My sophomore year of high school has finally began and as of right now, classes are getting into the swing of things. For this year, I want to try and get maintain a strong start to the year so I don’t have to stress at the end for an A. Overall, my biggest goal is…

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With school starting up again in 9 days, summer is finally coming to an end. These past two weeks, I’ve been spending my time relaxing and volunteering a little. Last week, I started volunteering with cooking for the homeless again and I’ve noticed how much I enjoy doing this. I’ve always loved to cook so…

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I have just finished my 10 day long Duke Pre-College Course and this was an experience I will never forget. During my time there, I had a lot of fun while still learning about Global Health and engineering. While I was there, we spent a lot of time doing labs and understanding the engineering process…

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In about a week, I head off to Duke for a pre-college course on Global Health and engineering so that is something I am looking forward to. Recently, I have been working on preparing myself for my second year of high school by taking online courses and volunteering at a basketball camp. One thing I…

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Summer break began 3 weeks ago and so far, I have been very preoccupied traveling. The first two weeks were spent visiting Korea and Japan, my first time truly out of the states. The day after we got back, I traveled to Los Angeles for a basketball tournament and just got back today. The differences…

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This coming week will be my last week of school before summer break which means I have finals. I have been very busy with studying for finals so that has been taking up most of my time. This  summer, I have many goals that I plan to work on and continue to help me figure…

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With about 2 weeks left of school, I have been wrapping up most of my units and preparing for finals. As of right now, I have been very focused on school and working to try to finish this school year on the right note.  One thing that has sparked my interest recently is what it…

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This Tuesday, one thing that I never expected to happen was a schoolwide lockdown due to a school shooter threat. In this day and age, school shootings are much more prevalent than what they used to be and it is concerning how normalized these disasters are. This all happened because of a student wanting to…

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Moving towards the last month of school, I have been very preoccupied with academics lately. A few days ago, I hurt my ankle pretty badly playing basketball and have been recovering since. When we were looking for places to go for urgent care, most waits were 3-4 hours long. This had me thinking, what is…

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Spring break is coming up so these two weeks have been packed with tests. Recently, I have been busy studying and trying to finish this quarter up on a good note. One thing that happened recently that sparked some confusion was when me and my group in english were accused of using an AI to…

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