoint why (apart from the fact that we are in a pandemic). I...
by Leticia Alvarez | Sep 13, 2021 | Inside Word 2021, Law, Study tips
It’s a funny word. But you could say its oddness is appropriate to the unique experience. As a Law student, you’ll find that a lot of your time is spent learning and listening. But at some point, you’re going to have to answer a question, and someone will ask you why...
by Leticia Alvarez | Aug 9, 2021 | Inside Word 2021
I read quite a bit over the inter-semester break, listening to podcasts and the radio too. These are all forms of conversations; opening up your mind to someone else and taking out some of its contents, holding them up to the light for the other person to see. It’s a...
by Leticia Alvarez | May 4, 2021 | Inside Word 2021
It’s May already! Now almost halfway through my second year at uni, I’ve had some time to go through some highlights of life as a law student in Auckland. Here are some of my favorite moments, exploring my new city and getting to know all the lovely people...
by Leticia Alvarez | Apr 16, 2021 | Inside Word 2021
I read a book once that talked about “the furniture of the mind” (the Penguin Classics edition of George Orwell’s ‘Books v Cigarettes’). It was a concept that stuck around in my mind, and I guess you could say it became part of the furniture of my own mind. What I...
by Leticia Alvarez | Mar 19, 2021 | Inside Word 2021, Study tips, Uni hacks
It’s interesting coming back to university as a second-year student. This time last year, I was overwhelmed with my introductory courses. ‘I will succeed in this course,’ I thought, and was making mental lists of all the things I had to do to get the most out of them....
by Leticia Alvarez | Mar 12, 2021 | Inside Word 2021, Law, Study tips
Well, here we are. Just a year ago, move-in day was approaching and I was poring over UoA’s courses, trying to make decisions my future self wouldn’t regret when it came to enrolment. It was clear to me that I wanted to do law, but I had no idea what to expect....
