I gasped in lungfuls of fresh air, relieved to be out of the suffocating atmosphere in the ship. We’d reached the dock of Barbados in America, the place where an English colony lived. The place where we would be sold. I gaped around me, taking in the view, watching the rest of the slaves’ faces [...]

Witch Child showed me life in history and how different it is from the world now. Everyone was superstitious about things that might not be true, and I think this was because nobody had the technology or desire to research and find out more about how the world worked. I was stunned by how simple [...]

Scientists are starting to wonder whether space colonization is a good idea, and should be a plan for the future. The article we read this week told us of the research people had about changing the environment on another planet. This was called terraforming, and it could be both positive and dangerous. The good side is that [...]

All over the world, there’s urgent news about the dangerously high floods occurring in Thailand. This week’s article informed me how serious natural disasters could be, and how a country can be affected by them. What brought the floods was a heavy downpour of  rain. The water flowed into the cities, and before anyone knew it, [...]

The owner of the unbelievably famous Apple company recently passed away, and this week, we read our article in memory of him and how he was capable of changing the world. Years ago, Steve Jobs gave a graduation speech in Stanford University, sharing his life with people and revealing the struggles and choices he’d faced [...]

Skin tones are an extremely touchy subject, an example being this week’s article. The writer, who is an Indian woman, tells us how she’s been constantly reminded about her dark skin all her life. I think this came from the fact that she’d lived abroad for years, and everyone was judged by appearances. People wanted [...]

Although the world sees China developing and earning power rapidly, what I found shocking was that migrant workers were being mistreated and set apart from regular people. After reading this article, I realized a strong country could be hiding something from everyone else in order to appear powerful. This news report made me question why [...]