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Our Humanity is so Important
I think everything that is happening now is beyond what any of could have imagined, but at the same time, it’s testimony to what we can do united under one common goal. Beyond these times, textbooks will speak of the measures we took and didn’t take to combat this global pandemic. It’s in the interest of humanity to set a precedence that we worked collectively to get past this global conflict facing us. Right now there is no color of skin, religious belief, or political alignment that should divide us from achieving a better future beyond now. We must believe in humanity and our ability to...
Dear quarantined youth
Quarantined Emotional Youth: Hey, just really wanted to check in on you, times are getting hard, especially for us, the sensible kind. We’ve grown in an incredibly overwhelming media situation, and it hits extra hard. Sensibility tends to relate in a universal way with stability, we tend to act as guardians and protectors of the ones we love. We are strong for those who aren’t and put on our bravest face during the day and sit quietly at night. I just wanted to remind you it really does get better, you and I both are reading this and remembering the times we were strong when all we wanted was...
Close Yet Far Away; A Poem in Times of Social Distancing
You see the ray of sunshine. You hear the birds chirping. You feel your heart beating. You watch your limbs shifting. You want to go and feel the breeze, But you can not even do what your soul may please.
Mental Health & Isolation: How we can address mental health during the coronavirus pandemic
The year 2020 started off in panic. There was talk of a possible 3rd World War, then there was an outbreak of coronavirus in China. I never thought it’d reach America, but I was wrong. In fact, the United States is one of the nations most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Our economy is in free fall, people are in isolation waiting for government aid; all while cases of Covid-19 rise. Despite this, there’s another casualty of this pandemic – our mental health. There’s no doubt that uncertainty breeds paranoia, especially in adolescents. I personally started to feel different after my local...
The 3C Campaign to cheer our Frontliners
Hello Everyone! My name is Ayush and I’m in 7th grade. We all know that they are so many people out there on our frontlines trying to help combat COVID-19! These frontliners include doctors, nurses, hospital workers, police, firefighters, EMTs, first responders, restaurant workers, and so many more. Every second that they take to make our lives easier, means that they have one more second to get a risk of getting infected. Many of them go home to an empty house, afraid, and not able to see their family for weeks at a time. Many of our frontliners are at a high risk of getting depression. So...
A New Reality
Coronavirus. COVID-19. A global pandemic. A crisis that goes by countless names, from city to city, state to state, nation to nation. Plaguing the weak and targeting all with no remorse. No one saw this coming for two reasons, one we simply cannot predict the future, and two… we made a joke out of it. For weeks, months even, coronavirus was simply a subject on social media where memes were being made and a joke was made out of suffering. People were desensitized, people began to feel untouchable, that was of course until they were touched. Coronavirus does not discriminate. Being a high school...
Do Your Part
Making do by making art. We are not alone in this. Love each other from afar, pray for those who are sick and on the front lines, and continue to do your part. The best way I process my emotions is through making art, and I also wanted to share this piece to spread awareness and inspiration during these difficult times. Hope you enjoy!
Here's why racism is unhealthy.
The United States of America was founded on principles of equality, justice, and freedom on July 4th, 1776. However, it was also founded by white slave-owners who intentionally created a government with discriminatory laws and practices to ensure that they could continue to maintain racial superiority. After amendments to the U.S. constitution and centuries of struggle, which included a bloody civil war and a powerful civil rights movement, the effects of the institutional racism this country was founded upon are still very apparent in modern-day America. With the country in the middle of the...
The future of internet safety, reimagined
Covid-19 poem
Covid-19 isn’t any kind of flu It’s taking over our 2020 Social Media and all of our foes Are telling lies, they’re all just a hoax People take this as a joke But the worldwide death rate is 333,001 We are all struggling through this time The people believe this is a war People overreacting and acting like fools Fake lies like labs and other tools I just hope we have vaccinations No one knows why this is happening This is no one's fault, they say But every day there’s someone at the park It’s dark we just need the light We have seen some things we’ve seen that we all have sight Now...
Right Way during COVID -19
What is right in your mind and heart makes us do the right thing! During this time we should: - Maintain social distancing - must wear a mask - protect yourself
HUMANS.
Humans, most popularly known as the "top of the food chain", they supposedly have the best brains. Using these brains they deforest our jungles, litter everywhere, hunt for endangered animals for a sport, which leads to more cruelty towards other living beings. But I mean why do we care, we are at the top. Us humans, deforest jungles. Why? Urbanization? Medicine? Space? Toilet - paper? Nope. none of them. It's because we believe that we are superior to all beings on this planet, because we are more in number, are more smarter, have more power. Honestly, we don't. Just imagine, standing before...
The over-shoot DAY!
Over shoot Day. Earth's over-shoot day, is the time when the world's population has used the maximum amount of resources it can use on the planet for the year. This event occurred on August 22 2020. Humanity has used as much of the world's resources that we can sustainably use in a year. Basically, we have surpassed our goal for the year and now are starting to use excess amount of the Earth's resources. And guess what it's just August. Hence, this milestone is called an over-shoot Day. You might believe that quarantine is helping the planet, humans staying inside, limiting the use of cars and...
End Food Insecurity with "Foodle" and "FoodlePlus"
The stigma of the world - Hunger According to the latest data available by the United Nations, One in nine people does not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life. Hunger is the greatest and totally avoidable stigma on the earth. Hunger and malnutrition are a greater threat to humans and even greater than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. It's estimated that almost 2 billion people worldwide suffer from at least a moderate level of food insecurity. In the most developed country, the United States, food insecurity is no less painful. One in six Americans goes to bed hungry...
Patient Survivors Need Help with Their Mental Health.
Worldwide around 970 million people have mental health illnesses, ranging from anxiety to dysthymia. These same illnesses are responsible for around 14.3% of deaths or 8 million deaths each year, and the numbers continue to skyrocket. Despite the heartache from these numbers, they are also valuable tools to demonstrate how prevalent mental health illnesses are in our world and to raise public awareness. We need to use these statistics to convey how rampant mental health problems are and advocate for our world’s well-being. Furthermore, we should take action and target predictable triggers to...
Technology Is Helping Us Reach the Stars… and Beyond
On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and achieved the impossible - well, what seemed impossible at the time. United States President John F. Kennedy initiated the Apollo Program in May 1961, as he dreamed of the US successfully landing a man on the moon with a safe return. The Apollo Program had started almost from ground-zero. Their funds were very miniscule compared to the cost of manufacturing the necessary space equipment and technology - monitors, space suits, the shuttles themselves, and more. Scientists had minimal knowledge of the moon (and space in general) and the...
The Flint Water Crisis - Impact, solutions, and repercussions
Living the American nightmare is what the residents of Flint have been experiencing in the last few years, the water crisis that hit the city having long-term repercussions on the health of inhabitants, in severe cases even leading to deaths. When disaster hit, no one was prepared for the disappointing explanations and the course of action taken at the time, a poor decision-making process leading to a basic return to the middle ages for this once beautiful city in the United States. Some were lucky enough to not rely on the water treatment provided by the municipality, to begin with, but most...
The need of Vaccine Diplomacy in the COVID-19 pandemic
There is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted each of our lives. It has been more than a year since the first cases were identified and communicated to the public, while it spread around the globe at an incredibly rapid pace. Today, everyone is eager to go back to live their lives freely, without worries of getting themselves nor their loved ones sick. Thankfully, scientists have given us a solution to this pandemic: COVID-19 vaccines. The different types of COVID-19 vaccines were made in record time thanks to previous research, a never-before-seen number of resources to fund...