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 […]

Abraham Lincoln was an excellent man who achieved many important things during his lifetime. His nickname was Honest Abe because he was truthful in everything he said and did. Some of his strong qualities were: humility, empathy, perseverance, courage and leadership. Abe married Mary Todd from Kentucky. They had three sons. Abraham was the first president with a beard and was known […]

Living your ideal life is living in a house with bullet-proof windows and blackout curtains: it’s living in survivalist mode.  We have always been scared of change and terrified of obstacles. We look at the bullets we fired at the old flimsy film of glass that we decided was too unsafe. Yet we keep the […]

Pulchritudinous is the kind of word that feels like an achievement all by itself:  long, rare, almost ornamental.  And it means beauty so striking it deserves to be noticed.  But calling someone or something “a living masterpiece” goes a step further. It’s not just saying the beauty exists; it’s that the beauty is alive, growing, […]

Social media and high school force standards upon us which seem out of reach. Especially as a teenager, achieving these standards can be our sole purpose to fit in with society and not be cast aside as an outsider.  Attempting to meet these standards can affect your state of mind . . .  So here […]

The Galapagos Islands: the first thought that comes to everyone’s mind when someone mentions 9th grade Biology. Darwin and his theory about the finches on this island are a close second.  9th grade was two years ago for me, but the Galapagos will always be engraved in my head. Darwin’s theory shows how different species […]

You know that feeling when life hits you and you’re pretty sure gravity has a personal vendetta against you? Yeah, welcome to high school.  It’s like the universe decided to throw a storm at everyone at once: failing tests, awkward social moments, and teachers who act like “the assignment was explained clearly” is English.  Trust […]

“A jack of all trades is a master of none.”  I’m 100% sure you’ve heard this quote, but I’m going to prove you wrong. Aristotle is the one, Who makes me note, That perhaps that is not all, as the real quote is quite long, Much, much longer than that. The real quote is completely […]

13.6 billion years of evolution—one you.  This creation was the result of countless collaborations. Each person in the world was made to do something uniquely great. Something different from everyone else.  However, from the mature age of 4, we’re placed in a factory where the future of the world is mass produced, being pressed into […]

“The greatest strength is to be content with little,” Plato wrote after narrowly escaping a life of servitude. He visited Syracuse, only to be accidentally considered inferior and be sold into slavery by a tyrant. Luckily, his friend bought him out, but it changed Plato—as the tyrant’s government was based on his own political ideals.  […]

<1 gram/ cm3: The density at which an object can float in water. As I gather my supplies, my one goal lingers between my thoughts: defeat density. A floating paper boat sails through the water finding its path amidst the chaos, urbane and harmonious. I pick up my construction paper while simultaneously glancing at my […]