Apparently, the Teacher Assistant’s Union at York University is planning to go on strike this Thursday, Nov. 6 for an indefinite period of time. I honestly don’t know much about the situation. All I know is that an agreement between the Teacher Assistant’s Union and York University could not be reached, and they are in a legal position to strike on Thursday – and from what I hear, they are going to strike unless some absolutely miraculous agreement is reached before then. And if there’s a strike, the university has decided to cease academic operations, and therefore, no classes.

The last time such a strike occurred as several years ago, and apparently lasted six weeks or something close to that. So there’s a good chance this upcoming strike could last a month or something, who knows? Some students are upset about the prospect of having to finish the school year in May. Personally, I don’t really care, as I wasn’t planning to do anything particularly interesting next May… so I actually wouldn’t mind having a month break right now.

So, in the event that the strike goes on for a long time, I’ve been thinking about how I’d like to use up my time. For one thing, I’d like to put some more work into this blog. I really enjoy writing articles, but I haven’t been able to produce much lately, as I feel guilty for doing this instead of my homework. But if I get the free time with the strike, I’m going to try to write everyday, and also possibly launch a few exciting projects I think you guys might find interesting.

I’m also planning to use the time to learn to play the guitar. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for some time now, but as usual, have just been way too lazy. There are a lot of cool songs I’d like to be able to play, so we’ll see how that goes.

In my head, I’m preparing the development of an article series on the jump from high school to university science, and how to do well at the university undergraduate science level. It’s a question that many of you guys keep asking me, and it’s a very tough topic to tackle, but I’m going to give it a shot. I think the series will be quite comprehensive, but I think you will definitely enjoy it, and I think some people might find some eye-opening things, which would be cool for me, if you learned something from it.

Anyways, I have a philosophy essay due tomorrow that I (as usual) decided to start today, so I’d better keep working on it!

Take care.