Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that simply asking for what you ...
Sheila Marie Orfano: Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?
In her Auntie An-mei's home, Jing-Mei reluctantly takes her seat at the eastern corner of the mahjong table. At the north, south and west corners are her aunties, long-time members of the Joy Luck Club. This gathering is the point of departure for a series of interconnected vignettes in Amy Tan's debut novel. Sheila Marie Orfano explores why the...
Jay Jung: The Luck of the Draw
Jay (Jeong Hoon) Kim-Turner: Belonging to the Wrong Minority
Exploring the concept of "Asian Priviledge" as it applies to higher education. In 2019, certain students with high achieving transcripts and standardized test scores are getting waitlisted or flat-out rejected for admission into the colleges they have worked (some since Preschool) to attend. Students who would have gotten into their dream schoo...
Jay Appaji, Arie Jung: Finding a New Rhythm
Kang Ji Yoon, Jung Hwan Park: What is so fascinating about math?
Jiyoon Kang and Jung Hwan Park are Grade 11 currently enrolled in two different schools, United Nations International School and Korean International School in Hanoi. What made them together was their passion for mathematics. Jung Hwan Park, who loved solving math problems since small, coincidently found how math overcomes the language barrier w...