Josh HortaLeza
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GPA is not the only valuable thing gained from school
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My name is Josh, and my GPA is 6 on a 12 GPA scale. Based solely off that information, you know that my name is Josh, but you may also think that I am a slacker or aloof. You may also think that I do not care about my education. You may think nothing of…
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The future is automated, it’s time to embrace it
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Automation seems to be a trending topic over the past few years. Two technology giants, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, recently had a debate on the topic of Artificial Intelligence’s role in our society, which brought the issue to the forefront. As technology gets better and better, the logical question that comes to mind concerns…
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Taking great pains to change your life
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Whenever the new year rolls around, I hear of my friends, my acquaintances and my family attempting to change some aspect of themselves that they find to be negative. They may also be trying to change some form of their circumstance to a better one. While this happens at all times throughout the year, January…
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Millennials receive too much unnecessary flak
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Apparently, it’s a trendy thing to hate millennials now. While I have never experienced this in my day-to-day life, it seems to be rather prevalent on the internet. Now, I have to defend my generation. Millennials are so easily offended. Like I went up to one and yelled NOBODY WILL EVER LOVE YOU and he…
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Unnecessary fear of changing majors
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Fourth-grade Josh would have never envisioned that his future would be what it is now. If I’ve learned anything, it is that plans change. I am the son of Asian immigrant parents who both majored in civil engineering. As expected, they were hard on me when it came to my grades and expected me to…
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