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21 Signs You Went To An All Girls Private School

I've seen a few articles like these around and I always love reading them and reminiscing on my high school days. As excited as I was to graduate and finally get out of high school, I find myself looking back on it a lot and missing it a lot more than I expected. Going to an all-girls high school is a pretty unique experience but it leaves you with endless unforgettable memories. So in order to compile this list of hopefully #relatable things, I got my best friend Tracy (who I just so happened to meet on my very first day of high school) to help me brainstorm (and believe me, it took forever cause it just turned into a "remember when...?" nostalgia fest). Anyway, without further ado, the 21 signs you went to an all-girls private school: 1) Your school "assemblies" were actually liturgies School spirit? Pep rallies? Nah, it's time to read some bible verses!  2) You were excited about having mass because it meant skipping class So not down for math to

Why I Chose Nursing

Note: Before I begin, for anyone not familiar with the education system in Canada, specifically Quebec, we have 5 years of high school, followed by CEGEP (2 years for a pre-university program or 3 years for a career program), and then university. Why did I choose Nursing. It's a question at least one teacher a semester asks us to share with the class to get to know us. It's a question friends, family and acquaintances ask me all the time. It's a question I ask myself when I'm up at 4am studying or dealing with a particularly difficult clinical assignment. The past year and a half has been a total whirlwind of confusion, leading to choosing this career path, leading to the intense studying that comes with it. So why did I choose Nursing? Like the majority of people my age, I was totally lost. Growing up, I was always that kid who would "probably end up in medical school". I wasn't even sure myself but figured I'd end up doing something in the sci