{"id":4373,"date":"2020-09-22T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assu.ca\/?page_id=4373"},"modified":"2020-09-22T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T20:57:19","slug":"kasi-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/moving-on-from\/kasi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kfebn0l1-7ba092e62f92f1d349eb855e83cbd9cb\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kfebn0l1-7ba092e62f92f1d349eb855e83cbd9cb img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kfebn0l1-7ba092e62f92f1d349eb855e83cbd9cb .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kfebn0l1-7ba092e62f92f1d349eb855e83cbd9cb av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-4314 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-4314 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-666x1030.jpg\" alt='' title='Kasi'  height=\"1030\" width=\"666\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-666x1030.jpg 666w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-971x1500.jpg 971w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-456x705.jpg 456w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi-450x695.jpg 450w, https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Kasi.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kfebnp3z-fffd21c0695db25ffc264c7e5d134235 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Meet Kasi!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\">Kasi graduated from U of T in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, Psychology and a minor in Physiology. She is currently finishing a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Global Health. Kasi loves watching movies, playing video games, exploring the city and hanging out with her friends. She\u2019s extremely dedicated to whatever it is that she puts her mind to and tries not to take life too seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Moving On From\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Kasi was a commuter during her undergraduate years and felt as if she missed out on experiencing university life as a student on residence. Her daily commute to campus was as follows: wake up at 6:30am, pack her lunch for the day, endure a one-hour train ride to Union Station, then take the subway up to St. George Campus. She would then be extremely groggy when heading to class and end up sleeping in class. This led to Kasi being very angry about commuting and how much time she spent wasting in her day, until she changed her mind set and saw her commute as potential to do things while on her train ride.<\/p>\n<p>Kasi was the first in her family to go to university which was hard for her because her parents couldn\u2019t tell her what to expect at university. Her parents believed that university would be just like high school, and since Kasi did well in high school she would do just as well in university. This caused Kasi to feel like a failure, since she wasn\u2019t able to live up to her parent\u2019s expectations. She wished she did more research on what each of the institutions she applied to had to offer as opposed to listening to what people told her, though she ultimately doesn\u2019t regret her decision. She chose a major in Neuroscience because at the time, she cared about people\u2019s opinion of her and wanted to impress others.<br \/>\nIn fear of burning a potential bridge to medical school, she reluctantly stayed in Neuroscience, despite realizing the program did not suit her.<\/p>\n<p>Kasi\u2019s identity was rooted in her grades, and since her grades weren\u2019t reflecting her effort, it resulted in her being in a bad emotional and mental state during her second year. She constantly questioned the purpose of even being in university if she wasn\u2019t doing well and not even able to do the things she wanted. Kasi had a very supportive group of friends, and through talking to upper years, her mentor, her professor and TAs, she slowly started to realize that she couldn\u2019t be perfect at everything. Meeting people who had taken a non-traditional route on their way to obtaining a degree redefined the definition of a student for Kasi.<\/p>\n<p>Upon graduating, Kasi decided to get another degree as a means to improve her GPA and allow her to eventually apply for either graduate school or medical school. Instead of being harsh on herself for \u201cnot doing well in comparison to others\u201d or showing off for other people. Kasi decided to focus on herself and start to do things that would make herself proud. She took up working out, has her own column with the Varsity and she\u2019s now working in a research lab. She realized that not everything is a rush and it\u2019s okay for her to take things slowly in life.<\/p>\n<p>Kasi\u2019s Take Home Message<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally listen to yourself and be more authentic to yourself. You don\u2019t have to be that perfect well-rounded person\u201d \u2013 to her past self<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStart to be the person you want to be and don\u2019t be the person you were in high school once you reach university. Take yourself out of your comfort zone, since it\u2019s never too late for you to do what you truly want to do. Focus on what you want to be doing as there\u2019s always a little voice in the back of your head telling you what\u2019s important\u201d- to the people reading this<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know may be in distress or if you simply want someone to talk to, here are some helpful resources:<\/p>\n<p>Health and Wellness-<br \/>\nUTSG- 416-978-8030<br \/>\nUTM- 905-828-5255<br \/>\nUTSC- 416-287-7065<br \/>\nGerstein Centre Mental Health Crisis Line-<br \/>\n416-929-5200<br \/>\nDistress Centres (available 24\/7\/365)-<br \/>\n416-408-4357<br \/>\nOISE Psychology Clinic-<br \/>\n416-978-0620<br \/>\nGood 2 Talk Student Helpline-<br \/>\n1-866-925-5454<br \/>\nAnishnawbe Health Mental Health Crisis Line for Indigenous students-<br \/>\n416-891-8606<br \/>\nLGBTQ Youthline (peer support, open Sunday-Friday 4-9 pm)-<br \/>\n1-800-268-9688<br \/>\nSexual Assault &amp; Domestic Violence Care Centre-<br \/>\n416-323-6040<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4274,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4425,"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4373\/revisions\/4425"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assu.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}