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The Sound of Health
You could be living nine years longer—and you have been ignoring the answer. Attending regular concerts can add nearly a decade to a person’s lifespan by improving their sense of well-being, according […]
Education / Health / Neurodivergence
Urgent Action Needed to Reverse Layoffs at OSEP and RSA to Protect 7.5 Million Neurodivergent Students
30 days and counting. Congress still hasn’t opened the US government. Due to widespread layoffs, now only a handful of staffers remain at the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and Rehabilitation […]
Artificial Intelligence / Education / Technology
Preserving the Student Mind: Why Schools Should Ban ChatGPT
Imagine a student seated alone at a desk, confronted by the blank expanse of a page, grappling with the uncharted terrain of an original thought. This struggle emerges because reliance on ChatGPT […]
Looking Up: The Transformative Power of Authentic Travel
A pungent smell lingered in the thin air, the type you could taste. She complained as she walked the stone-lined streets of Lhasa, Tibet. She pinched her nose and let her eyes […]
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove: A Lens Into Human Interactions & Personal Growth
“No man is an island.” The English poet John Donne captures the essence of human nature and the unavoidable need for human connection; people do not exist in isolation, and to grow […]
All Animals Deserve to Live – Here’s How You Can Help
It all started with a notification on the Nextdoor app. My family and I read a post about two stray dogs, now named Brick and Carmello. Someone found them tied to a […]
Abuse / Economics / Environment / Fashion
The Hidden Price of Fast Fashion
Walking past the Forever 21 near my station, I noticed through those giant shiny glass panels that the entire collection changed since the last time I saw it, less than a week […]
Blood Ties
Have you ever questioned whether you truly loved your family or if it is simply a conditioned bond? When you heard someone talk badly about them, did you feel anger? Was it […]
Admissions / Mental Health / Testing
College Admissions… The Competitive Arms Race
College admissions have long been a beacon of meritocracy and upheld the promise that hard work, dedication, and talent would lead to success. However, the reality of college admissions today is a […]
Culture / Education / Mathematics
Making a Case for Teaching Ethnomathematics
As I calculated the hypotenuse of a triangle in geometry class, I was intrigued that Pythagoreus could come up with such a simple theorem. While I appreciate the pure mathematical value of […]