If you were to search for “the most tragic shipwreck”, both you and the internet would consider the same specimen: the Titanic. While the severity of its literal downfall cannot be overlooked, nor the lives that were lost to the Pacific minimized, the Titanic certainly is not the most tragic or the most significant. Before… Continue reading Dethroning The Titanic
Author: Adrianna Sabbagh
History Trials: Agora
by Adrianna Sabbagh Ever since the Teabate club was created (in close collaboration with the Social Studies Department) it has introduced and organized countless events of high creative standards and cultural implications. The Teabate club, unlike any other, is one whose participants are not limited to members. Any opinionated individual with a zeal for the… Continue reading History Trials: Agora
How to Fail
In our modern, fast-living age with an open circulation of benefits, the need for easy failure and the appreciation of its philosophy augments. Unlike the accelerating path of success, a very uninteresting trajectory, failure has one definition and a universal, timeless application. Failure is a pursuit that we are unaware of; it attracts imperfection and… Continue reading How to Fail
The End of WW1
On November 18, 1918, the ‘war to end all wars’ came to a cessation. On November 18, 2018, the Ethics Club brought students together to mark 100 years after the end of the first word war. First approached with this idea by the Social Studies department, I was unsure as to how this event would… Continue reading The End of WW1
Recommended Books for Fall/Winter of 2018
1- Nothing to Fear by Jackie French Koller Suitable for young adults. It entails the coming-of-age journey of Danny Garvey, the eldest son of an Irish immigrant family struggling through the Great Depression. It is a tale of endurance and courage, love and growth. The experiences of every character will surely resonate and linger in… Continue reading Recommended Books for Fall/Winter of 2018