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Why is everyone an “Expert” on social media ? Lately everyone proclaims themselves as gurus, life coaches and strategists who suddenly start to give wisdom on everything.    Scroll for 5 minutes, and you see a wannabe Andrew Tate who calls himself a “wealth coach”, like dude your 20, you just graduated high school and how you gonna start giving everyone else advice. It’s a digital circus with these so called “mindset mentors” who offer a fresh guide on how we unlock our potential for the low, low price of 5 dollars. And the most sad part is people actually falling for these scams, like think about it, if these “mindset mentors’s” courses actually work then why can’t they just use it for themselves to get richer and why would they need profits from our subscription.  The hustle guru—the type who insists that if you’re not getting up at 4:30 a.m.,  you don’t want it enough. These people post that if you  really  wanted success, you’d be grinding while others ...

  This week in class we discussed about the complex relationships of characters in literature. Also this week in class I started to read “Their eyes were watching god” and this book weaves many complex relationships, where the novels protagonist, Janie Crawford, battles with her evolving sense of identity and societal expectations of marriage. Janie is single and sexualized by many men around her. At the beginning, Janie’s relationship with nanny(her grandmother) is one of caring love and also of control. Nanny is born into slavery and is deeply shaped by her traumatic past and who also desires Janie to marry for financial security rather than love. She arranges and forces Janie to marry Logan Killicks, a much older farmer. The relationship between these two characters are complex since Janie who dreams for romantic love, now feels trapped in a loveless marriage. Logan also sees Janie as someone who can help him as a worker rather than a wife. Eventually Janie leaves him after she ...

  The moment you start college apps is when you realize it’s the real deal. You feel like you have been preparing the last 4 years for this, yet you still feel unprepared. The classes you took, the extracurriculars, SATs or ACTs are all preparations, but now, you’re  starting an application process that will shape and decide your future, it’s a terrifying process.  I’m sure everyone can relate that the pressure is undeniable. Your whole high school experience feels like it’s being summed up into essays and transcripts. The “what ifs” to torture your mind: What if my essays not good enough? What if my essay doesn’t have stylistic choices? What if I don’t have good grades or enough extracurriculars? And finally, what if I don’t get into my dream school? This is when your realize your life just became real, this is the first step for becoming an adult, living on your own, making your meals, you feel like your next steps are in your hand and you don’t want to screw it up....

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :     I would like to thank the whole classroom for making AP LANG fun, especially my friends Shiv, Janav, and Shovik. You guys made English class an unforgettable experience. From the first day to the present , you infused each class, everyday with laughter, and creativity, transforming what could have been a boring class into the most fun times of school. I’d like to thank Shiv with his iconic energy drink each morning, for his jokes and enthusiasm which never failed to lighten the mood, turning every parter workshops into enjoyable challenges. I’d like to thank Janav, your insightful comments and encouragement made me feel confident to express my opinions too. I’d like to thank Shovik, for his jokes and comments that made everything more amusing, keep on doodling dinosaurs !!   Together, y’all made me regret not choosing to sit in your guys table from the start of the semester.      I would also like to thank our teacher, whose gui...

  In the huge landscape of the internet, where countless articles, videos, and headlines catch our attention, there’s a curious phenomenon: watching contents labelled, "dangerous" or "non-violent." Whether it's a warning     or a promise of peace that you can feel, whatever it may be, these labels cause us to have a magnetic pull on our curiosity. But why do we feel that we have to click on them, even when we know they might lead us to become unsettling ? Well the answers to that might be 3 points listed below   The Thrill Of Something we Don’t know : Humans are wired to seek out excitement. The possibility of encountering something dangerous or non-violent increases our sense of curiosity. Causing us to be drawn to the unknown, curios to explore and expand our understanding of the world.  The Desire for Knowledge : As the last reason finished of with, we always have a desire to expand our knowledge. Knowledge is power, and clicking on content labeled as dangero...

  Rewilding, in its core, is about restoring balance to our natural ecosystems by reintroducing native species, creating habitats, and allowing nature to reclaim areas impacted by human activity. This idea holds immense potential to improve our world in many ways. Down below are 3 of the many ways rewilding could improve our word.   Restoring Biodiversity: Imagine the heartwarming sight of a once-empty landscape now thriving with life such as birds chirping, butterflies fluttering, and native plants thrivings. Rewilding allows us to reconnect with the wonder of biodiversity, connect back with our nature, preserving the web of life that sustains us all. Logically, diverse ecosystems are more resilient to threats such as disease and climate change. By reintroducing key species and restoring habitats, rewilding helps safeguard our planet's biological diversity for future generations. Extreme Climate Change: Picture a vast expanse of forest, absorbing carbon dioxide from t...