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World Cup 2022

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From the incredible opening of Morgan Freeman and Ghanim Al Muftah to the very last penalty kick, this world cup stole our hearts. The thrill, the excitement, the tears, the cheer. All of it was incredible. It is just a different kind of experience and being able to watch and experience is indeed a privilege.  The group stages started off with stamina like no other and I watched any game I could between my classes and work. I was surprised to see the United States playing, for one I didn't know they qualified and 2 why do they call it soccer and not football lol. But anyway when I watched them play against Wales I was impressed. They put up a great performance and of course, by nature of me living in the US right now, I was supporting the US team. But more than that when I learned about how far this team has come and how some of them have been playing together since they were young, I really hoped for them to go far in the tournament. I was also excited to see Timothy Weah playing ...

Sophomore year Semester 1

  After a warm relaxing summer, it was time to get back to school and start my second year of college. I was excited about what the semester had to offer but I was also nervous about the unknown. Towards the end of summer, I started to think deeply about my major. I started to think about the why, the what and the how. I was confident I wanted to continue with the economics major but I wasn't sure what my second major would be since I dropped political science. I love politics and political science just seemed like the right major for me to take to set me up for the career I envision for myself but for some reason, I felt uneasy about it. I kept feeling a little nudge in me saying that maybe right now I should major in something else and then circle back to political science. So I decided to talk about it with several people including my advisor, professors, classmates, and friends. After having one conversation, I would feel like dropping it was the best choice, then  I had a...