Meet Medic Student Mira Patel

Fact File Name: Mira Patel  Age: 21  Ethnicity: British Indian/Portuguese  Location: London  Occupation: Tutor & Vaccinator  Education: 3rd year studying medicine at King’s Collage  Star Sign: Leo  Hobbies: Mira enjoys most sports but especially Football and Cricket, Going to rooftop bars and trying different foods at stylish restaurants  Relation: Friends of 11 years  Favourite drink: Mojito  Life as Read More

Nobody asks an office worker to write a book

The cliché about every person having a story to tell might seem extreme. But occasionally, you meet that one person, who turns the cliché into a full-blown truth. During the traditional Vogler-family Christmas skiing holiday at Lake Tahoe, California, Mark Vogler discovered a photographer’s exhibition with photographs of heliskiing in Antarctica. And he thought to Read More

Think before you tweet & beware before you share

I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, but in retrospect, I never imagined that something like this pandemic could take place, not even in my wildest dreams. Since this coronavirus nightmare began, we bumped into a reality we had never faced before. Waking up to this new reality is tough and mentally exhausting, Read More

Inclusive Education: Utopia or Reality?

“All children should learn together”, “Every child is special”, “All children are equal” — these are slogans we read from posters about inclusive education. But how is this actually realized and is it really so great? I turned to the disability specialist Tatiana with a conversation about education in this way.- – Firstly, tell, please, Read More

Is being Vegan safe?

This new trend of starting to eat as a vegan from such an early age can become dangerous. Parents influencing them to be vegan or vegetarian but not teaching them how to properly take care of themselves leads to unhealthy diets and health problems. My sister became a vegan after my dad did. My dad Read More

What do children know about sex?

Necessity of sex education in schools is a controversial question. Many older people consider it inappropriate to speak about intimacy with children openly. However, does it really make sense? I can speak for sure about my native country. Therefore, in Russia there is no sex education at basic obligatory schools at all. The system works Read More

Empathy can save lives

The number of elderly people dying at their homes and being found there after long periods of time, is increasing. According to the british General Household Survey, the percentage of households with 65 years old residents or older is 6.7 percent of all households. This fear is shared by a growing percent of the elderly Read More

The digital divide in public health and safety emergencies deserve attention

Since December 2019, a number of viral pneumonia cases have been detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and as of January 24, 2020, there were confirmed or suspected cases in all regions except Qinghai and Tibet. The disease was named 2019-nCoV by the World Health Organization on 12 January 2020. In recent years, outbreaks of Read More

“I just want to try these Nürnberger sausages” or obesity in Germany

“Don`t worry, I also gained some weight here in Munich. Almost everyone does. You return home and everything will be okay”, – told me Natasha, a Russian girl who has lived in Munich already for 3 years. Meanwhile, obesity is a real problem in Germany, declared as a major issue by the federal government. Various Read More

Always Walking On Eggshells

To protect the individuals in this article I have changed the names of the individuals.  Everything else is factual and accurate according to those who have been interviewed.   She sat on the floor sobbing with her cell phone in hand and her mother on the other end of the phone.  With crippling anxiety and ringing Read More