by Sara Tahlak “Ow”, I said as I began to lift myself up off of the ground smothered in snow.”Where am I?” I asked myself, placing a hand on my throbbing forehead. Everything around me was covered in a blanket of white, where icicles hung from pine trees, and crystal-like snowflakes that came in a… Continue reading Winter Wonderland
Category: 2018-2019 Archives
An Upcoming Club that Will Change How You View Math
By Jomana Abdelfatah Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but also supreme beauty, and that is the reason why various students develop a deep fascination for it. Although math is often regarded as a dull and challenging subject, in reality, it has many beautiful aspects and exciting applications that are not taught in the… Continue reading An Upcoming Club that Will Change How You View Math
Four Logical Paradoxes
By Taline Dia A paradox is a statement, usually in the form of phrases, scenarios and anecdotes, that appears to be reasonable and rational but brings forth logical inconsistencies and self-contradictory conclusions. Paradoxes can serve as logical exercises, as logic is the premise of attempting to unravel the infinite qualities of a paradox. Here are… Continue reading Four Logical Paradoxes
An Interview With the Heads of Math Club
Interview Conducted by Jomana Abdelfatah What are the main aspects that differentiate your club from others? The math club is considered unique due to its way of teaching. Our club educates students to start using mathematics in their daily life and explore its value to their future. What are the 3 main characteristics/ traits that… Continue reading An Interview With the Heads of Math Club
365 New Chances
Another year has passed, another lesson learned, another goal set, perhaps even the same one you weren’t able to achieve in 2018. Another joyful, heartwarming memory made, perhaps even memories, another loss, yet a new chance to gain. 2019 is here; we have 365 new chances to make it work, we have 365 new chances… Continue reading 365 New Chances
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5,4,3,2,1 … Happy New Year! It is 2019 and you start making promises to yourself, ones similar to last year’s, the year before, and the year before that too. You start noticing a pattern in your resolutions and realize that you could not keep those promises, inevitably breaking them. No, the promises were never deliberately… Continue reading 2:26 pm
Stress and Diabetes
As a diabetic, I notice the tiniest changes in my body. I have a sensor on my arm that many of my school peers have asked about; it checks my sugar level every single minute of the day. I easily scan my phone over it and a number pops up. The normal sugar levels are… Continue reading Stress and Diabetes
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
A Comprehensive Guide to the SAT
On Saturday, December 1st, thousands of students around the world sat for the SAT test (see what I did there?). Whether you’re an anxious junior preparing to take the test for the first time, or a fretful sophomore taking the Pre SAT, or even a clueless freshman with no prior knowledge of the test, I… Continue reading A Comprehensive Guide to the SAT