Time is a valuable resource. The only lifelong activity we should be pursuing — with no fear of wasting time — is learning, and “it takes the whole of life to learn how to live.”
The issue of standardized testing is that universities can make it optional, but they can’t get rid of it or the system perpetuating its flaws. We need a fundamental change so all students receive a solid foundational education that starts as early as elementary school.
Public transportation may be the engine of the city of Boston, but that doesn’t mean it works for everyone. Innovate@BU recently co-hosted a venture competition with the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired where students and alumni crafted creative solutions to make the city's transportation more accessible.
