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World Book Day
World Book Day is celebrated every year on 4th March to focus on the work and contributions of authors all around the world. Celebrating the day motivates us to discover and read more books. Every year it's celebrated with a new theme to encourage people to read. This year's theme is to "share a story". World Book Day gives opportunities to people all around the world to read and share what they read. With a magic carpet of words and pages, I explored new worlds without leaving my house during the lockdown. Books are a kind of escape into places where anything can happen. It's nowhere - so it...
Don’t ask me what I’ve achieved at my age
3 Millennials Share How They Were Able to Buy a Condo in Their 20s How This Millennial Built a Multi-Million Peso Business in One Year In their 20’s and already successful entrepreneurs These are actual headlines that I saw from various publications. I see these kinds of articles all the time. The body of these pieces contain anecdotes on how young people are able to achieve marvelous feats and become successful so early in life. They are presented as these hard-working and clever people who found, discovered, or created something that made them rich. These articles are meant for those who are...
Future of Tomorrow
"The Youth is the hope of the Future" -Dr. Jose P. Rizal We are said to be the hope of the future of our nation. How is that possible if one of the biggest problem we are facing right now is education? Many children nowadays are no longer attending school because of poverty. Instead of studying, they are forced to work to help provide for their family. You can see anywhere around, children begging for money, selling sampaguita on the streets, and they are now involved in crimes. They are taught to do bad things in order to survive, and education is being ignored. It is the right of every...
Make the access to education on the internet available to everyone
Student environment protests: why we should support them
Last week, students in the UK set themselves to join a global protest which has seen children and young adults refuse to go to school on the 15th of February. The grounds for their absence can be put simply and hauntingly: why learn when, in 12 years, there won’t be a planet to practise in. This has come from recent studies that suggest we have less than 12 years before the effects of climate change are irreversible. Many parents of these protesting students have supported them, arguing that this fact counts as ‘extenuating circumstances’, a legitimate and lawful reason for pulling their kids...
My representation of the world.
The manuscript represents the importance of knowledge throughout time. The glass of water represents its importance as a basic need and actions should be taken globally for its conversation. And live is the strongest value and feeling all human beings should possess❤️😌
Coronavirus is not school and education-friendly
Are students today overwhelmed by the stress epidemic?
Every student from every university and every generation is used to experiencing stress, to the point where this feeling was almost normalised and became a part of the education experience. But if lately you’ve been feeling more down than ever and nothing about your anxiety feels normal, you’re not wrong: recent studies show that students from the current generation are on the verge of a full-blown stress epidemic that can take a serious toll on their physical and mental health. According to a February 2019 study from Pew Research Centre, a worrying 70% of young people said that anxiety and...
Discrimination in grading and too high expectations
The world gets dark but not our voice. Our voice matters. As youth, we are often unheard, ignored, but on the other hand, we are the same creatures from God –Human--. Our mental needs warmth too as well as our body’s temperature needs. Hi, I’m Anggi, 16 years old (still 15 actually but this year will be 16 ). Many people assumed me as a smart human being in the academic field, but none of them know how I suffered from their high expectations toward me. “Ah..this girl must be the winner!” When I'm not in the winner list “Oh look at that girl, she must be too overproud so that she failed. C’mon...
Interview with Alyssa Carson- 19 year old Astronaut
Alyssa Carson: Q&A Interview Interviewer- Krisha Khandelwal Interviewee- Alyssa Carson Krisha: First off, can you introduce yourself. Tell us a bit about who you are, what are your interests and hobbies, what do you do, and anything that makes you, you. Alyssa: My name is Alyssa Carson. I am 19 years old. I am originally from Baton Rouge Louisiana, I currently go to Florida Tech and I am studying AstroBiology, eventually hoping to become an astrobiologist. But obviously the ultimate goal would be to apply to be an astronaut. So just basically building the resume and doing what I can to get to...
