How teenagers can achieve work-life balance | Victor Lu – Gap Year

How teenagers can achieve work-life balance | Victor Lu – Gap Year

Teenagers have a lot to do. They have to deal with academics, networking, and extracurricular activities, so many teenagers face anxiety and depression. Indeed, about 15 percent of teenagers experience clinical anxiety disorder. Clearly, teenagers need to decompress,...
Drugs aren’t a crime, it’s an illness | Felix Tsai – Grade 10

Drugs aren’t a crime, it’s an illness | Felix Tsai – Grade 10

In June of 1971, American President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse “public enemy number one” and kicked off the War on Drugs, a continuation of drug prohibition policies in the U.S., which prohibited the production, distribution, and consumption of...
Why teenagers need art therapy | Victor Lu – Grade 12

Why teenagers need art therapy | Victor Lu – Grade 12

Teenagers have to deal with academic stress, extracurricular activities, problems with their social lives, and expectations from both their parents and teachers. Because of all this, 20 percent of teenagers suffer from at least one mental health disorder. Because some...
Pros and Cons of food delivery apps | Una Chuang – Grade 10

Pros and Cons of food delivery apps | Una Chuang – Grade 10

On a hot, steamy summer day, with lunchtime approaching, what would you do: dress up and head out to buy groceries, get gross and sweaty, or chill at home, pull out your phone, and put in a quick and easy order on UberEats? As we are a generation spoiled by the...
Tips for dealing with common insecurities | Chloe Hsu – Grade 10

Tips for dealing with common insecurities | Chloe Hsu – Grade 10

If there was one word I could use to describe everyone in the world, it’d be insecure. Everyone has insecurities. Even the most confident people in the whole wide world do. It is human nature to want to be better, and this means people often obsess over parts of...