Black Lives Matter: An Open Letter to the AISB Community
Dear AISB students, parents, and teachers, Even though I technically graduated from AISB on Saturday, and was free to walk away, to stop working, stop writing, I felt the need to say something other than “farewell and good luck” via Zoom. With protests going on…
All You Need to Know About Senior Year
The DP is tough. If you’re a junior, you’ve probably come to terms with this pretty recently. You feel like you’ve learned more in the last few months than in your entire MYP career. The prospect of EEs and university are still but a distant…
We are the Prisoners: A Poem on Living with Anxiety
We are the prisoners of the night; Shrouded in the secrecy of moonlight, Cause it’s the only thing that protects us From their penetrating gazes. Everything yearns to be hidden. Even time itself, Whose nervous hands slow to a stop When given attention. The darkness…
IB Stress: Why we need to stop being 7-obsessed and start setting realistic expectations
“If I don’t get a 7, they’ll be disappointed in me.” “I have to get a 7 because that’s what’s expected of me.” “I’m a failure unless I get this 7.” Sound familiar to you? It does to me. And to many other students at…
RM’s Mono: The Album Everyone Needs In Their Lives
We all have ways to overcome stress, whether it’s crying, over-eating, or a common IB student favorite, procrastination. But there’s another not-so-toxic method you can turn to: listening to music. About a month ago, I discovered and fell in love with an album that not…
South Korean Music: Why is it so K-Pop-ular?
AISB’s Secondary School K-pop squad: a group of girls and sometimes a few guys, eagerly gathered around one bright laptop screen, huddling and cuddling one another, occasionally squealing or singing (badly) in Korean. Firstly, if you have no idea what I am talking about, I’d…
Homework: Is it Actually Bad for Us?
Most high-school students can agree that homework isn’t exactly the thing we look forward to most when returning from summer vacation. Even so, since we are all responsible students (and none of us really want to go to homework catch-up club), we do it anyways….