This senior class is a resilient one: they have made their mark with excellent academics, crucial involvement in extracurriculars, and kindness that radiates into the rest of the student body, all while battling the numerous global events that have made their overall experience unordinary.
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This senior class is a resilient one: they have made their mark with excellent academics, crucial involvement in extracurriculars, and kindness that radiates into the rest of the student body, all while battling the numerous global events that have made their overall experience unordinary.
“They want to forget their negative feelings,” says Aoi Shimizu, explaining why teens drink, smoke, and overdose on cold medicine.
Social media glamorizes the trend, but behind it are stories of abuse, loneliness, and escape.
Often, when teaching an AP course, teachers feel pressured to rush through the curriculum to leave time for exam preparation. This creates a repetitive cycle of learning and teaching solely for the purpose of an exam. While the content of AP courses might be at a first-year college level, it tends to be very focused on memorization and test-taking skills, which is not what the students who wanted to go more in-depth in learning hoped to gain from these courses.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not some future idea for today’s students—it’s increasingly becoming a normal part of how they learn, as it slipped quietly but powerfully into students’ daily routines. Are educators equipped to keep up?
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This habit practiced amongst bilingual and multilingual individuals is often referred to as “code switching” or “code mixing.” A term frequently used amongst linguists, code switching is defined as the practice of alternating between two or more languages, dialects, or even accents during a conversation.
Swiping, switching and scrolling means we often fail to critically evaluate the things we read. Our need for quick satisfaction comes at the expense of our media literacy.
“You want to wake up in the morning and think the future is going to be great - and that’s what being a spacefaring civilization is all about,” Musk claims on the SpaceX website. “It’s about believing in the future and thinking that the future will be better than the past. And I can’t think of anything more exciting than going out there and being among the stars.” However, Musk's fixation on the future spurs the overlooking of pressing needs of the present.
How you present yourself, the adjectives you use in your essay, and the extracurriculars you put in now must reflect the very essence of your individuality or personal brand. With every step of the college admissions process an individual takes, the more carefully crafted the narrative becomes.
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In the past, humor was inclusive and simple. Just a decade ago, the internet gathered on apps like Vine or Youtube, enjoying harmless prank videos or clumsy animal clips to laugh at. More recently however, Gen Z has invented brain-rot with underlying motive to ‘gatekeep’ and weaponize humor. Taunting the older generations for their inability to keep up with rapidly changing trends and brain-rot humor, Gen Z establishes supremacy over the digitally evolving world.
Interacting with and becoming familiar with a country's media isn’t just about broadening an individual student’s knowledge base: for international students, it is a powerful tool in forming valuable relationships with their international peers.
The first few episodes of the show lacked a strong storyline and the challenges became repetitive, but as the show progressed and aired over the course of three months, the Beast production crew noticeably improved.
In a world where hate speech is trending, Pinterest not only avoids the “toxic hellscape” often perpetuated by social networking corporations, but counteracts negative comparison culture by promoting digital creation through vision boards of dreams and goals instead of fixating on results.
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“They want to forget their negative feelings,” says Aoi Shimizu, explaining why teens drink, smoke, and overdose on cold medicine.
Social media glamorizes the trend, but behind it are stories of abuse, loneliness, and escape.
Tucked between the bustling economic hub of Shinjuku lies the “little Korea” of Japan. A quick train ride and a short walk are all it takes to enter Shin-Ōkubo, Tokyo’s convenient gateway to Korean culture.
The sun rose as Miyoko woke...
British designer Heatherwick’s multi-billion dollar futuristic reimagining of offices, residences, parks, and plazas finally came to life after decades of diligent discussions and planning. This bold, futuristic development sets a new precedent for urban development, serving as both a natural retreat and a hyper-designed urban jewel in the midst of the busy city Tokyo.
