As you most likely noticed, I am a second language speaker. Specifically, I am from the Czech Republic and my native language is Czech. The Czech Republic is small country in the middle of Europe (not Eastern) with a population slightly above 10 million people. If one looks at the north side of the Czech …
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Many people speak about the Michigan’s winter as a long winter. I looked up the winter in the North Pole, and besides some amazing pictures, I found out the Michigan’s winter is not as bad. The winter in the North Pole has 9 months of winter as 3 months of summer. “In both summer and …
Being Creative. I heard this many times from my teacher, professor, coach, parents, and friends. The study that I have read last year found out that people who have messier desks tend to be more creative than people who have highly organized desks. If you are interested in this study here is the reference. Last …
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College Essay Topic. It is a dilemma of every student applying to college. Is there a “good” or “bad” topic? A college essay is a place where the admission representative has a chance to “meet” the applicant more closely. That being said, what is it that make a college essay successful? “A successful essay will …
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If you are prospective or admitted student you can spend a night or nights with current student. At Hope we call it an overnight visit. I have done one of those two weeks ago with my friend from Sweden. Unlike from other students, I knew him for two years, so we did not have to …
This following post is an interview with one of the tallest students on campus. Kevin Rukundo is a sophomore from Rwanda. This is his second year at Hope College and he is majoring in Economics and French. In his free time, he likes to talk to his family, play FIFA 16, hang out with his …
With the first semester ended, the First Year Seminar is finished as well. Since, I am part of the Phelps Scholars Program, my first year seminar was with Phelps Scholars. The first year seminar was only one of the things that we as Phelps Scholars did together. But in this quote by former Phelps Scholar describes …
In the Czech Republic, we have very certain way of celebrating Christmas and it has been a tradition over multiple generations. Basically, most of the not all traditions happen during December 24th. In Czech we call this day “Štědrý Den”, which in the translation means “Generous Day”. Continuing on, Czechs have a tradition or a …
This was my travel back to Hope. In Prague, where my journey was starting, everything was going everything well. We took off on time and the flight was smooth. But just about 30 minutes to landing in London Heathrow Airport, the captain announced that we will have about 25 minutes delay because Heathrow Airport was …
December 5 is the day that children in the Czech Republic are nervous, excited and scared. Like in Netherlands, the tradition in the Czech Republic is formed from three major figures, Svatý Mikuláš (St. Nicholas), Čert (Devil) and Anděl (Angel). On December 5, the trio of Svatý Mikuláš, Čert, and Anděl are going from house to house and …
