Marium Asad, April 30, 2023 ducation serves as a foundation for any society. In general, higher quality education usually leads to a more thriving community. In order for this to be accomplished, a stable curriculum must be established. …

Thomas Lin, April 29th, 2023 One of the main features of high school that separates itself from elementary and middle school is the breadth of extracurricular activities a student can participate in. From sports teams, concert bands, clubs such as chess club, STEM club and fashion club, or DECA and…

Tianyang Jiang, April 28th, 2023 Miraculous stories demand a leap of faith to be appreciated. From the beginning of the novel, intertwined themes of belief and storytelling are present in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. The readers are introduced to a fictional version of the author, who interviews a man…

Rachel Strathdee, April 27th, 2023 Due to the near-ubiquitous nature of technology, secondary students that struggle with tech-based procrastination, self-regulating their screentime or over-reliance on their devices would benefit from reading Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport, an accredited computer science professor and…

Marium Asad, April 26th, 2023 The Forgotten Daughter is a wonderful piece of historical fiction that still resonates in the modern era. The book is very-well written, however a bit of a difficult read for some as it alludes to serious topics surrounding a real-life terrorist attack that occurred back…

Thomas Lin, April 25th, 2023 “Ask yourself whether you are happy and you would cease to be so,” wrote John Stuwart Mill nearly 300 years ago. What this observation implied was that happiness was not a moment to be captured while you are living in it, but rather an experience…

Tianyang Jiang, November 13th, 2022 Socialization brings not only friendship, but also a healthy and sustainable mind. By understanding how to manage interpersonal relationships, we gain both empathy and compassion. Meanwhile, the friends we meet at high school can be foundations of our future network. …

Thomas Lin, October 30th, 2022 In recent years, social media has become the prototype of the blame for the mistakes and misfortune of teenagers. Many parents would blame social media and electronic devices to be the culprit for their teens’ moodiness, and distorted sleep schedule, and relate them to the…

Marium Asad, October 23rd, 2022 While there has been a push toward ‘normalcy’ within the past year, and a collective effort to move back to in-person working, online environments have rooted themselves within our system. The accessibility and ease that comes with working or learning from home is seen as…