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By Sam Bullis/The Dialog

Does your personality
affect your academic

success?

: versus extroversion, described
: as the concern with what is

: outside of one’s self such as

: environmental influences and
: factors, is usually difficult to

: distinguish among students.

Tina Todaro,
Contributor
(George Brown College)

TORONTO (CUP) — Whether
you are a social extrovert or a
quiet introvert, according to
studies, can have an impact
on a student’s academic
performance.

The academic performance
and success rates of students,

extroversion and introversion
and whether personality types
have an impact.
According to a study,
introverts tend to do better
in college, which supported
the prediction that they also
performed better academically.
Introversion, described as
being typically concerned with

Students tend to surround

: themselves with others whom
: they view as similar to them.

: Through observations within
: a college setting, the people

: : seen more frequently at social
revolves around the question of gatherings or school events are

: typically extroverts.

The assertiveness training

: certificate program at George

: Brown College (GBC) educates
: students on how to handle

: criticism, defensiveness and

: manipulation. According to

: program instructor Michael

: Nakou, “this program

: slightly touches the topic of

one’s own thoughts and feelings : . ‘ oy
: introversion and extroversion.

The life skills coaching

: certificate program at GBC was

: also designed to help students

: develop or broaden their

: existing interpersonal skills,

: and to incorporate life skills

: into their own lives. However,

: this course does not educate

: students directly on the topic of
: introversion and extroversion.

According to Psychology

: Wiki’s Extraversion and

: Introversion webpage, “People
: fluctuate in their behaviour

: all the time, and even extreme

: introverts and extraverts do not
: always act according to their

: type.

”

This makes distinguishing a

real introvert from an extrovert
: difficult and confusing, but

: can be simplified into a

: classification of ambivert—a

: combination of the two.

 

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10

things

to eat when

y ld have a

C old and flu season is still upon us, and if you're
anything like me, you can’t let a cold or flu stop
you from nailing this semester like the boss you are.
So what's a sickly student to eat when they'd rather
crawl into a hole and die? Here are 10 options!

. Mush

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. SOUP

 

. Applesauce
. Magical elixir
. Rice

. Ginger tea

 

. Really, mush up anything

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. Mushed bananas

 

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. Liquefy anything

 

10. DayQuil, DayQuil, and NyQuil.

Dating success means taking chances

» Fail more to win more

Kingsley Beckett
Contributor

girl has never slapped me,

thrown a drinkin my face,
or called mea jerk. To some
people this probably means
that I’m doing something right,
but that’s not true. The guys
who have had these things
happen to them took a chance

Receiving a good result is opti-
mal, but receiving a negative

it’s usually not fun, but bad
results give you something to
work with. In my life, I haven’t
seen any results when trying to
get a girlfriend, or toa greater

: extent, intimate with women.

Fora while this didn’t

: bother me, because I always

: hada good excuse to tell myself: :
: Twas too busy being an athlete,
: Thad too many pimples, my

: leg was too broken, I was sick,

: too broke, or wanted a nap.

: But really I was just afraid and

? unprepared for the real task of

: actually taking the chance and

and had it backfire, but they got trying to make things happen.

aresult—results are important. : Sure, if you want to never fail,

: all you have to do is not try. But
: it’s when we takea chance that

result can sometimes be better; : we might attain our desires.

I’ve been practically single

my whole life (I’m 23) and it’s
: because I haven’t taken enough
: chances or pushed hard enough

: for what I wanted. Part ofme
: wants to blame my chronic
: single-ness on bad luck, since

I’m consistently attracted to

: ladies in committed relation-

: ships—but someone told me

: once that there is no such thing
: as luck, and they seemed wise.

The past couple of years

: [have made progress and

: taken chances with girls,

: but things usually fizzle out

: like a party sparkler. My

: dating habits remind me of

: my push-up routines; I’lldoa
: few, feel good, then suddenly
: realize how difficult it is and

: decide to lay back and listen

: to some music instead of

: hurting myselfanymore.

But now is the time of year

: when folks are still playing

: around with their New Year’s

: resolutions. If you want to

: resolve to do something new,

: resolve to take more chances.

: Sure, that sounds tough and

: scary, and it goes against

: everything your mom told you,
: but it could be extremely grat-
: ifying. We're raised (or at least
: Iwas) to minimize risk and

: play it safe, but playing it safe

: will only lead to watching life
: pass you by as others around

: you are having all the fun.

“T’ve failed over and over

and over again in my life, and
: that is why I succeed,” said
: basketball great, Michael

 

: Jordan. If it wasn't for the

: hundreds of games he lost,

: or free-throws he missed, he
: would not have learned how
: to win. It’s when we make

: mistakes or get rejected that
: we learn how to decrease the
: odds of it happening again.

Now, I’m perhaps the last

: person who should be doling
: out dating advice, but ifyou

: need some sort of resolution
: to embark on or just need to

: make changes in your dating
: life, start with taking more

: chances and getting out of

: your comfort zone; embrace

: your inner danger and take

: some risks. I know I will, and
: hopefully it will pay off.