Chinese Lesson
Over the summer, I learned that I was virtually illiterate in Chinese. Before my junior year ended, my mother had recommended me a book about women who have forgotten their roots. Continue reading Chinese Lesson
Category: Opinion
Looking for Home: A Review of Post-Homeroom Community-Building Initiatives at SASPDHS
Four years ago, the 2017-2018 school year saw a host of new changes to SASPDHS—one of the most notable was the removal of the old morning homeroom session. Replacing it was a series of new alternatives—beginning with Common Ground and closing with our current program of Advisory—occurring during the Flexi timeslot, another new addition. Continue reading Looking for Home: A Review of Post-Homeroom Community-Building Initiatives at SASPDHS
Common Ground, Project Wayfinder, Advisory: Necessary But Not Everyone’s Favorite
In my four-year journey, what we now call “advisory” went through significant changes. The system was often torn apart and built from scratch. In my freshman year came Common Ground, then Project Wayfinder, and finally Advisory, which also went through quite a change amid the novel virus. After going through these programs for four years, I feel more confident in providing my feelings and understandings about them. Continue reading Common Ground, Project Wayfinder, Advisory: Necessary But Not Everyone’s Favorite
Reflections on the Fiddler on the Roof
After months of preparation and one postponement, the Fiddler on the Roof cast, crew, and musicians successfully put on two spectacular shows on April 8th and 9th. The second show was one of the first opportunities that parents were allowed … Continue reading Reflections on the Fiddler on the Roof
Reflections on the Yard Sale
The Yard Sale is an annual event hosted by the Children’s service club. Each and every year, proceeds go to the Baobei foundation in Shanghai where the main purpose is to cloth and house orphans whilst finding them foster and permanent families. Continue reading Reflections on the Yard Sale
Dandelion Body: Book Review
Dandelion Body is a collection of poetry that focuses on the exploration of self and how identity as a third culture kid is affected by the digital world. The author, Mia Cheung, is a senior at Shanghai American School, who recently got … Continue reading Dandelion Body: Book Review
Bagels-A Review
On the 1st of September, our school welcomed students back to campus after a long semester of online learning. Amid the new normal of face masks and desk dividers, café Juno has also welcomed some enticing new additions. Maxims has … Continue reading Bagels-A Review
COVID-19 in the Eyes of Japan
With Japan shipping boxes of supplies bearing Chinese poems of harmony and collaboration to China, it is impossible to ignore the Japanese people’s efforts, turning the pandemic into an opportunity for the two countries to set aside their tensions since … Continue reading COVID-19 in the Eyes of Japan
Review of “The Fountainhead” and “Anthem” by Ayn Rand
“Ayn Rand” is a name either avoided like the plague or tossed around in philosophy as a joke. She was introduced to me two years ago, hand in hand with the death throes of capitalism. Put off by her defense … Continue reading Review of “The Fountainhead” and “Anthem” by Ayn Rand
A Pandemic’s Crisis of Trust
There is little question that the COVID-19 pandemic has made people more distrustful of one another. In a time when anyone and anything could be a disease carrier, it is difficult to not be suspicious. A visceral manifestation of this distrust is violent xenophobia, expressed in public acts of brutality against Asians: a Singaporean University College London (UCL) student in the streets of London, and even an Asian-American family and child in a Texas supermarket. Such distrust shows when people dub COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus.” It shows when people inside China call it “Wuhan pneumonia” and panic at the … Continue reading A Pandemic’s Crisis of Trust