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Manishka Gunasekara
Manishka Gunasekara

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Mar 20, 2021

Better?

I spent 20 + hours, over three consecutive weeks, on writing a 4500-word paper on “Well-being” and/or “Happiness”. The topic narrowed into exploring how including a measure of ‘happiness’ into Public Policy has impacted the public’s perception of ‘the good life.’ The findings were not based on primary data; instead…

Teaching

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Better?
Better?
Teaching

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May 22, 2020

“That kid” in every classroom: dealing with deviance or difference?

Once upon a generation, when the word “naughty” was allowed on children, there lived two mischievous little girls who behaved very badly. They went to an all-girls school and disrupted almost every class; they talked incessantly during morning prayers, and even invented a hand signal code only they could understand…

Behaviour

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“That kid” in every classroom: dealing with deviance or difference?
“That kid” in every classroom: dealing with deviance or difference?
Behaviour

5 min read


May 20, 2020

Happiness is not the way out of depression

Being happy will not make you depressed, but feel good factors can sometimes keep you depressed for even longer. (What I’m about to propose is one method that worked, and may I stress on this, for me. …

Happiness

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Happiness is not the way out of depression.
Happiness is not the way out of depression.
Happiness

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May 20, 2020

Madness and the Loss of Dignity

Three mad people walk into a bar. There is no punchline because they are the joke. “What’s the worst part about being mad?” People don’t actually ask, but they probably want to. Well, honestly, it’s not just the symptoms. Sure, they are rough, but what’s left after they subside is…

Madness

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Madness and the Loss of Dignity
Madness and the Loss of Dignity
Madness

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May 15, 2020

Being in need: The stories we tell through things.

Chocolate My mother, born in the 1950’s, grew up in a scenic village, tucked in the hill country of Sri Lanka. She lived through a strange paradox of having a life of abundance but also experiencing specific lacks. Being one of ten children meant that though my grandparents were considerably well-off…

Needy

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Being in need: The stories we tell through things.
Being in need: The stories we tell through things.
Needy

6 min read


May 13, 2020

Your nickname knows you best

I got a C- for a paper I wrote on nicknames in my third year at University over ten years ago — I’m still mad about it. The paper was an investigation into gender and social norms, as seen through the coinage/usage of nicknames. Are you asleep yet? …

Names And Naming

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Your nickname knows you best.
Your nickname knows you best.
Names And Naming

5 min read


May 11, 2020

Sincerely Faking It: Why We Are Sometimes Insincere.

My parents and brothers, who have known me long enough, know when I say, “well, I like my brownies a little burnt,” or that, “the juice is better when it’s watery,” that I’m so wholly and completely faking it. Busted. There’s a fancy term to describe this sort of feigning…

Authenticity

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Sincerely Faking It: Why We Are Sometimes Insincere.
Sincerely Faking It: Why We Are Sometimes Insincere.
Authenticity

5 min read

Manishka Gunasekara

Manishka Gunasekara

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Teacher. Writer. Generally, a curious being.

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