In 2019, the World Health Organization classified burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,” or basically stress that keeps on building and building endlessly.

Students of all grades experience this every year, as third quarter ends and spring break looms just out of reach. We grow impatient and ready for time away from schoolwork and messed-up sleep schedules.

I was so convinced that I would only have to survive one week of

The story behind it is that one friend got a dino shaped waffle maker and wanted to take it to another friend’s house when they went to hang out. Sadly, they forgot the waffle maker. Optimistically the other friend said they had waffles, but the friend who forgot their waffle maker objected and said, “they’re not dino shaped though.”

We have become so used to this that we don’t consider how important context is to a lot of the conversations we have.

The definition of “context,” according to Oxford Languages, is “the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea and in terms of which it can be understood or assessed.”

Probably the most common use of context would be understanding cues in a conversation, such as when to switch topics or when the other person finds something

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Remember to take time to breathe and decompress from what I know can be a very demanding schedule. Read a book (preferably not the one your English class assigned), take a walk outside and thank Cincinnati for finally deciding to stick to warmer weather, or even try your hand at making sheet-pan gnocchi or “Perfect Instant Ramen” courtesy of you said to be interesting or amusing. This context is the kind that shows itself physically and helps guide how we interact with people on a day to day basis.

Think of inside jokes as an example. How many times have you been in a social setting and heard one person say something seemingly random and meaningless to another person and then the person they said it to starts hysterically laughing? The other person had the context of the inside joke, and so to them it was funny, but to you it made no sense. You lacked context in this situation that would have clarified what was going on and why it was so funny.

We rely on context to understand more than just conversations, stories and jokes. Having context can also explain action. What is the context in which an action hero in a movie does what they do or why the president from whom they received information with the understanding that the source was to remain anonymous. The role of the newspaper advisor will be to provide counsel and criticism pertaining to the newspaper’s content and production. Although both the advisor and the administration hold certain powers regarding the Chatterbox, both must respect the paper’s autonomy. No student shall be prevented from joining the staff on the basis of sex, race, creed or national origin. the New York Times. If you’re not into cooking (or if you’re currently exhausted and falling asleep at your desk like I am), I recommend a nap or an earlier bedtime. addresses the nation? Without it the actions of people would seem random or have no solid reasoning behind them.

On a serious note, if you are struggling to keep up, don’t be afraid to ask for help. You don’t have to place full responsibility on yourself all the time.

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Another use for context is understanding the depth and severity of a situation. The broader context here would allow you to understand why something is as serious as its being made to be. It would allow you to become aware of the severity even if what is happening doesn’t directly affect you in any way.

Context helps us to understand the world around us.

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