Animals are the life and soul of this planet: the stunning, mysterious creatures that populate the world alongside humans. We are the species that conquered the rest of the animal kingdom – but was that the right thing to do? Even before this week’s article by Leslie Kaufman, “To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others [...]

Excuse Poem. I’m sorry for forgetting to practice. Your eyes, brown suns, shone down on me And I try not to drown in the ponds of chocolate. I want to tell you how much I hate clenching a piece of wood under my chin and slashing my arm like a seesaw while strings bite deep [...]

Conscious Something I truly believe is made out of purest gold isn’t any of my possessions, or an envelope of dollar bills, or even my own life. It is – and always will be – my big sister. She was the one who shoved me through months of Algebra, painstakingly polishing every problem down to [...]

Chut Wutty, a Cambodian forest activist wrongly killed, will be sorely missed by his supporters. His intention was to preserve a massive old-growth forest located in South-east Asia named Prey Lang, and he didn’t hesitate to risk his life doing so.  This week’s article, ‘A Cause – and Questions – in Cambodia’ by Matt McCan, [...]

Human rights declare that anyone anywhere has the right to maintain their belongings and their privacy. Apparently, not everyone is aware. Recently, an appalling problem hit the capital of Bangladesh – in Dhaka, one of the city’s most populated slums was ordered to be knocked down. The article I read this week informed me of the [...]

Google has struck yet again.  Some people might think this new invention is amazing – some might think it’s dangerous. Our weekly article was based on Project Glass, Google’s new technology project, which is revolving around the idea of a simple pair of spectacles that have the exact functions of a smartphone. Simply by using [...]

She saw the illusion of hope Like light through the keyhole Shining into the darkened closet Where she was crouched. No one remonstrated her presence No one knew she was there. She was apt to avert herself From the temporal world of nighttime. The house was humbly silent As inactive as a sleeping stone – [...]

The speech of Patrick Henry overflowed with energy and persuasion. His words enhanced his ideas, showing his persisting need of all the colonies’ support. He had no intention to hold back on voicing his own beliefs, and his speech came out as a true confession of his plan of rebellion. One specific and most convincing [...]

“We can change all of humanity.” The whole world is now aware of Joseph Kony – the man stated as the most dangerous, most powerful criminal. Only weeks ago, almost everyone was oblivious of this, including me. But after the Invisible Children community uploaded a video on Youtube, the news spread worldwide, and soon Kony [...]

Ruby (Wei-ju) Chen Humanities 8 ESLR Writing 3/6/12 Inner Abilities We are born, we grow older, and then we say goodbye to life. The truth might sound brief and negative, just like life may seem sometimes – but somewhere in between those three stages, you have time to achieve remarkable things. This belief is related [...]