Growing up, I never knew that you could say no to something or someone in order to protect yourself. I never knew that no could be a positive instead of a negative. But then I got a job at the University of Irvine, California. I worked for Team UP! where I worked on a ropes course built for team building, referred to as an Odyssey Course. The course is built to teach communication, trust, team building, and fun! As an employee (facilitator), my job was not just to help lead a

...thinking about so many miscommunications... that had been caused because either I or the other person was not actually listening.

When I was a freshman in high school, the movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy came out. The answer to life was 42 but the ultimate question was never answered. I was watching it just the other day and it made me think about all the questions that high schools have in regards to life and what is next. Every student has a different "ultimate question" and maybe that question changes or you have multiple questions. Some of them are simple and others are complicated: What