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INTERNATIONAL TUTORS’ MAGAZINE
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the February issue of the IT Magazine 2018-2019, the first issue of 2019 and the
first issue in this Year of the Pig! I, the whole International Tutor team, and all the hard working
students who helped to put this issue together wish you all very happy new years!
These holidays are often times for reflection. We think back on the past year and reflect
on what went well, what went badly, and how we were as people, friends, sons, daughters,
parents, teachers, students, and global citizens. Did you achieve the things you wanted to
achieve? Did you try your best to be the best person you can be? We also tend to use the new
year to think about the year to come. What are your goals, desires, and hopes? What would you
like to improve about yourself? What kind of person do you want to become in the next year?
These kinds of reflections, not only about ourselves but about the whole world around us, can
be very confusing, but they can also be very rewarding.
This issue is a collection of reflections. Student contributors reflect on a variety of different
things, from personal things to worldwide issues, in a variety of forms, from critical to creative.
Aamenah Khurram reflects on her engagement in CLE’s first ever Cultural Talent Show, while
Christine Yip Hiu Nam thinks about her experiences studying and interning abroad and applies
her self-reflection to help guide other students in “Letter to Confused University Students”. Lin
Myat Kyu also reminds us of how we can use our past experiences to help shape our futures in
her creative poem, “Investment”. And in “Popular Culture of 2018”, Ella Ho takes us through a
highlight tour of the events, movements, and ideas that defined the past year.
I hope, dear readers, that you can find some new insights or shared experiences within these
pieces. I also hope that after you read, you can learn something about reflective
practices and apply it in your own lives. Spend a little time to think about what you
learned in the past, and make a promise to use it to improve the future.
Sincerely,
Noga Zaborowski
EDITOR’S
NOTE