By: Allison Jia Everyday when I come to school, I know I can expect to feel the constant cycle and burden of my classes. I walk through the revolving doors of math, English, history, foreign language, science, computer science, and business only …
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By: Allison Jia Ever since I discovered the world of pop music, I have always been listening to music while studying. My mother highly disapproves of this studying habit; she claims my test scores will drop if I continue multitasking. Like me, …
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By: Zhen Lin I always hear kids saying something along the lines of “I don’t want to be friends with Sara, I don’t like her anymore.” There is an Arabic tale: two friends traveled together in the desert. One day they quarreled. …
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By: Junfang Liu Over time, I’ve discovered that many people, including my friends and I, are not satisfied with ourselves. We usually demand a lot from ourselves, and in fact, we do gain a lot of praise and awards. However, whenever we …
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By: Allison Xu What a relief! The eyesores of bare soil surrounded by patches of yellow, wilting grass can now be fixed. California’s recent drought (2011-April 2017) has ended and household restrictions have been lifted. Our immediate reaction is that we can …
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By: Helen Wu Life is too short to be unhappy. Yet many people don’t feel happiness very often, plagued by thoughts such as “If I can be as good as so and so, I’d be happier.” “If I’m as pretty as so …
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By: Zhen Lin I’m not good at music. Even though I started to learn piano since I was five, I wasn’t able to understand the logic or differentiate between the schools of classical music: Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, etc. My mom would sigh …
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By: Vincent Huang The Trump administration has announced on Wednesday, August 2nd, that they plan to investigate racial discrimination against Asian Americans in college admissions. In previous years, the purpose of affirmative action taken in universities was to help people with …
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By Michael Yang In recent years, especially following the election of Trump, partisanship has become especially prevalent. For instance, liberals’ attacks on Trump have become less about policy and more about personal affairs and relatively insignificant events. With both sides constantly attacking …
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By Kui Jia Given the advancement of technology and proliferation of data, a new wave of machine learning and AI is coming. Top high tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook are investing billions of dollars on AI and many …
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