By Elizabeth Tang Grade 6 In our lives, sometimes we forget how important a team is and only pay attention to ourselves. We are trapped in the “crab mentality,” and we need to find a way to break free from it. What is the crab mentality? If you’ve ever been …
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What is dreamcore? Dreamcore is an internet-based surrealist aesthetic. Through media such as images, videos, and music, it simulates and recreates the feeling of dreams—experiences that are both strange and familiar, both warm and melancholic. Dreamcore works often have unclear image quality with visible grain. The scenes are usually set …
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By Elizabeth Tang Grade 6 J.K. Rowling is the writer who wrote Harry Potter, the book series that is famous all over the world. When she was a kid, she loved to play role-playing games in her little loft; she liked to act as a wizard and other characters, and …
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By Elizabeth Tang Grade 6 When the little boy grew up, he went to a music school to study further and tried to use music to convey hope. This boy was Frédéric Chopin, a musician who brought happiness to people. Chopin might not have known about dopamine, but he certainly …
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By Elizabeth Tang Grade 6 When the first lanterns glow among the treetops, and red chunlian (Spring Festival couplets) appear on wooden doors, the world knows: after the winter solstice, the warmth of Chinese New Year begins to spread across the globe. A Brief History of the Chinese New Year …
Read More »by Katharine Qiu, Grade 8 The first thing you notice is the silence, though it isn’t truly silent at all. It’s the absence of the man-made hum—the drone of traffic, the hiss of hydraulics on a bus, the insistent chime of a phone. In its place is a symphony of …
Read More »by Katharine Qiu, Grade 8 They often share the same space—the park bench, the supermarket aisle, the family dinner table—yet they inhabit vastly different universes. On one side, you have the teenager, plugged in, always-on, their world is a rapidly scrolling feed of information and social connection. On the other …
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By: Sherry – 8th grade In China’s social media, a simple sentence is influencing China’s teenagers: “Love you, dear ‘myself’, see you tomorrow!” It’s like a kind word to ourselves. This meme is from a simple video on TikTok. A blogger complained in her video that she didn’t want to …
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