Kiki's Weekly

Communication is key. No matter what efforts we put forth to make the world a better place, the pre-requisite is clear communication to assist in the ability to effectively collaborate with other people. In today’s generation, there is a large lack of communicative abilities. I see this on a daily basis. Romance: Text Everything is about playing games. Girls can’t be the ones to text him first. He must first reach out to her to indicate his interest. She can’t look too thirsty. She has to make him want her. Snpachat When they start snap chatting it’s almost a competition. Who can hold up the longest without opening the other’s snaps? Somehow purposefully ignoring someone’s snap for thirty minutes sends the message that you’re too busy doing important things to give the other person the time of day. Then once the snaps have been opened and exchanged, it’s a contest between who leaves who on read. Kind of like the “you hang up first” “no you hang up” game except in toda...

I’m ready. I can’t wait to leave. I need my own space. To breathe. My parents raised me with a lot of freedom. They sent me off to Spain when I was eleven to spend the summer there learning Spanish. I’ve traveled the world alone. I can drive and take care of myself. I would wake myself up for school in the morning and drive myself home at 10 P.M. after practice. I basically took care of myself so college just seemed like the natural progression. To finally be relieved of the overbearing weight of my parents' presence hanging over me. It’s not that they were constantly making sure I had things straight and that my life was in check, but because I was under their roof I felt the responsibility to fulfill their expectations and keep them proud. Week 1: I’m so homesick. I don’t get it. I was so ready, so independent. Why, after a long hard senior year looking forward to leaving home, did I miss it? Perhaps I wasn’t as independent as I’d thought. One thing is for sur...

“Privilege is like a wind at my back propelling me forward.” When Collins begins Part III he discusses the wide-reaching impact that being born on the third base has in providing advantages to young business people. He compares the wind pushing him forward to the assistance of family finances in helping fresh out of college students begin their lives. Whether it be the downpayment on a rented apartment or a portion of the money to start their own business, it is money unattached to debt, which not many people are lucky to start off with. Most people graduate from college with the heavy weight of college loans that they spend the first years of their careers working to pay back. On the other hand, those whose parents cover the cost of their higher education spend the first few years of their career earning a salary that goes toward their livelihood. The important point that Collins is trying to make is not only the immense privilege of having a large step ahead of everyone from family ...

TO:              Professor Clark Hansen, CEO, AMDP FROM:        Yakira Matisonn DATE:         March 11, 2019 SUBJECT: Investment Recommendation Memo: Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee Co. As per your request, I have found a company I am optimistic about that I urge you to consider for investment: Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee (LTHC). Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee is a coffee company that grows and cultivates its coffee beans in Kivu, Rwanda. Their handcrafted coffee gives employment to hundreds of Rwandan families and satisfies avid coffee addicts with a delicious brew. In addition, LTHC has an initiative that raises funds to support victims of abuse and provides health care to the Kivu community. Below you will find a reminder of AMDP’standards, and details about LTCH that demonstrate why it fulfills the criteria specified by the fund. AMDP S...

I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I’m not a particular fan of modern contemporary art. I personally do not think that splashes of paint or crooked drawn lines on a canvas express anything other than a talent for scheming society into paying thousands of dollars for something a toddler could draw. That being said, it was quite a quirky experience. We walked in and it was a bunch of old people. It smelled musky (very weird yet distinct) and the people were all dressed very vintage.  It was a small room will several paintings all of which I thought were pointless because they were variations of lines on the canvases. I was more intrigued when I went to the back room. In this room there were more interesting pieces that had stories behind them. For example:     This piece was made by an artist who was undergoing cancer treatment. His painting demonstrates the way in which both the cancer and the treatment slowly kills the body. This piece was ...