How can it be that in a world of extreme academic standards, masses of students continue to aspire?  Countless hours of study, numerous challenging classes, multiple days a week.  Booked. Deprived. Lost. Nonetheless, teenage students today strive for nothing less than exemplary—refusing the urge to slow.  In their rocky scale up the mountain, they don’t […]

What do you think of when you imagine failure?  Many associate it with a negative connotation. Society has led us to believe that the end goal is everlasting success. Avoiding failure at all costs.  But is failure always disastrous, or can it be an opportunity for growth? Society likes to characterize people early on, and […]

Although Erna Rosenstein is known in different parts of the world today, it wasn’t always that way. In fact, her first major international recognition came in 2021 when her work was displayed at the Hauser and Wirth gallery. Sadly, this achievement was awarded after her death, but she’s made many other great efforts throughout her […]

From the 1940s to the 1950s, the search for DNA was an infamous process of trial and error. The race to find the shape of DNA and how heredity worked began. And when the chaos subsided and the finish line was crossed, it was biologist Watson and Crick, two men, who were allotted the credit […]

Did you too see it, swaying, all day, in the wind? Did you observe it in the moonlight, its trunk rooted into the dry dirt— A natural, unnatural chaos, A blossoming array of buds and decaying leaves as it stood, Into the chains of its ivy; a blanket, a cover,  Choking the oxygen from its […]

Tuesday November 23rd—a day I had been anticipating for months.  Eek!  Finding the opportunity was extremely difficult. So I swore to myself I wouldn’t ruin it. It was my one shot to prove I was worthy of breathing the same air as someone who quite literally changes lives.  I walked in catching that clean scent, […]

So, where was I again? Ah yes, the tale of my high school confessions. Well you know… boring this, boring that… I’m in 10th grade suffering right now. Nah, I’m teasing, I have a better story to tell.  It all began on the day of our county swimming championship. I know right, I bet you […]

-on’t build without me” he called back, shutting the garage door. Clearly groceries were a more pressing matter.  So I waited . . . for thirty minutes before digging through the kitchen junk drawer to find a beginner friendly screwdriver and a rusted two-ton hammer. I maneuvered the oversized box up the stairs, its heaviness […]

If you’ve been wronged, know someone who’s been wronged, or want to fight against being wronged, the thing that you need is justice.  Throughout my life I’ve witnessed how many people are treated unfairly. This happens because of looks, skills, grades, financial situations and other factors.  Injustice isn’t just just a small problem that a […]

Backstage, palms sweating, legs shaking—my mind trying to play back each step. I’m paying such close attention as if I’m watching something that my life depends on.   Going on stage, I realize the audience detects every wrong move. Each mess up, my smile fades, losing grasp of the small bit of confidence I came out […]

Procrastination is a trap.  It happens when your brain is fooled into thinking you have unlimited time—but in reality, you don’t.  Trust me. I’ve experienced this. I used to cram everything (work, assignments, sign ups) genuinely minutes before it was due. This is because I thought I could fit everything in a limited time period.  […]

“Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” The man who said this wasn’t just an ordinary person. He was an inspiration. Kobe Bryant was one of the most competitive and dedicated players in basketball history, and he is known for his forceful and relentless personality. All he cared about was winning and […]