Change is inevitable: While it may seem easier to stay in the comfort of a well-kept routine, change will eventually prevail. A lot of the time, change comes at the most unexpected times. From something as small as your schedule, to something as major as moving homes, getting accustomed to change is often difficult; life…

I turned 16 last week and I thought I would take this blog post as an opportunity to reminisce. I found my middle school journal yesterday and I think it is safe to say I was very different. I’ve experienced a lot of growth, as a person and a student, so here are four things…

This summer I got the chance to go back to California after five years. Before going, I was curious how different the state was since the last time I went and wanted to see how COVID impacted California. To my surprise, California was pretty much exactly how I remembered it, and the only change was…

Social media has created unrealistic beauty standards that have led to low self esteem in teenagers today. The results of a survey conducted by the Royal Society for Public Health asking 14-24 year olds in the UK how social media impacted their well being proved that popular social media platforms lead to an increase of…

In English class at school, we read an essay titled “Nowhere Man,” written by Pico Iyer in 1997. The essay centered around the author’s experience of being a third-culture kid and feeling indifferent during a time where there weren’t many third-culture kids. I agree with Iyer’s statement, but I do believe this isn’t always the…