Opinion

by London Chang & Makayla Liao (Grade 10) London & Makayla have made this series  of podcasts for their Personal Project. The episodes will be released here over the next few weeks. Listen to episode 1: Any comments or feedback are welcome.

Opinion by Amy Ryu (Grade 9) Our phones vibrate before our thoughts. We scroll and shout out meaningless slang words and it never seems to stop. We often treat these actions as a form of rest, believing they give our brains room to rest from the tireless academics. However, the spread of this kind of unproductive behavior unintentionally prevents us from thinking.  Today, we live in a society where noise never ends. This may even be the loudest age in human history. Since we’

Opinion by Belle Ng (Grade 9) Last year, I was accused of plagiarizing a summative essay by a teacher. The accusation cost me sleep, tears, and a lot of trust in the system that is supposed to protect us students. I’m not retelling a rumor or exaggerating a story. This actually happened, and it never should have. My argument is simple: students should not be accused of plagiarism without evidence. Here’s what happened. The summative was written in class. The prompt was given