Reflecting on the blogging journey in this course, I’ve realized that my writing is quite dynamic – adapting based on the content I’m writing and, honestly, my level of interest in the topic at hand.   For example, one of my favorite blog posts to write this year was on recycling! This is a subject […]

Recycling. It’s such a feel-good action, dropping a plastic bottle into that blue can and knowing you’re doing something good for the environment. Yet recycling is, in many ways, somewhat of a scam.  As you’ve likely heard, recycling seems like a great idea, but the actual rate of what’s recycled is abysmal. Of the 8.3 […]

I love sleeping. Napping is one of my favorite hobbies and my bed is probably one of my favorite places in the world. Up until high school, I was asleep by 9:30 PM every night, and starting from 9th grade I extended that to 10 PM. That being said, my sleep was thrown out of […]

  Upon first reading “It was not Death, for I stood up,” I knew I’d found the perfect poem for this essay. Honestly, I had no idea where to start – I was disoriented by the unfamiliar vocabulary (what were Siroccos? Chancels?), the fragmented sentences separated abruptly by dashes, and more.    After turning to […]

It’s 2024. New year, perhaps new me?    I left college applications back in 2023, and with that weight off my shoulders, I feel free. Maybe too free.    It’s odd because, almost overnight, I find myself with abundant time and peace of mind. No more stressing endlessly over each test, chasing down deadlines, or […]

I often think about how high school writing is strikingly different from elementary school. Instead of narratives, creative haikus, and fantasy storylines, our days tend to be filled with book analyses and 5-paragraph essays. Considering this, I was pleasantly surprised that we had the opportunity to write blog posts this year!    I had fun […]

Preface: this is my geek-out blog post. I just think human memory is such an interesting topic, and there’s so many things that we still don’t know.  This post includes just a few (out of many, many possible) tidbits of random information about human memory, along with some tips to improve your own.    “The […]

As we all know, college applications season is in full swing, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve still got a good bit of work left to go. It can be stressful, time consuming, and scary – everything is new, and it seems like there’s always more: more to do, more to edit, more to […]

Over the course of my childhood, I’ve had 6 pets – a betta fish, 3 parakeets, an orange tabby cat, and a mini goldendoodle puppy. Each of them has been in my life for a variable amount of time, and I‘ve felt varying levels of attachment to each. Yet, all of them have taught me […]

College. Its right around the corner, but are any of us really prepared?   Personally, I wish I could say that I’ll be put together in college, that my dorm will be pristine and my mental health untouched during finals season. I’d like to be the girl with the perfectly organized notes, making 5AM study […]