In this unit, I watched two movies, Edward Scissorhands by the world-renowned director Tim Burton, as well as The Banker, a historical film that was among the first movies that were released on a brand new streaming platform Apple TV+. Even though these films were released 30 years apart from each other, there were some […]
Category: Grade 8
From Perseverance to Transition
What do transitions, policies, and elections have in common? Watch the video below to find out! “I had a dream, I got everything I wanted” — Billie Eilish // This unit has allowed me to dig into my life and find out what has reshaped my personality and changed my insight into my life in […]
The Full Truth behind The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Actually, this unit regarding The Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks was extremely fascinating. The story of this book was already fascinating enough, but the tasks that were completed further enhanced this feeling. In fact, the most interesting task was the creation of a verbal analysis video to summarize the events of ILOHL and its connection to […]
A Significant Misunderstanding… Is it that Serious?
I haven’t had a lot of misunderstandings throughout my life, but a fairly significant one just occurred today… via GIPHY Well, this morning I went to Costco with my parents to do some shopping, as part of the ongoing preparation work for the coronavirus epidemic. However, there was a misunderstanding regarding my homework before we […]
Privacy vs. Innovation… What is More Important?
In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Dr. George Gey retrieved Henrietta Lacks’ cancerous cells without her as well as her relatives’ consent in order to find a true immortal cell line that can benefit the public as well as the medical industry. Her relatives were furious that the doctors have taken cells from her without […]
Eric Chen’s Poetry Club: 2019 Edition
Throughout the poetry unit that we have just completed recently, we did extensive work in order to improve our poetry skills, in the aspects of writing, listening, and performing. For the performing section, we did multiple readings of poems in front of our computer, as well as performing some in front of a real audience. […]
Personal Integrity… Are we following our own values?
Image by John Hain from Pixabay It’s an arduous task for us to truly follow our values (also known as Personal Integrity), and the characters inside Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is no other. In fact, one can see that the characters inside The Crucible have to give up their personal integrity to save the ones they love […]
Some People Do NOT Live by their Own Values…
Image by Barbora Franzová from Pixabay Hypocrites are defined as “someone who has beliefs (or pretends to have beliefs) but whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.” In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, there are many characters whose actions were not consistent with their previous beliefs to save their dearest family members. Even though […]
Reverend Parris’ frustration of lies
Image by ashish choudhary from Pixabay Reverend Parris, the main character in The Crucible, is very frustrated when someone else told lies to him, whilst everyone else has believed in the person’s claim. This discernible characteristic of Reverend Parris can be immediately found near the end of Act 1. Here, Parris refutes Abigail, her niece’s, […]
Public Safety in Taiwan! Should it be Improved? 🤔
My Speech “Taiwan is safe enough, but do you think that this beautiful country is free of hazards?” This is the speech that I have delivered a few days ago, with a shout out to the Taiwanese government to deal with crime and the safety of public infrastructures more seriously. Using a super useful and […]