Changing ourselves
The only way you can change the world is to change yourself, change the way you see the world, be the change you want to see in this world. There is no journey more amazing, lovely, joyful, and fun except the journey of knowing and changing yourself. This journey is the only trip that you will never forget. Start it today because when get into it you don't want to get out of it :)
Paint the world with Youth
There are many challenges we face today in the world. One of the recent obstacles to all, is the catastrophic coronavirus crisis which disturbed the daily occurrences of many of our lives. As a final year college student who has access to what strikes us as 'common things' such as internet and a laptop, the hindrances to my learning were not as dramatic. I am exceptionally grateful for everything that our teachers and key workers are doing. We are all travelling this path together with fresh knowledge and are learning as we go along. We are tremendously lucky to be able to mine our way through...
A Reminder to Remember
History witnessed many challenges and trials that the world has faced and the ongoing human approach to issues and problems in our society. If you think about it, why is the world like this? Why can't they solve issues and problems? The issues and problems we have many reasons. What are those reasons? Well, I think we will know the answer if we will begin at the top of the page. We can find and create solutions to these problems in a way that would bring happiness, peace and unity that the world really needs. One of the problems today is with regard to education. Why has this been a problem...
Covid-19: Obstacle or Opportunity in Education?
I am in the future. It’s the year 2050, and I am at a museum. Behind one panel lies a curious conglomerate of paper, pens and pencils, while another exhibit displays the archaic remnants of a chalkboard upon which a hint of ancient diagrams, markings and inscriptions still remain. I lift a dilapidated textbook, examining the scarcely discernible words of yesteryear. Suddenly, my surroundings dissolve before my eyes; my trip to the museum has finished, and I am returned to the comfort of my virtual classroom. Equipped with sophisticated AR headsets, 3D printers and flexible displays, I soar...
Social Media and Its Reality
The growth of social media has jumped greatly in recent years and it brings impacts to social life. Since it has been ingrained into the society today, everyone particularly the youth always gets influence from it. Albeit social media bring a myriad of advantages, it is actually risky and dangerous. It might be a medium for committing online crime such as spreading fake news and hoaxes. Some people will spread hoaxes which may serve the goal of propaganda or disinformation. The target of this propaganda is commonly adolescents since they often make snap decisions based on how the information...
Online Classes: A digital trauma
Education is expected to level the playing field for all, but the new mode of teaching is affecting different students in different ways. Online classes have come across to be an inequitable solution for students to continue with their studies in the ongoing pandemic- an ‘act of God’. While jobs, schools, colleges, and everything is shifting to the digital medium, not all houses have adequate numbers of devices to accommodate it all. To attend a day of classes requires huge data consumption and costs a lot of money. Colleges aren’t doing anything for students who cannot afford such things. We...
Inferiority feeling
My name is Hamzat Faruq, I am 13 year old hyperealism artist, student of Ayowole Academy Of Art. The titled: inferiority feeling, I use charcoal pencil on paper to despite a man looking depressed, I was inspired by a little story that happen to me.. Me and my friend were a very good friend to each other, so after some months I see my friend wear big clothes, quality clothes! After some days I move close to him he told me that his money is not clear, I was like everyone is a sinner, so I also fell like joining him. But some times back, I remember that my mom always told me that education is the...
My experience visiting one of the best campuses in ASIA
Hello, my name is Zahra Nabila from Indonesia. Last year I had the opportunity to visit Singapore through the Youth Delegation Program organized by IDEAS for Indonesia. I am very grateful that after implementing this program, I have gained new knowledge and experience. Last year, I had gathered at Soekarno Hatta airport and met new friends from various campuses in Indonesia. I am happy because I meet many new friends and discussed many things. I took an afternoon flight and arrived at Singapore Changi Airport in the evening. From Changi Airport we went straight to the hotel to rest. The next...
The lessons we learn outside classroom
School, classrooms, textbooks - all are produced for education. But the fact is, they cannot provide us the real education. Rather, what we really learn is from outside of textbooks. We learn from our inside, our life, our family,the outside world, even storybooks and movies. I can give you some first hand example about it. Do you know how I learned communicative English? My textbooks and teachers weren’t able to teach me communicative English. I did well in the examination, but I didn’t have the courage to read and write English. My fear about English language started to decrease by sending...