THE BLOG
By Kevin Bao
One Christmas break in my 12 year life-span I was learning how to expand and factor things like (a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab + b^2. This was completely new to me and it was my first time...
By Jerry Zhang
The year was 2015, and I was 7 years old. This was a few days before the move cross country to my new home in North Carolina. It was a few days before things started to change. One...
By Weston Ma
I dashed home from school, my head pounding from thinking so hard. It was right before class was dismissed when my teacher told us we would have to write a 1000-word narrative essay. I...
By Ben Bian
The roller coaster loomed menacingly over our heads, the twisted conglomeration of metal and wood leering at us as we walked closer and closer. I felt a violent thumping in my stomach;...
By Andruw Lin
One day when I was doing schoolwork on the computer, my mother suddenly told me that I had a test coming up this weekend. It was a test for getting into a private school, and I only...
By Emma Jiao
The speaker sounded, the captain’s voice sounded out, “We are now arriving at New York City. ” I squeezed past the crowd of people who were murmuring words that I...
By Adrian Hsu
Even though it was the afternoon and the sun was still high, me and my family had arrived at Disney Sea. We had planned to meet there with my relatives. Me and my relatives got...
By Lucas Tong
I was laying in bed, sleeping soundly, feeling cozy in my bed. Today was the first day of middle school, but it couldn’t hurt to sleep for just a few more minutes…...
By Allan Wang
Have you ever been in a bargaining situation before? Because I have. I still remember the time when me and my Dad were walking around in the nice sunny weather in a Mexican...
By Claire Lin
Have you ever had a time where you felt like you just wanted to give up and never do something again in your life? Well, for me, that time was when I was solving my Rubik's cube. It...
By Fiona Wang
For most of my life, I was surrounded by private schools and international, expensive education. It was competitive, toxic, but fun at the same time. The school buildings were...
By Eric Luo
Math competitions are a challenge that I have enjoyed very much throughout my elementary years. I like the challenge of thinking about and solving difficult problems. This all started...
